Dear Readers, we have given here the English Practice Questions for upcoming Exams 2017. Candidates can use this material for their preparations.
Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of the part is the answer. If there is No error. the answer is e). (Ignore errors of punctuation. If any).
1). a)With no Pied Piper to help it out, the Railways has little choice / b) left but to hire ‘ contract killers ’ to eliminate hundreds of giant rodents / c) that have dug tunnels in the platforms / d) of the British-era railway station. / e) No error.
2). a)The standing committee suggested that separate action should be taken / b) to prepare calamity maps of all important cities / c) by developing standard vulnerable indices / d) so as to minimize loss of life and property. / e) No error.
3). a)The chairman, while recalling the discussions / b) he had with the Union Minister of Textiles regarding / c) strengthening sericulture and silk industry, called upon the participation / d) to avail them the benefit of various schemes of the government. / e) No error.
4). a)A unique feature of the Charbagh railway station is that / b) an aerial view of the station building shows / c) it as a chess board and the domes and pillars of / d) the building appear to be pieces of a chess game. / e) No error.
5). a)The RBI unions have put forward / b) a charter of demands, the most prominent among which / c) relates to / d) the centre’s proposed labour law reforms. / e) No error.
Directions (Q. 6-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error', the answer is e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
6). a)The infra-firm trade that accounts to / b) about 50 per cent of international trade / c) is carried out / d) only by large firms. e) No error
7). a)If anyone is making Pakistan appear / b) much more formidable than it really is, / c) and a country worthy of its / d) attention, it is only India. / e) No error
8). a)Government has announced many sector-specific initiatives, / b) including that for electronics and textile sectors, / c) and implemented ease-of-doing-business reforms / d) for improving trade and port infrastructure. / e) No error
9). a)Widespread monsoon rains have boosted / b) the plants of key kharif crops such as rice, / c) pulses and oilseeds raising the / d) prospects of a good harvest. e) No error
10). a)Beside the high-speed train, / b) India and China have agreed to cooperate to increase / c) speeds on the existing railway line / d) from Chennai to Mysuru via Bengaluru. / e) No error
1) c 2) c 3) d 4) d 5) e 6) a 7) e 8) b 9) b 10) a
Explanation:
1). C) Replace ‘in’ with ‘under’
2). C) Replace ‘vulnerable’ with ‘vulnerability’
3). D) Replace ‘them’ with ‘themselves’
4). D) Replace ‘appears’ with ‘appear’
5). E) No error
6). A) Replace to ‘to’ with ‘for’
7). E) No error
8). B) Replace ‘that’ with ‘those’
9). B) Replace ‘plants’ with ‘planting’
10). A) Replace ‘Beside’ with ‘Besides’
10). A) Replace ‘Beside’ with ‘Besides’
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