ROHRAS ACADEMY

GRAMMAR
Directions for questions 1 20: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any 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 '5'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

1. A. I have no patience B. to the people who

C. indulge in silly talk D. and uncivilized behavior

2. A. It was very unfortunate B. that he was deprived

C, from the very thing D. which he delighted most.

3. A. Inspite of her craving B. for hot food and soft drinks

C. Sushila abstained with D. them for a long duration.

4. A .It is no denying the fact B. that he is one

C. of the best players D. that has ever lived.

5. A. He paid no heed B. to the charges levied against him

C. and proceeded to behave D. in the same way.

6. A. We do not. B. Want the news.

C. Coverage of the issues. D. Raised by him.

7. A. Doctors have worked B. On high technology.

C. World, intensive care. D. Units of Mumbai.

8. A. Additional complication can B. Result immobile while the

C. System is in place D. No error.

9. A. It is sheer world B. Of in adulterated pleasure

C. One you would like to be, again. D. No error

10. A. He was here B. now only;

C. I dont know where D. he has gone.

11. A. Being tired B. of play

C. he sat down D. at rest.

12. A. If he would B. have come

C. I will D. gone.
1.
13. A. As soon as the sun B. touches the horizon darkness
C. begins to settle D. upon the scene
14. A. We might admire a B. bad man though
C. we cannot admire a D. week one.

15. A. Ram went to school B. as soon as he

C. had finished D. his meal.

16. A. I called her B. but she

C. did not D. came

17. A. I struck him B. because he ventured

C. obstruct D. my path.

18. A. A soldier of the tenth B. legion leaped into the water

C. no sooner as the D. ship touched shore.

19. A. Mrs. Smith is the wisest B. member of her family and

C. her four daughters Jane is D. the prettiest.

20. A. The real fact B. is in

C. front D. of them

DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 28: In each of the following sentences, a part of the
sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the
underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

21. It was us who had left before he arrived.

1. we who had left before time he had arrived.

2. us who had went before he arrived.
3. us who had went before had arrived.
4. we who had left before he arrived.

22. The MP rose up to say that, in her opinion, she thought the Women's Reservation Bill
should be passed on unanimously.

1. rose to say that she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed
2. rose up to say that, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on
3. rose to say that, in her opinion, she thought that the Women's Reservation Bill should
be passed
4. rose to say that, in her opinion, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on
23. Mr. Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a member of the community
group, will be in charge of the negotiations.

1. since he is a member of the community group

2. also being a member of the community group
3. a member of the community group
4. , in addition, who is a member of the community group

24. Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment
industry took a giant stride forward in our country.

1. this decade saw the entertainment industry taking

2. this decade, the entertainment industry has taken
3. this decade, the entertainment industry had taken
4. this decade, the entertainment industry took

25. His mother made great sacrifices to educate him, moving house on three occasions,
and severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to
make him understand the need to persevere.

1. severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to
make him understand the need to persevere.
2. severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to
make him understand the need to persevere.
3. severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to
make him understand the need for persevering.
4. severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons, to
make them understand the need to persevere.

26. If you are on a three-month software design project and, in two weeks, you've put
together a programme that solves part of the problem, show it to your boss without delay.

1. and, you've put together a programme that solves part of the problem in two weeks
2. and, in two weeks, you've put together a programme that solves part of the problem
3. and, you've put together a programme that has solved part of the problem in two weeks
4. and, in two weeks you put together a programme that solved only part of the problem

27. Many of these environmentalists proclaim to save nothing less than the planet itself.

1. to save nothing lesser than

2. that they are saving nothing lesser than
3. to save nothing less than
4. that they save nothing less than
28. Bacon believes that the medical profession should be permitted to ease and quicken
death where the end would otherwise only delay for a few days and at the cost of great
pain.

1. be delayed for a few days

2. be delayed for a few days and
3. be otherwise only delayed for a few days and
4. otherwise only delay for a few days and

29) The information presented in the most recent reports indicate that turbulent times lie
ahead for those who have invested only in NASDAQ stocks.

1. indicate that turbulent times should lie ahead for those who have invested only in
NASDAQ stocks.
2. indicate that turbulent times are laying ahead for those who have invested only in
NASDAQ stocks.
3. indicates that turbulent times lie ahead for those who have invested only in
NASDAQ stocks.
4. indicates that turbulent times are laying ahead for those who have invested only in
NASDAQ stocks.

30) Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to
reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

1. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

2. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

3. lobbied for stadiums that had been built with fewer seats to reduce supply and
increase ticket prices.

4.lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

5. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they
could increase ticket prices.

31) The Navy used the nuclear submarine accident off the coast of Hawaii to show that
everyone must be held responsible for their actions.

1. to show that everyone must be held responsible for their actions.

2. to demonstrate their belief that everyone must be held responsible for their
actions.
3. to demonstrate its belief that everyone must be held responsible for their actions.
4. to signal how no one should be able to get away with committing acts of terrible
negligence.
 5. to show that everyone must be held responsible for his actions.

32) I never fail to get frustrated on the golf course: nonetheless, I always resolve to
continue my involving in the game.

1.on the golf course: nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involving in the game.

2. on the golf course: yet nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement

in the game.
3. on the golf course; nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involvement in
the game.
4. on the golf course; yet nonetheless I always resolve to continue being involved in
the game.
5. on the golf course but I always still manage to find a way to resolve my self to
continue my pursuit of the involvement of the game.

33) Each of the movies were great and the choice for the best one among all three was
very difficult indeed.

1.were great and choosing the best one among the three was very difficult indeed.

2.was great and choosing the best one among the three was very difficult indeed.

3. were great and choosing the best one between the three was very difficult indeed.
4. was great and choosing the best one between the three was very difficult indeed.
5. were great and the choices among all three were very difficult indeed.

34.One of every two new businesses fail within two years.

1.fail
2. fails
3.should fail
4.may have failed
5.has failed

35. Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost
always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.

1. its victims unless inoculated

2. its victims unless they are inoculated
3. its victims unless inoculation is done
4. the victims unless there is an inoculation
5. the victims unless inoculated
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In a period of time when women typically have had a narrow range of choices, Mary
Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, and builder of a
growing church.

1. In a period of time when women typically have

2. During a time in which typically women have
3. Typically, during a time when women
4. At a time when women typically
5. Typically in a time in which women

Directions: Questions 37- 40: In each of the questions below, four different ways of
writing a sentence are indicated.
Choose the best way of writing the sentence.
37. A. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is that it is not always a
bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what
price.
B. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad
thing, it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price.
C. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad
thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what
price.
D. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not it is always a bad
thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what
price.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (d) D

38. A. A symbiotic relationship develops among the contractors, bureaucracy and the
politicians and by a large number of devices costs are artificially escalated and black
money is generated by underhand deals.
B. A symbiotic relationship develops among contractors, bureaucracy and politicians, and
costs are artificially escalated with a large number of devices and black money is
generated through underhand deals.
C. A symbiotic relationship develops among contractors, bureaucracy and the politicians
and by a large number of devices costs are artificially escalated and black money is
generated on underhand deals.
D. A symbiotic relationship develops among the contractors, bureaucracy and politicians,
and by large number of devices costs are artificially escalated and black money is
generated by underhand deals.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
39. A. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create difference
of prices at which goods are traded on the world market and their price within a local
market.
B. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference of
prices at which goods are traded with the world market and their prices in the local
market.
C. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference
between prices at which goods are traded on the world market and their prices within a
local market.
D. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference
across prices at which goods are traded with the world market and their prices within a
local market.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

40. A. Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets
will also reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive
hedging.
B. Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets
will also reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive
gambling.
C. Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent due to financial
markets will also reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourages
excessive hedging.
D. Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets
will also reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourages
excessive gambling.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

Directions for questions 41 to 43: Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some
sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the
grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).

41. (A) The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve.
(B) Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watched with such a
mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation.
(C) Postwar era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was
populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of
industries.
(D) China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century
global economy.
(1) A, B and C (2) A and D (3) C (4) C and D

42. (A) People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
(B) Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankinds
humanity.
(C) It is no coincidence that William Wilberforce and Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, two leaders of
the movement to abolish the slave trade, helped found the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals in 1820s.
(D) An increasing number of people go further: mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals
that have the capacity to suffer.
(1) A and D (2) B (3) A and C (4) C and D

43. (A) When virtuoso teams begin their work, individuals are in and group consensus is out.
(B) As project progresses, however, the individual stars harness themselves to the product of the
group.
(C) Sooner or later, the members break through their own egocentrism and become a plurality
with single-minded focus on the goal.
(D) In short, they morph into a powerful team with a shared identity.
(1) A and C (2) A and D (3) B and D (4) A, C and D

44. (A) Large reductions in the ozone layer, which sits about 15-30 km above the Earth, take
place each winter over the polar regions, especially the Antarctic, as low temperatures allow the
formation of stratospheric clouds that assist chemical reactions breaking down ozone.
(B) Industrial chemicals containing chlorine and bromine have been blamed for thinning the layer
because they attack the ozone molecules, making them to break apart.
(C) Many an offending chemicals have now been banned.
(D) It will still take several decades before these substances have disappeared from the
atmosphere.
(1) D (2) B and D (3) A and D (4) A and C

Directions for Questions 45 to 47: In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences
that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms
of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

45. A. When I returned to home, I began to read

B. everything I could get my hand on about Israel.
C. That same year Israels Jewish Agency sent
D. a Shaliach a sort of recruiter to Minneapolis.
E. I became one of his most active devotees.

(1) C & E (2) C only (3) E only (4) B, C & E (5) C, D & E

46. A. So once an economy is actually in recession,

B. the authorities can, in principle, move the economy
C. out of slump - assuming hypothetically
D. that they know how to - by a temporary stimuli.
E. In the longer term, however, such policies have no affect on the overall behaviour of the
economy.

(1) A, B & E (2) B, C & E (3) C & D (4) E only (5) B only

47. A. It is sometimes told that democratic

B. government originated in the city-states
C. of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time.
D. In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion.
E. The Greeks gave us the word, hence did not provide us with a model.

(1) A, B & D (2) B, C & D (3) B & D (4) B only (5) D only
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