English Language Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 24.03.2017

Directions (1-10): In the following questions, some have errors. Find out the error, If the given sentence is grammatically correct, select “No error” as your correct option.

1. The Sensex rebounded almost 217 points (1)/ and the NSE went past the 8,700-mark (2)/ after investors chasing blue-chips (3)/ amid a rally in Asian markets. (4)/ No Error (5)

ANSWER (3) use ‘chased’ instead of chasing

2. Normal life remained affected in Kashmir (1)/ but there were more signs of fatigue over (2)/ the prolonged shutdown into the Valley as more (3)/ vehicles plied on roads and shops in interior areas. (4)/ No Error (5)

ANSWER (3) use ‘in’ instead of ‘into’

3. The rupee got off to a bumpy start as (1)/ it tumbled 3 paise to 66.71 against the (2)/ US dollar after demand for an American (3)/ currency from importers went up. (4)/ No Error (5)

ANSWER (3) use ‘the’ instead of ‘an’

4. The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (1)/ restrain omni (private) bus operators in (2)/ Tamil Nadu from collecting higher fare (3)/ during the coming festival season. (4)/ No Error (5)

ANSWER (2) use ‘restrained’ as sentence should be in past.

5 . Pakistan will stage the 2017 final of their Twenty20 (1)/ franchise league in Lahore but teams (2)/ will fly in and fly out for the showpiece event in a sobering (3)/ nod to the delicate security situation in the country. (4)/ No Error (5)

ANSWER (5) No Error

Q.6- Actor Suniel Shetty says he and filmmaker (1)/ Ram Gopal Varma didn't like the way his character (2)/ was shaping up in "Sarkar 3" and decide to drop (3)/ the idea of working together on the upcoming film.(4) No Error (5)

ANSWER- (3) use ‘decided’ instead of ‘decide’

Q.7- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (1)/ visited a world heritage monument complex (2)/ housing churches in old Goa for his visit (3)/ to the state to participate in the BRICS-BIMSTEC outreach meet. (4) No Error (5)

ANSWER- (3) use ‘during’ instead of ‘for’

Q.8- Institutional reforms, policies and investments (1)/ are the key factors that will help India in a (2)/ speedy and inclusively rural transformation, (3)/ the United Nations'' body on food and agriculture. (4) No Error (5)

ANSWER- (3) use ‘inclusive’ not ‘inclusively’

Q.9- Television actor Karan Mehra, who is (1)/ one of the house inmate on the tenth (2)/ season of celebrity reality show "Bigg Boss,"(3)/ says he will not do things to grab eyeballs. (4) No Error (5)

ANSWER- (2) use ‘inmates’ as plural noun is used after ‘one of’

Q.10- Punjab Governor V P Singh Bandore said (1)/ media should develop a self-regulatory (2)/ mechanism to bring forth a "true picture" of the (3)/ issues concern people before the government. (4) No Error (5)

ANSWER- (4) use ‘concerning’