Q.1-5. Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as 1,2,3 and 4. If there is no error, the answer will be (5) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
1. The visitors are in the brink of a (1) comprehensive victory over New Zealand at (2) Hagley Oval after the hosts ended the day on 121 for (3) four, still 14 runs away from making Australia bat again (4) No Error (5)
2. Venkaiah Naidu may today convene (1) the first meeting of a committee set up by (2) the Centre to look off the quota demand (3) for the Jat community in government jobs (4) No Error (5)
3. Shiv Sena today said similar (1) agreements were signed through the party (2) with its smaller allies before the assembly (3) polls but they have not been honoured yet (4) No Error (5)
4. The army today said it was in no hurry to flush out the (1) militants holed up in a government building in (2) Pampore area on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway as (3) the main aim is to avoid further casualty on security forces (4). No Error (5).
5. A car free day was observed in (1) south Delhi today with the AAP government (2) launching a plantation drive to mark (3) the fifth such initiative in the city (4) No Error (5).
Q.6-10. Rearrange the following sentences (A),(B),(C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. of demonstrators on the streets of Delhi on Wednesday, the left parties construed it as a victory against the BJP government.
B. A significant number of students and teachers feel that instead of resisting Kumar’s arrest, the left-parties should have challenged the
C. As the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar, a 28-year-old student leader at Jawaharlal Nehru University, mobilised a massive crowd
D. BJP government over the root of the controversy — the anti-India sloganeering chanted at a commemorative meeting
E. to protest the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru that became the basis of the police crackdown on the campus.
F. Several teachers and students at JNU feel the right-wing political forces have “bullied” the left front to accept its narrative of nationalism.
G. But back in the campus, there is a sense of resentment brewing against the leaders of left-leaning politics.
Q.6. Which of the following would be the Fifth sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
Q.7. Which of the following would be the Third sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) G (5) F
Q.8. Which of the following would be the Fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) F (4) D (5) G
Q.9. Which of the following would be the Second sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) E (4) D (5) C
Q.10. Which of the following would be the Sixth sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
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