Q.1-10. 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)
Q.1. Members of the National Fish Workers Forum (NFF) (1) / will lay siege to the Parliament on March 10, (2) / in support of the fishermen's charter of demands, (3) including a separate ministry for fishery. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.2. In big boost to the ruling party ahead of the (1) / 2017 UP Assembly polls, it won 23 out (2) / of 28 local bodies seats of the state Legislative Council today, (3) / while a major contender to power, drew a blank. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.3. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation will soon (1) / launch digitisation of records of about 3.5 lakh (2) / properties under its jurisdiction in a move aimed on scientific (3) / management of data and boosting revenue. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.4. Like the counterparts in Maharashtra, personnel (1) / posted at police stations in Delhi will now get leave for their (2) / wedding anniversary and the birthdays of their children, a (3) / move aimed at helping them beat stress. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.5. An indigenous and cost-effective diagnostic tool (1) / for tuberculosis (TB) is expected to available (2) / in a year, Indian Council of Medical Research's (3) / Director General Soumya Swaminathan said. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.6. A parliamentary panel examining an anti-corruption (1) / amendment bill that seeks inclusion of a provision for (2) / prior sanction to be obtained by the CBI or police before initiating (3) / action against corrupt officials, serving and retired, has got extension till April end. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.7. India is keen on ramping up economic cooperation (1) / with Egypt, focussing on trade and investment, the Indian (2) / envoy here has said while underlining the need for "transparency and (3) / predictability" to woo more Indian businesses to this key Middle East country. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.8. Canada's the first Sikh Defence Minister (1) / Harjit Sajjan now has a chicken burger named (2) / after him and it is called ''The Minister of (3) / National Deliciousness''. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.9. With China fixing 6.5 to 7 per cent as its GDP target (1) / for this year, the Communist giant's top economic planner (2) / ruled out a "hard landing" for world's second largest economy, but (3) / said that uncertainty and global instability do pose a risk to growth. (4) / No Error (5)
Q.10. Four more foreign banks have been given (1) / preliminary approval to operate in Myanmar, state (2) / media reported, the latest government attempt (3) for attraction overseas investment to the emergent nation. (4) / No Error (5)
Answers
Q.1. (4)
Q.2. (1)
Q.3. (3)
Q.4. (1)
Q.5. (2)
Q.6. (4)
Q.7. (5)
Q.8. (1)
Q.9. (3)
Q.10. (4)
