English Language Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 07.04.2017

Directions (Nos. 1-5) Which of the phrases given below the Sentence should replace the word/phrase given in old in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required mark 'No correction required' as the answer. 

1. Top managers are often stymied by the difficult of managing conflict. 

(1) difficulties of managing 

(2) difficulty for managing 

(3) difficult for management 

(4) difficult of management 

(5) No correction required 

2. Reaching collective decisions based on individual preferences is an imperfect science. 

(1) based for (2) based (3) in (4) based in (5) No correction required 

3. Hollywood bare escaped being totally sidelined by the rise of television. 

(1) bare escapism 

(2) barely escapism 

(3) bare escapes 

(4) barely escaped 

(5) No correction required 

4. Taking good decisions and implement those quickly are the hallmarks of high performing companies. 

(1) Implementation quickly 

(2) implementing quick 

(3) implementing those quickly 

(4) quick implementing those 

(5) No correction required 

5. Innovation have always been the top corporate agenda. 

(1) has always 

(2) had being 

(3) has always been 

(4) always been 

(5) No correction required

Directions (6-10) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error 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 (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any). 

6. The Government has asked individuals (1)/ with income of over Rs. 10 lakh to (2)/ electronic file tax returns for the year 2011-12, (3)/something which was optional till last year. (4)/ No error (5) 

7. The power tariff had already (1)/ been increased twice in (2)/ the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had also (3)/ levied additional monthly charges to consumers. (4)/ No error (5) 

8. Despite of curfew (1)/ in some areas, minor (2)/ communal incidents were reported (3)/ from different areas of the walled city. (4)/ No error (5) 

9. This comes (1)/ at a time (2)/ when fund allocation (3)/ is been doubled. (4)/ No error (5) 

10. As the prison will get (1)/ an official telephone facility soon, the prisoners (2)/ won’t have to make calls in discreet manner (3)/ through smuggled mobile phones. (4)/ No error (5)