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Which of the Phrases(1), (2) (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrases printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.1. An online White House petition seeking to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism has gained record half million signatures, five times the number needed to get a response from the Obama Administration.
(1) have gained a record half a million
(2) was gain record half a million
(3) has gained a record half a million
(4) has gained a recording half a million
(5) No Correction Required
2. Federal rail officials found dozens of violations during an audit focusing on New Jersey Transit's safety and operations, months before a commute train crashed, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 others.
(1) months before a commuter train crash
(2) months before a commuter train crashed
(3) months before a commuter train crush
(4) month before commute train crashed
(5) No Correction Required
3. In order to cut traffic delays on account of settling payments involving small change, the government has rounded off fee at toll plazas that are build on public-private-partnership (PPP) basis.
(1) built on public-private-partnership (PPP) basic.
(2) built in public-private-partnership (PPP) basis.
(3) built at public-private-partnership (PPP) basically.
(4) built on public-private-partnership (PPP) basis.
(5) No Correction Required
4. Mining giant Vedanta Resources has paid more than USD 2 billion (over Rs 13,300 crore) in taxes, royalties, licence fees and other payments to India in the last financial year.
(1) licence fee and other payment to India’s
(2) licence fees and other payments above India
(3) licence fees and other payment to India’s
(4) licence fee and others payments to India
(5) No Correction Required
5. The newly-constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by the RBI Governor is unlikely to lower rates at their maiden policy review as it awaits more supporting data on inflation.
(1) over its maiden policy review as their awaits
(2) at their maiden policy view as it awaited
(3) over its maiden policy review as it await
(4) at its maiden policy review as it awaits
(5) No Correction Required
6. The intense cold wave and fog proved to been a major hazardous for schoolchildren.
(1) Proving for be a major hazard
(2) Prove to being a major hazardous
(3) Proved to be a major hazard
(4) Prove to been a major hazardous
(5) No correction required
7. Instead of providing relief, the shelter homes have only adding of the woes of hapless, homeless people.
(1) Added to the woes
(2) Adds as the woes
(3) Woes add to
(4) Add to on the woes
(5) No correction required
8. The pesticide dealers have been found to flout rules and deliver restricted pesticides in high quantities to make profits.
(1) Delivered restricted pesticides in high
(2) Delivers restrict pesticides in highly
(3) Deliver restriction pesticides as high
(4) Delivery restrict pesticides of highly
(5) No correction required
9. The ailing handloom sector can be only revive by adopting better marketing techniques and improving the special skills of weavers.
(1) Can only being revival of
(2) Can only be revived by
(3) Can be only revival on
(4) Only can be revived by
(5) No correction required
10. The chief minister has planned to conduction surprise checks personally in government offices across the state.
(1) Conducted surprised checks
(2) Conducts surprising checked
(3) Conduction surprised checking
(4) Conduct surprise checks
(5) No correction required
Answer- 1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (4) 4. (5) 5. (4) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (5) 9. (2) 10. (4)
