Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘D’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
1. Vivekananda did not propagate any / world-negating concept of spirituality / or escapism for the din and / bustle of the suffering multitudes.
1) Vivekananda did not propagate any
2) world-negating concept of spirituality
3) or escapism for the din and
4) bustle of the suffering multitudes.
5) No error
2. This universalism par excellence, way of life engulfing / whole gamut of existence, must evolve as / the religion or spirituality of posterity as / panacea for all the problems we face today.
1) This universalism par excellence, way of life engulfing
2) whole gamut of existence, must evolve as
3) the religion or spirituality of posterity as
4) panacea for all the problems we face today.
5) No error
3. These study by no means settle the issue, / for there are more in the offing, / and doses, sub-groups may / discover some beneficial secrets.
1) These study by no means settle the issue,
2) for there are more in the offing,
3) and doses, sub-groups may
4) discover some beneficial secrets.
5) No error
4. It now comes as a fad as a different / type of smoke, that costs / such that the lower middle / class may be force to crime.
1) It now comes as a fad as a different
2) type of smoke, that costs
3) such that the lower middle
4) class may be force to crime.
5) No error
5. We use them as escape mechanisms from our reality, / as proxies to evade our very own selves, as a/ mechanism for entering a world / in a world, the former of which is unreal.
1) We use them as escape mechanisms from our reality,
2) as proxies to evade our very own selves, as a
3) mechanism for entering a world
4) in a world, the former of which is unreal.
5) No error
6. That the Sri Lankan President could suddenly harbour / such a doubt is inexplicable given his frequent / assertions that he was that rare head of state who had / voluntarily agree to a shortening of his tenure.
1) That the Sri Lankan President could suddenly harbour
2) such a doubt is inexplicable given his frequent
3) assertions that he was that rare head of state who had
4) voluntarily agree to a shortening of his tenure.
5) No error
7. Even though Mr. Sirisena’s supporters say he was exercising / his right to approach the Supreme Court for / a clarification based on a valid doubt, the rationale behind / his reference could only have been political.
1) Even though Mr. Sirisena‟s supporters say he was exercising
2) his right to approach the Supreme Court for
3) a clarification based on a valid doubt, the rationale behind
4) his reference could only have been political.
5) No error
8. The President recently unveiled the findings of an / inquiry into a bond scam that has indicted a / UNP minister as well the Central / Bank governor, an appointee of Mr. Wickremesinghe.
1) The President recently unveiled the findings of an
2) inquiry into a bond scam that has indicted a
3) UNP minister as well the Central
4) Bank governor, an appointee of Mr. Wickremesinghe.
5) No error
9. Guaranteed inclusion will empower those in the 14-18 age / group whom are not enrolled anywhere, and help / them acquire finishing education that is so / vital to their participation in the workforce.
1) Guaranteed inclusion will empower those in the 14-18 age
2) group whom are not enrolled anywhere, and help
3) them acquire finishing education that is so
4) vital to their participation in the workforce.
5) No error
10. It is absolutely essential for all of them to get an education / that equips them with the skills, especially job-oriented / vocational capabilities, if the expectation of / the demographic dividend is to be meaningful.
1) It is absolutely essential for all of them to get anmeducation
2) that equips them with the skills, especially job-oriented
3) vocational capabilities, if the expectation of
4) the demographic dividend is to be meaningful.
5) No error
11. To begin with, only 5% of the respondents in the survey, which / was aided by the NGO Pratham, reported doing any / kind of vocational course, and even among this / small minority a third were enrolled for three month or less.
1) To begin with, only 5% of the respondents in the survey, which
2) was aided by the NGO Pratham, reported doing any
3) kind of vocational course, and even among this
4) small minority a third were enrolled for three month or less.
5) No error
12. The insights available from successive studies / point to progress being made in raw / enrolment of children in school, but miserable / failures in achieving learning outcomes .
1) The insights available from successive studies
2) point to progress being made in raw
3) enrolment of children in school, but miserable
4) failures in achieving learning outcomes .
5) No error
13. What is needed is a vision that will translate/ the objectives of the RTE Act into a / comprehensive guarantee, expanding / its scope to cover all level of education.
1) What is needed is a vision that will translate
2) the objectives of the RTE Act into a
3) comprehensive guarantee, expanding
4) its scope to cover all level of education.
5) No error
14. In the one case, the populist draws a bad xenophobic conclusion / from a good premise of a sensible scepticism about / the inadequacies of what can be delivered / with supranational banking and financial elites.
1) In the one case, the populist draws a bad xenophobic
conclusion
2) from a good premise of a sensible scepticism about
3) the inadequacies of what can be delivered
4) with supranational banking and financial elites.
5) No error
15. It is a dark time we are living in, as we so often say to ourselves / when we observe the populisms around us, but what / we doesn’t say often enough, indeed hardly at all, is that / it owes to a considerable extent to the limitations of liberalism.
1) It is a dark time we are living in, as we so often say to ourselves
2) when we observe the populisms around us, but what
3) we doesn‟t say often enough, indeed hardly at all, is that
4) it owes to a considerable extent to the limitations of liberalism.
5) No error
