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| 1. |
People whom are (A) / concerned can avoid products (B) / that contain triclosan by (C) / reading the labels. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | People whom are |
| B. | concerned can avoid products |
| C. | that contain triclosan by |
| D. | reading the labels. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» B. concerned can avoid products | |
| 2. |
Weather scientists say (A) / the initial phase of the monsoon (B) / was marred by (C) / adverse climactic conditions (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | Weather scientists say |
| B. | the initial phase of the monsoon |
| C. | was marred by |
| D. | adverse climactic conditions. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» E. No error | |
| 3. |
While the tooth fairy continues to lag ahead (A) / tech developments, there are already piggy bank apps, (B) / ones for pocket money with contactless cards, and (C) / schools use cashless payment systems for lunches and trips. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | While the tooth fairy continues to lag ahead |
| B. | tech developments, there are already piggy bank apps, |
| C. | ones for pocket money with contactless cards, and |
| D. | schools use cashless payment systems for lunches and trips. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» B. tech developments, there are already piggy bank apps, | |
| 4. |
Even India is (A) / feeling the pinches (B) / and it has increasingly (C) / weighed on business confidence. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | Even India is |
| B. | feeling the pinches |
| C. | and it has increasingly |
| D. | weighed on business confidence. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. and it has increasingly | |
| 5. |
Demand usual picks up (A) / in the second half of (B) / the year due to (C) / the wedding season. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | Demand usual picks up |
| B. | in the second half of |
| C. | the year due to |
| D. | the wedding season. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» B. in the second half of | |
| 6. |
The index is a useful tool as it helps identify (A) / the problems as well as the success stories (B) / and provides an opportunity for states to learn (C) / from each other’s successes as well as failures. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | The index is a useful tool as it helps identify |
| B. | the problems as well as the success stories |
| C. | and provides an opportunity for states to learn |
| D. | from each other’s successes as well as failures. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» E. No error | |
| 7. |
The RBI rules led to an aggressively (A) / lobbying effort from the United States government and American companies (B) / who said the directive would increase infrastructure costs (C) / and hurt firms’ investment plans. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | The RBI rules led to an aggressively |
| B. | lobbying effort from the United States government and American companies |
| C. | who said the directive would increase infrastructure costs |
| D. | and hurt firms’ investment plans. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» B. lobbying effort from the United States government and American companies | |
| 8. |
Farmers like Baburao Tadas from Wardha district in Maharashtra (A) / is praying for normal monsoon rains after (B) / their incomes were hit by erratic weather and (C) / lower crop prices over the past few years. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | Farmers like Baburao Tadas from Wardha district in Maharashtra |
| B. | is praying for normal monsoon rains after |
| C. | their incomes were hit by erratic weather and |
| D. | lower crop prices over the past few years. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. their incomes were hit by erratic weather and | |
| 9. |
Local gold prices hit a record 35,960 rupees per 10 grams (A) / on Tuesday, having jumped more than (B) / 10 percent over the past month, rising in lines with (C) / international prices on tensions in the Middle East. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | Local gold prices hit a record 35,960 rupees per 10 grams |
| B. | on Tuesday, having jumped more than |
| C. | 10 percent over the past month, rising in lines with |
| D. | international prices on tensions in the Middle East. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» D. international prices on tensions in the Middle East. | |
| 10. |
We hypothesized that the (A) / trustworthyness of the original source (B) / might be an element that contributed to the (C) / accuracy of people’s judgment about online images. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | We hypothesized that the |
| B. | trustworthyness of the original source |
| C. | might be an element that contributed to the |
| D. | accuracy of people’s judgment about online images. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. might be an element that contributed to the | |
| 11. |
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out,(A) / drawing over large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (B) / is essential if we are to stand any chance of preventing (C) / more than 1.5C or even 2C of global heating. (D) / No Error (E) |
| A. | As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out, |
| B. | drawing over large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere |
| C. | is essential if we are to stand any chance of preventing |
| D. | more than 1.5C or even 2C of global heating. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. is essential if we are to stand any chance of preventing | |
| 12. |
Parts of northern France were also (A) / put in drought alert, with (B) / water supplies to businesses, (C) / farmers and ordinary residents restricted. (D) / No error (E) |
| A. | Parts of northern France were also |
| B. | put in drought alert, with |
| C. | water supplies to businesses, |
| D. | farmers and ordinary residents restricted. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. water supplies to businesses, | |
| 13. |
I hoped to immediately declare the fact (A) / in front of all the people present but it was (B) / already known by everybody (C) / that the earth moved round the sun. (D) |
| A. | B and C |
| B. | Only B |
| C. | B, C and D |
| D. | A, B and C |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. B, C and D | |
| 14. |
Considering the case in which (A) / three were killed and one injured, (B) / I decided to appoint the most intelligent (C) / investigator of the force to crack the case. (D) |
| A. | A and B |
| B. | B and C |
| C. | C and D |
| D. | Other than the given combinations |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» E. No error | |
| 15. |
Few believed President Bashar al-Assad would (A) / survive the rebellion that swept his country seven (B) / years ago and Syria’s blood-soaked dictator is (C) / on the brink of defeating those who tried to topple him. (D) |
| A. | Only A |
| B. | Only A and C |
| C. | Only A, B and D |
| D. | Other than the given options |
| E. | All are correct. |
| Answer» D. Other than the given options | |
| 16. |
Not for the first time, an incoming government faces the (A) / balance-of payments crisis were the current-account deficit (B) / has widened, the currency are sliding and the foreign-exchange (C) / reserves are down to just $9bn—barely two months’ import cover. (D) |
| A. | Only D |
| B. | Only A and B |
| C. | Only B and D |
| D. | Only A, B and C |
| E. | All are correct. |
| Answer» B. Only A and B | |
| 17. |
The north-eastern state of Assam (A) / is among the most ethnically, linguistically, (B) / religiously and topographically mixed (C) / bits of India but is also the most combustible. (D) |
| A. | Only A |
| B. | Only B and D |
| C. | Only A and C |
| D. | Only A, C and D |
| E. | All are correct |
| Answer» F. | |
| 18. |
Over the last few years, it has being observed (A) / that even the most well-intentioned public (B) / policy programmes fails to be adopted by (C) / people who would benefit from them the most. (D) |
| A. | Only B |
| B. | Only C |
| C. | Only A and C |
| D. | Only A, B and C |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» D. Only A, B and C | |
| 19. |
Given there limited attention and (A) / computational capacity, people gravitate (B) / towards the status quo, which often results (C) / in a gap between a policy’s intent and action. (D) |
| A. | Only A |
| B. | Only D |
| C. | Only A and C |
| D. | Only B and D |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» B. Only D | |
| 20. |
An ordinance is a constitutionally sanctioned (A) / ad hoc mechanism for which critically (B) / urgent situations are meet when Parliament (C) / or a State Assembly is not in session. (D) |
| A. | Only C |
| B. | Only B and C |
| C. | Only A, B and D |
| D. | Only B, C and D |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. Only A, B and D | |
| 21. |
The market’s impressive recovery from the (A) / day’s lows has offered some reason for (B) / optimism to investors, who believe the fall was (C) / simply a temporary correction in a bull market. (D) |
| A. | Only C |
| B. | Only A and C |
| C. | Only B and D |
| D. | Only A, B and D |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» F. | |
| 22. |
Parliament is not competing to (A) / enacts any law which is inconsistent (B) / with a fundamental rights (C) / enshrined in Part III of the Constitution. (D) |
| A. | Only B |
| B. | Only A and C |
| C. | Only A, B and C |
| D. | Only B, C and D |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» D. Only B, C and D | |
| 23. |
The Inequalities of Hunger, a report of the International Food Policy (A)/ Research Institute, suggests that the problem for (B)/ undernourishment, stunting, wasting and mortality among children under (C)/ five years of age in India is serious, worst than the same in (D)/ Bangladesh and some of the African countries south of Sahara. (E)/ |
| A. | No error |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| E. | E |
| Answer» D. D | |
| 24. |
There are those that oppose debt relief to peasants on the (A)/ ground that it constitutes a “moral hazard,” but reframe from (B)/ extending the same argument when the so-called (C)/ captains of industry are the beneficiaries of debt write-offs, (D)/ even when some of there companies are wilful defaulters. (E)/ |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | No error |
| E. | E |
| Answer» D. No error | |
| 25. |
It was reasonable to except that the government (A)/ would address the widespread agrarian unrest that (B)/ marked 2017–18, which look protests by farmers (C)/ and middle-caste groups for lower returns in agriculture, and (D)/ inadequate policy attention to the rural economy. (E)/ |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 26. |
While the issue of farmer suicides have (A)/ been studied extent from the (B)/ viewpoint of the suicide victims, the victim’s (C)/families and their situations after the (D)/ tragedy have received relatively less attention. (E)/ |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | No error |
| E. | E |
| Answer» F. | |
| 27. |
The annual ritual of the Union Budget(A)/ has in long been diminishing in (B)/ terms of their significance but (C)/ it still remained a media event (D)/ in the Union Government’s calendar.(E)/ |
| A. | No error |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| E. | E |
| Answer» F. | |
| 28. |
If judges are allowed to easily depart from precedence, citizens might find themselves in an impossible position, where the statement of law remains prone to the constant vagaries of human interpretation. |
| A. | If judges are allowed to easily depart from precedence, |
| B. | citizens might find themselves in an impossible |
| C. | position, where the statement of law remains |
| D. | prone to theconstant vagariesof human interpretation. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» B. citizens might find themselves in an impossible | |
| 29. |
Sluggish rural wages and sub-normal performance of the sector refers subdued non-farm rural activity and income. |
| A. | Sluggish rural wages and sub-normal |
| B. | performanceof the sector |
| C. | referssubduednon-farm |
| D. | rural activity and income. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» D. rural activity and income. | |
| 30. |
While farm loan waivers appear to be the popular and instant solution to calm dissent, they only provide temporary relief and do little to enchant income or prevent future distress. |
| A. | While farm loan waivers appear to be the |
| B. | popular and instant solution tocalm dissent, |
| C. | they only provide temporary relief and do |
| D. | little to enchant income or preventfuture distress. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» E. No error | |
| 31. |
Small businesses, which account for a major part of the export universe, are being made to invest a disproportionate amount of time, money and resources on GST compliance. |
| A. | Small businesses, which account for a major part |
| B. | of theexport universe, are being made to |
| C. | invest adisproportionate amountof time, |
| D. | money and resources on GST compliance. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» F. | |
| 32. |
Forecasting for the year 2050, a UN report estimates that the percentage of urban residents in India would be 52.8 while Delhi would edge past Tokyo as the world’s more populous city by 2028. |
| A. | Forecasting for the year 2050, a UN report estimates |
| B. | that the percentage of urban residents in India |
| C. | would be 52.8 while Delhi wouldedge past |
| D. | Tokyo as the world’s more populous city by 2028. |
| E. | No error |
| Answer» E. No error | |
| 33. |
I. It was alleged that the Police were prevented from to do their duties. II. The public were so angry with the incident that they did not allow the Police entering the crime scene. III. It is because of a series of such incidents taking place in the same area in the last couple of months and the failure of the Police to arrest the miscreants. IV. The media is also giving constant pressure on the police to crack the case immediately. |
| A. | I and IV are correct |
| B. | II and III are correct |
| C. | II and IV are correct |
| D. | I, II, III and IV are incorrect |
| E. | I and II are incorrect |
| Answer» F. | |
| 34. |
I. The Foreign Portfolio Investors are pumping in more and more funds in India due to the sluggish outlook of the developed countries. II. The developed countries have reached a point of saturation in terms of domestic demand and exports are not that promising. III. It is a proven fact now that domestic demand is the key factor for sustainable growth for any country. IV. That is why emerging markets with more population are coming up as popular destinations for investment inflows by the investors from around the world. |
| A. | Both I and IV are incorrect |
| B. | II and III are incorrect |
| C. | I and III are incorrect |
| D. | II and IV are incorrect |
| E. | I, II, III and IV are correct |
| Answer» F. | |
| 35. |
I. The Central Bank will not decide the future course of action unless they are sure about the trend of inflation in the coming months. II. The Monetary Policy Committee of the bank will only give a call regarding this after the inflation framework is published by the Government. III. It is expected that there will be a rate cut in the next monetary policy review to control the inflation in the medium term. IV. However, the negative effects of rate cut will also have to be taken into account in a country with mass unemployment. |
| A. | I and III are incorrect |
| B. | II and III are incorrect |
| C. | II and IV are correct |
| D. | I, II and III are correct |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» F. | |
| 36. |
I. The International Monetary Fund have decided that it will dole out subsidies to the developing countries in the present financial year. II. The President of IMF announced it during the press interaction with the central bank governors last month. III. The reason is to create the framework for the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization to come into existence IV. The main contention regarding that agreement was that the developing countries and the developed countries were not on the same page regarding the subsidies |
| A. | I and IV are incorrect |
| B. | II and III are incorrect |
| C. | Only I is incorrect |
| D. | Both II and IV are incorrect |
| E. | All I, II, III and IV are incorrect |
| Answer» D. Both II and IV are incorrect | |
| 37. |
I. It is impossible to believe that the government does not know how to handle the situation with sincerity and effectiveness. II. But it is also true that they are unable to decide the best among the two options available in front of them. III. It seems that the perpetrators of the crime are smarter than brave. IV. However, the police are of the opinion that they will be able to nab the criminals very soon. |
| A. | Both I and IV are correct |
| B. | Both I and II are correct |
| C. | Both II and III are correct |
| D. | All I, II and III are incorrect |
| E. | All I, II, III and IV are correct |
| Answer» B. Both I and II are correct | |
| 38. |
Yesterday, the organising committee of the prestigious annual event (A) / apologize for putting the university and (B) / the Wharton School administration in an awkward position.(C) / No error (D) |
| A. | Yesterday, the organising committee of the prestigious annual event |
| B. | apologize for putting the university and |
| C. | the Wharton School administration in an awkward position. |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» C. the Wharton School administration in an awkward position. | |
| 39. |
Autumn is the driest season, winter receives less precipitation (A) / than summer, yet the weather patterns in Switzerland (B) / are not in a stable climate pattern. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | Autumn is the driest season, winter receives less precipitation |
| B. | than summer, yet the weather patterns in Switzerland |
| C. | are not in a stable climate pattern. |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Salman Rushdie is (A) / as talented writer (B) / as Graham Greene. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | Salman Rushdie is |
| B. | as talented writer |
| C. | as Graham Greene. |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» C. as Graham Greene. | |
| 41. |
The antidote (A) / must be administered (B) / two times in a day. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | The antidote |
| B. | must be administered |
| C. | two times in a day. |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» D. No error | |
| 42. |
Not only has the Director (A) / made a good impression, but increased (B) / the motivation of the workers. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | Not only has the Director |
| B. | made a good impression, but increased |
| C. | the motivation of the workers. |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» C. the motivation of the workers. | |
| 43. |
She regards (A)/negotiating prices with customers (B)/as her special expertise. (C)/No error (D) |
| A. | She regards |
| B. | negotiating prices with customers |
| C. | as her special expertise |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» D. No error | |
| 44. |
The police is investigating (A) / the recent happening (B) / in the area. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | The police is investigating |
| B. | the recent happening |
| C. | in the area |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» B. the recent happening | |
| 45. |
The redevelopment project is aimed (A) / not just providing good houses to shanty dwellers, (B) / but also developing infrastructure around the major Mumbai localities. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | The redevelopment project is aimed |
| B. | not just providing good houses to shanty dwellers |
| C. | but also developing infrastructure around the major Mumbai localities |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» B. not just providing good houses to shanty dwellers | |
| 46. |
Unless he apologizes (A)/he should not be (B)/allowed to stay with us. (C)/No error (D) |
| A. | Unless he apologizes |
| B. | he should not be |
| C. | allowed to stay with us |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
I met the gentleman (A) / this morning on my way (B) / to the market. (C) / No error (D) |
| A. | I met the gentleman |
| B. | this morning on my way |
| C. | to the market |
| D. | No error |
| Answer» B. this morning on my way | |
| 48. |
The development of groundwater in the region has been credited with increased farm profits, reduction of rural poverty, and equitable access to water. I. The development of groundwater in the region has been because of increased farm profits, reduction of rural poverty, and equitable access to water. II. Groundwater development in the region has led to an increase in farm profits, reduction in rural poverty, and equitable access to water. III. Groundwater development in the region was in terms of increased farm profits, reduction of rural poverty, and equitable access to water. |
| A. | Only III |
| B. | Only I and II |
| C. | Only II |
| D. | Only I and III |
| E. | Only II and III |
| Answer» D. Only I and III | |
| 49. |
India has come a long way from the small, meaningless and ineffectual pictorial warnings that were first used on tobacco products in May 2009. I. India uses small, meaningless and ineffectual pictorial warnings that were introduces in May 2009 and uses tobacco products to do so. II. India has progressed considerably since the time in May 2009, when it first used small, meaningless and ineffectual pictorial warnings on tobacco products. III. In May 2009, when India introduced pictorial warnings on tobacco products, they were considered small, meaningless and ineffectual but it has shown significant improvement since then. |
| A. | Only III |
| B. | Only I and II |
| C. | Only I and III |
| D. | Only II and III |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. All of the above | |
| 50. |
Water scarcity is expected to grow in the future, exacerbated by climatic changes in precipitation patterns and increase in temperatures. I. Compounded by climatic changes in terms of rainfall patterns and increase in temperatures, water scarcity is expected to grow in the future. II. Climate changes like precipitation patterns and temperature increase are expected to grown in the future and would result in more water scarcity. III. It would be an exaggeration to state that water scarcity, due to climatic changes in precipitation patterns and increase in temperatures, is expected to grow in the future |
| A. | Only I |
| B. | Only III |
| C. | Only I and II |
| D. | Only I and II |
| E. | Only II and III |
| Answer» B. Only III | |