English Quiz: (Sentence correction and fill in the blanks) Set-108

 English Quiz:
Directions (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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.)


1. 1) The CBI has filed a petition in a NIA court / 2) here seeking its permission to interrogate / 3) a Sri Lankan national held for /4) allegedly spying for Pakistan. / 5) No error

2. 1) The government apprised the court / 2) about instituting another committee / 3) that would review and draft amendments / 4) to the five key laws over environment, forest, wildlife, air and water. /5) No error

3. 1) In the absence of a legal guarantee of safety and privacy, / 2) the court should not ask for sources / 3) to be revealed, especially when the cases at stake / 4) involve powerful people in politics and business. / 5) No error

4. 1) Government plan to link the universal health assurance scheme / 2) for providing medical treatment / 3) to all citizens with Aadhar number / 4) to check ghost beneficiaries. / 5) No error


5. 1) The Supreme Court has ruled that / 2) citizens have no fundamental right / 3) to carry out business in potable liquor and the state / 4) has the power to prohibit such trade. / 5) No error

Directions (6-10): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
6. Current deposit accounts are opened to _________ transactions of business and trade and hence not ________  to any interest from the bank.
1) seek, authorised
2) find, ready
3) do, liable
4) meet, entitled
5) accept, obliged

7. The opening up of insurance sector has resulted in _________ of new products, particularly the unit-linked products which offer both capital ______ and insurance cover and have attracted the attention of the insured.
1) separation, investment
2) introduction, appreciation
3) distinction, depreciation
4) appropriation, formation
5) opening, collection

8. The Reserve Bank exercises its supervisory role ________ the financial system __________ commercial and urban cooperative banks, financial institutions and NBFCs, through the Board of Financial Supervision.
1) in, around
2) of, for
3) about, within
4) for, covering
5) over, encompassing

9. It is ________ that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had to lose his job as the party's spokesperson __________ for praising a man who had called Tharoor's wife a Rs. 50-crore girl friend.
1) ironical, allegedly
2) critical, particularly
3) proper, formally
4) useless, certainly
5) worthless, illegally

10. More than two lakh students _________ up to two years preparing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) one of all in the attempt to __________ a seat at one of the top business school in the country. 
1) go, have
2) study, take
3) spend, secure
4) read, fetch
5) wait get






Answers:

1. 1
2. 2
3. 5
4. 1
5. 3
6. 4
7. 2
8. 5
9. 1
10. 3