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Question 1

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.
A. But recent reports suggest President Barack Obama has decided to break out of this mould.
B. As all cricket fans know, in one-day cricket the leading batsman in the side often finds himself unable to score freely in the first 45 of the allotted 50 overs.
C. Mostly they act like lame ducks, as they are derisively referred to, engaging in warm and fuzzy non-controversial activities like presidential visits abroad, planning their presidential libraries and so on.
D. He is said to be considering taking some serious steps to push forward his disarmament and arms control agenda which, after a lot of promise and considerable initial success, had stalled in subsequent years.
E. He finally lets loose with his bat in the last five “slog” overs to make up for lost time, permitting himself bold and unconventional shots without fear that he might get out since the innings will end in five overs anyway.
F. Not all U.S. Presidents view their last few months in office as “slog” overs and turn hyperactive to reach their promised targets.
Which of the following will be the Last sentence?

Question 2

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.
A. But recent reports suggest President Barack Obama has decided to break out of this mould.
B. As all cricket fans know, in one-day cricket the leading batsman in the side often finds himself unable to score freely in the first 45 of the allotted 50 overs.
C. Mostly they act like lame ducks, as they are derisively referred to, engaging in warm and fuzzy non-controversial activities like presidential visits abroad, planning their presidential libraries and so on.
D. He is said to be considering taking some serious steps to push forward his disarmament and arms control agenda which, after a lot of promise and considerable initial success, had stalled in subsequent years.
E. He finally lets loose with his bat in the last five “slog” overs to make up for lost time, permitting himself bold and unconventional shots without fear that he might get out since the innings will end in five overs anyway.
F. Not all U.S. Presidents view their last few months in office as “slog” overs and turn hyperactive to reach their promised targets.
Which of the following will be the First sentence?

Question 3

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.
A. But recent reports suggest President Barack Obama has decided to break out of this mould.
B. As all cricket fans know, in one-day cricket the leading batsman in the side often finds himself unable to score freely in the first 45 of the allotted 50 overs.
C. Mostly they act like lame ducks, as they are derisively referred to, engaging in warm and fuzzy non-controversial activities like presidential visits abroad, planning their presidential libraries and so on.
D. He is said to be considering taking some serious steps to push forward his disarmament and arms control agenda which, after a lot of promise and considerable initial success, had stalled in subsequent years.
E. He finally lets loose with his bat in the last five “slog” overs to make up for lost time, permitting himself bold and unconventional shots without fear that he might get out since the innings will end in five overs anyway.
F. Not all U.S. Presidents view their last few months in office as “slog” overs and turn hyperactive to reach their promised targets.
Which of the following will be the Third sentence?

Question 4

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.
A. But recent reports suggest President Barack Obama has decided to break out of this mould.
B. As all cricket fans know, in one-day cricket the leading batsman in the side often finds himself unable to score freely in the first 45 of the allotted 50 overs.
C. Mostly they act like lame ducks, as they are derisively referred to, engaging in warm and fuzzy non-controversial activities like presidential visits abroad, planning their presidential libraries and so on.
D. He is said to be considering taking some serious steps to push forward his disarmament and arms control agenda which, after a lot of promise and considerable initial success, had stalled in subsequent years.
E. He finally lets loose with his bat in the last five “slog” overs to make up for lost time, permitting himself bold and unconventional shots without fear that he might get out since the innings will end in five overs anyway.
F. Not all U.S. Presidents view their last few months in office as “slog” overs and turn hyperactive to reach their promised targets.
Which of the following will be the Fourth sentence?

Question 5

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.
A. But recent reports suggest President Barack Obama has decided to break out of this mould.
B. As all cricket fans know, in one-day cricket the leading batsman in the side often finds himself unable to score freely in the first 45 of the allotted 50 overs.
C. Mostly they act like lame ducks, as they are derisively referred to, engaging in warm and fuzzy non-controversial activities like presidential visits abroad, planning their presidential libraries and so on.
D. He is said to be considering taking some serious steps to push forward his disarmament and arms control agenda which, after a lot of promise and considerable initial success, had stalled in subsequent years.
E. He finally lets loose with his bat in the last five “slog” overs to make up for lost time, permitting himself bold and unconventional shots without fear that he might get out since the innings will end in five overs anyway.
F. Not all U.S. Presidents view their last few months in office as “slog” overs and turn hyperactive to reach their promised targets.
Which of the following will the Second sentence?

Question 6

Direction: Which of the following should replace the words printed in bold in the given 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.
The economic growth increased from 7 to 9 percent in November 2010, supporting the experiences that industrial growth rate in October-December quarter more the doubled that of the 4 per cent growth rate in industrial growth for the previous quarter.

Question 7

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any 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 (E) i.e no error. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.
Not like the urban school and /colleges, the schools in rural / areas do not encourage the / children to excel in extracurricular activities./ No error 

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No correction required".
The sword of Tipu Sultan was recently brought at an auction by an Indian for 2 crores.

Question 9

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct and needs no improvement, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.

Developing countries must not succumb to temptation to the try to boost demand through unsustainable means, such as the accumulation of excess debt.

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No correction required".
We cannot survive in the global market until we equip our next generation with computers.
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