Sentence Connectors & Spelling Errors || VARC || MH-CET 2021 II 13 August for CAT & MBA Exams

Question 1

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

The U.S. Administration announced its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change against a backdrop of rising carbon emissions, extreme weather events that devastated homes; and one of the top three hottest years on record. The momentum continued as other countries held firm in their determination to honour national and international commitments under Paris, in the face of the U.S. announcement.
I. Additionally
II. By comparison
III. Yet

Question 2

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

The Modi government's fiscal deficit bumped to 3.5% of GDP in 2017-18, a slippage from the figure targeted in the budget. 3% of the GDP was envisaged in the fiscal consolidation unveiled earlier.
I. In the first place
II. Although
III. As a result

Question 3

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

The oil and other mining industries are precisely the issue for the indigenous people, referred to as Adivasi, or Tribals, in India. Their fight is to preserve their way of life in the forest regions in which they have dwelled from time immemorial from despoliation by mining interests.
I. The freight of
II. The punching of
III. The gouging of

Question 4

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

Pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the United States alone. The two biggest contributors to that death toll, the MIT report found, are emissions from road transportation and power generation, which together account for just more than half the total.
I. A study by the MIT estimates that air
II. A study by the MIT estimates that air and land
III. A researcher of MIT ’s Laboratory has come out with some sobering new data on

Question 5

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C., his body didn’t begin to show signs of decomposition for a full six days. To the ancient Greeks, this confirmed their thought about the Macedonian king not being an ordinary man, but a god.
I After the death
II When the body did not decompose
III The belief of the

Question 6

Direction: In each question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark option (E), i.e., ‘All Correct’, as your answer.

He employs rhyme (1) in dealing with the most prosaic (2) subjects, and thus produces the disagreeable (3) effect of incongruiuty (4) between style and matter.

Question 7

Direction: In each question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark option (E), i.e., ‘All Correct’, as your answer.

A large number of celebrities (1) have joined an NGO involved (2) in the movement for protection (3) of animal writes. (4)

Question 8

Direction: In the given sentence, four words have been printed in bold. These are numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these words printed in bold may either be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence then mark E i.e. 'All are Correct', as your answer.

John Simon was one of the most erudite (1), vitriolic (2) and vilified (3) culture critics who iluminated (4) and savaged a remarkable range of plays, films, literature and artworks and their creators for more than a half-century.

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark option E, i.e., ‘All are correct’, as your answer.

Statistics (1) are now compulsory (2) for all students taking a cource (3) in engineering. (4)

Question 10

Direction: In each question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark option (E), i.e., ‘All Correct’, as your answer.

I arranged the papers in the chronological (1) order, took out my fountain (2) pen and wrote the manuscript (3) on a fresh sheet of foolscape. (4)