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Q191.
Correct the Errors:
Directions : Find the error,if any in the following sentences.

A recent survey (1)/indicates (2)/that the number of drug addicts (3)/grew day
by day (4)/No errors (5).
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 4
Explanation : Write 'is growing'.The sentence is in present progressive.
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Q192.
Correct the Errors:
Directions : Find the error,if any in the following sentences.

Before the alarm (1)/had stopped ringing (2)/Reena had (3)/pulled up the shade (4)/ No errors (5).
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 2
Explanation : Delete 'had'.
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Q193.
Correct the Errors:
Directions : Find the error,if any in the following sentences.

If I was you (1)/I would have told (2)/the Principal (3)/to keep his mouth shut (4)/ No errors (5).
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 1
Explanation : Write , 'if I were'
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Q194.
Correct the Errors:
Directions : Find the error,if any in the following sentences.

I want you (1)/to pick up the box (2)/of glasses gently (3)/and kept it on the
table carefully (4)/ No errors (5).
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 4
Explanation : write ,'keep'. The sentence is in 
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Q195.
Correct the Errors:
Directions : Find the error,if any in the following sentences.

The victim tried (1)/to tell us what has happened (2)/but his words (3)/were not
audible (4)/No errors (5).
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 2
Explanation : Write,' what had happened'. the sentence is in past.
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Q196.
Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist, engineer and carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity and lack of skill. The greatest moral failure of Indian institutions is the tolerance of incompetence, (1) criminality or corruption. The tolerance of incompetence in (2) is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and (3) of institutions.Institution building is a hard work; it requires a combination of vision, commitment and performance. Any institution involves a contract between those who (4) to the institution and those who support it. The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be (5) continuously. In a properly functioning institutional system, the institutional contract (6) the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results. Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back. If doctors don;t cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways, let us also examine the system that accepts mediocrity and even lets it (7). What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure. The contractor who bribes an official and then builds a leaky stadium is not just being (8). He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co-operation between government institutions, market players and society as a whole. In the case of endemic contract failure everyone (9), including the contractor, for once the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will (10) out on opportunities to make money. The moral status of institutions is central to continued development and prosperity.

3. 1) destruction                    2) justification                          3) sustenance
4) excess                    5) marginalization
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 3
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Q197.
Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist, engineer and carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity and lack of skill. The greatest moral failure of Indian institutions is the tolerance of incompetence, (1) criminality or corruption. The tolerance of incompetence in (2) is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and (3) of institutions.Institution building is a hard work; it requires a combination of vision, commitment and performance. Any institution involves a contract between those who (4) to the institution and those who support it. The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be (5) continuously. In a properly functioning institutional system, the institutional contract (6) the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results. Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back. If doctors don't cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways, let us also examine the system that accepts mediocrity and even lets it (7). What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure. The contractor who bribes an official and then builds a leaky stadium is not just being (8). He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co-operation between government institutions, market players and society as a whole. In the case of endemic contract failure everyone (9), including the contractor, for once the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will (10) out on opportunities to make money. The moral status of institutions is central to continued development and prosperity.
5. 1) returned             2) earned
                   
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 3
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Q198.
Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist, engineer and carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity and lack of skill. The greatest moral failure of Indian institutions is the tolerance of incompetence, (1) criminality or corruption. The tolerance of incompetence in (2) is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and (3) of institutions.Institution building is a hard work; it requires a combination of vision, commitment and performance. Any institution involves a contract between those who (4) to the institution and those who support it. The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be (5) continuously. In a properly functioning institutional system, the institutional contract  (6) the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results. Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back. If doctors don't cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways, let us also examine the system that accepts mediocrity and even lets it  (7) . What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure. The contractor who bribes an official and then builds a leaky stadium is not just being  (8) . He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co-operation between government institutions, market players and society as a whole. In the case of endemic contract failure everyone  (9) , including the contractor, for once the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will  (10)  out on opportunities to make money. The moral status of institutions is central to continued development and prosperity.

6. 1) suggests   &
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 5
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Q199.
Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist, engineer and carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity and lack of skill. The greatest moral failure of Indian institutions is the tolerance of incompetence, (1) criminality or corruption. The tolerance of incompetence in (2) is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and (3) of institutions.Institution building is a hard work; it requires a combination of vision, commitment and performance. Any institution involves a contract between those who (4) to the institution and those who support it. The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be (5) continuously. In a properly functioning institutional system, the institutional contract (6) the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results. Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back. If doctors don't cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways, let us also examine the system that accepts mediocrity and even lets it (7). What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure. The contractor who bribes an official and then builds a leaky stadium is not just being (8). He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co-operation between government institutions, market players and society as a whole. In the case of endemic contract failure everyone (9), including the contractor, for once the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will (10) out on opportunities to make money. The moral status of institutions is central to continued development and prosperity.

7. 1) question              2) bolder                      3) thrive
4) out              5) kill

1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 3
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Q200.
Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist, engineer and carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity and lack of skill. The greatest moral failure of Indian institutions is the tolerance of incompetence, (1) criminality or corruption. The tolerance of incompetence in (2) is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and (3) of institutions.Institution building is a hard work; it requires a combination of vision, commitment and performance. Any institution involves a contract between those who (4) to the institution and those who support it. The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be (5) continuously. In a properly functioning institutional system, the institutional contract (6) the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results. Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back. If doctors don't cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways, let us also examine the system that accepts mediocrity and even lets it (7). What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure. The contractor who bribes an official and then builds a leaky stadium is not just being (8). He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co-operation between government institutions, market players and society as a whole. In the case of endemic contract failure everyone (9) , including the contractor, for once the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will (10) out on opportunities to make money. The moral status of institutions is central to continued development and prosperity.

8. 1) variant                   2) trivial                          3) immature
4) corrupt                   5) generous
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
Answer : 4
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