Category: un

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. Almost…

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two important national highways in __________.       (4) 1. Allahabad 2. Kanpur 3. Lucknow 4. Varanasi 2. Which port plans to host an edible oil refinery to maximise revenue and ensure captive cargo?       (1) 1. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust 2. Kandla Port 3. Mormugao Port 4. Paradip…

Directions (1-5): Study the following series and answer the questions referring to the word sequence given below: YOM  MJK  UGJ  IMX  KQZ 1. If words are arranged according to the alphabetical series from left to right, then which word is third from the left end?            (4) 1. UGJ 2. IMX 3.…

1. The average of 6 observations is 45.5. If one new observation is added to the previous observation, then the new average becomes 47. The new observation is:         (2) 1. 58 2. 56 3. 50 4. 46 5. 48 2. The average age of 40 students of a class is 15 years. When…

1. SHODDY (adjective) Meaning: badly made or done. Synonyms: trashy, crude, junky, duff. Antonyms: prestigious, reputed, elegant, upright. Usage: Because of shoddy accounting practices, our firm is being audited. 2. ARCHETYPAL (adjective) Meaning: very typical of a certain kind of person or thing. Synonyms: conventional, exemplary, stereotypical, prototypical. Antonyms: atypical, unorthodox, unusual, odd. Usage: The…

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow: A. The celebrations of economic recovery in Washington may be as premature as that ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner hung on the USS Abraham Lincoln to hail the end of the Iraq war. B.…