Grammar Questions with Solutions (Test-1)

Directions for Questions 1 to 5 : In each of the following questions a part of a paragraph or sentence has been underlined. From the choices given, you are required to choose the one which would best replace the underlined part.

Q1. Victory is everything in the Indian universe and Tendulkar will be expected to translate his genius to that effect. To contemplate any other option is to contemplate the risk of failure. 

Q2. In Martin Amis’ new novel, the narrator is trapped-- and hurtling towards a terrible secret. Its resolution, and the dreadful
revelation it brings, ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt. 

Q3. How many times have I asked myself: when is the world going to start to make sense ? There is a monster out there, and it is
rushing towards me over the uneven ground consciousness. 

Q4. Contemplating whether to exist with an insatiable romantic temperament, he was the author and largely the subject of number of memorable novels.

Q5. In a penetrating study, CBS--TV focuses on these people without hope, whose bodies are cared for by welfare aid, but whose
spirit is often neglected by disinterested society. 

Directions for questions 6 to 10 : In each of the questions below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.

Q6. A. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is that it is not always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who
has the power to decide who is charged what price. 
B. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad thing, it is the monopolist who has the
power to decide who is charged what price.
C. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who
has the power to decide who is charged what price.
D. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not it is always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has
the power to decide who is charged what price.

Q7. A. A symbiotic relationship develops among the contractors, bureaucracy and the politicians, and by a large number of
devices costs are artificially escalated and black money is generated by underhand deals. 
B. A symbiotic relationship develops among contractors, bureaucracy and politicians, and costs are artificially escalated with
a large number of devices and black money is generated through underhand deals.
C. A symbiotic relationship develops among contractors, bureaucracy and the politicians, and by a large number of devices
costs are artificially escalated and black money is generated on underhand deals.
D. A symbiotic relationship develops among the contractors, bureaucracy and politicians, and by large number of devices
costs are artificially escalated and black money is generated by underhand deals.

Q8. A. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create difference of prices at which goods are traded on the
world market and their price within a local market.
B. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference of prices at which goods are traded with
the world market and their prices in the local market.

C. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference between prices at which goods are
traded on the world market and their prices within a local market.
D. The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference across prices at which goods are traded
with the world market and their prices within a local market.

Q9. A. Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also reduce the risks that private
operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive hedging.
B. Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also reduce the risks that private
operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive gambling.
C. Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent due to financial markets will also reduce the risks that private
operators perceive and thereby encourages excessive hedging.
D. Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also reduce the risks that private
operators perceive and thereby encourages excessive gambling.

Q10. A. Creativity in any field is regarded not only as valuable for itself but also as a service to the nation. 
B. Creativity in any field is not regarded only as valuable on its own, but also as a service to the nation.
C. Creativity, in any field, is not only regarded as valuable, but also as a service to the nation.
D. Creativity in any field is regarded not only as valuable in itself but also as a service to the nation.