New Pattern English Questions - Set 8

Below a sentence is provided which is divided into five parts. One part is being coloured Blue consider it grammatically correct. Out of the remaining four parts, identify the part which is grammatically incorrect and mark your option accordingly: 

Question no. 1

The promised recapitalisation A)/ of Rs2.1 trillion takes care of not only B)/ the provisioning requirements C)/ of public sector banks, and D)/ provides them with growth capital. E)

I- B
II- C
III- D
IV- E
V- No error

Solution: III in the place of “and” “but also” will be used to complete the structure not only------ but also. 

Question no. 2

Assuming that the Rs1.35 trillion A)/ infusion is equity B)/ capital, it could be C)/ highly dilutive while positive for D)/ the FY19 adjusted books. E)
I- A
II- B
III- C
IV- D
V- No error

Solution: IV in D the usage of while is irrelevant as the former part of sentence opposing the latter part so the use of but will be correct. 

Question no. 3

If you give a bank a loan, A)/ it can help improve liquidity, B)/ but it doesn’t improve their C)/ balance sheet because they still D)/ own the extra money received. E)
I- A
II- B
III- C
IV- E
V- No error

Solution: IV if you get money as a loan you don’t own it, you owe it so the correct usage is owe instead of own 

Question no. 4

We are not aware of the process and the basis A)/ follows in the first two decades of B)/ bank recapitalisation but in the period between C)/ 2008-09 and 2016-17 when the government infused D)/ cumulatively Rs1,18,724 crore in PSBs, money was there for the asking. E)
I- A
II- B
III- C
IV- D
V- No error

Solution: II followed will be the correct usage as the sentence needs the verb in second form to make it grammatically correct. 

Question no. 5

World Teacher’s Day can have a A)/ positive effect on the growth of quality B)/ education and acknowledged both those C)/ who have chosen to teach as well as those D)/ who will decide to take on this crucial task. E)
I- A
II- B
III- C
IV- E
V- No error

Solution: III acknowledge will be used instead of acknowledgement. 

Question no. 6

An overall conclusion A)/ from the last survey conducted B)/ in 2013 showed that generally C)/ teachers feel under-acknowledged D)/ in their profession. E)
I- A
II- B
III- C
IV- D
V- No error

Solution: V

Question no. 7

The ever growing availability of online learning material like A)/ video, audio, massive open online university courses and teacher’s lesson plans B)/ as well as the rise of newer learning formats such as online tutoring, C)/ GIF and code, have caused a true democratization of teaching and learning D)/ with the potential to provide access to high quality education for all. E)
I- C
II- B
III- E
IV- D
V- No error

Solution: IV has will be used

Question no. 8

Hailing from a humble family from a village on the border A)/ of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Dr Radhakrishnan did not have B)/ the financial back to support his education, C)/ owing to which, his father wanted him to become D)/ a priest at a temple, instead of pursuing education. E)
I- C
II- A
III- E
IV- B
V- No error

Solution: I backing will be correct usage. 

Question no. 9

By infusing capital, A)/ the government is trying to B)/ partially improve the balance sheets C)/ of public sector banks, which could D)/ pave the way for them to be sold. E)
I- C
II- D
III- B
IV- E
V- No error

Solution: V 

Question no. 10

If someone bo a government bond, for example, A)/ they hand a certain amount of money in return B)/ for regular interest payments along with the C)/ expectation that the government will repay D)/the amount in full at a certain point of time. E)
I- A
II- B
III- D
IV- E
V- No error

Solution: II if we give someone something we hand over it to them so over should be used between hand and a certain.