1. That the Sri Lankan President could suddenly harbour / such a doubt is
inexplicable given his frequent / assertions that he was that rare head of
state who had / voluntarily agree to a shortening of his tenure.
1) That the Sri Lankan President could suddenly harbour
2) such a doubt is inexplicable given his frequent
3) assertions that he was that rare head of state who had
4) voluntarily agree to a shortening of his tenure.
5) No error
2. Even though Mr. Sirisena’s supporters say he was exercising / his right to
approach the Supreme Court for / a clarification based on a valid doubt,
the rationale behind / his reference could only have been political.
1) Even though Mr. Sirisena’s supporters say he was exercising
2) his right to approach the Supreme Court for
3) a clarification based on a valid doubt, the rationale behind
4) his reference could only have been political.
5) No error
3. The President recently unveiled the findings of an / inquiry into a bond
scam that has indicted a / UNP minister as well the Central / Bank
governor, an appointee of Mr. Wickremesinghe.
1) The President recently unveiled the findings of an
2) inquiry into a bond scam that has indicted a
3) UNP minister as well the Central
4) Bank governor, an appointee of Mr. Wickremesinghe.
5) No error
4. Guaranteed inclusion will empower those in the 14-18 age / group whom
are not enrolled anywhere, and help / them acquire finishing education
that is so / vital to their participation in the workforce.
1) Guaranteed inclusion will empower those in the 14-18 age
2) group whom are not enrolled anywhere, and help
3) them acquire finishing education that is so
4) vital to their participation in the workforce.
5) No error
5. It is absolutely essential for all of them to get an education / that equips
them with the skills, especially job-oriented / vocational capabilities, if the
expectation of / the demographic dividend is to be meaningful.
1) It is absolutely essential for all of them to get an education
2) that equips them with the skills, especially job-oriented
3) vocational capabilities, if the expectation of
4) the demographic dividend is to be meaningful.
5) No error
6. To begin with, only 5% of the respondents in the survey, which / was
aided by the NGO Pratham, reported doing any / kind of vocational
course, and even among this / small minority a third were enrolled for
three month or less.
1) To begin with, only 5% of the respondents in the survey, which
2) was aided by the NGO Pratham, reported doing any
3) kind of vocational course, and even among this
4) small minority a third were enrolled for three month or less.
5) No error
7. The insights available from successive studies / point to progress being
made in raw / enrolment of children in school, but miserable / failures in
achieving learning outcomes .
1) The insights available from successive studies
2) point to progress being made in raw
3) enrolment of children in school, but miserable
4) failures in achieving learning outcomes .
5) No error
8. What is needed is a vision that will translate/ the objectives of the RTE
Act into a / comprehensive guarantee, expanding / its scope to cover all
level of education.
1) What is needed is a vision that will translate
2) the objectives of the RTE Act into a
3) comprehensive guarantee, expanding
4) its scope to cover all level of education.
5) No error
9. In the one case, the populist draws a bad xenophobic conclusion / from a
good premise of a sensible scepticism about / the inadequacies of what
can be delivered / with supranational banking and financial elites.
1) In the one case, the populist draws a bad xenophobic conclusion
2) from a good premise of a sensible scepticism about
3) the inadequacies of what can be delivered
4) with supranational banking and financial elites.
5) No error
10. It is a dark time we are living in, as we so often say to ourselves / when
we observe the populisms around us, but what / we doesn’t say often
enough, indeed hardly at all, is that / it owes to a considerable extent to
the limitations of liberalism.
1) It is a dark time we are living in, as we so often say to ourselves
2) when we observe the populisms around us, but what
3) we doesn’t say often enough, indeed hardly at all, is that
4) it owes to a considerable extent to the limitations of liberalism.
5) No error
Solution
1. Answer : 4)
Explanation:
it should be ‘agreed’ instead of ‘agree’ because given sentence is from
past tense hence second form of verb will be correct.
2. Answer : 5)
Explanation:
No error
3.Answer : 3)
Explanation:
as well as’ will be correct sequence, As well as is a conjunction that means in addition. A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words,
phrases, and clauses to each other. Even in textbooks, mistakes are made
when using this phrase. Let’s examine the proper and improper use of ‘as well
as.’
4. Answer : 2)
Explanation:
Replace ‘whom’ with ‘who’, Whom should be used to refer to the object of a
verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the
word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use
whom.
Ex – Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence.
Ex – Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.
5. Answer : 4)
Explanation:
Replace ‘the’ with ‘a’ . The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an
is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite
article and a/an the indefinite article.
6. Answer : 4)
Explanation:
It should be ‘months’ instead of ‘month’ with three.
7. Answer : 5)
Explanation:
Given sentence is correct.
8. Answer : 4)
Explanation:
‘level’ should be replaced with ‘levels’ because all indicates plural verb.
Hence ‘all levels’ will be correct.
9.Answer : 4)
Explanation:
It should be ‘by’ instead of ‘with’.by – identifying the agent performing an action and indicating the means of achieving something.
10. Answer : 3)
Explanation:
it should be ‘don’t’ instead of ‘doesn’t’ with we.
I, we, you – do
He, she ,I t, name – does.
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