Question 1.
Previous studies have shown that, since the 1950s, (A) / rates of sea level rise along Atlantic coast of (B) / North America were fast than the global average — leading (C) / to this region coming to be known as a sea level rise hotspot. (D)
A.AB
B.CD
C.BD
D.BC
E. No error
Question 2.
A few of the technology to reduce emissions from (A) / agriculture and farming, and to optimise feed yields, (B) / are already available but (C) / adoption of the science is lagging. (D)
A.AC
B.AB
C.BC
D.AD
E. No error
Question 3.
No child growing up in India fails to study the Indus Valley Civilisation, (A) / which is now more popularly referred to the Harappan Civilisation (B) / after Harappa, the first of its site to be excavated (C) / in the 1920s by British archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler. (D)
A.AD
B.BC
C.AC
D.CD
E. No error
Question 4.
The US began seeing India as a valuable (A) / market, a democratically counterweight (B) / to China, and a source for stability in the (C) / US-dominated international system.
A.BC
B.AC
C.AD
D.CD
E. No error
Question 5.
The end of the Cold War saw India reframe how they (A) / viewed the world, and had left it with (B) / little choice but to deepen its (C) / engagement with the only superpower at the time. (D)
A.BD
B.BC
C.AD
D.AB
E. No error
Explanations
Question1-
Correct Option: D
Previous studies have shown that, since the 1950s, (A) / rates of sea level rise along Atlantic coast of (B) / North America were fast than the global average — leading (C) / to this region coming to be known as a sea level rise hotspot. (D)
Fragment B is erroneous.
Here, the definite article ‘the’ is absent before ‘Atlantic coast’.
Correct 1st fragment: rates of sea level rise along the Atlantic coast of
Fragment C is erroneous.
Here, as the fragment is made in compartive degree (presence of ‘than’) the adjective ‘fast’ should be made in comperative degree too.
Correct 2nd fragment: North America were faster than the global average — leading
Correct Sentence:
Previous studies have shown that, since the 1950s, rates of sea level rise along the Atlantic coast of North America were faster than the global average — leading to this region coming to be known as a sea level rise hotspot.
Option D is hence the correct answer.
Question 2-
Correct Option: A
A few of the technology to reduce emissions from (A) / agriculture and farming, and to optimise feed yields, (B) / are already available but (C) / adoption of the science is lagging. (D)
Fragment A is erroneous.
As ‘technology’ is uncountable, ‘A few’ should be replaced by ‘Much’ to make the fragment grammatically correct.
Correct 1st Fragment: Much of the technology to reduce emissions from
Fragment C is erroneous.
The subject in the sentence implies to be ‘Much of technology’ which is singular in number. Thus, usage of ‘are’ in this fragment C is ungrammatical. ‘Is’ should be used here to make the fragment grammatically correct.
Correct 2nd Fragment: is already available but
Correct Sentence:
Much of the technology to reduce emissions from agriculture and farming, and to optimise feed yields, is already available but adoption of the science is lagging.
Option A is hence the correct answer.
Question 3-
Correct Option: B
Fragment B is erroneous here.
The preposition ‘as’ is absent before the noun phrase ‘The Harappan Civilisation’ in the fragment.
Correct 1st fragment: which is now more popularly referred to as the Harappan Civilisation
Fragment C is erroneous too.
First of its ‘site’ must be replaced by first of its ‘sites’.
Correct 2nd fragment: after Harappa, the first of its sites to be excavated
Correct Sentence:
No child growing up in India fails to study the Indus Valley Civilisation, which is now more popularly referred to as the Harappan Civilisation after Harappa, the first of its sites to be excavated in the 1920s by British archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler.
Therefore, option (B) is the correct answer.
Question 4-
Correct Option: A
Fragment B is erroneous here.
‘democratically’ is an adverb and ‘counterweight’ is a noun.
An adverb always describes a verb or an adjective, but a noun is described by an adjective only.
So ‘democratically’ is not correct here. It must be replaced by ‘democratic’.
Correct 1st fragment: market, a democratic counterweight
Fragment C is erroneous too.
The usage of ‘for’ is ungrammatical in this fragment. The appropriate preposition is ‘of’.
Correct 2nd fragment: to China, and a source of stability in the
Correct Sentence: The US began seeing India as a valuable market, a democratic counterweight to China, and a source of stability in the US-dominated international system.
Therefore, option (A) is the correct answer.
Question 5-
Correct Option: D
Fragment A is erroneous here.
The pronoun ‘it’ is used to refer a nation. The usage of ‘they’ in the fragment is wrong.
Correct 1st fragment: The end of the Cold War saw India reframe how it
Fragment B is erroneous too.
The sentence is in past indefinite tense. In the fragment, the past perfect tense ‘had left’ is inapt. ‘had’ must be omitted to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Correct 2nd fragment: viewed the world, and left it with
Correct Sentence: The end of the Cold War saw India reframe how it viewed the world, and left it with little choice but to deepen its engagement with the only superpower at the time.
Therefore, option (D) is the correct answer.
