Question No. 15Directions for questions 11 to 15: Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).(a)  Five hours off the shore of Kochi, Arabian sea looks like wrinkled blue skin stretched taut to the end of the world.(b)  There’s not a spot of land in sight.(c)  Time is marked by a swiftly setting sun and distance by the changing colours of the sea-dirty black at mainland, pale green further out and malted blue in deep waters.(d)  By late evening our little ship is alone in a sea of midnight black that gently cradles us to sleep.a and ba, c and dc and db, c and d

Directions for questions 4 and 5: Each of the following questions have a paragraph from which a sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the para in the most appropriate way._____ Ice – in the form of sea ice, glaciers, ice caps and snow ice, – reflects some of the sun’s heat, cooling the planet. In contrast, the dark surfaces of the open sea and snow-free ground absorb heat. As ice disappears, the earth retains more of the sun’s heat and as the earth warms up more ice melts, through this feed-back process, declining ice strengthens global warming.Ice holds large fresh water supplies and is a vital part of the ecosystem.Melting ice is the cause of prime concern today.The impacts of melting ice will reach far beyond the Arctic, affecting global climate and biodiversity.Ice plays a critical role in shaping our planet’s environment.

Directions for questions 11 to 15: Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).(a)  In Philadelphia, Siddiqi was looking to come back to India.(b)  These were times when relatively ordinary people did good work, but brilliant people did extraordinary work because of the interaction they had with each other.(c)  Sidddiqi was right in the midst of this as one of the real brilliant people.(d)  It was very unusual, while at this centre of intellectual ferment, to decide to return to India and start a laboratory, but this is what Siddiqi wanted to do.a and ca and db and cc and d

Directions for questions 1 and 2: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.It was 5.30 am, and the moon still lighted the sky above Corbett National Park.We are staying at the forest rest-house at Gairal on the bank of the Ramganga river.We had spent our mornings bird-watching and the afternoons splashing in the river.Each day, we were greeted with a fresh set of pug-marks leading down to the water edge.a, b and da and dOnly aOnly c

Direction for questions 6 to 9: In the following questions, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.The lobby of the hotel was a small white buildingset at the centre of two dozen beautiful bungalowsthat sprawled down a hill towards the clear blue sea.The Mellises had the Noel Bungalow, with its own swimming pooland a maid to prepare their breakfast, they ate in the open-air dining room.

Directions for questions 11 to 15: Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).(a)  A dictionary is a useful tool in our day today lifes.(b)  It helps us to understand the meaning of words and illustrates the same through sentences.(c)  It also aids us in word pronunciation and in understanding which to part of speech it belongs to.(d)  A good dictionary will even give us the origin of the word.Only bb and da and dc and d