Grammar, Usage & Correction - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
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In each of the following questions there are 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 (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
- In 1849, a poor Bavarian imigrant named Levi Strauss
- landed in San Francisco, California,
- at the invitation of his brother-in-law David Stern
- owner of dry goods business.
- This dry goods business would later became known as Levi Strauss & Company.
- (a)
B only
- (b)
B and C
- (c)
A and B
- (d)
A only
- (e)
A, B and D
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ReportIn each of the following questions there are 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 (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
- In response to the allegations and condemnation pouring in,
- Nike implemented comprehensive changes in their labour policy.
- Perhaps sensing the rising tide of global labour concerns,
- from the public would become a prominent media issue,
- Nike sought to be a industry leader in employee relations.
- (a)
D and E
- (b)
D only
- (c)
A and E
- (d)
A and D
- (e)
B, C and E
In each of the following questions there are 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 (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
- Charges and countercharges mean nothing
- to the few million who have lost their home.
- The nightmare is far from over, for the government
- is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned.
- The death count have just begun.
- (a)
A only
- (b)
C only
- (c)
A and C
- (d)
A, C and D
- (e)
D only
In each of the following questions there are 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 (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
- I did not know what to make of you.
- Because you’d lived in India, I associate you more with my parents than with me.
- And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta, who seem so innocent and obedient when I visited them.
- You were not curious about me in the least.
- Although you did make effort to meet me.
- (a)
A only
- (b)
A and B
- (c)
A and E
- (d)
D only
- (e)
A and D
In each question, 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.
- When I returned to home, I began to read
- everything I could get my hand on about Israel.
- That same year Israel’s Jewish Agency sent
- a Shaliach a sort of recruiter to Minneapolis.
- I became one of his most active devotees.
- (a)
3 and 5
- (b)
3 only
- (c)
5 only
- (d)
2, 3 and 5
- (e)
3, 4 and 5
In each question, 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.
- So once an economy is actually in recession,
- The authorities can, in principle, move the economy
- Out of slump - assuming hypothetically
- That they know how to - by a temporary stimuli.
- In the longer term, however, such policies have no affect on the overall behaviour of the economy.
- (a)
1, 2 and 5
- (b)
2, 3 and 5
- (c)
3 and 4
- (d)
5 only
- (e)
2 only
In each question, 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.
- It is sometimes told that democratic
- government originated in the city-states
- of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time.
- In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion.
- The Greeks gave us the word, hence did not provide us with a model.
- (a)
1, 2 and 4
- (b)
2, 3 and 4
- (c)
3 and 4
- (d)
2 only
- (e)
4 only
Each of the questions consists of a certain number of sentences. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
- When virtuoso teams begin their work, individuals are in and group consensus is out.
- As project progresses, however, the individual stars harness themselves to the product of the group.
- Sooner or later, the members break through their own egocentrism and become a plurality with single-minded focus on the goal.
- In short, they morph into a powerful team with a shared identity.
- (a)
1 and 3
- (b)
1 and 4
- (c)
2 and 4
- (d)
1, 3 and 4
Each of the questions consists of a certain number of sentences. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
- Large reductions in the ozone layer, which sits about 15-30 km above the Earth, take place each winter over the Polar regions, especially the Antarctic, as low temperatures allow the formation of stratospheric clouds that assist chemical reactions breaking down ozone.
- Industrial chemicals containing chlorine and bromine have been blamed for thinning the layer because they attack the ozone molecules, making them to break apart.
- Many an offending chemicals have now been banned.
- It will still take several decades before these substances have disappeared from the atmosphere.
- (a)
4 only
- (b)
2 and 4
- (c)
1 and 4
- (d)
1 and 3
Each of the questions consists of a certain number of sentences. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
- The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve.
- Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation.
- Postwar era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries.
- China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century global economy.
- (a)
1, 2 and 3
- (b)
1 and 4
- (c)
3 only
- (d)
3 and 4
Each of the questions consists of a certain number of sentences. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
- People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
- Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind's humanity.
- It is no coincidence that William Wilberforce and Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, two leaders of the movement to abolish the slave trade, helped found the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1820s.
- An increasing number of people go further: mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that
- have the capacity to suffer.
- (a)
1 and 4
- (b)
2 only
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
3 and 4
Identify the INCORRECT sentence or sentences.
- Harish told Raj to plead guilty.
- Raj pleaded guilty of stealing money from the shop.
- The court found Raj guilty of all the crimes he was charged with.
- He was sentenced for three years in jail.
- (a)
A and C
- (b)
B and D
- (c)
A, C, and D
- (d)
B, C, and D
Identify the INCORRECT sentence or sentences.
- Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.
- After waking up, she lay on the bed thinking of what to do.
- At 11 o'clock she took shower and got ready.
- She spent most of the day shopping.
- (a)
B and C
- (b)
C
- (c)
A and B
- (d)
B, C, and D
Identify the INCORRECT sentence or sentences.
- It was a tough situation and Manasi was taking pains to make it better.
- Slowly her efforts gave fruit and things started improving.
- Everyone complemented her for her good work.
- She was very happy and thanked everyone for their help.
- (a)
A
- (b)
D
- (c)
B and C
- (d)
A and C
In each of the questions given below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
C
- (d)
D
In each of the questions given below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.
- A symbiotic relationship develops among the contractors, bureaucracy and the politicians, and by a large number of device, costs are artificially escalated and black money is generated by underhand deals.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
C
- (d)
D
In each of the questions given below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies that they create a difference across prices at which goods are traded with the world market and their prices within a local market.
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
C
- (d)
D
In each of the questions given below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.
- 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.
- 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.
- Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent due to financial markets will also reduce that risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourages excessive hedging.
- Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent to financial markets will also reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive gambling.
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
C
- (d)
D
Directions: In each of the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
It was us who had left before he arrived.
- (a)
we who had left before time he had arrived.
- (b)
us who had went before he arrived.
- (c)
us who had went before had arrived.
- (d)
we who had left before he arrived.
Directions: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
The MP rose up to say that in her opinion, she thought the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed on unanimously.
- (a)
rose to say that she thought the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed
- (b)
rose up to say that, the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed on
- (c)
rose to say that, in her opinion, she thought that the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed
- (d)
rose to say that, in her opinion, the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed on
Directions: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
Mr Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a member of the community group, will be in charge of the negotiations.
- (a)
since he is a member of the community group
- (b)
also being a member of the community group
- (c)
a member of the community group
- (d)
in addition, who is a member of the community group
Directions: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment industry took a giant stride forward in our country.
- (a)
this decade saw the entertainment industry taking
- (b)
this decade, the entertainment industry has taken
- (c)
this decade, the entertainment industry had taken
- (d)
this decade, the entertainment industry took
Directions: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
His mother made great sacrifices to educate him, moving house on three occasions, and severing the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
- (a)
severing the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
- (b)
severed the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
- (c)
severed the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need for persevering.
- (d)
severing the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make them understand the need to persevere.
If you are in a three-month software design project and, in two weeks, you’ve put together a program that solves part of the problem, show it to your boss without delay.
- (a)
and, you’ve put together a program that solves part of the problem in two weeks
- (b)
and, in two weeks, you’ve put together a program that solves part of the problem
- (c)
and, you’ve put together a program that has solved part of the problem in two weeks
- (d)
and, in two weeks, you put together a program that solved only part of the problem
Directions: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
Many of these environmentalists proclaim to save nothing less than the planet itself.
- (a)
to save nothing lesser than
- (b)
that they are saving nothing lesser than
- (c)
to save nothing less than
- (d)
that they save nothing less than