Mixed English Questions for Mains Exam— Set 180

Directions (Q.1-5): Choose the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the below sentences in one.

1. It takes strong personalities to popularize an idea. It is those ideas that outlive personalities that define the course of a people or a nation.
   i.It takes strong personalities…….
   ii.Those ideas that outlived by population……
   iii.While taking strong personalities…….
   Only i
   Only ii
   Only iii
   Only i and ii
   Only ii and iii
   Option A
   It takes strong personalities to popularize an idea but it is those ideas that outlive personalities that define the course of a people or a nation.
   
    



2. Parties based on social justice politics or regional pride weakened Congress. They also viewed the BJP with skepticism despite their occasional association with it.
   
   i.Based on social justice politics……..
   ii.While parties based on…….
   iii.Viewing the BJP with skepticism…….
   Only i
   Only ii and iii
   Only i and ii
   Only i and iii
   None of the above
   Option
   Based on social justice politics or regional pride, parties weakened the Congress and also viewed the BJP with skepticism despite their occasional association with it.
   While parties based on social justice politics or regional pride weakened the Congress, they also viewed the BJP with skepticism despite their occasional association with it.
   
    



3. Agriculture contributes about 15% of India’s gross domestic product. A majority of the population directly or indirectly depends on the agricultural sector for livelihood.
   
   i.Even though agriculture…
   ii.A majority of the population……
   iii.Agriculture contributes…..
   Only i and ii
   Only i and iii
   Only ii and iii
   Only ii
   All i, ii and iii
   Option E
   Even though agriculture contributes about 15% to India’s gross domestic product, a majority of the population directly or indirectly depends on this sector for livelihood.
   A majority of the population directly or indirectly depends on the agricultural sector for livelihood, even though it contributes about 15% to India’s gross domestic product.
   Agriculture contributes about 15% to India’s gross domestic product, despite the fact that a majority of the population directly or indirectly depends on this for livelihood.
   
    



4. The French parliament adopted a controversial anti-terror bill. It gives the authorities permanent new powers to search homes, shut places of worship and restricts freedom of movement.
   
   i.Restrict freedom of movement……
   ii.The French parliament…
   iii.Controversial Anti-terror bill…
   Only i and ii
   Only ii and iii
   Only i and iii
   All i, ii and iii
   Only ii
   Option B
   The French parliament on Wednesday adopted a controversial anti-terror bill that gives the authorities permanent new powers to search homes, shut places of worship and restricts freedom of movement.
   Controversial anti-terror bill, adopted by the French parliament, gives the authorities permanent new powers to search homes, shut places of worship and restrict freedom of movement.
   
    



5. Farmers are a sizeable and powerful vote base. As experience shows, it is unlikely to help the agriculture sector in the long run.
   i.Helping the agricultural sector…
   ii.Farmers are sizeable…
   iii.As experience shows…
   Only i
   Only ii
   Only ii and iii
   Only i and ii
   Only i and iii
   Option C
   
   
    


Directions (6-10): In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts. For each part, a correction statement is also given(I, II and III). You have to determine which part requires correction and mark it as your answer.


6. A cashless society isn’t the original goal of the country’s draconian currency ban/ in November 2016. And when an acute shortage of banknotes gave a fillip to digital wallets,/ that purpose was added as an afterthought to justify an act of farcical state overreach.
   
   i.A cashless society wasn’t the original goal of the country’s draconian currency ban
   ii.But when an acute shortage of banknotes gave a fillip to digital wallets
   iii.that purpose was added as an afterthought for justifying an act of farcical state overreach.
   Both I & II
   Both II & III
   Both III & I
   Only II
   None of these
   Option A
   
   
    



7. The Native Vegetation Act was repealed in 2017 to introduce fairer legislation, but farmers are/ still being prosecuted under the old law, facing fines of up to $500,000. Farmers must acquire a permit to /cut down bush on their own land, but for every hectare of land cleared farmers are forbidding from touching four hectares of their own land.
   
   i.Though the Native Vegetation Act was repealed in 2017 to introduce fairer legislation, but farmers are
   ii.still prosecuted under the old law, facing fines of up to $500,000. Farmers must acquire a permit to
   iii.cut down bush on their own land, but for every hectare of land cleared farmers are forbidden from touching four hectares of their own land.
   Both I & II
   Both II & III
   Only I
   Only III
   None of these
   Option D
   
   
    



8. Legislators were poised to pass what would have been/ the toughest restrictions in the United States and would have been placed Alabama residents /on a par with those in many parts of the developing world in terms of access to abortion.
   
   i.Legislators were poised to pass what would have
   ii.the toughest restrictions in the United States and would have placed Alabama
   iii.likely with those in many parts of the developing world in terms of accessing to abortion.
   Both I & II
   Only II
   Only I
   Only III
   None of these
   Option B
   
   
    



9. To enter the plastic of around 12.7 million in the ocean every year, posing a risk to the nearly 200 marine species — /from mammals and birds to fish and invertebrates — that may digest it. In 2018, reports on research showing /that humans also unwittingly consumes microplastics and debated what the effect of this might be on our health.
   
   i.Up to 12.7 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year, posing a risk to the nearly 200 marine species —
   ii.from mammals and birds to fish and invertebrates — that may ingest it. In 2018, reports on research showing
   iii.that humans also unwittingly consume microplastics and debated what the effect of this might be on our health.
   Both I & II
   Both II and III
   Both I and III
   All I, II and III
   None of these
   Option D
   
   
    



10. Crop protection is the main rationale behind a type of/ genetic modification. Plants that are more resistant to diseases spread by insects or viruses/ result in higher yields for farmers and a more attractive product.
    
    i.A kind of crop protection is the main rationale
    ii.genetic modification. Plants that being more resistant to diseases spread by insects or viruses
    iii.resulted in the higher yields for farmers and a more attractive product.
    Both I & II
    Both II and III
    Both I and III
    All I, II and III
    None of these
    Option E