Night Class: English Quiz

Directions (Q. 1–5): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The first budget of the new government is round the corner and there are high expectations that it will be a gamechanger for the Indian economy.

(B) There is also now a separate ministry for skilling underlying its importance and the need to have a more coherent approach for skilling which is at present dispersed across various ministries.

(C) The demand from this sector is so large that it makes eminent sense to seek private sector participation to improve access to such education and enhanced quality as well.

(D) For long, education has been subjected to excessive regulations and the participation of the private sector has been virtually stifled.

(E) While this is likely to happen, one sector which deserves special attention is education.

1. Which of the following would be the 'Second' sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 

2) C 

3) E 

4) B 

5) D

2. Which of the following would be the 'Fifth' sentence after rearrangement?

1) D 

2) B 

3) C 

4) E 

5) A

3. Which of the following would be the 'Third' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C 

2) E 

3) B 

4) A 

5) D

4. Which of the following would be the 'First' sentence after rearrangement?

1) E 

2) D 

3) B 

4) A 

5) C

5. Which of the following would be the 'Fourth' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C 

2) E 

3) B 

4) D 

5) A

Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error' the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

6. It is a time 1) / to honour fathers, 2)/ for his contribution 3)/ to family and society. 4)/ No error 5)

7. Not the man of many words 1)/ he recounts 2)/ how the journey of the book 3)/ really began over a decade ago. 4)/ No error 5)

8. Kiran bedi is no stranger 1)/ to hard work, 2)/gender discriminate 3)/ and success. 4)/ No error 5)

9. The videos are interactive 1)/ and they include question 2)/to test our understanding 3)/for reasoning. 4)/ No error 5)

10. We are inclined to think1)/ that our present passion 2)/ for comfort 3)/ is a little exaggerated. 4)/ No error 5)

Answers;

1. 3

2. 2

3. 5

4. 4

5. 1

6. 3; Replace ‘his’ with ‘their’

7. 1; Replace ‘the’ with ‘a’

8. 3; Replace ‘discriminate’ with ‘discrimination’

9. 4; Replace ‘for’ with ‘of’

10. 5; No error