Quest of Clerk : English Quiz

Directions (Q.1-5): In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is No improvement.

1. We have been retracing our steps to the log cabin ten minutes ago.

will be retracing

have to retrace

had to retrace

had retraced

No improvement

2. I hope you will be able to steer ahead of the antisocial elements.

steer clear

steer free

steer out

steer behind

No Improvement

3. He bowed down at the altar.

next to the altar

No Improvement

before the altar

infront of the altar

for the altar

4. They were being commanded to wait till the signal was given.

commanded

command

given command

No Improvement

taken command

5. River Damodar in West Bengal carry the effluents from the Durgapur Industrial complex for miles.

No Improvement

carries the effluents

carries the effluence

carried the effluents

had carried the effluents

Directions (Q. 6-10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
6. ____________by popular support, the Supreme Court of Pakistan is trying to____________its independence.

empowered, sentence

governed, stamp

backed, assert

 marked, rebel

geared, influence

7. One lesson that must be drawn from the grisly ____________of fake encounter killings is the need to ____________the police from its political masters.

incidence, govern

episode, insulate

crime, motivate

theory, widen

malaise, revolt

8. MP’s should, by all means, take the government to____________when it fails in ____________its responsibilities.

book, abdicating

proceedings, depicting

query, driving

criticism, abiding

task, discharging

9. No political party can claim____________to the trend of holding up parliamentary____________on some pretext or the other.

exception, proceedings

emancipated, debates

above, session

freedom, functions

supreme, dealings

10. It is pointless to legislate well-meaning laws if there is no fair and effective____________to ____________them. 

monitoring, realising

transparency, forward

methodology, sentencing

mechanism, implement

screening, process