WORK ASSIGNMENT
WORK ASSIGNMENT
The article Work Assignment is a practice set with solutions for students to self-check their progress.
EXERCISE 1 OF WORK ASSIGNMENT
ERROR CORRECTION:
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Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic 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 (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any.)
1.The eradication of illiteracy cannot (a)/ be attained fully (b)/ until people (c)/ cooperate whole-heartedly. (d)/ No error (e)
2.The promoters of the real estate firm have been (a)/ sent to police custody for four days (b)/ by a Delhi Court in an alleged cheating case (c)/ relating to a house project. (d)/ No error (e)
3.The Allahabad High Court will deliver its verdict (a)/ on an appeal filed by Rajesh and Nupur challenging the CBI court order (b)/ convicting him for the murder of (c)/ their daughter and domestic help. (d)/ No error (e)
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4.A lot of the rituals (a)/ involved in Indian festivals (b)/ have a significant importance (c)/ in our day-to-day lives. (d)/ No error (e)
5.When she went to Radhika’s house, (a)/ her mother told her that (b)/ she was gone out (c)/ of the city. (d)/ No error (e)
ANSWERS FOR WORK ASSIGNMENT:
1(c)replace ‘until’ with ‘unless’
2(d)replace ‘house’ with ‘housing’
3(c)replace ‘him’ with ‘them’
4(e)
5(c)replace ‘was’ with ‘had’
EXERCISE 2 OF WORK ASSIGNMENT
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ERROR CORRECTION:
Direction for Work Assignment: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic 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 (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any.
6.Almost all woes being faced (a)/ by business and traders under the four-month-old Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime (b)/ would likely be resolved (c)/ by the GST council at its December 10 meeting. (d)/ No error (e)
7.The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the Capital has (a)/ ranged from ‘very unhealthy’ to ‘hazardous’ (b)/ since the last few days with AQI (c)/ crossing the 300 ‘danger’ mark at many paces. (d)/ No error (e)
8.Mr Kovind said, “I congratulate the four (a)/ alumni of IIT-Delhi who are being honoured (b)/ today for their achievement (c)/ in different walk of life. (d)/ No error (e)
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9.The VC wrote back saying the university (a)/ appeared to have ‘no power’ (b)/ to exclude students (c)/ from giving exams. (d)/ No error
10.Sundar was in need of money (a)/ and sold his bicycle (b)/ in five hundred rupees (c)/ to one of his friends. (d)/ No error (e)
ANSWERS FOR WORK ASSIGNMENT:
6(a)insert ‘the’ before ‘woes’
7(c)replace ‘since’ with ‘for’
8(d)replace ‘walk’ with ‘walks’
9(d)replace ‘giving’ with ‘taking’
10(c)replace ‘in’ with ‘for’
EXERCISE 3 OF WORK ASSIGNMENT
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REARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES:
Directions for Work Assignment: Rearrange the following six sequences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A)As a result there is a better appreciation of the role of food-containing fiber in human health.
(B)In the early days, people had only one view regarding fibre is that it prevented constipation.
(C)Later research has brought to light many other ingredients which cannot be digested by man.
(D)Indigestible substances present in the cell walls of plants, contain fibre.
(E)The role of fibre in human nutrition was not completely understood.
(F)In the last few years, there has been increasing realization of the importance of fibrous diet.
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1.After rearrangement which should be the FIRST sentence?
(1)D (2)E (3)F (4)A (5)B
2.After rearrangement which should be the SECOND sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
3.After rearrangement which should be the THIRD sentence?
(1)C (2)D (3)B (4)E (5)F
4.After rearrangement which should be the FOURTH sentence?
(1)E (2)F (3)D (4)B (5)C
5.After rearrangement which should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence?
(1)B (2)E (3)D (4)A (5)C
ANSWERS:
FBECDA
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EXERCISE 4 OF WORK ASSIGNMENT
REARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES:
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Directions for Work Assignment: Rearrange the following six sequences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A)In this milieu, one cannot feel surprised that the RBI’s decision to grant banks additional leeway to reconstruct their MSME loans, should attract piercing criticism.
(B)But then, multiple events beyond their control have dealt a body blow to MSME finances in the last couple of years.
(C)The evergreening of large corporate loans is at the root of Indian banks’ bad loan crisis and the issue of regulatory forbearance on MSME loans was one of the key bones of contention in the RBI-government standoff.
(D)Fire-fighting measures have now become inevitable to prevent their liquidity crisis from snowballing.
(E)Fears that this move will undermine India’s credit culture, already weakened by corporate loan write-offs and farm loan waivers, are understandable.
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1.After rearrangement which should be the FIRST sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
2.After rearrangement which should be the SECOND sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
3.After rearrangement which should be the THIRD sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
4.After rearrangement which should be the FOURTH sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
5.After rearrangement which should be the LAST (FIFTH) sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
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ANSWERS:
CAEBD
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EXERCISE 5 OF WORK ASSIGNMENT
REARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES:
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Directions: Rearrange the following six sequences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A)The high pollution levels discourage many who may otherwise like to cycle.
(B)In India, however, prosperity and the aspiration to own a motorized vehicle led to the decline of cycling.
(C)Yet weather need not be an excuse.
(D)Roads in most cities are currently chaotic and unsafe for cyclists.
(E)In parts of Europe where it is cold, windy and damp for the better part of the year, cycling is a better way to get around.
(F)Urban folk often cite extreme weather as another reason to avoid cycling.
(G)In prosperous cities such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam, senior corporate executives too cycle to work.
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1.After rearrangement which should be the FIRST sentence?
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)E
2.After rearrangement which should be the SECOND sentence?
(1)A (2)C (3)F (4)G (5)B
3.After rearrangement which should be the THIRD sentence?
(1)E (2)B (3)C (4)A (5)F
4.After rearrangement which should be the FOURTH sentence?
(1)E (2)B (3)C (4)D (5)F
5.After rearrangement which should be the LAST (SEVENTH) sentence?
(1)D (2)C (3)B (4)F (5)AS
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ANSWERS:
DAFCEGB
