Q.1- Precious time of the nation and its leadership are (1)/ being wasted on a non-issue, namely (2)/ Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)’s new (3)/ Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT).(4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (1) use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’
Q.2- If the aspirants were really the ones indulging in violence in Delhi recently, (1)/ government of India should seek the relevant footage, identify the (2)/ specific culprits and ban them for life — for such violence certain does not demonstrate (3)/ aptitude to become professional leaders in India’s civil services. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (3) use ‘certainly’ instead of ‘certain’
Q.3- The Modi government has begun to carry forward (1)/ process related to Jammu & Kashmir (2)/ that the UPA regime had (3)/ initiated but had then abandoned in all but name. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- use “a” before process
Q.4- Chicago was one of the first municipality to appoint a chief data (1)/ officer in 2012 and discloses useful data (2)/ including boundaries of beat police officials, the status of pothole (3)/ repairs, and city-owned land inventory. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- use ‘municipalities’ as plural noun required after ‘one of’
Q.5- Some western countries’ diplomatic boycott (1)/ of Modi when he was Gujarat chief minister, as well (2)/ his interest in East Asia, has triggered speculation on whether (3)/ India’s foreign policy will tilt in that direction. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (2) use ‘as well as’ not ‘as well’.
Q.6- When people get more disposable income,(1)/ they would like to use products (2)/ that bring more convenient (3)/ and are not so invasive.(4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (3) use ‘convenience’ not ‘convenient’
Q.7- India has decided to boycott the 19th summit (1)/ of the South Asian Association for (2)/ Regional Cooperation (3)/ schedule to take place in Islamabad. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘scheduled’ instead of schedule
Q.8- India has a high incidence of non-communicable (1)/ diseases, especially diabetes, (2)/ and it is mostly because (3)/ it is poor regulated. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘poorly’ as adverb required
Q.9- Prime Minister did well to ask his (1)/ Cabinet colleagues and party members to stop (2)/ thump their chests and ease up on the (3)/ jingoism that is sweeping the public discourse. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (3) use ‘thumping’ instead of ‘thump’ as v4 form is used after stop.
Q.10- It is a welcome development that the Patna High Court has struck down (1)/ the Bihar government draconian policy (2)/ of total prohibition, extending to putting behind bars members of (3)/ a household on whose premises liquor is found. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (2) use ‘government’s.
