UPSC CSAT : Sentence Correction Home Exercise 03, DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 15:

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Thursday, 19 February 2015

Sentence Correction Home Exercise 03, DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 15:

DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 15: Each of the following questions consists of a sentence, with some parts of it underlined which could be erroneous. From among the choice given, you have to select an answer that is the possible replacement for the underlined part of the key, sentence.   While choosing the right answer, please pay particular attention to the syntax, idiom, usage and economy of words being used.
 
11.   During an era when interracial when interracial tensions in the United States have run high, Rosa Parks became a quiet, unassuming symbol of the continued struggle for human dignity.
A.      Have run high
B.      Ran high
C.      Had run highly
D.      Run high

12.   During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in water levels near the equator speed up the earth’s rotation, like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in.

A.      Like  a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in
B.      Like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are draw in
C.      Like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn in
D.      Just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms.

13.   During her lecture the speaker used map to clarity direction terms, for not everyone in attendance was knowledgeable that winds are designated by the direction from which they come.
A.      Or not everyone in attendance was knowledgeable
B.      For everyone in attendance did not know
C.      With everyone in attendance not knowing
D.      With everyone attending not knowledgeable

14.   During Roosevelt’s years in office Black Americans began voting for Democrats rather than republicans in national elections, but Black support for Democrats at the state and local levels developed only after when civil rights legislation was supported by Harry Truman.
A.      Developed only after when civil rights legislation was supported by Harry Truman
B.      Developed only after when Harry Truman supported civil rights legislation
C.      Developed only after harry Truman’s support of civil rights legislation
D.      Develops only at the time after the supporting of civil rights legislation by Harry Truman.

15.    During the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have left Mexico and added to the strain on the country’s debt-ridden economy.
A.      During the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have left  Mexico and added
B.      During the 1980’s it is estimated that approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico and added
C.      It is estimated that there was approximately $50 billion in private investment capital that left Mexico during the 1980’s and added
D.      It is estimated that during the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico, adding

Answer: 


11.   B    The tense has to be past tense as the sentence talks of a bygone era. Hence B.

12.   C   The analogy is with is with a figure skater which should succeed the clause of Earth’s rotation; this happens only in C.

13.      B   As the sentence is giving a reason for a phenomenon , the most direct statement is “for everyone” and after that, the present tense “know” must match with “are” . Hence B.

14.     C   “After “should be replaced because “after when “is wrong. Also use the direct “Truman’s support” instead f passive voice. Hence C

15.   A     choose the active voice by stating what happened in 1980’s. Between A and B is wrong because we should not used “It is estimated” after 1980’s. Hence A is the best answer.
 

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