Directions (next five questions) : In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each number, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Education has been a problem in our country for …26… The lack of it has been blamed for all …27… of evil for hundreds of years. Even scholars have written lengthy articles about how the Indian education system needs to change. The funny thing is that from colonial times, things have ….28… changed. We have established reputed business schools, law schools and other institutions of excellence. Students, now, so routinely score 90% marks that even with this percentage they find it …29… to get into the colleges of their choice. The problem thus lies with us doing more of the same old stuff. This needs to change by bringing about …30… in education.
Match the following phrases/idioms given in column A with their meanings in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| Column A | Column B |
| a. Mess around | 1. punish |
| b. Mete something out | 2. waste time |
| c. Mill around | 3. beware of danger |
| d. Mind out | 4. people get together very close |
Directions (next five questions) : In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each number, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Education has been a problem in our country for …26… The lack of it has been blamed for all …27… of evil for hundreds of years. Even scholars have written lengthy articles about how the Indian education system needs to change. The funny thing is that from colonial times, things have ….28… changed. We have established reputed business schools, law schools and other institutions of excellence. Students, now, so routinely score 90% marks that even with this percentage they find it …29… to get into the colleges of their choice. The problem thus lies with us doing more of the same old stuff. This needs to change by bringing about …30… in education.
Directions (next five questions) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence, the number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5), i.e. ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)