English language Quiz 6 based on Sentence connector

English language Quiz 6 based on Sentence connector

Sentence connector is a significant topic of the English Language Section in almost all competitive exams. Candidates find difficulty in solving Sentence connector Questions but with practice, it can become quite easy to answer. And to let you practice more and more questions, we are providing you Sentence Connector Quiz. This Sentence Connector Quiz includes all types of Sentence connector Questions that are generally asked in banking and government exams. This Sentence Connector Quiz is entirely free of charge. This Sentence Connector Quiz contains a detailed explanation for each question. This Sentence Connector Quiz can assist you to achieve a good score in your upcoming exams.

Direction (1-5): Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

1.

(1) State media organizations have fired its 100 journalists.

(2) The government, until Tuesday, was proposing to ban most journalists from entering the lower house of Parliament in 2017.

(i)About 100 journalists from state media…

(ii)Since the government, until Tuesday….

(iii)Banning most journalists from…

(a)Only (i) is correct

(b)Only (ii) is correct

(c)Both (i) and (ii) are correct

(d)Both (i) and (iii) are correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Only (i) is correct

(i) About 100 journalists from state media organizations have been fired, and the government, until Tuesday, was proposing to ban most journalists from entering the lower house of Parliament in 2017.

(1) The Collector said the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had issued an order directing 13 district administrations to remove the trees in their respective areas.

(2) He addressed a meeting with officials held here on Thursday.

(i)Addressing  a meeting with officials…

(ii)The Madurai Bench of the Madras…

(iii)In a meeting with officials…

(a)All are correct

(b)None is correct

(c)Both (i) and (ii) are correct

(d)Only (i) is correct

(e)Only (ii) is correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. All are correct.

(i) Addressing a meeting with officials held here on Thursday, the Collector said the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had issued an order directing 13 district administrations to remove the trees in their respective areas.

(ii) The Madurai Bench of the Madurai High Court had issued an order directing 13 district administrations to remove the trees in their respective areas, the Collector said while addressing a meeting with officials held in this connection here on Thursday.

(iii) In a meeting with officials held here on Thursday, the Collector said the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had issued an order directing 13 district administrations to remove the trees in their respective areas.

 

3.

(1)  India first formulated its National Education Policy almost five decades earlier.

(2) The Ministry for Human Resource Development appears to be gearing up for another revision to this policy document.

  1. i)  Almost five decades after…
  2. ii) After India first formulated…

iii) National Education Policy may get another revision…

(a) only (i) is correct

(b) all are correct

(c) both (ii) and (iii) are correct

(d) both (i) and (iii) are correct

(e) none is correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Only (i) is correct

Almost five decades after India first formulated its National Education Policy, the Ministry for Human Resource Development appears to be gearing up for another revision to this policy document.

(1) The blast in Hilla killed over 100 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims.

(2) It reinforces the fear that the Islamic State remains a potent force in Iraq despite recent military setbacks.

i)Most of the Iranian pilgrims were killed…

ii)The Islamic State remains a potent force….

iii)The blast in Hilla that killed…

(a)only (i) is correct

(b)only (iii) is correct

(c)Both (i) and (iii) are correct

(d)None is correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Both (i) and (iii) are correct.

iii. The blast in Hilla that killed over 100 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, reinforces the fear that the Islamic State remains a potent force in Iraq despite recent military setbacks.

  1. Most of the Iranian pilgrims were killed in the blast in Hilla that killed over 100 people reinforcing the fear that the Islamic State remains a potent force in Iraq despite recent military setbacks.

5 (1) Justice Khehar led the Constitution Bench which scrapped the government’s National Judicial Appointments Commission law.

(2) He will be the first Chief Justice from the Sikh community.

 

  1. i)  Justice Khehar will be the first…
  2. ii) Justice Khehar, who led the…

iii) Constitution Bench which was led by…

(a)all are correct

(b)only (iii) is correct

(c)only (i) is correct

(d)both (i) and (ii) are correct

(e)only (ii) is correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp.(i)Justice Khehar will be the first Chief Justice from the Sikh Community who led the Constitution Bench which scrapped the government’s National Judicial Appointments Commission Law.

(ii) Justice Khehar, who led the Constitution Bench which scrapped the government’s National Judicial Appointments Commission law, will be the first Chief Justice from the Sikh community.

Direction (6); Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

  1. (1) The increasingly desperate need for foreign investment is forcing Havana’s geriatric communists to loosen their iron grip.

(2) They have pervasive and ruthless state political control.

(i)Despite pervasive and…

(ii)In spite of desperate need…

(iii) Forcing Havana’s geriatric …

(a)Only (i) is correct

(b)Only (iii) is correct

(c)Both (i) and (ii) are correct

(d)Both (ii) and (iii) are correct

(e)None is correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Despite pervasive and ruthless state political control, the increasingly desperate need for foreign investment is forcing Havana’s geriatric communists to loosen their iron grip.

Directions (7-8): Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

  1. (1) The Supreme Court will have to wave the judicial equivalent of a magic wand if there is to be any acceptance of its desire that the Ramjanambhoomi-Babari Masjid case be treated as simple title-suit.

(2) It should be considered with all due respect to their Lordships.

 

(I)With all due respect to their…

(II)If there is to be any acceptance…

(III)Considering the desire of judicial…

(a)Only (I) is correct

(b)Only (II) is correct

(c)Only (III) is correct

(d)Both (I) and (II) are correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. Both the starters (I) and (II) can be used to frame a meaningful sentence without altering the exact meaning of the given sentences. However, it is not possible to construct a contextual sentence using the third starter as it would alter the intended meaning. Hence option (d) is the correct choice.

(I)With all due respect to their Lordships, the Supreme Court will have to wave the judicial equivalent of a magic wand if there is to be any acceptance of its desire that the Ramjanambhoomi-Babari Masjid case be treated as simple title-suit.

(II)If there is to be any acceptance of its desire that the Ramjanambhoomi-Babari Masjid case be treated as simple title-suit, the Supreme Court will have to wave the judicial equivalent of a magic wand with all due respect to their Lordships.

  1. (1) The respective high commands of both the parties have decided to ignore prevailing sentiments among their MPs with regard to the salary hike.

(2) It is common between the two parties.

(I)What’s common between the two…

(II)Despite the commonness between the two…

(III)Deciding to ignore the salary hike…

(a)Only (I) is correct

(b)Only (III) is correct

(c)Both (I) and (II) are correct

(d)Both (II) and (III) are correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Among the three starters, only (I) can give a meaningful sentence without altering the intended meaning of the given two statements. The other two options will give an inappropriate meaning to the sentence. Hence option (a) is the correct choice.

(I)What’s common between the two parties is that their respective high commands have decided to ignore prevailing sentiments amo

Direction (9-10): Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

  1. (1) The outcome of the Dutch parliamentary elections comes at a critical juncture for Europe.

(2) It is amidst the increasingly distressing tendency to blend populism with nationalism.

 

(i)Amidst the increasingly…

(ii) As the outcome of…

(iii)Though the outcome…

(a)Only (i) is correct

(b)Only (ii) is correct

(c)Only (iii) is correct

(d)Both (i) and (iii) are correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Amidst the increasingly distressing tendency to blend populism with nationalism, the outcome of the Dutch parliamentary elections comes at a critical juncture for Europe.

  1. (1) Modernisation of the armed forces has been proceeding at a slow pace.

(2) It is due to the inadequacy of funds, rigid procurement procedures, frequent changes in the qualitative requirements, the black-listing of several defence manufacturers and bureaucratic red tape.

(i)Proceeding at a slow…

(ii)Despite the inadequacy…

(iii)Owing to the inadequacy…

(a)Only (i) is correct

(b)Only (iii) is correct

(c)Both (i) and (ii) are correct

(d)Both (ii) and (iii) are correct

(e)None is correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. b

Exp. Owing to the inadequacy of funds, rigid procurement procedures, frequent changes in the qualitative requirements, the black-listing of several defence manufacturers and bureaucratic red tape, modernisation of the armed forces has been proceeding at a slow pace.

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