Directions (Q. 1-5): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction’ is required mark (e) as the answer.
1. India since independence has made a significant progress in rural development with an integrated approach to improve the quality for life of the rural poor and by ensuring equity and effective people’s participation. (3)
- to improved quality of life
- to life for improving the quality
- towards improving the quality of life
- of life to improve the quality of
- No correction required
2. It is the implementation of integrated Rural Development (IRD) programme that is posing most formidable managerial challenges when financial and even material inputs are not serious constraints. (4)
- when financial or material
- when financial, material and even
- when even financial or material
- even when financial and material
- No correction required
3. Expanding coverage to a large number of Indians is a desirable policy goal with the potential of improving health and lowering financial hardships faced by millions of Indians. (5)
- of improving health and lowered
- of improved health and lower
- of improved health by lowering
- of improving health or lowered
- No correction required
4. A person qualified enough to be a secondary school teacher is most likely to look after other fulltime employment, and it naturally follows that the teacher shortage is the worst at the college level. (2)
- most likely to look into
- more likely to look for
- unlikely to look out
- much likely to look at
- No correction required
5. Asset allocation involves division of an investment portfolio into different asset categories, such as stock, bonds and cash. (1)
- dividing an investment portfolio among
- dividing an investment portfolio of
- distribution of an investment portfolio for
- collection of an investment portfolio through
5. No correction required
