Grammar

Grammar
Practice - 01
Important for XAT
Click here to join our telegram channel for exam material and more updates. Subscribe to our
YouTube Channel: MBA Pathshala
Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala

1. Fill up the blanks with appropriate words.
Oil painting did to appearance what capital did to social _______. It reduced everything to the ___
of objects. Everything became _____ because everything became a commodity. All reality was
mechanically _______ by its materiality.
(a) Construction, minuteness, commercial, evaluated.
(b) Relations, equality, exchangeable, measured.
(c) Setup, understanding useless, identified.
(d) Reality, randomness, saleable, located.
(e) Justice, level expensive, understood.
2. Read the following statements.

The leave policy is bound to be unpopular either with the management or among workers. If the
leave policy is unpopular with the management, it should be modified.
We should adopt a new policy if it is unpopular with workers.
If the above statements are true, which one of the following MUST also be true?
(a) We should attempt to popularize the leave policy among either the management or workers.
(b) We should modify the leave policy only if this will not reduce its popularity among workers.
(c) If the leave policy is popular with the management, then we should adopt a new policy.
(d) We should modify the leave policy if modification will not reduce its popularity with the
management.
(e) If the leave policy is popular among workers, then we should adopt a new policy.
3. Carefully read the following statement:

The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it_____ for a
totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that _____ are not informed; how can you have an
opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the ________ is not that you
believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. This is because lies, by their
very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has ________ to rewrite its own history.
Which of the following options will BEST fill up the above blanks meaningfully?
(a) Possible, people, consequence, constantly
(b) Absurd, subjects, beauty, no reason
(c) Unique, senators, reason, enough
(d) Necessary, citizens, joy, unusually
(e) Unpleasant, plebeians, fact, forced.
4. Which of the following sentences are grammatically CORRECT?

1. Have you any clothes to dispose of?
2. I saw a pleasant dream last night.
3. I have done it many a times safely.
4. Students struggle to cope up with academic pressure.
5. You need not give negative feedback to your employees.
6. My friend is good at playing football.
(a) 4,5,6
(b) 1,5,6
(c) 2,3,4
(d) 3,4,5
(e) 1,2,3
Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala 1

5. Which of the following sentences have INCORRECT usage of preposition?
1. The manager was sitting at the desk.
2. My work is superior to yours.
3. I prefer coffee than tea.
4. She was accused for stealing gold.
5. This is an exception to the rule.
6. They are leaving to England soon.
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 3, 4, 5
(c) 3, 4, 6
(d) 2, 3, 4
(e) 1, 3, 6
6. Read the following statement.

While start – ups have ____________reach, but _______they introduce _________products, they
open – up __________markets.
Fill in the blanks, in the above statements, from the following options.
(a) Limited, since, new, innovative
(b) Limited, when, innovative, new
(c) Restricted, while, innovative, new
(d) Limited, if, new, innovative
(e) Restricted, when, new, innovative
7. Which of the following sentences is using a wrong tag – question?

(a) There’s little point in doing anything about the match, is there?
(b) He has few reasons for saying no the match, has he?
(c) Nobody has called for you, have they?
(d) Moreover, he plays well, isn’t it?
(e) You like to play, don’t you?
8. Read the following sentences and answer the question that follows.
1. In my opinion, Tom Jones is a picaresque novel.
2. According to me, Tom Jones is a bildungsroman.
3. The books were distributed between Jessica, Neha and Swati.
4. The books were distributed among Jessica and Neha.
5. Life teaches us important lessons.
6. The life moves forward, teaches backward.
Which of the above sentences are grammatically correct?
(a) 1, 3, 5
(b) 2, 4, 6
(c) 2, 3, 6
(d) 1, 4, 6
(e) 1, 4, 5

9. Carefully read the paragraph below:
…………..medicine has been operated by trial and error, in other words,………… We know by
now that that there can be entirely ………………..connections between symptoms and treatment,
and some medications succeed in medical trials for mere random reasons.
From the options below, choose the one that MOST appropriately fills up the blanks.
(a) Formerly, randomly, accidental
(b) Periodically, logically, arbitrary
(c) Traditionally, analytically, casual
(d) Historically, arbitrarily, fortuitous
(e) Initially, statistically, unexpected
10. Carefully read the paragraph below:

A map is a useful metaphor for our brain when talking about ……………. because at its most basic
level our brain ………………….to be our atlas of sorts, a system of routes……………….to
navigate us toward just one destination: staying alive!
From the options below, choose the set that MOST appropriately fills up the blanks.
(a) Understanding, progressed, shaped.
(b) Comprehension, metamorphosed, designed.
(c) Connections, changed, molded.
(d) Design, Developed, shaped.
(e) Perception, evolved, designed.
11. Read the following sentences and answer the question that follows:
1. I have good knowledge of German.
2. Except for Rajiv, everybody was there.
3. Whole Delhi was celebrating Independence Day.
4. Neither the dog, nor is the cat responsible for this mess.
5. He knows to swim.
6. I look forward to seeing you.
Which of the above are grammatically INCORRECT?
(a) 4, 5 and 6
(b) 1, 2 and 5
(c) 3, 5 and 6
(d) 1, 3 and 5
(e) 2, 4 and 6

Answer Key
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. a
9. d
10. e
11. d

ENROLL NOW
Click here to join our telegram channel for exam material and more updates. Subscribe to our
YouTube Channel: MBA Pathshala

Grammar

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Grammar

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Grammar

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Grammar

Important for XAT

Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala

2. Read the following statements.

3. Carefully read the following statement:

4. Which of the following sentences are grammatically CORRECT?

Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala 1

6. Read the following statement.

7. Which of the following sentences is using a wrong tag – question?

Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala 2

10. Carefully read the paragraph below:

Which of the above are grammatically INCORRECT?

Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala 3

Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala 4

Our website : https://mbapathshala.com/ Telegram : https://t.me/mba_pathshala 5

You might also like