Answer: B By subject-verb agreement “flower” will take ‘were” instead of “was”.
Q. No. 57:
Even as the excessively enthusiastic aerobics craze ebbs, and extreme makeovers like brow lifts and chin implants are for an elite few, interest in yoga has reached an all-time high, a trend affirmed by a study of eight hundred respondents __________________.
A :
who found that yoga is the working woman's best friend.
B :
which found that yoga is the working woman's best friend.
C :
that found yoga being the working woman's best friend.
D :
of whom it was found that yoga is the working woman's best friend.
Answer: B Who is wrong as the reference here is to study and not the respondents. 'of whom' means of the respondents and hence D does not make sense. Though 'which' and 'that' can refer to the study. Option C is wrong because 'yoga being........' is incorrect.
Q. No. 58:
Wildlife migration is a natural phenomenon, and is spurred by the availability of food, water and other resources, by young males seeking to carve out territories, or by mating season and so ________________.
A :
restricting the movement tantamounts to restricting the population growth of a species.
B :
restricting the movement is tantamount to restrict the population growth of a species.
C :
restricting the movement is tantamount to restriction of the population growth of species.
D :
restricting the movement tantamounts to restrict the population growth of a species.
Answer: C 'Tantamounts to' is incorrect. So we rule out options A and D 'is tantamount to' is right option B is incorrect because it should be 'restricting' and not 'restrict' after 'tantamount to'.
Q. No. 59:
The first requirement, apart from getting the necessary law passed by the state assembly in the current session, _______________ the constituent rules that will govern the day to day operation of the system.
A :
is the prompt announcing of, and wide publicity to
B :
is the prompt announcing and wide publicity to
C :
is the prompt announcement and wide publicity to
D :
is the prompt announcement of, and wide publicity to
Answer: D If we remove the clause set apart with commas (apart from..........session) the main clause is 'The first requirement is ........' what? 'the announcement of......' and not 'announcing'.
Q. No. 60:
Ergonomics of a shared work space was alien to India but it is a concept that has been used successfully by the BPO sector where people work in different shifts, and _____________.
A :
have lockers for storage, no paper work and no fixed work stations
B :
where there are lockers for storage, no paper works or no fixed work stations
C :
where there are lockers for storage, no paper works and no fixed work stations.
D :
where there are lockers for storage, no paper work no fixed works station.