Error - Spotting for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (DAY-15)

Directions (1-10): In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

Q1. A. In 1849, a poor Bavarian imigrant named Levi Strauss

B. Landed in San Francisco, California,

C. at the invitation of his brother-in-law David Stem

D. owner of dry goods business.

E. This dry goods business would later became known as Levi Strauss & Company.

(a) B only

(b) B and C

(c) A and B

(d) A only

(e) A, B and D

Q2. A. In response to the allegations and condemnation pouring in,

B. Nike implemented comprehensive policy changes in their labour policy.

C. Perhaps sensing the rising tide of labour concerns,

D. from the public would become a prominent media issue,

E. Nike sought to be a industry leader in employee relations.

(a) D and E

(b) D only

(c) A and E

(d) A and D

(e) B, C and E

Q3. A. Charges and counterchanges mean nothing.

B. to the few million who have lost their home.

C. The nightmare is far from over, for the government

D. is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned.

E. The death count have just begun.

(a) A only

(b) C only

(c) A and C

(d) A, C and D

(e) D only

Q4. A. I did not know what to make of you.

B. Because you’d lived in India, I associate you more with my parents than with me.

C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta, who seem so innocent and obedient when I visited them.

D. You were not curious about me in the least.

E. Although you did make effort to meet me.

(a) A only

(b) A and B

(c) A and E

(d) D only

(e) A and D

Q5. A. Relations are improving between the United States and Libya.

B. President Bush telephoned the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi,

C. on Monday, after Libya has paid about $1.5 billion

D. to State Department to clear up terrorism-related claims

E. from bombings and hijackings during the 1980’s.

(a) A only

(b) A and B

(c) A and E

(d) C only

(e) C and D

Q6. A. I’ve had a intense year.

B. Due to the book launch and movie release, I’ve been out there on display,

C. focusing too much on the external world.

D. Its time to look within, get in touch with myself again and create something new.

E. As part of that, I have to stop the blog, interacting with media and other events.

(a) A only

(b) A and B

(c) A and E

(d) C only

(e) B and C

Q7. A. Now setting up Microsoft Project Manager to work with your company’s existing

B. IT infrastructure can be a complicated task.

C. Systems will have to replace to make them compatible, space has to be allocated

D. for new hardware and there are considerable cost in implementing a desirable system.

E. A data center has to be setup and your IT department has to complete all this in addition to their normal duties.

(a) A only

(b) B only

(c) B and E

(d) C only

(e) B and D

Q8. A. We are heading into an age in which jobs are

B. likely to be invented and made obsolete faster and faster.

C. The chances of today’s college kids working in the same jobs for the same companies for their whole careers is about zero.

D. In such a age, the greatest survival skill you can have is the ability to learn how to learn.

E. The best way to learn how to learn is to love to learn, and the best way to love to learn is to have teachers who inspire.

(a) A only

(b) A and B

(c) A, B and E

(d) B and C only

(e) C and D

Q9. A. A New Zealand company called HortResearch is a world renowned fruit science company,

B. and they develop a unique and innovative fruit and food products for sustainability.

C. One of their previous innovative technologies were in developing a bio sensor to measure the hormone levels in saliva.

D. This can be monitored in real time and also adopted to sports.

E. Right now, it is investigating technologies for measuring biochemical indicators of stress and performance in real time.

(a) A only

(b) A and B

(c) A and E

(d) E only

(e) A, C and E

Q10. A. Maragadavalli was running her father’s household ever since her mother had died when she was 13.

B. It took a long time for her family to settle down after that, and she was 26 by the time she had got married.

C. With 13 years of running a household under her belt, she married into a family meticulously run by mother-in-law.

D. She liked the fact that there were servant maids to help with the housework.

E. She had very less to do around the house except cut vegetable and wait for her husband to come back from work.

(a) A only

(b) A and D

(c) A and E

(d) D only

(e) A, C and E

Directions (11-15): In the following, there are sentences or parts of sentence labelled A, B, C, D and E. Choose for your answer the fragment that carries an Error. Ignore punctuation error, if any.

Q11. A. And its equally important to spread the news about companies that treat working parents

B. with fairness and respect, so that we all can try to work at these companies,

C. and send a message to others treating working parents

D. justly is a valuable employee recruitment and retention advantage.

E. No error

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q12. A. I’ve been in Delhi for four days now

B. and so far the stay had been uneventful,

C. barring a stray incident

D. where I walked into a lamppost and then walked around Connaught Place

E. with a bloody nose.

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q13. A. To be a citizen is to possess the rights

B. enshrined in our constitution,

C. and equally, the obligation of duty.

D. When one citizen upholds an individual right for another,

E. he enacts his duty to himself.

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q14. A. This study takes its place alongside earlier research showing

B. that kids who are allowed to serve their own food

C. take smaller portions that they would typically be served

D. and ate 25 percentage less, and that kids tend to eat more

E. when the portions on their plates have been double.

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q15. A. Sixty years is too small a period to acquire new civilizational traits.

B. and to mould our DNA. When that happens, we will automatically

C. realize the importance of the rule of law, the true meaning of freedom and democracy

D. and then we will behave like citizens who will not allow anyone

E. to sell their votes, and MPs will not be on sold.

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. B only. The word immigrant is spelt incorrectly in A. B has no errors. C is incorrect because David Stern is parenthetical hence should be surrounded by commas. D is incorrect because dry goods business needs a determiner – ‘owner of a dry goods business’. E is incorrect in tense ‘would later become’ and not ‘would later became’.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. A and D. B is incorrect because the plural pronoun ‘their’ is used for Nike (company) C is incorrect because of the comma at the end separating it from the remaining part of the phrase ‘labour concerns from the public’. E has the incorrect article a before industry – an industry is correct.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. A, C and D are correct. B is incorrect in the singular use of ‘million’ with few – it should be few millions. E needs to link the singular subject the death count(use singular verb -has). Countercharge as one word is correct like counterchallenge.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. A and D are correct. B has a tense error, it should be I associated… C also has a tense error, it should be who seemed so innocent… E is incorrect, although is a conjunction; it is here as an adverb – it is better replaced with however.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. A and B. Fragment C has a tense error ‘has paid ‘should be ‘had paid’ because of ‘telephoned’ in the earlier fragment. D should have ‘the’ before State Department. E has an inappropriate apostrophe in the plural of 1980s. A and B are correct. Hence option B.

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. B and C. A is incorrect – it should be an intense year. In D it’s is needed instead of its. E has a parallelism error. “to stop the blog, media interactions and other events” would be correct with all the items in the series as nouns.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. B only. A is incorrect because there should be a comma after introductory adverbs like now. (Now the trouble began is correct – now is not an introductory word.) B is correct. C is incorrect – systems will have to replace should read as to be replaced. D is incorrect. It should there are considerable costs. E is incorrect IT department is singular (the verb has is correct) but the pronoun ‘their’ is incorrect. The pronoun should be its.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. A, B and E are correct. ‘head into’ is idiomatically correct. (Motorola is heading into an abyss) C is incorrect because ‘chances’ needs a plural verb – the sentence has is. In such a age is incorrect – it should be “an age”.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. A and E only. B is incorrect – the pronoun “they” is inconsistent with HortResearch which is singular, also, “a unique and innovative fruit and food products” should be corrected to “unique and innovative fruit and food products”. C is incorrect “one of their” is inconsistent with HortResearch, and one of previous innovative technologies is singular, hence the verb should be was and not were. D is incorrect because adopt is confused with adapt. A and E are correct.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. D only. A has a tense error – when since is used as conjunction to show the time the perfect tense is a must. The sentence should read “Maragadavalli had been running her father’s household ever since …”. Also there is ambiguity in “ … mother had died when she was 13.” B also has a tense error. “By the time she got married” rather than “she had got married” – the unnecessary shift in tense makes the sentence meaningless. E is incorrect. The intensifier ‘very’ is used incorrectly with the comparative less, it should read very little rather than very less.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. It’s should be used instead of its in the first part of the sentence.

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. D should read as ‘in which I walked into …’ or ‘when I walked into …’

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. the preposition ‘for’ should be corrected to ‘of’ – ‘right of another’, rather than ‘right for another’

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. 25 percentage less is erroneous – 25 percent less is correct usage. Use the word “percent” with number; use “percentage” without using a number.

For example: 50 percent children, and a considerable percentage of children.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. We will not allow anyone to sell their votes has a problem in pronoun agreement, anyone is singular hence he or she should be used rather than the plural their. Sixty years as period is singular, hence the singular verb is correct.

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Error - Spotting for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (DAY-6)

Directions (1-10) :Read each sentence to find out whether ere is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.) 

1.Some of the world  (a)/ largest water bodies are (b)/ drying up thus threatening (c)/ the livelihoods of millions (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans- a. Worlds is used in the place of world.

2.Among the many (a)/ challenges facing the country (b)/ in the next decade (c)/ is poverty and unemployment (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans- d.are is used in the place of is.

3.According to economists  (a)/ not more than five per cent (b)/ of education loans taken (c) /  by students are overdue (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans-d. is used in the place of are.

4.The two candidates share (a)/ a reputation for (b)/ competency as well as (c)/ for good communication skills (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans-d.for will not be used.

5.His main qualification (a)/ on the job is (b)/ his extensive experience (c)/ in foreign branches (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans-b.for replaces on.

6.A representative from the (a)/ Reserve Bank will provide students an (b)/ insight into the (c)/ economic future of our country (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans- e. no error.

7.As one of the leader (a)/ insurance companies in (b)/ India they offer (c)/ comprehensive financial services (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans- a. leading is used in the place of leader.

8.There is a rumor that (a)/ this multinational company will (b)/ set up its regional headquarters (c)/ in India at short (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans- d.shortly is used in the place of short.

9.Despite taking steps to (a)/ encourage foreign investment (b)/ there has been any (c)/ substantial improvement in our economy (d)/ No error (e) 

Ans- c.no replace any.

10.We had made every effort (a)/ to ensure that a (b)/ compromise is reached and (c)/ that the deal was signed (d)/ No error (e)

Ans-c. was is used in place of is.

11.  The families /(a) are living in Gulmohar Park / (b) for the last two decades./(c) No error./ (d)

12.  Two lakhs of people /(a) attended the meeting/(b) held in Parade grounds./(c) No error./(d)

13.   There is a Bach’s violin concerto /(a) on the radio / (b) at 6 p.m. this evening./ (c) No error/(d)

14.   Lay your books aside and / (a) lay down to rest / (b) for a while. / (c) No error / (d)

15.   We went / (a) with Guptas to a /(b) movie called ‘Deewar’ . /(c)  No error / (d)

16.   Once an old hermit / (a) saw a cat /(b) pounce upon a rat./ (c) No error. /(d)

17.   A computer virus works exactly / (a) like the biological variety / (b) which invade the human body/ (c) No error. / (d)

       

18.  When I first    started my school / (a) my boys had / (b) no evident love for music. / (c) No error    / (d)  

     

19.   My uncle / (a) has left / (b) for Bombay last Saturday. / (c) No error. / (d)

20.  Don’t think / (a) you can deceive me / (b) like you did my brother. / (c) No error. /(d)

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION:


11.    (b)
Explanation: Change are living into have been living continuous + since / for + Unit of time are the features of perfect continuous tense.

12.    (a)
Explanation: Change lakhs into lakh. Hundred, thousand, lakh etc are used singular after numbers.

13.    (d)

14.    (b)
Explanation: Change lay into lie. These are to different words lay (रखना) laid, laid and lie (लेटना )lay, lain are the forms . Lie is used for living.

15.    (b)
Explanation: Insert the before Guptas. Guptas are known to the subject.

16.    (d)
Explanation: Pounce on / upon is a Phrasal word means move to attack quickly.

17.    (b)
Explanation: Exactly and like never go together.

18.    (b)
Explanation: Change boys into students or pupils.

19.    (b)
Explanation: Omit has. Last yesterday and ago refer to simple past.

20.  (c)
Explanation: change like into as. Like is used for similarity as is used

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Error - Spotting for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (DAY-5)

Directions (Q.1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

1. 1) They understood how just a twitch, a shuffle, smirk or a glare on stage or screen/ 2) can give audiences more insight/ 3) into the impenetrable depths of a personality/ 4) than a thousand-word dialogue./ 5) No error.

2. 1) Gone are the days/ 2) when people used to / 3) plan and save for years before buying/ 4) the big-ticket items they aspired for./ 5) No error. 

3. 1) To be eligible for a loan, / 2) you need to have a/ 3) regular source of income – salary, / 4) business or any occupation./ 5) No error.

4. 1) Women tend to outlive their spouses,/ 2) which makes it important for them/ 3) to save money in instruments that will help them/ 4) build corpse to list a lifetime./ 5) No error.

5. 1) Success at work should not carry a disproportionate price tag/ 2) whereby we end up souring relationships/ 3) with our family members and friends/ 4) which matter to us./ 5) No error.

6. 1) Yesterday a thief/ 2) broke into/ 3) my house but/ 4) he could not steal anything./ 5) No error.

7. 1) Most women undermine themselves/ 2) by thinking that they are not qualified enough, / 3) or they haven’t worked before or their husband/ 4) won’t like it if they worked. / 5) No error.

8. 1) In case you cannot be if office on time,/ 2) call in your senior/ 3) at least an hour earlier and inform/ 4) that you are going to be late./ 5) No error.

9. 1) In case you cannot be if office on time,/ 2) not be easy once/ 3) you make up the decision/ 4) to take up a career/5) No error.

10. 1) Financial planning for women is tricky considering/ 2) they have to take career breaks for / 3)a variety of reasons such as marriage, child-birth, / 4) and looking after kids or the elder/ 5) No error.

Answers:
1.2 could in place of can.
2.5
3.4 any other occupation.
4.4 corpus in place of corpse.
5.4 who in place of which.
6.5
7.3 husbands in place of husband.
8.2 call up in place of call in.
9.3.delete 'up'
10.4.elderly in place of elder(adverb rule)

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Error Spotting Quiz for SSC CHSL / CGL 2016-17

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, some of sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The character of that part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (d).

1.It is to long (a)/ a journey (b)/ to make in one day. (c) / No error (d)

2.He talks (a)/ as if (b)/ he was my boss. (c)/ No error (d)

3.No less than fifty dacoits (a) / were killed (b) / in an encounter with police. (c) / No error (d)

4.Although it was hot (a) / but Mohan was wearing (B) / a woolen suit. (c) / No error (d)

5.The Times of India (a) / has the largest circulation (b) / of any daily paper. (c) / No error (d)

Directions (6-7): Select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter given below.

6.NEBULOUS

(a)Clear

(b)Praise

(c)Abandon

(d)Sail

7.TRUCULENT

(a) Juicy

(b)Peaceful

(c)Brittle

(d)Determined

Directions (8-10): In the following questions, select the word that is most near similar in meaning to the world in capital letters given below.

8.CAPTIOUS

(a)Fault finding

(b) Insecure

(c)Changeable

(d) Vain

9.CONNUBIAL

(a) Connivance

(b) Of marriage

(c) Encouraging

(d) Frustrating

10.PEJORATIVE

(a)Arduous

(b)Disparaging

(c)Extrovert  

(d)Vain

Answers ......

1.a
2.c
3.a
4.b
5.c
6.a
7.b
8.a
9.b
10.b

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SBI PO Prelims 2017 - Day- 23 (Reading Comprehension)

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Directions (Q.1-10) Each of the reading comprehension questions is based on the content of a passage. After reading the passage, answer all questions pertaining to it on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given.

In terrestrial environments, gravity places special demands on the cardiovascular systems of animals. Gravitational pressure can cause blood to pool in the lower regions of the body, making it difficult to circulate blood to critical organs such as the brain. Terrestrial snakes, in particular, exhibit adaptations that aid in circulating blood against the force of gravity. The problem confronting terrestrial snakes is best illustrated by what happens to sea snakes when removed from their supportive medium. Because the vertical pressure gradients within the blood vessels are counteracted by similar pressure gradients in the surrounding water, the distribution of blood throughout the body of sea snakes remains about the same regardless of their orientation in space, provided they remain in the ocean. When removed from the water and tilted at various angles with the head up, however, blood pressure at their midpoint drops significantly, and at brain level falls to zero. That many terrestrial snakes in similar spatial orientations do not experience this kind of circulatory failure suggests that certain adaptations enable them to regulate blood pressure more effectively in those orientations.

One such adaptation is the closer proximity of the terrestrial snake’s heart to its head, which helps to ensure circulation to the brain, regardless of the snake’s orientation in space. The heart of sea snakes can be located near the middle of the body, a position that minimizes the work entailed in circulating blood to both extremities. In arboreal snakes, however, which dwell in trees and often assume a vertical posture, the average distance from the heart to the head can be as little as 15 percent of overall body length. Such a location requires that blood circulated to the tail of the snake travel a greater distance back to the heart, a problem solved by another adaptation. When climbing, arboreal snakes often pause momentarily to wiggle their bodies, causing waves of muscle contraction that advance from the lower torso to the head. By compressing the veins and forcing blood forward, these contractions apparently improve the flow of venous blood returning to the heart.

1. The passage provides information in support of which of the following assertions?

(A) The disadvantages of an adaptation to a particular feature of an environment often outweigh the advantages of such an adaptation.

(B) An organism’s reaction to being placed in an environment to which it is not well adapted can sometimes illustrate the problems that have been solved by the adaptations of organisms indigenous to that environment.

(C) The effectiveness of an organism’s adaptation to a particular feature of its environment can only be evaluated by examining the effectiveness with which organisms of another species have adapted to a similar feature of a different environment.

(D) Organisms of the same species that inhabit strikingly different environments will often adapt in remarkably similar ways to the few features of those environments that are common.

(E) Different species of organisms living in the same environment will seldom adapt to features of that environment in the same way.

2. According to the passage, one reason that the distribution of blood in the sea snake changes little while the creature remains in the ocean is that?

(A) the heart of the sea snake tends to be located near the center of its body

(B) pressure gradients in the water surrounding the sea snake counter the effects of vertical pressure gradients within its blood vessels

(C) the sea snake assumes a vertical posture less frequently than do the terrestrial and the arboreal snake

(D) the sea snake often relies on waves of muscle contractions to help move blood from the torso to the head

(E) the force of pressure gradients in the water surrounding the sea snake exceeds that of vertical pressure gradients within its circulatory system

3. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true of species of terrestrial snakes that often need to assume a vertical posture?

(A) They are more likely to be susceptible to circulatory failure in vertical postures than are sea snakes.

(B) Their hearts are less likely to be located at the midpoint of their bodies than is the case with sea snakes.

(C) They cannot counteract the pooling of blood in lower regions of their bodies as effectively as sea snakes can.

(D) The blood pressure at their midpoint decreases significantly when they are tilted with their heads up.

(E) They are unable to rely on muscle contractions to move venous blood from the lower torso to the head.

4. The author describes the behavior of the circulatory system of sea snakes when they are removed from the ocean primarily in order to

(A) illustrate what would occur in the circulatory system of terrestrial snakes without adaptations that enable them to regulate their blood pressure in vertical orientations

(B) explain why arboreal snakes in vertical orientations must rely on muscle contractions to restore blood pressure to the brain

(C) illustrate the effects of circulatory failure on the behavior of arboreal snakes

(D) illustrate the superiority of the circulatory system of the terrestrial snake to that of the sea snake

(E) explain how changes in spatial orientation can adversely affect the circulatory system of snakes with hearts located in relatively close proximity to their heads

5. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is a true statement about sea snakes?

(A) They frequently rely on waves of muscle contractions from the lower torso to the head to supplement the work of the heart.

(B) They cannot effectively regulate their blood pressure when placed in seawater and tilted at an angle with the head pointed downward.

(C) They are more likely to have a heart located in close proximity to their heads than are arboreal snakes.

(D) They become acutely vulnerable to the effects of gravitational pressure on their circulatory system when they are placed in a terrestrial environment.

(E) Their cardiovascular system is not as complicated as that of arboreal snakes.

6. The author suggests that which of the following is a disadvantage that results from the location of a snake’s heart in close proximity to its head?

(A) A decrease in the efficiency with which the snake regulates the flow of blood to the brain

(B) A decrease in the number of orientations in space that a snake can assume without loss of blood flow to the brain

(C) A decrease in blood pressure at the snake’s midpoint when it is tilted at various angles with its head up

(D) An increase in the tendency of blood to pool at the snake’s head when the snake is tilted at various angles with its head down

(E) An increase in the amount of effort required to distribute blood to and from the snake’s tail

7. The primary purpose of the lines in bold/italics is to

(A) introduce a topic that is not discussed earlier in the passage

(B) describe a more efficient method of achieving an effect discussed in the previous paragraph

(C) draw a conclusion based on information elaborated in the previous paragraph

(D) discuss two specific examples of phenomena mentioned at the end of the previous paragraph

(E) introduce evidence that undermines a vie reported earlier in the passage

8. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with doing which of the following?

(A) Explaining adaptations that enable the terrestrial snake to cope with the effects of gravitational pressure on its circulatory system

(B) Comparing the circulatory system of the sea snake with that of the terrestrial snake

(C) Explaining why the circulatory system of the terrestrial snake is different from that of the sea snake

(D) Pointing out features of the terrestrial snake’s cardiovascular system that make it superior to that of the sea snake

(E) Explaining how the sea snake is able to neutralize the effects of gravitational pressure on its circulatory system

9. What is the synonym of the word ‘arboreal’ in the given paragraph?

(A) herbivorous

(B) arborous

(C) amorous

(D) amphibian

(E) diluvium 

10. What is the antonym of the word ‘proximity’ in the given paragraph?

(A) closeness

(B) hapless

(C) nearness

(D) remoteness

(E) ambiguity

Solutions

S1. Ans. (b) 

Sol.  The passage discusses the problems faced by sea snakes when they are subjected to a terrestrial environment and then examines terrestrial snakes to illustrate how certain adaptations solved these problems.

S2. Ans. (b) 

Sol. The passage states explicitly in lines 11–17 that while sea snakes are in the ocean, the vertical pressure gradients in their blood vessels are counteracted by the pressure gradients in the water.

S3. Ans. (b) 

Sol. The passage states that arboreal snakes have hearts close to their heads and not at the midpoints of their bodies, so it is reasonable to conclude that any terrestrial snake that frequently assumes vertical postures would be unlikely to have hearts at their bodies’ midpoint.

S4. Ans. (a) 

Sol. The passage uses the problems sea snakes have when taken out of water to illustrate that without certain adaptations, terrestrial snakes would likely have similar problems.

S5. Ans. (d) 

Sol. The passage states that in certain postures, sea snakes placed in a terrestrial environment will lose all blood pressure at their brains, which is an acute vulnerability.

S6. Ans. (e) 

Sol. Because, as the passage states, it is more difficult for a snake with its heart close to its head to circulate blood to the tail, and therefore its body is likely to put more effort into circulating blood to the tail.

S7. Ans. (d) 

Sol. The end of the second paragraph refers to certain adaptations (line 23) that the third paragraph then goes on to identify and discuss.

S8. Ans. (a) 

Sol. The entire passage is devoted to an explanation of how terrestrial snakes have adapted to gravity’s influence

S9. Ans. (b) 

Sol. arboreal- living in trees., arborous- of, relating to, or formed by trees.

S10. Ans. (d) 

Sol.  proximity- nearness in space, time, or relationship. , remoteness- far away

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