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The correct answer is Existing.

Key Points

• The given passage is about the Reserve bank of India.
• Let's read the sentence from the given passage: The (6) field ‘account status’ will have a new catalogue value, viz., ‘restructured due to COVID-19' for MFI bureau.
• From the above mentioned sentence we infer that the field ‘account status’ which is in operation at the current time will have something new.
• Therefore, the word 'Existing' which means 'in existence' is appropriate for the sentence.
• Hence, option 5) is the answer.

The complete sentence will be: The existing field ‘account status’ will have a new catalogue value, viz., ‘restructured due to COVID-19' for MFI bureau.

Additional Information

The meaning of the given words:

• Exhilarate: to make someone feel happy
• Reconcile: to bring back together again
• Discern: to find out or detect
• Refined: purified

The correct answer is 'A' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points

• In the first part of the given sentence, the plural form of the verb 'do' is incorrect.
• The subject 'Education' in the given sentence is a singular subject.
• We know that a singular subject always takes a singular verb.
• The singular form of the verb 'does' should be used with the singular subject 'Education'.
• Therefore, the singular form of the verb 'does' should be used in place of the plural form of the verb 'do'.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

Correct sentence: Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

Additional Information

• Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number (singular or plural).
• Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if the subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

The correct answer is 'A' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points 

• In the first part of the given sentence, the noun 'COVID-19 pandemic' is a specified noun.
• The definite article 'the' is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.
• 'A' and 'an' are indefinite articles, which means that they refer to, or introduce, an unspecified noun.
• We use 'a' before a consonant sound and we use 'an' before a vowel sound.
• ''No article'' is used when we refer to general ideas, plurals, or uncountable nouns.
• Therefore, the definite article 'the' should be used in place of the indefinite article 'a'.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

Correct Sentence: The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Additional Information

There are three articles: a, an, and the. Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective.

The correct answer is Option (2) i.e. Only B

Key Points

• Replace SQUARES with SQUARE.
• 'Square' is an adjective( a unit) here while 'squares' is a noun( a geometric figure).
• Square as an adjective is used before units of length when referring to the area of something. 
• For example, if something is three meters long and two meters wide, its area is six square meters.
• Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.

 The correct sentence is: My father gave me a five hundred square feet house from his property so that I can live a respectful life.

The correct answer is '(B)'.

Key Points

Reading the sentence we find that:

• The adjective order some Mughal silver charming used in part B is incorrect.
• The order of cumulative adjectives is as follows: quantity, opinion, size, temperature, age, color, shape, origin, and material
• The sentence can be made correct if we reorder the adjectives in the following manner - some charming Mughal silver ( quantity- opinion - age - material)

The correct sentence will be: I bought some charming Mughal silver ornaments at the Hauz Khas market and enjoyed visiting the ruins yesterday. 

Additional Information

• When a number of adjectives are used together, the order depends on the function of the adjective. The usual order is:
• quantity, value/opinion, size, temperature, age, shape, colour, origin, material

• For example - I love the beautiful old big green antique car that is always parked at the end of the street. [quality – age – size – color – origin]

The correct answer is -must bring their own costume- the error lies in this part only.

Key Points

In the sentence, the error is in part C where the possessive pronoun their is incorrect.

• In the sentence, the teacher says that every girl should bring costume to participate in the competition. There is an emphasis that every girl should bring own costume.
• The usage of their is inappropriate in this context. ‘Every girl’ being singular noun, the correct possessive pronoun should be her instead of their.

Thus the correct sentence is: The teacher said that every girl in the class must bring her own costume to participate in the dance competition.

Additional Information​

• Possessive pronouns indicate that something belongs to someone. These are never spelled with apostrophes. Commonly known possessive pronouns are my, our, your,his, her, its and their.
• There are independent possessive pronouns ( absolute possessive pronouns) namely mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its and theirs, which are used without a noun. Examples:​
• My laptop is not working. Please give me yours.
• Did you know that dress is mine?
• The car parked on the street is theirs.

The correct answer is ‘call for fisheries to move away from’.

Key Points 

• In the given sentence, the use of ‘call up’ in the phrase ‘call up fisheries to move away from’ is incorrect.
• The phrasal verb ‘call up’ means ‘to order or summon together for a duty’. Considering the given sentence, it can be inferred that the environmentalists cannot order or summon the fisheries, as they do not have any such authority. Besides, they are not bringing the fisheries sector together for any duty. Thus, usage ‘call up’ is inappropriate.
• In the context of the sentence, it is most plausible that the environmentalists urge the fisheries to move away from harmful practices. Therefore, we need to find a phrasal verb that means ‘to urge or request’. ‘Call for’ means ‘to make a request or demand’. Thus, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct sentence will be: Environmentalists call for fisheries to move away from carbon-spewing engines and climate-harming practices such as bottom trawling.

Additional Information

• ‘Call in’ means to summon for one’s help or consultation. Example: The officer called in the surveyor to oversee the implementation work.
• ​‘Call at’ means to stop at a place briefly. It is used while referring to a ship or a boat. Example: The ship called at the port for an hour.

The correct answer is ‘has been filmed chasing and eating’.

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the verb form ‘chase’ used in the phrase ‘has been filmed to chase and eating’ is incorrect.
• The sentence talks about a Seychelles giant tortoise that was thought to be a strict herbivore. Considering the sentence, ‘has been filmed to chase and eating’ is incorrect as per the parallel structure/ parallelism rule. While ‘eating’ reflects present continuous tense, ‘to chase’ indicates ‘infinitive’. Thus, there is distortion in the parallel structure.
• The correct verb form should be in the present continuous tense. Hence, ‘chasing’ is correct.
• Options 1 consists of incorrect verb form, so it is incorrect. Options 2 and 4 mention ‘have’, which is plural and thus incorrect while talking about a tortoise( singular noun).
• Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct sentence will be: A Seychelles giant tortoise, a species previously thought to be a strict herbivore, has been filmed chasing and eating a baby bird in a 'horrifying and amazing' attack, with researchers stating it was the first documented example of deliberate hunting in the wild by the species.

Additional Information 

• Parallelism, also referred to as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a grammatical balance within a sentence. It is the matching of the forms of words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence.

The correct answer is a million rupees is.

Key Points

• Whenever adjectives such as much, less, little and more are used as nouns, they are always followed by a singular verb.
• Ex: a thousand rupees is required to take the ride.
• Also, the sentence is in the present form, hence, option 3 is eliminated.
• So, Option 2 is the only correct answer.

The correct sentence is: Amount of less than a million rupees is required right now. Take the money to the bank and withdraw it.

Additional InformationCountable and Uncountable nouns:

• Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be counted, e.g. an apple, two apples, three apples, etc. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, e.g. air, rice, water, etc.
• For positive sentences, we can use a/an for singular nouns or some for plurals.
• There's a man at the door.  I have some friends in New York.
• For negatives, we can use a/an for singular nouns or any for plurals.
• I don't have a dog.  There aren't any seats.
• We use 'some' with uncountable nouns in positive sentences and 'any' with negatives.
• There's some milk in the fridge.  There isn't any coffee

The correct answer is Utmost.

Key Points

• Significant: Important in effect or meaning
• "a significant change in tax laws"
• Utmost: Of the greatest possible degree, extent or intensity
• "utmost contempt"

Hence, the word 'significant' should be replaced with 'utmost' to form a contextually correct sentence.

It should read as:  

The firm continues to place utmost significance on regulatory compliance and strives to fulfil supervisory standards, according to a press statement.

 Additional Information

​ Let us understand the meaning of the other options:

• Finicky: Exacting especially about details
• Initiate: Take the lead or initiative in
• Partial: Being or affecting only a part; not total
• Subsequent: Following in time or order