New Pattern Mini Practice Set - Phrase Replacement
Phrase Replacement is an important section for all government exams. Here, 20 questions have been provided where a part of the statement has been underlined which can be replaced. Each statement has 5 options out of which one is correct. Choose the correct option from the options provided.
Questions on Phrase Replacement
QUESTION 1.
Despite of his years of suffering and deprivations, Mr. Bekjanov has become an improbable spokesman for a political and economic overhaul underway in Uzbekistan.
A.Despite his years of suffering and deprivations
B.Among his years of suffering and deprivations
C.Irrespective of his years of suffering and deprivations
D.Though his years of suffering and deprivation
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 2.
It has caught many political observers off the guard, not least because of the person championing the program, President Shavkat M. Mirziyoyev.
A.observes off guard
B.observers off guard
C.observations off guard
D.observations off the guard
QUESTION 3.
In foreign policy, the new government have sought to tamp down seemingly senseless conflicts with its neighbors over water and borders.
A.has sought over to tamp down
B.has tamp down to sought
C.has sought to tamp down
D.has been sought to tamp down
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 4.
In recent years, lawmakers have held up technology companies at the epitome of American ingenuity and felt that voters did not want the government to slow them down.
A.companies in the epitome of
B.companies as the epitome in
C.companies as the epitome for
D.companies as the epitome of
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 5.
It is unfortunate that companies that have been slow to innovate in a changing consumer-first marketplace are looking for wins through regulation or by scoring cheap political points.
A.are looking for winning through regulation
B.is looking for wins through regulation
C.are looking for wins among regulation
D.has been looking for wins through regulation
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 6.
It’s past time to dispel the myth that big internet firms cannot or should not be accountable for their business.
A.It has pasted time to dispel the myth
B.It’s past the time to dispel the myth
C.It’s past time of dispelling the myth
D.It’s past the time of dispel the myth
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 7.
Google was one of the first companies to start offering two-factor authentication back in 2010, no long after it learned that it had been hacked by state-sponsored Chinese hackers.
A. no longer after it learned
B. not long on it learned
C. not longer since it learned
D. not long after it learned
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 8.
Despite the drawbacks, security researchers agreed that the Advanced Protection Program is a solid piece of security and relatively painless to use, even for everyday use for people outside high-security jobs.
A.security researchers have been agreed
B.security researchers has agreed
C.security researchers agree
D.security research agree
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 9.
The first tranche of the letters, several hundred related to World War I, is expected to published online by Nov. 11, 2018, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of the war.
A.is expected to publish
B.is expected to be published
C.has expected to published
D.had expected to be published
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 10.
President Nicolas Maduro’s government has also led a crackdown on opposition parties, their leaders and their supporters as part of the plan to consolidate power.
A. as part of a plan
B. as a part of a plan
C. as a part of the plan
D. as part of the plans
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 11.
Hundreds of Venezuelans have been arbitrarily arrested and dozens been killed over the past year alone, European officials said.
A.has been arbitrarily arrested
B.have being arbitrarily arrested
C.had been arbitrarily arrested
D.had being arbitrarily arrested
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 12.
In much of the Americas, soccer is followed by religious-like devotion, making Mountrigi’s 16-nation contract extremely lucrative.
A.followed on religious-like devotion
B.followed with religious-like devotion
C.followed with religion like devotion
D.followed with religious-like devotions
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 13.
Most of FIFA’s top management was removed in the aftermaths of the corruption scandal, the biggest crisis since FIFA’s creation 113 years ago.
A.in the aftermath of the corruption
B.in the aftermath of the corruptions
C.in the aftermaths of the corruptions
D.on the aftermath in the corruption
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 14.
Burzaco last year pleaded guilty to bribe soccer officials so that the company he ran would be awarded rights to the biggest regional tournaments.
A.guilty bribing soccer officials
B.guilty of bribing soccer officials
C.guilty to bribing soccer officials
D.guilty on bribing soccer officials
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 15.
For several weeks, a group of companies including smaller tech companies and entertainment and retail businesses has informally began regular meetings and conference calls.
A.have informally begun regular meetings
B.has informally begun regular meetings
C.has informally began regular meetings
D.had informally begun regular meetings
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 16.
The Federal Communications Commission announced plans to eliminate decades-olds media ownership rules meant to protect local coverage and diversity in media voices.
A.decades-old media ownership
B.decade-olds media ownership
C.decades-old media ownerships
D.decades-old medias ownership
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 17.
Much of what we know about the effect of immigration on American-born workers is based on studies of what happens when immigrants arrive.
A.Most of what we knew
B.Most of what we had known
C.Most of what we know
D.Much of what has been knowing
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 18.
Unemployment rates of American-born workers were actually higher in cities that repatriated more Mexicans — a consequence that persisted until 1940.
A.Unemployment rates for American-born workers
B.Unemployment rate on American-born workers
C.Unemployment rates for American-born worker
D.Unemployment rates of American-borned workers
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 19.
A favourable base effect aided the moderation in inflation for fuel and power, irrespective of the recent rise in prices of petrol, diesel, ATF and other fuels.
A.instead the recent rise
B.infact the recent rise
C.despite the recent rising
D.despite the recent rise
E.NONE OF THESE
QUESTION 20.
Sharp rise in stressed assets in the past three years have eroded capital of state-run lenders, that has share a disproportionate burden of the bad loans.
A.that shared a disproportionate burden
B.which shared a disproportionate burden
C.which share disproportionate burdens
D.which share a disproportionate burden
E.NONE OF THESE
Solution & Brief Explanation
SOLUTION 1. A. Despite is a preposition which takes a noun as its object and doesn't require of.
SOLUTION 2. B. off guard has been used here as an inseparable word.
SOLUTION 3. C. 'have' is the correct term to be used here.
SOLUTION 4. D. 'as the epitome' means it is considered to be an epitome.
SOLUTION 5. E. 'are looking' is the correct form of tense.
SOLUTION 6. E. 'past the time' is incorrect.
SOLUTION 7. D. 'not long after' is the correct phrase here.
SOLUTION 8. C. 'agreed' is an incorrect term.
SOLUTION 9. B. 'to' should be followed by 'be'.
SOLUTION 10. A. 'part of a plan' is the correct phrase.
SOLUTION 11. E. 'have been' is the correct term to be used.
SOLUTION 12. B. 'followed by' is the correct phrase.
SOLUTION 13. A. 'aftermaths' is a wrong term.
SOLUTION 14. C. 'guilty to bribing' completes the sentence in an appropriate way.
SOLUTION 15. B. 'began' is correct here.
SOLUTION 16. A. 'decades-old' is the correct phrase.
SOLUTION 17. C. 'Most of' is correct.
SOLUTION 18. A. 'unemployment rates for' is correct.
SOLUTION 19. D. 'despite' is the correct term here.
SOLUTION 20. D. 'which is the correct conjunction here'
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