Hello and welcome exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for Mains exams with incoherent sentences and spelling problems.
Directions: Following are 3 statements taken from a paragraph and jumbed up. One extra incoherent sentence is added. Identify one Incoherent sentence added into the following sentences:
1. Incoherent Passage Question
A. During September of 1781, the combined land forces of Rochambeau and Washington marched south.
B. American forces marched over 200 miles in a period of about two weeks. The plan worked perfectly.
C. Rochambeau forces were always considered to be most powerful forces in America.
D. The plan was strictly confidential, and the generals kept their final destination secret from even the soldiers.
Incoherent statement is:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. None of these – all statements are coherent.
2. Incoherent Passage Question
A. Reliance Industries (RIL), India’s largest company, saw its earnings before interest and taxes jump 15 per cent from the first quarter to the second, though net profits grew at a far more modest 2.6 per cent.
B. Part of the reason for this was a sharp, 8 per cent-plus fall in its refining margins, down from $8.40 per barrel in Q1 to $7.70 per barrel in Q2.
C. For RIL, refining and selling oil and making petrochemicals are not new. Investors understand these businesses and value them realistically.
D. This fall happened because the Asian demand — and, therefore, pricing — of lighter fuels like diesel and petrol was under pressure, possibly because most major emerging economies are growing slower than they were before.
Incoherent statement is:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. None of these – all statements are coherent.
3. Incoherent Passage Question
A. Banks are places where people can keep their money.
B. Today, when a person earns money from their job, their paycheck is deposited (put) into their account.
C. Bank account are used to earn money by making fixed deposits.
D. Most people use banks to save money in their savings accounts and to pay money from their checking accounts.
Incoherent statement is:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. None of these – all statements are coherent.
4. Incoherent Passage Question
The United States is a large country.
A. It is the third largest in the whole world!
B. Parts of the United States touch three different oceans.
C. United States is largest economy in the whole world!
D. It is located in a continent called North America.
Incoherent statement is:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. None of these – all statements are coherent.
5. Incoherent Passage Question
A. There are consolation prizes which console, and some which char the soul.
B. I am not suggesting we write a condolence letter, but sympathy is certainly due to Sachin.
C. Membership of Parliament is a handsome freebie for Sachin Tendulkar
D. Nomination to the Rajya Sabha is a pretty desultory substitute for someone who has been promised the Bharat Ratna.
Sachin did not ask for this honour. Delhi’s politicians, ever eager to climb a bandwagon, led the clamour for Sachin’s elevation to jewel of India after he got his 99th international hundred.
Incoherent statement is:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. None of these – all statements are coherent.
6. Find the correctly spelt words.
A. Eflorescence
B. Efllorescence
C. Efflorescence
D. Efflorascence
E. Eflorence
7. Find the correctly spelt words.
A. Swelte
B. Filpant
C. Licentious
D. Puessile
E. Ofspring
