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1.  
Word swap: two of the bold words must exchange places to make the sentence correct. Which pair?
The loan (A) verified the documents (B) before the officer (C) was sanctioned (D).

Correct Answer: C [A–C]

Explanation:

Swap A and C: “The officer verified the documents before the loan was sanctioned.”

2.  
Column-based joining: choose the correct combinations.
Column I: (A) The branch remained closed on Monday (B) Customers had been informed in advance (C) The new passbook printer was installed
Column II: (D) as all its staff were attending a training programme. (E) so that nobody would make a wasted trip. (F) after the old one stopped working.

Correct Answer: B [A–D, B–E, C–F]

Explanation:

“its staff” fits only the branch (A–D); informing in advance prevents a wasted trip (B–E); a new printer replaces “the old one” (C–F).

3.  
Combine the two sentences, starting with Though: ‘The scheme was announced in January. It reached the villages only in June.’
Though the scheme was announced in January, …

Correct Answer: A [it reached the villages only in June]

Explanation:

“Though” already joins the clauses, so no second connector is added: the options with “so” and “but” add one, the option with “yet reaching” adds one and also has no finite verb (no main clause), and “had already reached … in January” changes the meaning.

4.  
Which bold word is misspelt?
The committee (A) found the expenditure (B) on the project excesive (C) and recommended (D) cuts.

Correct Answer: C [(C)]

Explanation:

Correct spelling: “excessive” (ex-ce-ss-ive: one c, then a double s).

5.  
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

Correct Answer: B [One of the reasons for the delay was a power failure.]

Explanation:

“One of the reasons … was” – the subject is “one”.

6.  
Which word fits all three blanks?
(i) The bank will ______ a new branch in Hosur.
(ii) Please ______ the window; the room is too warm.
(iii) The cash counter will ______ at 10 a.m.

Correct Answer: D [open]

Explanation:

open a branch / open the window (to cool the room) / the counter will open.

7.  
Replace the bold part to make the sentence correct. The proposal was turned down for the board because it lacked data.

Correct Answer: C [turned down by]

Explanation:

Passive voice: the doer is introduced by “by”; “turn down” = reject (turn up = arrive, turn off = switch off).

8.  
‘After the audit, the manager decided to turn over a new leaf.’ The idiom means:

Correct Answer: C [to change one's behaviour for the better]

Explanation:

Turn over a new leaf = to change one's behaviour for the better.

9.  
The meeting was ________ because the chairman was ill.

Correct Answer: E [put off]

Explanation:

Put off = postpone. Put up = accommodate/raise; put on = wear/stage; put out = extinguish; put across = communicate.

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