Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

The visitors arrived at a lucky moment.

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

The vacancy was filled (a)/ by an old artisan (b)/ who had an extensible knowledge of ancient art and craft. (c)/ No error. (d)

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
There are five basic features of services. These features distinguish them from goods. The first is that services are intangible. They are experiential in nature. One cannot taste a doctor’s treatment, or touch entertainment. One can only experience it. An important implication of this is that quality of the offer can often not be determined before consumption or before purchase. It is, therefore, important for the service providers that they consciously work on creating a desired service so that the customer undergoes a favourable experience. The second important characteristic of services is inconsistency. Since there is no standard tangible product, services have to be performed exclusively each time. Different customers have different demands and expectations. Service providers need to have an opportunity to alter their offer to closely meet the requirements of the customers. Another important characteristic of services is the simultaneous activity of production and consumption being performed. This makes the production and consumption of services inseparable. While we can manufacture a car today and sell it after, say, a month; this is often not possible with services that have to be consumed as and when they are produced. For example, the services of a teacher, doctor or lawyer. Service providers may design a substitute for the person by using appropriate technology but the interaction with the customer remains a key feature of services. Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) may replace the banking clerk for the front office activities like cash withdrawal and cheque deposit. But, at the same time, the presence of the customer, is required and his/her interaction with the process has to be managed. Services have little or no tangible components and, therefore, cannot be stored for a future use. That is, services are perishable and providers can, at best, store some associated goods but not the service itself. This means that the demand and supply needs to be managed as the service has to be performed as and when the customer asks for it. They cannot be performed earlier to be consumed at a later date. For example, a railway ticket can be stored but the railway journey will be experienced by a traveller only when the railways provide it.

Which of the following is NOT a service provider?

Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

Our efforts are (1)/ aimed to bring about (2)/ a reconciliation. (3)/ No error (4).

Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

Blue- Blooded

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blank.

The Solar System has been a complicated wonder for the astronomers. This is a__(21)__to which we may never have the exact answer. Man has wondered__(22)__the age of the Earth__(23)__ ancient times. There were all kinds of__(24)____that seemed to have the___(25)___But man could not begin to think about the question scientifically until about 400 years ago when it was proved that the Earth revolved round the Sun and the Earth was a part of our Solar System, then scientists knew where to begin. 

Fill at the option (25).

The 1^st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.

1. Carpentry is a very strenuous profession.
P. Because of such tools they put themselves at risk of in- jury.
Q. In such areas it is all too easy to fall or slip.
R. Sometimes their work demands climbing on high rise buildings.
S. Carpenters have to work with sharp tools.
6. Their lives, thus, are full of challenges.

Which of the following structures of a question is correct?