Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, Select No error as your answer. (ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
The rise of ATMs, telephone banking, the Internet (a)/ and now smartphones has (b)/ led to a decline of 5 to 8 percent a year (c)/ in the number of visits by customers to branches(d)/ No error (e)
Sporting body such as FIFA (a)/ should be run transparently and rigorous standards (b)/ should be maintained to ensure that (c)/ sports are played in the right spirit. (d)/ No error (e)
Owing to the frequent fluctuations in electricity, (a)/ businesses in Africa are forced to (b)/ invest in generators thereby paying (c)/ exorbitant amounts for electricity. (d)/ No error (e)
Without a reduction in imports, the decline (a)/ in the economy will be even great though (b)/ the central bank is positive that (c)/ the economy will recover by next year. (d) No error (e)
Changing a company’s corporate culture (a)/ is difficult but not impossible (b)/ and introducing to systems such as (c)/ pay for performance’ will help a company grow. (d)/ No error (e)
Rearrange the give a six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
(A) Initiatives by Japan and the European Union over the past two years depressed the yen and euro earlier.
(B) The rising dollar has hurt US exporters by making their goods costlier abroad, and China’s move to devalue its currency could further complicate the Fed’s decision on when to raise rates.
(C) All these moves contrast with action foreseen from the Federal Reserve, which is widely expected to boost the short-term interest rate it controls later this year.
(D) China’s central bank said the devaluation of the Yuan was a result of reforms intended to make its exchange rate more market-oriented.
(E) This Fed rate hike would likely raise the vlaue of the dollar, which has already jumped about 1.4 percent in value in the past 12 months against a basket of foreign currencies.
(F) With this devaluation, China becomes the third major economy to act on lowering its currency value.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?