Directions (1-15): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is No error, answer is (e). Ignore the errors of punctuations (if any).
Q1. (a) Our cat may/ (b) look fierce but/(c) that wouldn’t/(d) hurt a fly./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q2. (a) The last thing/(b) that the fond father/(c) gave his only daughter/(d) was her blessing./ (e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q3. (a)We are happy/(b) to announce that/(c) every one of you/(d) have been promoted./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q4. (a) The organisation has appointed/(b) consultants to help them/(c) increase its profit and/(d) improve its financial position./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q5. (a) She was talking ill of others on the phone/(b) for hours together /(c) who really irritated/(d) her parents a lot./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q6. (a) He must supplement/ (b) his diet with /(c) calcium and protein in order to/(d) keep himself fit./(e) No error
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q7. (a) Many a boy/(b) have /(c) failed the UPSC examination/(d)this year./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q8. (a) Those people/(b) who do not/(c) work hard they do not/(d) achieve their goals in life./ (e) No error
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q9. (a) My school/(b) is /(c) farther than/(d) hers./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q10. (a)Was it/(b)only me who /(c) had to /(d) burn the midnight oil ? /(e)No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q11. (a) One should keep/(b) his morals intact if one wants/(c) respect from /(d) both friends and enemies./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q12. (a) The Ganga is a river/ (b) whose importance/(c) has been mentioned /(d) even in Vedas./ (e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q13. (a) This is the car/(b) whose design/(c) was appreciated /(d) by everyone./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q14. (a) I shall avail of/(b) this opportunity/(c) to meet/(d) Shahrukh Khan there./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Q15. (a) Governments and business houses must reduce/(b) its own energy use/(c) and promote conservation to /(d) their citizens and employees./(e) No error.
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘It’ should be used in place of ‘that’. Since, generally, ‘it’ is used as pronoun for ‘animals’ and ‘non-living things’.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘his’ should be used in place of ‘her’ as father will take ‘his’ as possessive adjective.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘has’ should be used in place of ‘have’. Since Distributive pronouns take singular form of verb.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Since ‘organisation’ is a singular noun, Hence, ‘it’ should be used in place of ‘them’. Had it been ‘organisations’ here, then the usage of ‘them’ would have been correct.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘which’ should be used in place of ‘who’. Since, ‘Talking ill of others’ is not a person but an activity. Hence ‘which’ should be used.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘himself’ should be removed. Since, ‘Keep’, ‘bathe’, etc. are not followed by any reflexive pronoun.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘has’ should be used in place of have since, ‘many a’ takes singular noun and singular verb.
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘They’ should be removed from this sentence. Since ‘They’ and ‘Those’ are not used together.
S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘was it only I’ should be used in place of ‘was it only me’. Since, it is the interrogative form of ‘It was I’, hence the rule of usage of subjective pronoun will follow.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘One’s’ should be used in place of ‘his’. Since, with ‘one’ as subject, ‘one’s’ is used as possessive adjective.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Whose importance’ should be replaced with ‘the importance of which’. Since, ‘whose’ is not used for non living things.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘whose design’ should be replaced with ‘the design of which’.
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. Reflexive pronoun ‘myself’ should be used before ‘of’, since “Avail + reflexive pronoun + of “ is correct syntax.
S15. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘their’ should be used in place of ‘its’ since. Since, Governments and business houses are plural, hence plural adjective ‘their’ should be used.
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