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English Quizzes For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 : 20th July – Error Correction

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TOPIC:  Error Correction

 

Directions
(1-5):
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. Mark the letter of that part with error as your answer. If there
is ‘No error’, mark (e).


Q1. As the first President (a)/ of India, Dr.
Rajendra Prasad (b)/ was known by all types (c)/ of people in the world. (d)/
No error (e)

Q2. The burglars were broken (a)/ into the
house and (b)/ took away some cash (c)/ and many precious things. (d)/ No error
(e)

 

Q3. When the damage has been (a)/ done and the
future of the (b) / people has darkened, (c)/ nothing will be of any help. (d)/
No error (e)

 

Q4. My father suggested (a)/ to me that I
should (b)/ be written (c)/ to him at least two letters every month. (d)/ No
error (e)

 

Q5. The report says that (a)/ a lot of things
(b)/ including some drugs are (c)/ to sell in the shop to be opened soon. (d)/
No error (e)

Directions
(6-15):
Read
each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error
in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of
that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (e). (Ignore
errors of punctuation, if any.)


Q6.
The captain (a) / was angry (b) / when he found (c) / you are not there. (d) /
No Error. (e)

 

Q7.
The master (a) / did not know (b) / who of the servants (c) / broke the jug.
(d) / No Error. (e)

 

Q8.
Radha came (a) / to the meeting (b) / much later (c) / than I expect. (d) / No
Error. (e)

 

Q9. Deepa and I (a) / are good friends (b) / and we often
meet (c) / each other. (d) / No Error. (e)

 

Q10.
One of them (a) / forgot to take (b) / their bag (c) / from the school. (d) /
No Error. (e)

 

Q11.
My grandfather (a) / was appreciated (b) / by his friends (c) / for his
honestness. (d) / No Error. (e) 

 

Q12.
He was loyal (a) / and did (b) / good service (c) / in the war. (d) / No Error.
(e)

 

Q13.
Our new playground (a) / is big (b) / and cleaner (c) / than theirs. (d) / No
Error. (e)

 

Q14.
You should (a) / never carry tales (b) / or spoke (c) / ill of others. (d) / No
Error. (e)


Q15. She complain (a) / that her watch (b) / does not show (c) / right time (d)
/ No Error. (e)

 

SOLUTIONS: 


S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. Substitute ‘to’
in place of  ‘by’.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. Substitute
‘broke’ in place of  ‘were broken’.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. Use ‘been’ after
‘has’.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Substitute
‘write’ in place of  ‘be written’.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol.  Substitute ‘to be sold’ in place of ‘to
sell’.

S6.
Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘were’ will be used in place of ‘are’ as the sentence
is in past tense.

S7.
Ans. (c)

Sol. Use ‘which’ in place of ‘who’ because ‘who’ is used to
find the subject for a person in the interrogative sentence while ‘which’ is
used to find the choice between any person/thing in interrogative sentence.

Ex. (i) Who is
weeping?

       (ii) Which of them has taken your pen?

S8. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘had expected’ will be used in place of ‘expect’ as
past perfect tense is used to express the incident of past of past (expect).

S9. Ans. (e)

Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.

S10.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
‘his’ will be used in place of ‘their’ as the subject of the sentence is ‘one’.

Ex.One of the boys has done his work.

S11.
Ans. (d)

Sol.
Use ‘honesty’ in place of ‘honestness’ as ‘honest’ is an adjective which is
used as ‘honesty’ in the form of noun.

S12.
Ans. (e)

Sol.
The sentence is grammatically correct.

S13.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
‘bigger’or ‘as big as’ is the correct word as it is used when there is the
comparative degree used in the sentence.

S14.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
‘speak’ will be used instead of ‘spoke’ because V1 is used after ‘should’.

Ex.
You should not beat or betray her.

S15.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
‘complains’ is the correct word here instead of ‘complain’ because the subject
of the sentence is in singular number.

 

 

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