TOPIC: Error Detection
Directions (1-10): In
each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided
into five parts out of which last part is correct. There are errors in three
out of four remaining parts and therefore only one of the parts (other than the
bold one) is correct. You must choose the grammatically correct part as your
answer.
Q1. A Ramayana(A) is not just an(B) story that
probably(C) occurs several(D) centuries ago(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q2. There is no doubting(A) that china have(B) used their
commercial expansion(B) to furthering its(D) strategic interests(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q3. There is an failure(A) in storytelling(B)where the
death of a(C) language has becomes a(D) litany of numbers(E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q4. It was only because(A) of practice of(B) those many
years that(C) I can prepare myself fast(D) for the role that I take up(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q5. A democracy that fail(A) to being inventive about(B) culture
eventually becomes(C) an
nominal, rudimentary(D) and standardized world(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q6. India in many a (A)ways was an oral(B)
society that never(C) understands the cultures(D) of orality(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q7. Earn trust is(A) a longest term(B)project and requiring(C) patience,
foresight(D) and statesmanship(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q8. The students alleged(A) that shutting down of(B) the
university is(C) a ploy for(D) harass them(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q9. We will protection the(A) biometrics of the(B) best of
ours ability(C) and never allow it(D) to be compromised(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Q10. Everyone was happy then, but(A) the entire family went(B) in
grief around midnight(C) when they received a call(D) about the accident(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of the above
Directions
(11-15): In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that
form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that
is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation
and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
Q11. A. The angel Gabriel said to Mary: ‘Peace be with you!
B. God has blessed you and is pleased with you.’ Mary was very
surprised
C. by this and wondered what
angel meant. The angel said to her ‘Don’t be afraid, God has been very kind to you.
D. You will become pregnant
by the Holy Spirit and give birth
E. to a baby boy and you call him Jesus.
(a) A, B and D
(b) B only
(c) C only
(d) D and A
(e) None of the above
Q12. A. India’s estimated annual TB burden is 28 lakhs,
27% in the global total;
B. our population is only 18%. Every day 1,200
Indians die from TB — 10 every three
C. minutes. The tragedy 1,200 families face
every day is beyond imagination. No other diseases or
D. calamity has such Himalayan magnitude. Had
control efforts registered even pass grade, we
E. would not have become the TB capital of the
world.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) C and E
(d) D and E
(e) None of the above
Q13. A. SWIFT-based
malware attack (was) witnessed in the two Indian Banks (Union Bank of India
B. — 171 million USD,
almost all them are recovered and City Union Bank — 2 million USD, only part
C. could be recovered
till Feb 28, 2018). In the first Bank case, an employee of the Bank
D. opened an email
attachment, which looked like it had come from
E. India’s Central
Bank- Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
(a) A only
(b) B and D
(c) C and A
(d) D only
(e) B, C, D and E
Q14. A. But these are different marching orders: an
experimental innovation of the
B. public distribution
system (PDS). The villagers hold many several hopeful identity documents —
C. bank passbooks, Aadhaar cards, yellow and pink ration
cards also — that
D. have to be in
perfect bureaucratic harmony before that their
E. family can get
their monthly supply of rice.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) C and E
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q15. A. “Come tomorrow, come tomorrow,” mumbles
41-year-old Jamna Sanga
B. as she slides out
of the narrow opening in the gate grille, shoulder by shoulder.
C. Jamna is a thin
woman, her cheekbones sharp cliffs on a lean face, but in her constant
D. anxiety about
rations, she seems hungrier still. “This month too, I’ll waste a whole week
E. chasing rice. It is
humiliating.”
(a) A only
(b) B and C
(c) C and E
(d) D and A
(e) All are correct.
ALSO CHECK:
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option (c) is the correct option.
Option(a) is
incorrect as ‘the’ will be used in place of ‘A’ as Ramayana is a proper noun.
Option(b) is
incorrect as ‘a’ will be used in place of ‘an’.
Option (d) is
incorrect as ‘occurred’ will be used in place of ‘occurs’. The Ramayana has
already been written and past tense is to be used.
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. option(e) is correct as the none of the statements is correct.
Option(a) ‘doubt’ in
place of ‘doubting’.
Option(b) ‘has’ in
place of ‘have’.
Option(c) ‘its’ in
place of ‘their’.
Option(d) ‘further’
in place of ‘furthering’.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option(a) use ‘a’ instead of ‘an’.
Option(b) ‘of’ in
place of ‘in’.
Option(d) omit ‘has’
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option(a) is incorrect. Use ‘is’ in place of ‘was’.
Option(b) Insert ‘the’ between of and practice.
Option(c) Use ‘these’ in place of ‘those’.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. . Option(a) is incorrect. Use ‘fails’ in place of ‘fail’.
Option(b) use ‘be’ in place
of ‘being’.
Option(d) use ‘a’ in place of ‘an’.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Option(a) omit “a”
Option(b) ‘is’ in place of
‘was’
Option(c) omit ‘never’
Option(d) ‘culture’ in place of ‘cultures’
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option(a) replace ‘earn’ by ‘earning’
Option(b) replace ‘longest’ by ‘long’
Option(c) omit ‘and’
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option(b) remove ‘of’
Option(c) replace ‘is’ with ‘was’
Option(d) replace ‘for’ with ‘to’.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option(a) replace ‘protection’ with ‘protect’
Option(b) replace ‘of’ with ‘to’
Option(c) replace ‘ours’ with ‘our’
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option(a) remove then
Option(c) replace ‘in’ with ‘into’
Option(d) replace ‘a’ with ‘the’
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. In statement C use ‘the’ before ‘angel’. In statement E use
you will call.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. (A)27% ‘of’ the global trade
(B) die ‘of’ TB
(C) No other
disease
S13. Ans.(e)
Sol. Option(A) remove the before Indian banks.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option(A) replace ‘of’ with ‘in’
Option(B) remove
‘many’
Option(C) remove
‘also’
Option(E) replace
‘their’ with ‘its’
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. All sentences are correct.
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