Directions (1-20): 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) When my teacher said that/(b) she
was coming to see me the next week/(c) I wondered what problems/(d) she will
have with me. / (e) No error.
Q2. (a) The
annual sports event /(b) will be held /(c) in the month / (d) of December every
year. / (e) No error
Q3. (a) He asked his son why had he /(b)
gone to school when/(c) he knew that there would be fewer/(d) buses on road
that day/(e) No error.
Q4. (a) The
birds had flew ,/ (b) and their empty nests/ (c) in the bare trees/ (d) were filled with snow./ (e) No error.
Q5. (a)
A number / (b)of farmers grow/ (c)
mangoes / (d)each summer. /(e) No error.
Q6. (a) Neither of them/ (b) are going/(c)
to take/(d) the exam on 4th March./ (e) No error.
Q7. (a) She walked ten miles / (b) which are
really a great distance/(c) for a woman like her /(d) who is not only old but also injured./(e) No
error.
Q8. (a) Either my father/(b) or my mother
/(c) are going /(d) to attend my cousin’s wedding./(e) No error.
Q9. (a) The rise and fall/ (b) of the share
prices/(c) are due to /(d) policy paralyses on management’s part. /(e) No
error.
Q10. (a) Many a /(b)men have/(c) succumbed to/
(d) this temptation. / (e) No error.
Q11. (a) The life of the homeless people/(b) is
not in many/ (c) ways as peaceful and luxurious/(d) as that of the rich’s/(e)
No error.
Q12. (a)The ongoing violence in Jerusalem / (b)/
is a culmination of the tensions / (c) building up since /(d) the start of
Ramzan in mid-April. /(e) No error.
Q13. (a) As the students were told /(b) this
idea of Mahatma Gandhi’s/(c) was totally valid in the/(d) present condition of
India./(e) No error.
Q14. (a) India, since the beginning of (b)/ the
pandemic has never marked /(c) itself as being /(d)in community transition.
/(e) No error.
Q15. (a) The pilot commented /(b) that the weather / (c)had been
extremely bad / (d) as the plane came in to land /(e) No error
Q16. (a) Being sure of her/(b) success, she told
her parents/(c) that she would never forget/(d) even her enemies’s names./(e) No error.
Q17. (a) The plebiscite gives/(b) us much
knowledge of the/(c) Public’s opinion/(d) on the matter of rape./(e) No error.
Q18. (a) No soldier/(b) dared to turn/(c) a deaf
ear to his/(d) commander’s-in-Chief orders./(e)No Error.
Q19. (a) I appreciate she/(b) helping the
destitute/(c) who are really the most ignored and completely deprived/(d)
section of our society./(e) No error.
Q20. (a)I have read/(b) many poems of Tagore’s
/(c) who is also/(d) known as Gurudev./(e) No error.
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SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol.
‘would’ should be used in place of ‘will’. Since in indirect speech,
‘would/should’ is used in place of ‘will/shall’.
S2. Ans.
(b)
Sol. Use ‘is held’ in place of ‘will be held’. The
present simple tense is used to talk about future events that have been
scheduled. Examples would be meetings, timetables, airline schedules, etc.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘he had’ should be used in place of ‘had he’.
Since, a sentence is reported in assertive form and not in interrogative form.
S4. Ans.
(a)
Sol.
‘flown’ (v3) should be used in place of ‘flew’. Hence, V3 should be used in
past perfect tense.
S5. Ans.
(e)
Sol. There
is no error in the given statement
S6. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘is’ should be used in place of ‘are’. Since,
the ‘noun’ following ‘neither’ is plural, but the verb following the ‘noun’
should be singular.
S7. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘is’ should be used in place of ‘are’. Since
ten miles is singular here (as it has been taken as a singular unit).
S8. Ans.
(c)
Sol. ‘is’ should be used in place of are. Since
the verb used after ‘either-or’/
‘neither-nor’ must agree with the
nearest subject.
S9. Ans.
(c)
Sol. ‘is’ should be used in place of ‘are’. Since,
‘The Rise and fall’ denotes a singular subject.
S10. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘man’ should be used in place of ‘men’ and
‘has’ should be used in place of ‘have’. Since, ‘Many a’ is followed by a
singular noun and singular verb.
S11. Ans.
(d)
Sol. ‘rich’ should be used in place of ‘rich’s’.
Since, ‘that of’ shows ‘the life of poor’s’, hence, the use of apostrophe is
superfluous.
S12. Ans.
(e)
Sol.
There is no error in the given sentence.
S13. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘Gandhi’ should be used in place of
‘Gandhi’s. Since the sentences with structure ‘This/That/ These/Those of’ do
not take possessive case after ‘of’.
S14. Ans.
(e)
Sol. There is no error in the given sentence
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error
S16. Ans.
(d)
Sol. “enemies’ “ should be used in place of
‘enemies’s ’ . The possessive of a plural noun is formed by adding only an
apostrophe when the noun ends in s, and by adding both an apostrophe and s when
it ends in a letter other than s.
S17. Ans.
(c)
Sol. ‘Public opinion’ should be used in place of
‘public’s opinion‘ since ‘public’ has been used as adjective and generally, ‘s’
is not used with adjectives.
S18. Ans.
(d)
Sol. ‘commander-in-chief’s ‘ should be used in
place of ‘commander’s-in-chiefs ‘. Since apostrophe is added only at the end of
compound words.
S19. Ans.
(a)
Sol. ‘her’ should be used in place of ‘she’ since
gerunds are always preceded by possessive case.
S20. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘Tagore’ should be used in place of ‘Tagore’s
’ since in sentences with structure “Many + noun + of
+ noun”,
the latter noun does not take possessive case.
