Directions (1-5): 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.)
Q1.
(a) The commission set-up to submit a report
(b) about the reason for the fall in
(c) educational standards could not complete
(d) its work even after two years.
(e) No error
Q2.
(a) Young school students
(b) now-a-days are subjected to intense pressure
(c) from peers and parent alike to fetch
(d) high marks in public examinations.
(e) No error
Q3.
(a) The speaker stressed
(b) repeatedly on the importance
(c) of improving the condition
(d) of the slums.
(e) No error
Q4.
(a) Though, she has aptitude
(b) in mathematics I won’t allow
(c) her to take it up as a subject of study for the Master’s Degree
(d) because I know the labour involved will tell upon her health.
(e) No error
Q5.
(a) I am not familiar
(b) with all the important places in this
(c) town although I have been living
(d) here since two years.
(e) No error
Directions (6-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e) i.e. No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Q6.
(a) During the flood
(b) Shilpa’s colleagues
(c) prayed for
(d) her safety.
(e) No error
Q7.
(a) Everyone admires Deepa
(b) because of her ability
(c) to generate
(d) so good ideas.
(e) No error
Q8.
(a) The company has announced
(b) a bonus for all
(c) employee who
(d) achieve their sales targets.
(e) No error
Q9.
(a) The Cashier cannot
(b) give no explanation
(c) for the money
(d) that is missing.
(e) No error
Q10.
(a) The manager has
(b) confidence in the engineer
(c) ability to
(d) design the new software.
(e) No error
Direction: (Q. 96-100) Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it the error, if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4. If there is no error, the answer will be (5) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
Q11.
(a) Several high street European
(b) banks have hit the market
(c) in the past few weeks to sell
(d) some of its foreign currency loans to Indian firms
(e) No error
Q12.
(a) The government plans
(b) to bring IFCI under its direct
(c) control with converting
(d) its loans into equity
(e) No error.
Q13.
(a) Global financial services
(b) giant has forecast that
(c) headline inflation in lndia
(d) is likely to remain above 9% mark till December
(e) No error
Q14.
(a) India has seen a net
(b) capital outflow of
(c) $10 billion in the current
(d) October- December quarter
(e) No error.
Q15.
(a) Which time
(b) do you have to
(c) go to
(d) the dentist tomorrow?
(e) No error.
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘for’ by ‘of’.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Replace ‘alike’ by equally’.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘on’ by ‘over’.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘for’ in place of ‘in’.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol.Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘so’ with ‘very’ since ‘so’ is followed by ‘that’ when used as an adverb.
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. Replace ‘employee’ with ‘employees’ since employee should be plural as it is preceded by all.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘no’ with ‘any’ since a sentence cannot take two negatives.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace engineer with engineer’s.
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Change ‘its’ into ‘their’
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. Change ‘with’ into ‘by’
S13. Ans. (e)
S14. Ans. (e)
S15. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Which time’ should be replaced by ‘when’
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