English Quizzes For ESIC- UDC, Steno, MTS Prelims 2022 : 2nd February – Error correction

 Directions (1-15): 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.)

Q1. All the workers (A)/ of this factory hold the view (B)/ that Mrs. Suhasini is a very wise (C)/ and an intelligent executive. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. Ramesh told me (A)/ that he had gone to (B)/ one of the CBI officers’ farmhouses (C)/ and stayed there all night (D). / No Error (E).
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q3. In one of our first conversation (A)/ Pooja informed me (B)/ that she had lost her parents (C)/ in a car accident (D)/ No Error (E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. It is unfortunate (A)/ that the daughter of rich (B)/ should indulge (C)/ in robbery. (D)/ No error (E).
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q5.Sujane was among those (A)/ luckiest woman who (B)/ attained name and fame not by (C)/ labour but by chance (D)/ No Error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q6. Five kilometres beyond (A)/ that tree was seen thousands (B)/ of cattle including (C)/ some goats. (D)/ No Error (E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. The old Samiksha who is sitting in that room (A)/ lived here for less than (B)/ a year but she has never created (C)/ any problem. (D)/ No Error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. When Suresh will find out (A)/ any answer to this question (B)/ he will become able (C)/ to finalise the project (D)/ No Error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. The secret of Sara’s good (A)/ health lies in the fact that (B)/ she is getting up before sunrise (C)/ and has a two-mile walk every morning. (D)/ No Error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10.Seema as well as (A)/ some of her mates (B) / have fallen in love with Sohan, who (C)/ is the eldest son of a judge. (D)/ No Error (E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q11. The Grameen Bank was (a)/ set up to lend (b)/ small amounts of money (c)/ for the poor. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q12. He is given me (a)/ a lot of documents (b)/ to read before (c)/ the presentation tomorrow. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. Many of our staff (a)/ had the opportunity (b)/ to go to Pune (c)/ for training last year. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q14. Even those which (a)/ have no previous (b)/ work experience have (c)/ applied for this job. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q15. Most of the funds (a)/ we get from (b)/ America is used to (c)/ build roads and bridges. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. The use of article ‘an’ before the adjective ‘intelligent’ is incorrect. When two adjectives are used for the same person, then the article is used before the first adjective only.
Hence, there is an error in (D), and option (d) is the correct answer.

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. When ‘one of’ is followed by two nouns, then we don’t tell the possession or ownership with the use of ‘s but with the help of ‘of’. The reason is that after ‘one of’ noun is plural, and thus, if two nouns are used, then it becomes more difficult to determine which of the noun is plural. In such cases, the expression starts giving double-meaning. The correct phrase would be ‘the farmhouse of one of the CBI officers’.
Hence, there is an error in the part (C), and option (c) is the correct answer.

S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. Instead of the singular ‘conversation’, the noun ‘conversation’ should be plural i.e. ‘conversations’. So, there is an error in the part (A) of the sentence, and option (A) is the correct answer.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. An article would be used before the noun ‘rich’.
Hence, there is an error in the part (B), and option (b) is the correct answer.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The noun ‘woman’ in the part (B) should be plural i.e. ‘women’ because the expression ‘among those’ indicates that there is more than one woman. So, there is an error in the part (B) of the sentence, and hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘were’ would be used instead of ‘was’ in the part (B) because the subject of the verb phrase ‘was seen’ is ‘Five kilometres’ which is a plural noun. So, there is an error in the part (B) and option (b) is the correct answer.

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. Instead of ‘lived’, ‘has lived’ or ‘has been living’ would be used because the tense of the sentence is present tense which is evident from the phrases ‘is sitting’ present in the part (A) and ‘has never created’ in the part (C).
So, there is an error in the part (B) of the sentence, and option (b) is the correct answer.

S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. Instead of ‘Suresh will find’ in the part (A), ‘Suresh finds’ would be used because when in future, two events are mentioned, then simple present tense is used in the conditional clause or subordinate clause (the ones which start with when, if, before, after, until etc.), and the future tense is used in the principal clause.
So, there is an error in the part (A) of the sentence. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. A present tense is used to convey ‘present habit’. So, instead of ‘she is getting up’ in the part (C), ‘she gets up’ would be used. Hence, there is an error in the part (C) of the sentence and option (c) is the correct answer.

S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Instead of ‘have’, ‘has’ would be used because the principle subject of the sentence is ‘Seema’ which is a singular noun. When two subjects are connected through ‘as well as, in addition to, like, unlike, accompanied by, with, together with, along with’ etc. Then, the noun or noun-equivalent which appears before such words is the principle noun and the form of the verb would be decided by the principle subject. Hence, there is an error in the part (C), and option (c) is the correct answer.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use ‘to’ in place of ‘for’. ‘Lend + something + to + person’. E.g, I cannot lend paltry sum of money to you.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘has’ in place of ‘is’. This part of the sentence should be in the active voice because the doer (he) is at the position of the ‘Subject’. He has done it.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘training’, because some particular training is being talked about. Don’t use ‘staffs’ in place of ‘staff’. ‘Staff” is both singular and plural and refers to a group of people. When we use ‘staffs’, it refers to more than one group of people.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘who (for person)’ in place of ‘which (for things)’

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘are’ in place of ‘is’ because the subject(most of the funds) is plural.