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  • Question 1
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    Directions(Q1-Q30): 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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

    Q. We discussed about the problem so thoroughly / on the eve of the examination / that I found it very easy to work it out / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: We discussed about the problem so thoroughly

    Correct Statement will be: We discussed the problem so thoroughly.

  • Question 2
    3 / -1

    An Indian ship / laden with merchandise / got drowned in the Pacific Ocean / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: Got drowned in the Pacific Ocean

    Correct Statement will be: Sank in the Pacific Ocean.

  • Question 3
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    I could not put up in a hotel / because the boarding and lodging charges / were exorbitant / No errors.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: I could not put up in a hotel

    Correct Statement will be: I could not put up at a hotel

  • Question 4
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    The Indian radio / which was previously controlled by the British rulers / is free now from the narrow vested interests / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: Is free now from the narrow vested interests

    Correct Statement will be: Is now free from the narrow vested interests.

  • Question 5
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    If I had known / this yesterday / I will have helped him / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: I will have helped him

    Correct Statement will be: I would have helped him

  • Question 6
    3 / -1

    A lot of travel delay is caused / due to the inefficiency and lack of good management / on behalf of the railways / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: on behalf of the railways

    Correct Statement will be: on part of the railways.

  • Question 7
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    One of the members / expressed doubt if / the Minister was an atheist / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: Expressed doubt if 

    Correct Statement will be: Expressed doubt that

  • Question 8
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    I have got / my M.Sc. degree / in 1988 / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: I have got

    Correct Statement will be:  I got

  • Question 9
    3 / -1

    Having recived your letter / this moring, we are writing / to thank you for the same / No errors.

    Solution

    There is no error in the sentence.

  • Question 10
    3 / -1

    If you lend him a book / he will lend it to some one else / and never you will get it back / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: And never you will get it back

    Correct Statement will be:  And you will never get it back.

  • Question 11
    3 / -1

    According to the Bible / it is meek and humble / who shall inherit the earth / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: It is meek and humble

    Correct Statement will be:  It is the meek and the humble.

  • Question 12
    3 / -1

    Do the roses in your garden smell / more sweetly / than those in ours? / No error

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: more sweetly

    Correct Statement will be: Sweeter

  • Question 13
    3 / -1

    Block of Residential flats / are coming up / near our houses / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: Block of Residential flats

    Correct Statement will be: Blocks of Residential flats

  • Question 14
    3 / -1

    The stuents were / awating for / the arrival of the cheif guest / No error.

    Solution

    The verb await itself means to wait for somebody/something. Therefore, in option B either remove "for" after awaiting or replace "awaiting" with "waiting".

  • Question 15
    3 / -1

    Sixty miles / are / a good distance / No error.

    Solution

    Sixty miles is a good distance.

  • Question 16
    3 / -1

    They have been / very close friends / until they quarrelled / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: They have been

    Correct Statement will be: They had been

  • Question 17
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    When the dentist came in / my thooth was stopped acing / out of fear that I might loose my tooth / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: My tooth was stopped aching

    Correct Statement will be: My tooth stopped aching.

  • Question 18
    3 / -1

    It is the duty of every citizzen to do  his utmost / to defend the hardly-won / freedom of the country / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: To defend the hardly-won

    Correct Statement will be: To defend the hard-won.

  • Question 19
    3 / -1

    No sooner did I open the door / When the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in / Making us shiver from head to foot / No error

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: When the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in

    Correct Statement will be: The rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in.

  • Question 20
    3 / -1

    If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact / with the best that has been thought and said in this world / he will become simple and unselfish / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

    Correct Statement will be: If a man diligently seeks to come into contact.

  • Question 21
    3 / -1

    You must / remember me / to post this letter / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: Remember me

    Correct Statement will be: Remind me

  • Question 22
    3 / -1

    The man told to her / that he had not brought his dog / out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: The man told to her

    Correct Statement will be: The man told her

  • Question 23
    3 / -1

    On the busy Ring Road / we witnessed a collusion / between a truck and an auto / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: We witnessed a collusion

    Correct Statement will be: We witnessed a collision

  • Question 24
    3 / -1

    He couldn't but help / shedding tears at the plight of the villagers / rendered homeless by a devastating cyclone / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: He couldn't but help

    Correct Statement will be: He couldn't help

  • Question 25
    3 / -1

    He will certainly help you / if you will ask him / in a pleasant / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: If you will ask him

    Correct Statement will be: If you ask him

  • Question 26
    3 / -1

    The brand proposition now, therefore, had to be that Keokarpin Antiseptic Cream is more effective / because it penetrates deep down (being light and non-sticky) and works from within / (because of its ayurvedic ingredients) to keep skin blemish, free, and helps cope with cuts nicks, burns, and nappy rash. / No error.

    Solution

    'Now' refers to present. Hence, it should have been "the brand proposition then, therefore had to be", or it could have been "the brand proposition now therefore is/has to be".

  • Question 27
    3 / -1

    Will you please buy / some jaggery for me / if you go to the market? / No error.

    Solution

    There is no error in the sentence.

  • Question 28
    3 / -1

    Most of the members at the meeting felt / hat the group appointed for investigating the case / were not competent to do the job efficiently / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: Were not competent to do the job efficiently 

    Correct Statement will be: Was not competent to do the job efficiently.

  • Question 29
    3 / -1

    In these days of inflation / a ten rupee's note will not buy you / even an ordinary meal. / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: A ten rupee's note will not buy you

    Correct Statement will be: A ten rupee note will not buy you.

  • Question 30
    3 / -1

    He persisted / to do it / in spite of my advice / No error.

    Solution

    This statement is wrong: To do it

    Correct Statement will be: In doing it.

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