Directions ( Q.1-10) : In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, your answer is (d) i.e. No error
1. The vaccine a)/ when hit the Indian market b)/ is dogged by controversy. c)/ No error d)
(a) The vaccine
(b) when hit the Indian market
(c) is dogged by controversy
(d) No error
Ans- b (write ‘which’ in place of ‘when’)
2. His son a)/ is working b)/ very hardly. c)/ No error
(a) His son
(b) is working
(c) very hardly
(d) No error
Ans- c (use ‘hard’ in place of ‘hardly’)
3. Do you know that it was a)/ I who has done b)/ this piece of beautiful work? c) No error d)
(a) Do you know that it was
(b) I who has done
(c) this piece of beautiful work?
(d) No error
Ans- b (use ‘have’ in place of ‘has’)
4. Either George a)/or Earl have completed b)his assignment for the competition c) no error d)
(a) Either George
(b) or Earl have completed
(c) his assignment for the competition.
(d) No error
Ans- b (use ‘has’ in place of ‘have’. Either -or takes verb according to nearest subject)
5. The future of food companies a)/ seems quite b)/ secure owed to ever-growing demand. c)/ No error d)
(a) The future of food companies
(b) seems quite
(c) secure owed to ever-growing demand
(d) No error
Ans- c (write ‘owing to’ in place of ‘ owed to’)
6. If you had told me a)/ I would have helped you b)/ solve the problem. c)/ No error d)
(a) If you had told me
(b) I would have helped you
(c) solve the problem
(d) No error
Ans- c (write ‘ in solving the problem’ in place of ‘solve the problem’)
7. “The Arbian Nights” a)/ are indeed b)/ an interesting book. c)/ No error d)
(a) “The Arbian Nights”
(b) are indeed
(c) an interesting book
(d) No error
Ans- b (use ‘is indeed’ in place of ‘are indeed’ )
8. He a)/ loved her b)/ despite of himself. c)/ No error d)
(a) He
(b) loved her
(c) despite of himself
(d) No error
Ans- c ( we do not use ‘of’ after despite)
9. Of all models a)/ Jessica is b)/ the more good-looking one. c)/ No error d)
(a) Of all models
(b) Jessica is
(c) the more good-looking one
(d) No error
Ans-c (use ‘most’ in place of ‘more’)
10. When I went there a)/ Charles is playing b)/ a game of chess. c)/ No error d)
(a) When I went there
(b) Charles is playing
(c) a game of chess
(d) No error
Ans- b (use ‘was’ in place of ‘is’)
