Directions(Q.1-50): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error 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.)
Questions
1. (a) Arabian Nights are a collection (b) of one thousand and one nights, (c) compiled in Arabic language (d) during the Islamic Golden age. (e) No error
2. (a) The available statistics (b) indicates that the population of the world will double in about 30 years (c) and human life will become (d) more pathetic. (e) No error
3. (a) What was once wonderful buildings (b) is now nothing (c) but piles of (d) rubbish. (e) No error
4. (a) Whether you should marry (b) after getting a job or you should marry (c) now all your life (d) are your own problem. (e) No error
5. (a) Each teacher as (b) well as most of the students (c) are of the view that there should not (d) be any change in the syllabus this year. (e) No error
6. (a) Does his daily struggle (b) for making both ends meet leaves time (c) to ponder over (d) his future ? (e) No error
7. (a) Either the politicians (b) or his supporter often give a provocative speech (c) that incites people (d) to commit the crime . (e) No error
8. (a) Every boy and girl (b) of the college are trying their best (c)to pass the examination (d) with flying colours . (e) No error
9. (a) In our institute.(b) it is obligatory for each (c) and every employee (d) to have a smart phone of their own. (e) No error
10. (a) Those players who (b) did not abide by the rules of games (c) was not permitted (d) to play in the final round. (e) No error
Solutions
1. (a) Replace ‘are’ by ‘is’ because ‘Arabian Nights’ is the name of a book.
2. (a) Use ‘indicate’ instead of ‘indicates’ because here ‘statistics’ means ‘data’.
3. (b) Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’ because ‘buildings’ are plural.
4. (d) Replace ‘are’ by ‘is’ because subject is ‘life’.
5. (c) Replace ‘are’ by ‘is’ when two subjects are joined by ‘as well as/no less than/with/along with’ we use ‘verb’ according to the first subject.
6. (b) Replace ‘leaves’ by ‘leave’ because we use ‘verb’ without ‘s/es’ with ‘do/does/did.
7. (b) Use ‘gives’ instead of ‘give’ when two subjects are joined by ‘either…or/neither…..nor/not only……..but also’ we use ‘verb’ in accordance with the second subject.
8. (b) Use ‘is trying his best’ instead of ‘are trying their best’. When ‘each and every’ are joined with ‘and’ they always take singular verb and pronoun.
Example- 1. Each boy and each girl are preparing for their exams. (incorrect)
2. Each boy and each girl is preparing for his exams. (correct)
9. (d) Replace ‘their’ by ‘his’. See explanation 8 for more details.
10. (c) Use ‘were’ instead of ‘was’ because subject is ‘players’.
Questions
11. (a) none of the developing or underdeveloped (b) countries are afraid of launching (c) a chemical warfare as it has already launched (d) and I know its repercussions. (d) No error
12. (a) Not Sohan and his friends (b) but Mohan has been looking at you (c) from the corner of his eyes (d) for ten minutes. (e) No error
13. (a) The appearance of (b) the planets here on earth are different(c) from reality because we see them as different (d) colours based on what substances are in the atmosphere. (e) No error
14. (a) An ability to shrink (b) and reduce oneself to a tiny form and reverse the process whenever desired (c) belong to the realm of fantasy and is heard of only (d) in fairy tales or tales of magic. (e) No error
15. (a) Neither she (b) nor her friend were aware (c) of what will happen (d) in the next two hours. (e) No error
16. (a) Have either of (b) the two candidates been (c) selected for the post of Probationary Officer (d) in the Bank of India this year ? (e)No error
17. (a) None (b) of the five candidates (c) who have been shortlisted for SSB (d) want to join Army. (e) No error
18. (a) What I said (b) and what I did (c) were incomprehensible (d) to an ordinary man like you. (e) No error
19. (a) Where she goes (b) and where she studies(c) are known to us, (d) so It is no use of being concerned about her. (e) No error
20. (a) Nobody else (b) but these ravishing young women have (c) made a mockery of him; but it is pitiable that he doesn’t (d) understand it . (e) No error
Solutions
11. (b) Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’ because subject is ‘none’.
12. (e) No error.
13. (b) Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’ subject is ‘appearance’.
14. (c) Use ‘belongs’ instead of ‘belong’ because subject is ‘ability’.
15. (b) Replace ‘were’ by ‘was’. See explanation 7 for more details.
16. (a) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’ because we use singular verb with ‘either of’.
17. (d) Replace ‘want’ by ‘wants’ because subject is ‘none’.
18. (e) No error.
19. (e) No error.
20. (e) No error
Questions
21. (a) There are many halls (b) in this building, most of them are well furnished(c) with glass benches, (d) tables and chairs but some is unfurnished. (e) No error
22. (a) being a beautiful city, (b) Zaid decided to visit it (c) along with his family (d)after he had landed a job (e)no error.
23. (a) If he (b) was alive (c) he would start weeping (d) to see the present condition of his family . (e) No error.
24. (a) Was she born (b) with a silver spoon in her mouth (c) she would definitely be brought up lavishly (d) and would marry for love not for money.(e) NO error
25. (a) He lodged a complaint to the police (b)that someone had stolen his purse (c)and he was lifted (d)without any money(e)no error.
26. (a) Three miles beyond (b) that meadow was seen thousands (c) of sheep grazing in the field (d) including some lambs. (e) N0 error
27. (a) It has been observed that (b) the elite class have no affection (C) for the downtrodden and the poor who are the (d) real victims of the present society .(e) No error
28. (a) Rita as well as (b) some of her friends (c) have fallen in love with the boy who (d) has been selected for the bank manager (e) No error
29. (a) More than one successful candidate (b) have given a very good account (c) of himself in the interview, (d) is now waiting for the final result. (e) NO error
30. (a) There is many difficulties (b) that people face in rebuilding (c) their lives (d) when they come out of prison.(e) No error
Solutions
21. (d) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ because ‘some’ is used for buildings.
22. (a) Use ‘It being a beautiful city’ to make the sentence correct.
23. (b) Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’ because the sentence is imaginary.
24. (a) Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’ because the sentence is imaginary.
25. (c) Replace ‘lifted’ by ‘left’ because ‘lift’ means to take from a lower to a higher position.
26. (b) Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’ because subject is ‘hundreds of sheep’.
27. (b) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has' because ‘elite class’ is singular.
28. (c) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’. See explanation 5 for more details.
29. (b) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’ because ‘candidate’ is singular.
30. (a) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ the verb of ‘there’ is used according to the noun that comes after it.
Example-1. There is a boy. (correct)
2. There are many boys. (correct)
Questions
31. (a) The principal as well as (b) his students were fatally injured in (c) the train accident which took place last week (d) near this railway crossing.(e) No error
32. (a) The request for outpatient (b) medical services have been reviewed (c) but it has not been (d) certified yet. (e) No error
33. (a) Along the northern frontier (b) of India is seen (c) the Himalayas mighty (d) in their splendour.(e) No error
34. (a) The publisher says (b) that there is (c) a lot of books on English grammar in the market (d) but this one is the best. (e) No error
35. (a) His mathematics is not (b) good, so I have suggested to him (c) that he should buy a book of mathematics (d) and practise daily. (e)No error
36. (a) Just outside (b) the restaurant is (c) two girls, extremely beautiful (d) as well as sophisticated. (e) No error
37. (a)They were trying to decide (b) where to go on holiday (c) but the problem was that (d) each of them had decided to go to different places .(e) NO error
38. (a) He is one of the students (b)who find it difficult to get a job (c)in this cut throat competition (d)work very hard (e) No error
39. (a) One of (b) my friends find it (c) difficult to get (d) a job in this rat race competition. (e) No error
40. (a) Our head of the Department assured (b) us that a series of lectures on English grammar (c) have been arranged (d) to complete the syllabus on time. (e) No error
Solutions
31. (b) Replace ‘were’ by ‘was’. See explanation 5 for more details.
32. (b) Replace ‘have been’ by ‘has been’ because subject is ‘request’.
33. (b) Replace ‘is seen’ by ‘are seen’ because subject is ‘the Himalayas’.
34. (b) Replace ‘there is’ by ‘there are’ see explanation 30 for more details.
35. (a) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ because here ‘mathematics’ is not a subject but it means ‘calculation of mathematics’.
36. (a) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ because subject is ‘two girls’.
37. (e) No error.
38. (d) Replace ‘work’ by ‘works’ because subject is ‘one of the students’.
39. (a) Replace ‘find’ by ‘finds’ because subject is ‘one of my friends’.
40. (c) Replace ‘have been’ by ‘has been’ because ‘a series of lectures’ is collective noun and it takes a singular verb.
Questions
41. (a) Each of the students, (b) whom I have selected to participate (c) in the music competition to be conducted (d) in a new hotel of Lucknow, are up to the mark. (e) No error
42. (a) Everyone among the engineers (b) were enjoying the drink (c) when the Manager of the hotel (d) was stabbed to death. (e) No error
43. (a) Most of the news (b) pertaining to the sudden death of his father (c) have been communicated by some of the ruffians (d) whom I know through and through. (e) No error
44. (a) Although these buildings seem (b) to be in a good condition,(c)but there need a lot of improvement (d) in their appearance. (e) No error
45. (a) The professor among five militants (b) were killed, (c) hundreds were injured (d) and many of them had pellet injuries in their eyes.(e) N0 error
46. (a) Not only faculties (b) but also other staffs of this college (c) is very kind and helpful (d) to the attendants. (e) No error
47. (a) There appears (b) a number of new faces in this hall (c) but I really do not know where they have (d) come from and why .(e) No error
48. (a) I face the (b) same problems in my day to day life (c) as do a common man (d) of my country. (e) No error
49. (a) The boy who does not (b) get up early in the morning and the boy who does not want to (c) do anything else are (d) indolent .(e) N0 error
50. (a)Most of the aspirants agree (b) that this is one of the(c) best books that (d) has been written with a view to competitive exams (e) no error.
Solutions
41. (d) ‘Are up to the mark’ should be replaced by ‘is up to the mark’ because the subject is ‘each of the students’.
42. (b) Replace ‘were’ by ‘was’ because everyone is the subject.
43. (c) ‘Have been’ should be replaced by ‘has been’ because ‘news’ is uncountable.
44. (c) “Need’ should be replaced by ‘needs’ see explanation 30.
45. (b) ‘Were’ should be replaced by ‘was’ because subject is ‘professor’.
46. (c) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ see explanation 7 for more details.
47. (a) ‘Appears’ should be ‘appear’ see explanation 30.
48. (c) Replace ‘do’ by ‘does’ because is ‘a common man’
49. (e) No error.
50. (d) Replace ‘has been’ by ‘have been’ because subject is ‘books’.
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