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.)
Conjunction
1. (a) No sooner did (b) the train depart from (c) the station when (d) another train arrived on the platform. (e) No error.
2. (a) Not only has he built (b) a school for the poor (c) but he has also built a (d) hospital for the old. (e) No error.
3. (a) The burglars had (b) hardly broken into the house to steal (c) ornaments than (d) a child woke up and started crying. (e) No error.
4. (a) Scarcely had he (b) reached his office (c) that he was told by one of his colleagues (d) that his father met with an accident. (e) No error.
5. (a) Scarcely had I (b) alighted from the bus (c) when it started raining (d) cats and dogs. (e) No error.
6. (a) He tells me that though (b) he is known to only a few (c) people but his reputation (d) among them is very great. (e) No error.
7. (a) Hardly had I (b) come on the stage to deliver a speech, then (c) hundreds of thousands of (d) jubilant Indians cheered me. (e) No error.
8. (a) Not only has the commerce industry fixed (b) extraordinarily high minimum price for (c) onion exports but also has made licenses mandatory (d) for every consignment. (e)
9. (a) The banks have followed an (b)aggressive monetary policy and(c) its stated aim of curbing inflation (d)has not been achieved yet.(e) no error
10. (a) I am doubtful (b) that the man who has been(c) convicted of theft, (d) is living in my town. (e) No error.
Solution
1. (c) Replace ‘When’ by ‘than.
2. (e) no error
3. (c) Replace ‘Than’ by ‘When’.
4. (c) Replace ‘that’ by ‘when’.
5. (e) No error.
6. (e) No error.
7. (b) Use ‘when’ instead of ‘then’.
8. (e) no error
9. (b) Replace "and" by "but".
10. (b) Use ‘whether’ instead of ‘that’.
Questions
11. (a) Because he did not reach (b) the examination hall on time,(c) therefore he was not allowed (d) to sit for the exam.(e) No error
12. (a) Both the young along with (b) the old are accountable for a (c) great many vices with which our society (d) as well as country is inflicted. (e) No error.
13. (a) His offence was such (b) as he was not only (c) imprisoned but also (d) sentenced to death.(e) No error.
14. (a) The two girls who (b) have been selected for the post (c)of income tax inspector, (d)are too young and beautiful to be rejected by anyone (e) No error.
15. (a) Since annual examination is fast approaching (b) my cousin has bought a lot of things (c) as books, pens, pencils etc. (d) all of which cost much. (e) No error.
16. (a) Scarcely had he gone a few steps (b) than he saw a cobra lying (d) on the ground. (e) No error.
17. (a) No sooner had the train (b) arrived at the station then the people who (c) were waiting for the train rushed down (d) to get their seats. (e) No error.
18. (a) No sooner had the bomb (b) exploded in the vicinity of the rock garden, (c) people started running in (d) helter-skelter. (e) No error.
19. (a) I cannot tell (b) you if he feel nostalgic (c) about his childhood (d) or not. (e) No error.
20. (a) Five years have passed (b) that I hanged my boots from (c) the company and settled (d) in Lucknow. (e) No error.
Solutions
11. (c) Remove ‘therefore’ because we don’t use ‘thus, therefore, so’ after ‘as, since, because.
12. (a) Replace ‘along with’ by ‘and’ because ‘both’ is followed by ‘and’.
13. (b) Replace ‘as’ by ‘that’.
14. (e) No error.
15. (c) Use ‘like’ instead of ‘as’.
16. (c) Replace ‘Than’ by ‘When’.
17. (b) Replace ‘then’ by ‘than’.
18. (b) Use ‘than’ instead of ‘comma’.
19. (b) Replace ‘if’ by ‘whether’.
20. (b) Replace ‘that’ by ‘since’.
Questions
21. (a) It was almost (b) three years ago since I visited (c) the Taj Mahal (d) along with my friends and had a gala time. (e) No error.
22. (a) The patient would not (b) have kicked the bucket (c) when he had been given (d) an injection on time.(e) No error.
23. (a) Our plan to go to picnic was (b) almost fixed and the rain (c) fizzled out the whole (d) thing and we could not go willingly .(e) No error.
24. (a) He could not (b) succeed in the examination, (c) yet he had (d) worked very hard. (e) No error.
25. (a) The woodman stirred the fire (b) until the flames leaped (c) high and the sparks flew (d) out of the roof hole. (e) No error.
26. (a) He was not (b) so skillful and accomplished in (c) English that we (d) had expected. (e) No error
27. (a) She has (b) not only stopped singing (c) but also dancing because (d) her husband does not allow her for these activities.(e) No error
28. (a) Nobody else but (b) I had stood by (c) you in all the circumstances (d) when you were new in this city. (e) No error
29. (a) She could not keep back her tears, (b) the chief cause of her pain seemed (c)to be the fear (d) lest people would doubt her truthfulness (e) No error
30. (a) For the whole evening she sits at the table (b) whatever comes into her busy brain; (c) I seldom or ever find any difficulty (d) in reading what she has written. (e) No error
Solutions
21. (b) Replace ‘since’ by ‘that’.
22. (c) Replace ‘when’ by ‘if’.
23. (b) Replace ‘and’ by ‘but’.
24. (c) Replace ‘yet’ by ‘though’.
25. (e) No error.
26. (c) Replace ‘that' by ‘as’.
27. (b) Use ‘not only’ after ‘stopped’.
28. (e) no error
29. (d) Replace ‘would by ‘should’ because we use ‘should’ after ‘lest’.
30. (e) No error.
Questions
31. (a) This young man, of whom I spoke to you (b) last summer, is so noble-minded (c) and full of enthusiasm that (d) one seldom if never finds now a days among our old men of twenty. (e) No error.
32. (a) The manager was doubtful (b) if some of the clerks(c) of his office were (d) involved in bank robbery. (e) No error.
33. (a) Neither the girl (b) nor her mother (c) was fast asleep when (d) the thief entered the house. (e) No error.
34. (a) Because he is (b) running with high temperature (c) so he will not (d) come to school today. (e) No error.
35. (a) You must either contact (b) your friend else go to his home (c) to inform him that (d) his mother has met with an accident and has been taken to the hospital. (e) No error.
36. (a) As soon as they think (b) that the master can no longer hear, (c) then they speak with frankness (d) which is the more starling because who listens to it become responsible. (e) No error.
37. (a) They not only come (b) here for shopping but also for (c) having a glimpse of (d) the extremely ravishing sales girl. (e) No error.
38. (a) Hardly had he (b) got down from the train (c) then the bomb exploded (d) and shattered the train into pieces. (e) No error.
39. (a) Scarcely had he started (b) eating an apple when he was spotted (c) by one of his friends (d) who were his childhood friends. (e) No error.
40. (a) I don’t know (b) if any of the students (c) of this college has gone to picnic (d) along with his teacher or not . (e) No error.
Solutions
31. (d) Use ‘Seldom if ever’ to make the sentence correct.
32. (e) No error.
33. (e) No error.
34. (c) Remove ‘so’ for more explanation see the answer of 11.
35. (b) Replace ‘else’ by ‘or’ because after ‘either’ we use ‘or’.
36. (c) Remove ‘then’ because we don’t use ‘then’ after ‘as soon as, if, when etc.
37. (a) Use ‘not only’ before ‘shopping’ to make the sentence correct.
38. (c) Replace ‘Then’ by ‘When’.
39. (e) No error.
40. (b) Replace ‘if’ by ‘whether’.
Questions
41. (a) The weather this summer is (b) so bad as last year (c) it has not stopped (d) for weeks. (e) No error.
42. (a) This is not such (b) a difficult question (c) which cannot be answered (d) with a little effort. (e) No error.
43. (a) This is perhaps (b) the same dog which (c) was barking at me (d) when I was going home from office. (e) No error.
44. (a) He asked me (b) that why I had (c) not made my best efforts (d) to persuade her to accompany us.(e) No error.
45. (a) We use both subjective (b) as well as objective case (c) of a pronoun after ‘as and than’(d) according to the need. (e) No error.
46. (a) As he does (b) not have any work (c) to do, so he always pokes (d) his nose into other’s affairs. (e) No error.
47. (a) Although he was born (b) with a silver spoon in his mouth,(c) but he was not brought up (d) in an affluent family. (e) No error.
48. (a) His mother told (b) him not to go out (c) in the night with the persons (d) as John, Peter, Lucy, etc. (e) No error.
49. (a) He suggested to me (b) that I should (c) do all the work as (d) quickly like him. (e) No error.
50. (a) He was so clever and wise (b) that everybody’s attempt (c) to leave him in the lurch (d) turned out to be futile. (e) No error.
Solutions
41. (b) Replace ‘so’ by ‘as’ because ‘so…….as’ is used in the negative sentence.
42. (c) Replace ‘which’ by ‘that’ because after that we use either ‘that’ or ‘as’.
43. (b) Replace ‘which’ by ‘that’ because after ‘the same’ we use ‘that’.
44. (b) Remove ‘that’ because ‘why and that’ can not come together.
45. (b) Use ‘and’ instead of ‘as well as’.
46. (c) Remove ‘so’ for more explanation see the answer of 11.
47. (c) Replace ‘but’ by ‘yet’.
48. (d) Replace ‘as’ by ‘like’.
49. (d) Replace ‘like’ by ‘as’.
50. (e) No error.
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