Directions- 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 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
- She was wearing a wig that was far more attractive than the other women who had their natural hair.
(a) She was wearing a wig that was
(b) far more attractive
(c) thanthe other women who had
(d) their natural hair.
(e) No error
Answer Option :3
Explanation:
far more attractive than that of the other women…….It is the Error of the Comparative. A wig cannot be compared with other women. A wig can be compared with the wig/ wigs of other women.
- Each of the speakers whom I invited to participate in the debate has indicated their unwillingness because of the short notice.
(a) Each of the speakers whom I invited
(b) to participate in the debate has
(c) indicated their unwillingness
(d) because of the short notice.
(e) No error
Answer Option :3
Explanation:
’Indicated their unwillingness’ in the sentence should be replaced by ’indicated his or her unwillingness’.
It is a Pronoun-Antecedent Error. The Antecedent of the Pronoun ‘their’ is ‘Each’, which is a Singular Pronoun. If the Antecedent is singular, then the Pronoun must also be singular (and vice-versa).
- The creature on Mars, if any, are bound to be very different from us not only in shape but also in size because of different gravitational conditions.
(a) The creature on Mars, if any,
(b) are bound to be very different from us
(c) not only in shape but also in size
(d) because of different gravitational conditions.
(e) No error
Answer Option :1
Explanation:
’The creature on Mars, if any,’ in the sentence should be replaced by ’the creatures on mars, if any’.
It is an Error of Subject Verb Agreement. The plural of ’creatures is used to agree with the verb ’are’ and to correspond with ’if any’. A verb must agree with its subject in number and person. The plural ’parts’ fits in with the verb ’were’.
- The emphasis on food sold by branded restaurants, mainly local franchises of western food brands, again defies legitimate explanation.
(a) The emphasis on food sold by branded
(b) restaurants, mainly local franchises
(c) of western food brands
(d) again defies legitimate explanation.
(e) No error
Answer Option :5
Explanation:
No Error.
- To understand why, one needs to look on international arbitrations and World Trade Organisation (WTO) cases involving tobacco control laws.
(a) To understand why, one needs to look on
(b) international arbitrations and
(c) World Trade Organisation (WTO) cases
(d) involving tobacco control laws.
(e) No error
Answer Option :1
Explanation:-
(a) Explanation:”look into” in place of “look on”. ‘Look into’ is the correct Phrasal Verb. It means to search or find.
- Three Indians, two women and one man were among the shortlisted 100 applicants whom were chosen for one-way trip to Mars under one mission.
(a) Three Indians, two women and one man
(b) were among the shortlisted 100
(c) applicants whom were chosen for
(d) one-way trip to mars under one mission.
(e) No error
Answer Option :3
Explanation:
Replace ‘whom’ with ‘who’. This is the Error of the Pronoun Case. Here, even though ‘who’ is used in the middle of a sentence, it is the Subject of the Verb ‘were’. Therefore, it will be in the Subjective Case.
- The cover story in Organiser, “Teach True History of Bharat”, notes “the excavation of late 20th and 21st century revealed the existence of a Bharatiyacivilisation in unbroken continuity since 8000 BC”.
(a) The cover story in Organiser,
(b) “Teach True History of Bharat”, notes “the excavation of late 20th and 21st century
(c) revealed the existence of a Bharatiya
(d) civilisation in unbroken continuity since 8000 BC”.
(e) No error
Answer Option :2
Explanation:
It should be the ‘excavations’ instead of the ‘excavation’.It is the Error of Noun Number-Singular/ Plural. The word ‘and’ indicates plural number.
- He has not been attending English classes since one month.
(a) He has not
(b) been attending
(c) English classes
(d) since one month
(e) No error
Answer Option 😀
Explanation:
It should be ‘for one month’ instead of ‘since one month’. It is the Error of the Preposition. ‘Since’ is used when the beginning of the time period is mentioned. For example- I started working with him since January, 2015. ‘For’ is used when the duration of the time period is given. For example- I worked with him for 4 months.
- Regretfully, profits earned by your company fell by 20 per cent last year despite higher sales.
(a) Regretfully, profits earned
(b) by your company
(c) fell by 20 per cent last year
(d) despite higher sales.
(e) No error
Answer Option :1
Explanation:
It should be ‘Regrettably, profits earned by your company…’. It is the Error of the Word.
- Dismantling the camp will remove this magnet for refugees and migrants, conned into heading for Calais by traffickers. These ruthless gangs steal the life-savings forvulnerable people and dump them in the squalor of the camp.
(a) Dismantling the camp will remove this magnet for refugees and migrants,
(b) conned into heading for Calais by traffickers.
(c) These ruthless gangs steal the life-savings for
(d) vulnerable people and dump them in the squalor of the camp.
(e) No error
Answer Option :3
Explanation:
‘For’ will be replaced with ‘of’.It is the Error of the preposition.
‘For’ indicates purpose. ‘Of’means belongs to.
- She won her maiden grand Prix gold at the Malaysian Open, went on to win the first of her hat-trick of titles at the Macau Open. The bigger reward in the form of Arjuna award was the icing the cake.
(a) She won her maiden grand Prix gold at the Malaysian Open,
(b) went on to win the first of her hat-trick
(c) of titles at the Macau Open.
(d) The bigger reward in the form of Arjuna award was the icing the cake.
(e) No error
Answer Option :4
Explanation:
The correct idiom is “icing on the cake”. It means -an additional benefit to something already good. For example- All these letters of congratulation are icing on the cake. It is an Error of the Idiom.
- It also failed to end the session on anote of federal cooperation to seton the shift to Budget dayto February 1 from next year.
(a) It also failed to end the session on a
(b) note of federal cooperation to set
(c) on the shift to Budget day
(d) to February 1 from next year.
(e) No error
Answer Option :3
Explanation:
Replace “on” with “up”. It is the Error of the Preposition.
- With the Opposition parties mustering all its disruptive tactics to stallthe functioning of both Houses, insisting on maximalistdemands on just how the debate on demonetisation should be structured, hopes for any substantive work had diminished.
(a) With the Opposition parties mustering all its disruptive tactics to stall
(b) the functioning of both Houses, insisting on maximalist
(c) demands on just how the debate on demonetization should be structured,
(d) hopes for any substantive work had diminished.
(e) No error
Answer Option :1
Explanation:
It should be ‘their’ instead if ‘its’. It is a Pronoun Antecedent Error.
- The problem of poor learning outcomes is forparticular concern, for it is a structuralissue pertaining to the design of curriculaand ingrained rote learning methods.
(a) The problem of poor learning outcomes is for
(b) particular concern, for it is a structural
(c) issue pertaining to the design of curricula
(d) and ingrained rote learning methods.
(e) No error
Answer Option :1
Explanation:
Replace “for” with “of”
Of – Used for belonging to, relating to, or connected with. ‘Of’ is used to indicate reference and to indicate an amount or number.
For – Used to indicate the use or purpose of something, Used to mean because of and Used to indicate time or duration.
- By forcing adjournments while in opposition, it was successful in reinforcingthe impression of apolicy paralysis in the second UPA government.
(a) By forcing adjournments while in opposition,
(b) it was successful in reinforcing
(c) the impression of a
(d) policy paralysis in the second UPA government.
(e) No error
Answer Option :5
Explanation:
No Error.