Directions(Q.1-8): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.
1.Just between you and I, these theories won’t work.
Just between
you
and I
these theories won’t work
Solution:
(use 'me' in place of 'I'. after preposition we use objective form of the pronoun.)
2.If the proprietor would have planned more carefully bankruptcy might have been avoided.
If the proprietor would have
planned more carefully
bankruptcy
might have been avoided
Solution:
(use ' had' in place of 'would have')
3.Being a well known scientist, he was invited to deliver a lecture on space missions.
Being a well known
scientist, he was
invited to deliver
a lecture on space missions
Solution:
(use' since he is well known scientist' ...)
4.If it were to rain, we shall be obliged to declare the open air cultural programme cancelled for the time being.
If it were
to rain, we shall be obliged
to declare the open air
cultural programme cancelled for the time being
Solution:
(use 'if it rains')
5.How can two lakh people be occupied in only two tennis courts on four cricket fields.
How can two lakh people be occupied
in only two tennis courts
on four cricket
fields
Solution:
(use 'accommodated' in place of 'occupied')
6.As a doctor his reputation in the profession is greater than his elder brother.
As a doctor
his reputation in the profession
is greater than his
elder brother
Solution:
(use' than that of his elder brother)
7.He charged me one hundred rupees for five dozens oranges of average quality.
He charged me
one hundred rupees for five dozens
oranges
of average quality
Solution:
(use five dozen)
8.He told me that he has completed the task I had given him the previous day.
He told me that
he has completed the task
I had given him the
previous day
Solution:
(use past perfect tense verb)
Directions(Q.9-10)Pick out the most effective word/phrase from the given alternatives to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
9.We need an unusually gifted person to solve this ___________ problem.
sensitive
sensible
sensuous
spurious
Solution:
(sensitive- quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.)
10.I cannot ___________ to know much about it.
imagine
conceive
pleaded
contemplate
Solution:
(imagine - form a mental image or concept of.)
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