Dear Readers, we have given here the English Practice Questions for upcoming Exams 2017. Candidates can use this material for their preparations.
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Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
1). This company has been / served a legal notice for / using banned substances in / the manufacture of its products.
a) This company has been
b) served a legal notice for
c) using banned substances in
d) the manufacture of its products.
e) No error
2). All coastal villages have / been evacuated to prevent / any losses of life due / to the incoming cyclone.
a) All coastal villages have
b) been evacuated to prevent
c) any losses of life due
d) to the incoming cyclone.
e) No error
3). The reporter was arrested and / his camera seized by the police, / after he entered the prohibited / zone and started taken photos.
a) The reporter was arrested and
b) his camera seized by the police,
c) after he entered the prohibited
d) zone and started taken photos.
e) No error
4). After been caught drinking / in their hostel room, the / students were suspended from / the college for a week.
a) After been caught drinking
b) in their hostel room, the
c) students were suspended from
d) the college for a week.
e) No error
5). Once the party ended, we / realised that it was / midnight and that there was / no way we could return home.
a) Once the party ended, we
b) realised that it was
c) midnight and that there was
d) no way we could return home.
e) No error
6). There has been a / shortage in the supply of / water in the city / due for a lack of rainfall
a) There has been a
b) shortage in the supply of
c) water in the city
d) due for a lack of rainfall.
e) No error
7). This move has resulted / in bringing commodity / prices down and uplift / the country's economy.
a) This move has resulted
b) in bringing commodity
c) prices down and uplift
d) the country's economy.
e) No error
8). Raj could not take the / call as he have put his cell / phone on 'silent' mode and thus / could not hear its ring.
a) Raj could not take the
b) call as he have put his cell
c) phone on ‘silent’ mode and thus
d) could not hear its ring.
e) No error
9). He has a passion / for climbing mountains and / is contemplates to scale / Everest next year.
a) He has a passion
b) for climbing mountains and
c) is contemplates to scale
d) Everest next year.
e) No error
10). In their statement, the / officials have blamed / their supervisors for / having mismanaged the situation.
a) In their statement, the
b) officials have blamed
c) their supervisors for
d) having mismanaged the situation
e) No error
Explanation With Answer Key:
2). C)Replace 'losses' with 'loss'
3). D)Replace 'taken' with 'taking'
4). A)Replace ‘been’ with 'being’
6). D)Replace ‘for’ with ‘to’
7). C)Replace ‘uplift’ with ‘uplifting’
8). B)Replace ‘have’ with ‘had’
9). C)Replace it with ‘contemplates scaling’
10). D)Replace ‘having mismanaged’ with ‘mismanaging’
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