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Direction (1-15): In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
Q1. The parents decided it was worth the risk (A)/ because these children would have succumbed (B)/ their disease before adulthood.(C)/ No Error
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Use preposition ‘to’ after ‘succumbed’. Verb ‘Succumb’ is characterized by preposition ‘to’. Moreover, ‘Succumb to something’ is an idiomatic expression which means to yield to something, especially a temptation, fatal disease, a human weakness, etc.
Q2. One thing we tend to overlook is that, in medicine, (A)/ there is always going to be (B)/ learning curve when it comes to new technology.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Add article ‘a’ before noun ‘learning curve’.
Q3. Researchers discovered that pupil dilation could be used (A)/ to indicating the mental workload of (B)/ a person in a multitasking environment.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘indicating’ with ‘indicate’ following the rule ‘Could be used’ + ‘to’ + V1 (base form of verb).
Q4. The issues are very complex (A)/ and the problem is that they are bound to be obscured (B)/ by these hypocritical politicians (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No Error
Q5. The first section of the road was surfaced and offered (A)/ resplendent views of the Suru Valley, with green fields (B)/ enclosed in poplars, willows and apricot trees.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘enclosed in’ with ‘enclosed by’. If a place is enclosed by something, the place is completely surrounded by it. Hence the correct preposition to use is ‘by’.
Q6. Previous studies on workload and productivity includes(A)/ physical aspects, such as how much a person walks or carries, but (B)/ they do not take into account a person’s state of mind.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘includes’ with ‘include’. Following the Subject-Verb agreement rule, ‘Plural Subjects’ take ‘Plural verb’ with them, ‘Previous Studies’ will take ‘include’ instead of ‘includes’.
Q7. She dislikes (A) / you being most organized (B) / than she is. (C) / No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘most’ with ‘more’. As the comparison is between only ‘two persons’.
Q8. He is proficient in Hindi (A) / and can speak English (B) / but he does not know to read and write English. (C) / No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘he does not know to read and write English’ with ‘he does not know how to read and write English’. As ‘Know + how + infinitive i.e. to + V1’ is the proper usage in grammar.
Q9. By the time she was seven, (A)/ she could play a (B)/ dozen songs through ear. (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘through ear’ with ‘by ear’. ‘Play something by ear’ is an idiom which means ‘to be able to play a piece of music after just listening to it a few times, without looking at the notes’.
Q10. Could she cite (A) / any precedent in support (B)/ for her care? (C) / No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘for’ with ‘of’. ‘Of her care’ is the right usage.
Q11. As the world and particularly India faces growing challenges (A)/ that threaten the future of the planet, CSE has built up (B)/ expertise and credibility to make difference.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Add indefinite determiner ‘a’ before ‘difference’. As ‘make a difference’ is an idiomatic expression.
Q12. The president has called this meeting in order to (A)/ end the current political unrest and conflict situation and to allow (B)/ the normal functioning of the parliament.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No Error
Q13. A neighbour said the killer ambushed Eric (A)/ and shot him dead right after (B)/ the grandfather brought a child into his house.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Following the grammar rule, “Subject1 + V2 +…….+ Subject2+ had+ V3 +…”. Add ‘had’ before ‘brought’.
Q14. The officer asked the recruit (A)/which district (B)/he came from. (C)/No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No error
Q15. The young prince alone rose to the height of the (A)/ occasion, and set his face to such cowardly counsels, and he (B)/ had the enthusiastic support of the great majority of the people. (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
There is a preposition related error. Replace ‘set his face to’ with ‘set his face against’.
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