Error identification

Description: Error Identification
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Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

Swami Dayanand (A) fiercely (B) criticised child marriage, (C) cast system and (D) idolatry (E).

  1. A

  2. C

  3. E

  4. B

  5. D


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; the spelling is incorrect. The correct spelling is 'caste'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

Many of us often (A) violate our sense of right and wrong, (B) stunting the growth of our higher life, and (C) embitter the existence of many of those who depend (D) on us (E).

  1. E

  2. D

  3. A

  4. C

  5. B


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct; as the sent. has a parallel construction error, it is in this choice. The other verbs in the sent. are in infinitive form, so this should also be in the same form, i. e.' stunt'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

It is (A) an irony that in a (B) prosperous state like Kerala, the Muslim groups (C) demand that underage women (D) should be allowed to marry (E).

  1. B

  2. D

  3. A

  4. C

  5. E


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; the verb 'demand' is a subjunctive verb . The following verb should be in infinitive form without any helping verb. The correct form is 'be allowed'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

In Haryana, a man and (A) woman who (B) marry without community permission are (C) hunted down and their heads (D) are cleaved form their bodies (E).

  1. A

  2. C

  3. E

  4. B

  5. D


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct; there is punctuation error in the sent. Man and woman are two different persons. So they should be preceded by different determiners. Correctly , woman should be referred 'a woman'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

The police (A) has not been able to (B) collect the evidence (C) against the criminal to (D) present in the court even after two months (E).

  1. D

  2. A

  3. E

  4. C

  5. B


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; 'the police ' is used here as a few policemen who are investigating the case, not the whole police force as a body. So, the verb should be used to agree with the plural noun, viz. 'have'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct option. Option E means 'no error'.

India is changing, but it (A) is changing (B) more too slowly; its cultural (C) sloth is holding (D) back its economic and social progress (E).

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D

  5. E


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; incorrect adjective is used. The adjective 'more' is used for countable nouns. The correct usage should be 'much'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

If the Indian races (A) did not benefit by the contact of men with (B) stronger powers. They would never have been able (C) to reassert themselves forcefully as they (D) do now (E).

  1. D

  2. C

  3. B

  4. E

  5. A


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct; as the main verb of the sent. is III conditional, i.e. 'would not have,' the subordinate verb should be in past perfect tense, 'had not benefited'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

Ranade (A) has suggested that the (B) invasions by Muslims led to learning and benefit, a (C) fusion of thoughts, (D) practises and ideas (E).

  1. B

  2. A

  3. D

  4. C

  5. E


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct; the word 'practises' is used here as a noun. So its spellings should be 'practices'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

India of 2013, despite a great (A) economic leap (B) into the modern age, remains in a (C) sedative (D) haze many centuries old (E).

  1. C

  2. A

  3. D

  4. E

  5. B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct; the sent. has no error .

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

The steps taken by the State govt. (A) to curb the fury of Phailin (B) provide an illustration of how our country can triumph (C) over adversity by simply not giving (D) away (E).

  1. C

  2. B

  3. A

  4. D

  5. E


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct; the prepo. used is incorrect. 'To give away' means 'to reveal the secret or to distribute'. The correct prepo. is 'in; give in', which means 'not to accept defeat'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

Swami Dayanand (A) deplored that the mind of Hindu society (B) was trapped in a house whose weaknesses could not (C) be whitewashed or plastered (D) over any longer (E).

  1. C

  2. A

  3. D

  4. B

  5. E


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct; there is no error in the sent.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

The main problem of national disharmony (A) is that all the communities are wanting (B) in the exercise of virtues necessary for (C) civic life and respect for (D) each other (E).

  1. D

  2. B

  3. A

  4. C

  5. E


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct; there is the error of incorrect pronoun . When the comparison is drawn among more than two persons , we use 'one another'. Here the noun is 'communities', so the pronoun should be 'one another'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

Malala has (A) become a (B) celebrity and there (C) were expectations that she (D) will get the Nobel Peace Prize of the year (E).

  1. D

  2. C

  3. A

  4. B

  5. E


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct; here is the error of incorrect tense form .The principal verb being in the past tense, 'were', the subordinate verb should also be in the past tense , 'would'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct option. Option E means 'no error'.

I don't claim to (A) know Rajasthan (B) intimately, but its people, colours, forts, animals and sheer (C) grandeur (D) is a photographer's delight (E).

  1. A

  2. D

  3. C

  4. B

  5. E


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; the subject is a compound one consisting of many nouns like people, colours, etc. So, the verb should be plural, i.e. 'are'.

Directions: Identify the error in the sentence and mark the correct choice. Choice E means 'no error'.

The Nobel Peace Prize must (A) go only to organisations/someone who (B) have a body of work to show for a considerable period of time and evidence of (C) having made a contribution (D) to world peace (E).

  1. C

  2. A

  3. B

  4. D

  5. E


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct; the helping verb 'have' is used incorrectly. The verb following 'who' should agree with the noun preceding it. Hence, it should be singular here ' has' ,the noun being singular ' someone'.

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