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Error Identification (Difficult)

Description: Article Conjunction and Preposition (difficult)
Number of Questions: 30
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Tags: Article Conjunction and Preposition (difficult) Sentence Correction Sentence Correction / Error Identification Articles and Determiners Preposition and Conjunction Pronoun Usage Subject Verb Agreement Error Identification Parallelism Repetition and Redundancy of Words Double Usage, Repetition and Redundancy
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Directions: Identify the part of the sentence having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Ayn Rand

  2. perhaps

  3. is a most widely read

  4. author on objective individualism

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In option (3), 'a' should be replaced with 'the'. Correct phrase is ..'the most widely read...' Use the definite article 'the' with a superlative.

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. You had better

  2. to repeat them everyday

  3. in order

  4. to keep them in mind

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'To' is redundant. Unnecessary usage of 'to' has been done.

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. He threw

  2. the stick

  3. in the

  4. river

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'into the' should be the correct phrase.

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Some

  2. of her paintings

  3. are well worth

  4. looking

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Worth looking at

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Both of you

  2. should help

  3. one another

  4. when bad times are there

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When we are talking about two people each other should be used. Sentence should be '.......should help each other ......'

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into 4 parts and numbered (1) to (4). In one of the parts, there is some grammatical error. You have to identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

  1. The Chinese foreign minister

  2. today called

  3. at President Bush

  4. and remained at the White House for an hour

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct phrase should be 'called on ...' which means 'to visit briefly'.

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Kalidas

  2. is

  3. Shakespeare

  4. of India

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The word 'Shakespeare' is being used as a standard, not as a proper noun. So, the correct phrase is 'the Shakespeare...'.

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into 4 parts and numbered (1) to (4). In one of the parts, there is some grammatical error. You have to identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

  1. When viewed with his

  2. point of view, the

  3. entire episode assumed

  4. a different colour altogether

  5. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct phrase should be 'from his point of view..' It emphasises the position or angle from which the situation is judged.

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. When

  2. he was arrested

  3. we had to spend

  4. many a sleepless nights

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct phrase should be 'many sleepless nights.' "Many a" takes a singular subject and verb. 

Directions: In the followinf question, a sentence has been divided into four parts. You have to identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

  1. Judge in him

  2. prevailed upon the father

  3. and he

  4. sentenced his son to death

  5. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'The' is required before 'judge'. It maintains the rule of parallelism..... 'The judge' and 'the father'. Moreover we are talking about two specific attributes in one person. One is the judge and the other is the father. So, we will add 'the' before 'judge'.

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Many (A) flowering plants benefit (B) of pollination (C) by adult butterflies (D) and moths. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

"from" should be used instead of " of".

Directions: Four parts of a sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Although logical explanations sound quite laborious when written out, (B) the human mind is capable (C) to process the arguments very quickly (D) to arrive at a logical conclusion. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct phrase is 'capable of processing'.

Directions: Four parts of a sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Each chemical element is characterised (B) as per the number of protons that (C) an atom of that element contains, called (D) its atomic number. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (2) is correct. Each chemical element is characterised 'by' the number of protons that an atom of that element contains, called its atomic number.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Located in Canada, the Columbia Icefield (A) covers area of 120 square miles (B) and is 3300 feet (C) thick in some (D) places. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Covers 'an' area; the indefinite article 'an' is required here.

Directions: Four parts of a sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

As (A) consumers’ response to traditional (B) advertising techniques declines, businesses are (C) beginning to develop new methods (D) of reaching customers. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

There is no error.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Sleep is (A) controlled by (B) the brain and (C) associated by characteristic (D) breathing rhythms. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Association is 'with' something. So, correct phrase should be 'associated with...'.

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Since rats are (A) destructive and (B) may carry disease, (C) therefore many cities try to (D) exterminate them. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

An involuntary reflex, (A) an yawn is almost impossible to stop (B) once the mouth muscles (C) begin the (D) stretching action. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'A yawn', as the indefinite article 'a' is required here to refer to a non-particular yawn.

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Even (A) with vast research, (B) there is still a great deal (C) that is not known about the working of (D) the human brain. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: E

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) Tropical forests exist (B) close to the equator, (C) where both high temperature and abundant rainfall (D) occurs year-round. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: D

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

The (A) glass tube in a fluorescent (B) lamp (C) contains mercury vapour under (D) small pressure. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

With pressure, 'low' is used not 'small'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Not only are reindeer used for their hides and milk, but _______________.

  1. also for pulling sleighs

  2. they also pull sleighs

  3. to pull sleighs as well

  4. also to pull sleighs

  5. even for pulling sleighs

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Correct Option: A

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

Tilling means (A) preparation of the soil (B) to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition (C) to help the crop grow until it is ready (D) for harvesting. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It should be "to be harvested" in place of  "for harvesting". "To harvest" is an action done onto the crops and is not done by the crops.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

_________ promoting a state of near-sleep, hibernation does not make an animal vulnerable to attack by predators because the brain is kept in a normal state of alertness.

  1. Instead of

  2. In spite of

  3. Irrespective of

  4. Even when

  5. Rather than

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Correct Option: B

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Precisely because photographs (A) are produced by mechanical devices, a camera's image now (B) seem to some artists (C) perfect (D) means for expressing the modern era. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Haemoglobin facilitates metabolism among living organisms as it helps the constituent body cells _____ more of oxygen.

  1. for absorbing

  2. absorb

  3. to absorb

  4. absorption of

  5. to the absorption of

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  Haemoglobin facilitates metabolism among living organisms as it helps the constituent body cells to absorb more of oxygen.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Chemical changes that are produced _____________ the curing of tobacco, alter its aroma.

  1. amidst

  2. among

  3. during

  4. in

  5. between

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Correct Option: C

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) Because of its maneuverability and ability (B) to land and take off in (C) small areas, the helicopter is used (D) in wide range of services. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct phrase should be 'in a wide range...'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

_______ the bullock cart being slow when compared to other modern modes of vehicles, it serves a significant purpose in the rural economy in developing countries.

  1. While

  2. Although

  3. In spite of

  4. Nevertheless

  5. Though

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: In spite of The sentence conveys the fact that regardless of or despite the fact that bullock cart is slow, it is important for the rural economy in developing countries. None of the other options fits.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

According to the classical musical tradition, the term "sonata" (A) is given to those (B) works that are (C) written for a solo piano or for a solo wind or (D) a stringed instrument. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. After 'or' we have 'for' in all 'or' phrases, except the last one. So, to maintain parallelism, the last phrase should be 'or for a stringed instrument'.

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