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Description: Article Conjunction and Preposition (easy)
Number of Questions: 30
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Tags: Article Conjunction and Preposition (easy) Sentence Correction Sentence Correction / Error Identification Preposition and Conjunction Articles and Determiners Subject Verb Agreement
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Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. I shall

  2. go on talking

  3. to you

  4. if you like it or not

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There is no condition in the sentence but a choice between two options is there. So, instead of 'if' we will use 'whether'.

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

  1. I am

  2. very slow

  3. in

  4. calculations

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

One is 'slow at activities'. The preposition 'at' follows the adjective 'slow'. If we change 'calculations' to 'calculating' we require an object, e.g. calculating numbers.

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

  1. Any

  2. of these

  3. two pens

  4. belongs to me

  5. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We use 'neither' with two things. Moreover 'neither' is followed by a singular verb (belongs). Replacing 'any' with 'neither' corrects the sentence.

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

  1. The great bulk

  2. of people

  3. was either having one-time meal or

  4. not having at all

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Error of parallelism. Correct phrase is 'not having any meals at all'.

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

  1. He gave

  2. me

  3. a gun

  4. to shoot

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct phrase should be 'to shoot with'. You shoot with a gun, you do not shoot a gun. If we donot use 'with' the meaning that is derives is that the gun needs to be shot.

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

  1. On my way

  2. to theatre, I accidentally came

  3. across with

  4. an old friend

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Use of the word 'with' is redundant. The phrase should be '....accidentally came across an old friend'.

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

  1. This is

  2. a

  3. comfortable house

  4. to live

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct phrase should be 'to live in'. Some infinitive forms(live) take prepositions after them(in). E.g. She needs help to get up.

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

  1. The English

  2. defeated French

  3. in the battle

  4. of Waterloo

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The correct phrase is 'defeated the French...'. "The" is used before French as we are referring to the army of France.

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

  1. Although

  2. you have

  3. made good to him

  4. but he still speaks ill of you

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

With although 'but' is not used. So correct phrase is 'Although you have made good to him, he still speaks ill of you.'

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 I

  2. called at him

  3. yesterday

  4. he was not at home

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct phrase should be 'called on him' meaning 'to visit'.

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

  1. Here is

  2. book

  3. you wanted

  4. to study

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct phrase should be 'the book' as sentence is referring to a particular book which is required for studying.

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

  1. She has

  2. no affection

  3. even with

  4. her own children

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

affection is always 'for'. So correct phrase should be 'even for'.

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

  1. He

  2. is

  3. a N.C.C.

  4. cadet

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct use is .... an N. C. C. The pronunciation of 'N' in N.C.C starts with a vowel sound. Hence, 'an' will be used before N.C.C.

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

  1. All of them

  2. helped each other

  3. when the earthquake

  4. devastated the town

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Each other refers to two, one another to more than two. As the first word of the sentence is 'all' ... we will use 'one another' instead of 'each other'.

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

  1. Earth

  2. revolves

  3. around

  4. the sun

  5. No error

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Although there is lot of confusion regarding the capitalisation of 'Earth' as well as use of definite article 'the' before the name, we have to bear certain things in mind when we are dealing with grammatical usages. Earth is the name for one of the planets of the solar system. We use capital case when we name the other planets. So, unless we are talking of 'earth' as soil or the world, it is better to use it as a proper noun, in capital case, without article. 'Sun' is the central star of a planetary system. It is not used as a proper noun.

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) Very occasionally a neutrino will collide with a neutron (B) in a chloride nucleus, turning the (C) latter into a proton and simultaneously turning the chlorine atom (D) to radioactive argon. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct word is 'into'....'into radioactive argon'. 'To' is indicative of incomplete action. But 'into' is more definite as it shows motion and change of form.

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).

Bacteria are of many (A) kinds, and (B) practice (C) a great variety of (D) chemical processes to maintain themselves. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Let us not confuse it with American English. For our purpose, 'practice' is a noun, 'practise' is a verb. We need a verb here. In part (a), bacteria is a plural noun; singular is bacterium, so 'are' should be used. Therefore, it is correct.

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) Beside the ages of nine and fifteen, (B) almost all (C) young people undergo a (D) rapid series of physiological changes. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Beside means next to. Besides means apart from or and another thing. In the sentence we are talking about the physiological changes in young children apart from children of ages nine and fifteen. So correct word should be 'Besides'.

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) While scientists say that, on an average, the global temperature (B) has increased by a few degrees centigrade, (C) they are talking about a very large increase and a tremendous amount of heat (D) produced. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct sentence is 'when scientists say...'. While is used whenever we refer to simultaneous activity. Here, no other activity is referred to. In the sentence when scientists are saying about a few degrees increase, they are actually talking about a greater amount. So, 'when' will be used.

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) Not (B) till a baby kangaroo is four (C) month old, (D) does it begin to live outside its mother’s pouch. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

There is no condition of time, so 'till' will not be used. Secondly, negative implication is being stated in the sentence. Hence, 'until' will be used.

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

Hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicles, are unusual _____ they travel over land and water on a layer of air.

  1. because

  2. since

  3. for

  4. in that

  5. as

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The use of "in that" is the correct form for the sentence.

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) The greater the number of cars on the road, and (B) the greater the emission of exhaust gases, (C) greater is the (D) amount of pollution in the atmosphere. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When we are comparing comparatives, 'the' precedes the comparisons. Thus, the correct phrase is 'the greater is the amount of....'.

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 frequency of meteors in the Earth’s atmosphere increases (A) when the Earth passes (B) through a swarm of (C) particle generated (D) by the break-up of a comet. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct phrase is 'swarm of particles'. Swarm is a collective noun and hence, it will be followed by a plural noun.

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) Although pure diamond is colourless and transparent, (B) but when contaminated with other material, (C) it may appear in various (D) colours, ranging from pastels to opaque black. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Although' and 'but' do not occur together. Correct phrase is '...when contaminated with other material..'

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

The onion is characterized by an edible bulb composed of leaves rich in sugar and a pungent oil, _______ the source of the vegetable’s strong taste.

  1. which is

  2. that is

  3. being

  4. providing

  5. it being

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We are  talking about the pungent oil which is the source of strong taste of the vegetable. So, option 1 is correct.

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

The term robot, _______ actually a Czech word meaning labour, was first applied to machines in the 1920s.

  1. that was

  2. which is

  3. is

  4. that is

  5. which was

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

"which is" the correct phrase here as we use relative pronoun 'which' for things or items. As it states a general fact present tense will be used. Option # is incorrect as it makes the first part of the sentence an independent clause, whereas it needs to be a dependent clause to make the sentence meaningful.

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).

The major error (A) that managers commit (B) in problem solving is (C) to jump to a conclusion about the cause (D) of a given problem. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct phrase is...'in problem solving is jumping to a conclusion'.

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).

Not only (A) speech enables man (B) to handle and (C) pass on more complicated ideas, it also (D) enables him to accumulate them. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Whenever we begin a sentence with a negative word, the helping verb always comes before the subject. "Not only does speech enable man...''

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

The whole spinal column is surrounded _________ a number of interlocking muscles and ligaments.

  1. by

  2. with

  3. within

  4. in

  5. from

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct word is with. You can be surrounded by people, but are surrounded with inanimate objects.

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

A camera with an interchangeable lens mount can accept other lenses ______ the normal lens for that camera.

  1. beside

  2. besides

  3. except

  4. including

  5. excluding

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Correct Option: B
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