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Description: English Vocabulary Test for MBA Entrance, MCA Entrance, English, LAW, Fashion Designing, NDA, CDS, SSC and Insurance Exams Preparation
Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

He has said so out of affection; do not take it to heart.

  1. in heart

  2. it in the heart

  3. by the heart

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Taking something to heart means to be strongly affected by something that someone says to you, to take something seriously, to be upset by something. It conveys the correct meaning of the sentence. Hence, the sentence is correct both grammatically and conceptually.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The need of the hour was some fast action on the part of the leaders.

  1. needed

  2. needs

  3. needing

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Need of the hour' means 'urgent requirement of the time'. As it conveys the true meaning of the sentence, so no correction is required.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Young men and women should be habituated to reading and writing about current affairs.

  1. prepared

  2. get used

  3. trained

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Idiomatic error. 'Should get used to' is a better choice as it means 'to get down into' the practice of something. Moreover, the correct usages are - 'habituated of', 'prepared for', and 'used to'. So, usage of 'to' is the clue here.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

I am sorry, but I don't believe what you say.

  1. I will not believe

  2. I am not believing

  3. I will not be believing

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The sentence is perfectly correct.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

I waited for half an hour for my friend, but the train didn't turn in.

  1. turn about

  2. turn around

  3. turn up

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Turn up' is an idiom  that means 'to come about; happen'. 'Turn in' means 'make a turn into; enter'. Considering the difference, 'turn up' seems to be the right option.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

No sooner he had returned home than his mother felt happy.

  1. did he return home then

  2. he had returned home then

  3. had he returned home than

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. 'No sooner' is followed by 'had/did' and the subject comes after the auxilary. Moreover, 'no sooner' takes coordinative conjunction 'than', and not 'then'. Thus, option 3.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

In the modern world it is difficult to live through one's ideals.

  1. to live up to

  2. to live by

  3. to live for

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'To live up to' is an idiom that means 'to live or act in accordance with (one‘s ideals, reputation, etc.)'. As it conveys the meaning of the sentence, so it should be the choice.  

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

All the allegations levelled against him were found to be baseless.

  1. levelled for

  2. levelled about

  3. leveling with

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Levelling allegations against somebody' means 'acccusing somebody of something'. As this idiom conveys the meaning of the sentence, so the sentence needs no correction.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Is there any place for me to sit?

  1. space

  2. room

  3. area

  4. none

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Room' means 'space to accomodate (capacity)'. It best conveys the meaning of the sentence.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Any able bodied man is eligible for the job.

  1. Any able-bodied men are

  2. Each able-bodied man is

  3. Any able-bodied men have been

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. The sentence implies that every person who is able bodied is eligible. 'Any' is a negative word, and needs to replace with positive words like 'each' or 'every'. Though 'every' is a better choice, but in its absence from the option list, 'each' seems to be the correct option.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Never has the inadequacy of police been in clearer focus than in the communal violence that flared up recently.

  1. higher

  2. stronger

  3. sharper

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of adjectival usage. 'Sharper focus' means clearly highlighted or perfectly visible. As it better conveys the sentence, so it shouls be the right choice.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Try to be diplomatic when you refuse any invitation, so far not to cause bad feelings.

  1. as far not

  2. so as not

  3. if as far not

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of idiomatic usage. 'So as' means  'in order to'. Here, it means 'in order to avoid emergence of bad feelings'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

He does not hesitate to do whatever his brother does.

  1. will do

  2. would do

  3. shall do

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The sentence is perfectly correct. Singular 'third person' takes singular auxilary.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

One should exercise their right to vote.

  1. his

  2. our

  3. one's

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. Word 'one' is always followed by pronoun 'one's'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The greatest need in style is to have a use of metaphor.

  1. to used

  2. to use

  3. to have used

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of sentence formation. The usage of present indefinite tense in the sentence requires usage of 'to use'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Many believed that girls who received western education would make slaves of their husbands.

  1. could receive

  2. had received

  3. have received

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of verb form usage. This is an example of past perfect tense. Modal 'would' gives the clue to arrive at the answer.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Your results depend not only on how much you have studied but how long you have read.

  1. but also how long

  2. but also on how long

  3. but also on how much long

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. Coordinative conjunction 'not only' is always followed by 'but also'. Moerover, for the sake of parallelism, preposition  'on' needs to be inserted.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

She could not help but laugh.

  1. laughing

  2. but laughing

  3. laughter

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'She could not help laughing' or 'She could not help but laugh'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.

  1. lied

  2. lain

  3. lay

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. Verb 'laid' needs to be changed with 'lay', which is the past of 'lie'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Not till he got home he did realise that he had lost keys in the theatre.

  1. did he realise

  2. he did not realise

  3. he realised

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. Whenever we begin a sentence with negative words like 'never', 'hardly', 'no', etc the auxilary verb precedes the subject.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

On seeing the lion, she felt too much afraid.

  1. very much

  2. excessively

  3. much

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adverb 'too' is a negative word. Here, it means 'afraid beyond the possible level'. It should be replaced with 'very much', which means 'to a great extent'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

She cooks, washes dishes, does her home-work and then relaxing.

  1. relaxing then

  2. then is relaxing

  3. then relaxes

  4. No improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. 'Cooks', 'washes', 'does'  are all the first form of the verb, whereas 'relaxing' is a gerund form of the verb. So, it should be changed to 'relaxes'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The cheetah can run faster than the gazelle; it is the speediest of the two.

  1. the most speedier

  2. more speedy

  3. the speedier

  4. no improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of verb usage. Superlative degree of the verb is used only while comparing more than two nouns. In case of comparison of two nouns, comparative degree of the verb is used. So, 'speediest' should be changed to 'speedier'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The easiest of the thing to do is to ask the address from the postman.

  1. of the things to do

  2. among the things to do

  3. of the things to be done

  4. no improvement needed

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Error of subject-verb agreement. Words like 'one of', 'which of', etc are followed by pural nouns. Here, it means 'one of the easiest', so it should be followed by a plural noun. Thus, 'thing' should be replaced with 'things'.

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error, choose option 4.

Ramesh is as tall if not taller than Mahesh.

  1. not as tall but

  2. not so tall but as

  3. as tall as, if not

  4. no improvement needed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is an error of sentence formation. The sentence implies that Ramesh is at least 'as tall as' Mahesh, 'if not' taller than him. So, option 3 is the right answer.

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