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Description: Article, Conj & Preposition 1 (Moderate)
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Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Sleep is (1) controlled by (2) the brain and (3) associated by characteristic (4) breathing rhythms. (5) No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Replace ‘associated by’ by ‘associated with’ to correct the phrasal usage

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Located in Canada, the Columbia Ice field (1) covers area of 120 square miles (2) and is 3,300 feet (3) thick in some (4) places. (5) No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Add indefinite article 'an' before 'area'.

Directions: The sentence below has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

We have our responsibilities towards common man and our plans should give priority for their problems.

  1. common man and our plans should give priority for their problems

  2. common man and our plans should give priority of their problems

  3. the common man and our plans should give priority to their problems

  4. the common man and our plans should be given priority towards their problems

  5. common man and our plans be given priority for their problem

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Common man' is a particular category and we always use a definite article before a specific category. So the usage should be 'the common man'. Also the preposition 'for' is inappropriate; it should be 'to'. Option (C) corrects the error of definite article and preposition. Since, common man is a collective noun, preferred possessive pronoun should nave been 'his', but there is no option with singular possessive. Hence, this is the best option.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) After a nuclear war (2) the man may have (3) to adopt (4) primitive mode of life. (5) No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Delete definite article 'the'. In the given sentence 'man' represents human race. So the demonstrative 'the' should be omitted.

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:

Error of coordinating conjunction. 'Although' is followed by 'yet', not 'but'. 

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

  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:

We 'call upon' persons and 'call at' places.

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

  1. The great bulk

  2. of the people

  3. was either having one-time meals or

  4. not having at all

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Not having 'any' at all. It is like saying “either having one or none (not any)”.

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:

We use 'one another' for more than two persons.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) Very occasionally a neutrino will collide with a neutron (2) in a chloride nucleus, turning the (3) latter into a proton and simultaneously turning the chlorine atom (4) to radioactive argon. (5) No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Replace 'to' by 'into'. The phrasal prepositional use is 'turning into'.

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

  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:

Use definite article 'the' before 'judge' as reference is being made to the other role of a person.

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

People are (1) not such (2) fools (3) to believe (4) the loud talk of politicians. (5) No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Change ‘to’ to ‘as to’. ‘Such’ is followed by ‘as’ before infinitive.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The President (1) alluded (2) about growing indiscipline (3) among parliamentarians in his speech before (4) the joint session of parliament. (5) No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Change 'about' to 'to' to correct the prepositional error. Alluded means referenced and 'to' is the correlative.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) This legend has been (2) handed over (3) from father (4) to son. (5) No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Change 'handed over' to 'handed down' to correct the error. 'Hand over' is to surrender, while 'hand down' means 'to pass on (from generation to generation).

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) The old man put up (2) his glasses and (3) took the book (4) from the table. (5) No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Replace 'Put up' by ‘Put on’. It is the correct phrasal verb for wearing.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) My son is (2) in a boarding school; (3) I visit (4) him every month. (5) No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Change ‘in’ to ‘at’ to correct the prepositional error. The correct expression is ‘at a boarding school’. ‘In’ is used for regions and ‘at’ is used for places.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) He became a fisherman (2) and took to (3) the life on sea (4) like a duck in water. (5) No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Change 'like a duck in water' to 'like a duck to water', being the correct idiomatic use.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) They cut down (2) the dry uprooted tree (3) for (4) firewood. (5) No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Change 'cut-down' to 'cut-up'. 'Cut-down' means 'to make something fall down by cutting to at the base', while cut-up means to divide something into pieces. The tree is already uprooted. They can't cut it down.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

He (1) hit the ball (2) which (3) glanced over the goal post (4) into the net. (5) No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Change 'glanced over' to 'glanced off' to correct phrasal verb error. 'Glanced off' means to hit something at an angle and bounce off in another direction. 'Glance over' is to give a casual look.

Directions: The sentence below has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

From being a land of shared community, India began turning towards a land of shared opportunity.

  1. India began turning towards a land of shared opportunity

  2. India began to turn toward a land of shared opportunity

  3. India began to turn towards a land of shared opportunity

  4. India began turning into a land of shared opportunity

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The sentence contains prepositional error. You turn to or towards somebody, say, for help. Here a change in self is involved. The correct prepositional use is “turning into”.

Directions: The sentence below has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Had the party dispensed of the contentious issues it would have got the majority at its own.

  1. Had the party dispensed of the contentious issues

  2. Was the party dispensed of the contentious issues

  3. Was the party dispensed without the contentious issues

  4. Had the party dispensed with the contentious issues

  5. Had the party dispensed without the contentious issues

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Corrects the error of phrasal preposition. ‘To dispense with’ means ‘to manage without’

Directions: The sentence below has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

His immediate task may be to keep the coalition in the state going unless he can think of ways to counter Mr. Singh's mission now to demolish the parent party.

  1. unless he can think of ways to counter Mr. Singh's mission

  2. unless he can't think of ways to counter mission of Mr. Singh

  3. till he can think of ways to counter Mr. Singh's mission

  4. till he can think ways to counter mission of Mr. Singh

  5. unless he can think about ways countering Mr. Singh's mission

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This option rectifies the error of subordinating conjunction and changes 'unless' into 'till'. 'Unless' is a conjunction of condition while 'till' refers to 'time'. The sense conveyed is that he has to do some temporary arrangement till he finds solution to the problem.

Directions: The sentence below has an part underlined. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the part that best represents the replacement for the part underlined.

Hot deserts are found near the western coasts of continents because the winds passing by the cold ocean currents blowing along these coasts are dry.

  1. the winds passing by the cold ocean currents blowing along these coasts

  2. the wind passing through the cold ocean current blowing along these coasts

  3. the wind passes through the cold ocean current blowing along these coasts

  4. the wind passes by the cold ocean current flowing from these coasts

  5. the winds passing over the cold ocean currents flowing along these coasts

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Winds don’t ‘pass by’ the ocean; they ‘pass over’. Also currents don’t ‘blow’, they ‘flow’. Here ‘by’ is changed into ‘over’ and incorrect usage ’blowing’ is rectified to ‘flowing’.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The (1) labourers were allowed (2) into prison (3) to repair (4) some damaged cells. (5) No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Use definite article 'the' before prison, because labours were allowed to enter a particular place for work. “Into prison” (without the demonstrative) sounds as if they were imprisoned.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error and mark it. If no part has an error, mark option (5) as your answer.

As (1) consumers’ response to traditional (2) advertising techniques declines, businesses are (3) beginning to develop new methods (4) in reaching customers. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Replace ‘in’ by ‘for’. New methods are being developed ‘for’ reaching customers.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error and mark it. If no part has an error, mark option (5) as your answer.

(1) Each chemical element is characterized (2) as per the number of protons that (3) an atom of that element contains, called (4) the element's atomic number. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Replace ‘as per’ by ‘by’. The element is characterised ‘by’.

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