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Error Identification (M)

Description: Error Identification (M)
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Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. The urgent need to improve training measure

  2. for pilots

  3. is something that experts have

  4. stressed time and again.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Training measures'

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. Never I have listened

  2. to such beautiful music

  3. as the piece we heard on the radio

  4. last night.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Never have I'.

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. The Challenge is therefore not only

  2. to make computers more available

  3. but also to make their use affordable

  4. and the program self sustaining.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'To increase computer availability'

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

  1. l was told

  2. that

  3. she has

  4. gone to Mumbai

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since the reporting verb 'was told' is in the past tense, the reported speech will also take the past form 'had gone'.

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. Most adolescents struggle

  2. to be free both of

  3. parental domination

  4. but also from peer pressure.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The phrase “but also” implies a contrast between two ideas, but no such contrast is supported by the sentence. We need to use the simple conjunction “and”, to make it clear that the two ideas are parallel. 'Both' is always followed by conjunction 'and'.

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. Both the children are playing

  2. in the sand and

  3. two fishermen were leaning against

  4. an uprooted boat.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘The two fishermen are’ - The tense of the sentence is in present tense, therefore, the tense of this clause must be present. 

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. There is no reason

  2. why literary epic should not be

  3. as close to its subject

  4. like authentic epic.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of correlative conjunction. Replace 'like' by 'as': “as close …as”

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. A majority of the educationists

  2. believe that

  3. so many tests

  4. are counter-productive.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Too many tests’ conveys negativity, not 'so many'.

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

(A) Hardly had we reached the ground, (B) than match started and (C) the audience started clapping (D)enthusiastically. (E) No error.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The correct usage is 'when the match started'.

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

He is (A) not only (B) very mature and wise (C) but extremely (D)hardworking and honest. (E) No error.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct usage is 'but also extremely'.

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. We can conceive the relation of end to duty

  2. in two ways; either starting from the end

  3. to find the dutiful actions; and conversely,

  4. setting out from these actions to find the end.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Either should be followed by 'or', not by 'and'.

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

(A) Two months (B) have passed since (C) I have seen him (D) last. (E) No error.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct usage is 'I saw'.

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

  1. When he had known

  2. what he wanted

  3. to know

  4. he had gone

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Replace past perfect 'had gone' to simple past 'went'. Here are two events in the past in sequence. The event that happened earlier will be in the past perfect and the event that happened later will be in the simple past (he went).

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. It is perhaps unfair to expect the Finance Ministry report,

  2. the first quarter review mandated by the Fiscal Responsibility

  3. and Management Act, to forecast

  4. the shape of the economic recovery in 2007-2008.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both 'first' and 'quarter' need to function as adjectives to qualify the noun 'review'. And the correct adjective form is quarterly.

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5)

  1. He was brusque and ready,

  2. so he heartily welcomed the stranger

  3. and invited him

  4. to share whatever little he had.

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The characteristics exhibited in 'brusque and ready' and 'love' are opposite and cannot be joined by 'so'. We need the contrasting conjunction 'but' to emphasize the contrast between being 'rough and ready' and yet welcoming 'the stranger'.

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