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Verbal Ability

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Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Suffering is (2) painful consciousness (3) that our world is not what we expect it (4) to be. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Use definite article 'the' because suffering makes painful before painful emphatic.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

Irrespective (1) of their inclinations, politicians (2) have never been able (3) to induce tolerance and rationality (4) in people. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Use 'among' in place of 'in' to correct the prepositional error.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

Going back (1) a long way in time, I don't think it (2) ever happened to me (3) that our little son would one day (4) be such a great sportsman. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The sentence is correct.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

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

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

Mahatma Gandhi was not (1) one of those (2) politicians (3) who imitated everything (4) he saw. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'They' is the correct pronoun instead of 'he' as 'he' refers to 'politicians' not 'Mahatma Gandhi'

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Whom do people think (2) is (3) better of the two candidates (4) for the governor's post? (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Change 'whom' to 'who' because 'whom' is the subject of the clause 'is the better of the two candidates', so the subject of the clause should be 'who'.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

I am (1) the person (2) who (3) wish to bail him out (4) of the problem. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Change 'wish' to 'wishes'. The subject for the verb 'wish' is 'the person' in singular number.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

The right notes (1) for it would have been (2) the singing of black birds (3) and the ringing of (4) the blacksmith anvil. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Change 'the blacksmith anvil' to 'blacksmith's anvil'.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Looking at the dilapidated condition of the building of my school, I (2) could not imagine (3) it was the same school where (4) I studied for so long. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Change 'I studied' to 'I had studied'.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

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

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Change 'duck in water' to 'duck to water' because 'to' is used for things in motion while 'in' for things at rest.

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) I flattered him (B) saying that (C) he was more clever (D) than any other boy in the school. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sentence bears error of adjective, as comparative form of clever is 'cleverer', not more clever. So, change 'he was more clever' to 'he was cleverer' to rectify the error.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Women's groups have been (2) formed to ensure that no child (3) should be left without (4) access to elementary education. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Change 'should be' to 'is'. The principle clause is in present tense it should be the same subordinate clause

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

The book relates in (A) vivid and graphic words the history of Mexico during (B) the time that it served as a (C) milch cow to the insatiable Spanish kings and (D) its satellites. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This part bears error of incorrect usage of pronoun. Singular pronoun (its) is used for plural subject 'Spanish kings'. Replace 'its' with 'their' to correct the error of subject-verb agreement.

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

It is they who buy and sell, come up with schemes for increasing their profits, curry (A) favor with rulers, deceive the scholars, farmers, (B) and artisans, and (C) are competing with each other in (D) their profit-seeking. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Replace ‘are competing’ with ‘compete’ to correct the error of parallelism. (Buy and sell,… come up,…curry,…deceive,.. and compete)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

Clothes make the man, as they say; but (A) trying to increase one's own value (B) by dressing in fine clothes is a (C) way of advertising (D) your own worthlessness. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This part of the sentence bears error of shift of pronoun. Replace ‘your’ by ‘one’s’ to correct the error of shifting pronoun. One is always followed by the possessive ‘one’s’.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Would you (2) like to go to school (3) by school bus or by your (4) own vehicle? (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Change 'would' to 'do' to express a habitual action.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

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

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


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.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) You will repent for (2) your imprudence (3) someday when (4) it is too late. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(A) Error in the use of preposition. Use 'repent of' in place of 'repent for'.

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

The door (1) is locked (2) from inside, someone (3) must have been (4) inside the room. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Must be' will be the correct use in place of 'must have been' because 'must have been' refers to an action in the past.

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) The minister redeemed (B) him in the eyes of the public (C) after (D) the resignation. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This sentence has error of use of incorrect pronoun. The action comes back to the subject; so reflexive pronoun 'himself' should be used in place of objective pronoun 'him'. Change 'him' to 'himself' to correct the error of reflexive pronoun.

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