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Verbal Ability

Description: Test - 1
Number of Questions: 20
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Tags: Test - 1 Others Pronoun Usage Conjunctions Sentence Formation Subject and Verb Agreement Odd Word Out
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Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

There (1) was (2) such a great rush (3) for the ticket (4) that I was not able to buy one. (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) as your answer.

(1) He urgently asked the retailer (2) to give him (3) a half kilo sugar and (4) a bottle of cola. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Half a kilo sugar’ is the correct usage in place of ‘a half kilo sugar’.

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

(1) Thousands gathered (2) to listen (3) to the prime minister in the field (4) amidst continuous rain. (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).

Today, street fights (1) seem (2) more orderly (3) as compared to the bedlam in parliament and in state legislatures in (4) the name of democracy. (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).

If the country (1) has to prosper in the 21st century, then the countrymen, specifically politicians, (2) had better (3) to take a course on what real politics is (4) all about. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Change ‘to take’ to ‘take’. ‘Had better’ is followed by a verb with bare infinitive.

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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) All (B) but (C) he had fled away from the office when police (D) raided. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Change 'he' to 'him' to correct the error of the pronoun. A pronoun which comes after a preposition is put in objective case.

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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) Lost in the jungle and completely exhausted, (B) dark woods frightened them but just as they were about to lose all hope, (C) they saw a house (D) at a distance of two miles. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Replace 'dark woods frightened them' with 'they were frightened by the dark woods', to correct the error of modifier.

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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Mathematics is (A) similar to empirical sciences in that it involves an objective, careful and systematic study of (B) an area of knowledge; it is (C) different due to its method of verifying its knowledge, (D) using a priori rather than empirical methods. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The reason is being provided here; so the usage should be 'because of' rather than 'due to'

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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) Fields Medal, sometimes described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, is awarded (B) once in every four years to as many (C) as four young awardees at a time, (D) who are talented mathematicians. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Delete preposition 'in'.

Directions: Identify the part having an error and mark the suitable option:

(A) On my son's achievements (B) I said to him that (C) I was too proud (C) to be his father.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Delete 'too'. 'Too' has a negative meaning which means 'I was so proud that I can't be his father.'

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 (A) Way of Nature is a cycle which involves neither progress (B) or development; wild animals commit themselves (C) to this cycle and (D) live out their lives this way. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Replace 'or' by 'nor' to correct the error of coordinating conjunction because 'neither' is followed by 'nor', not by 'or'.

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.

In the present age we see parallels (A) in the manufacture of such needless, and often harmful, things like (B) trinkets and gewgaws, (C) cars and cameras, televisions, jets, and computers, which only waste resources and (D) spew forth pollution. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Replace 'and' by comma splice to correct the error of parallel structure. 'Trinkets and gewgaw' convey the same idea, but cars and cameras don't. Other articles are all joined by comma splice.

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 (A) pastime is so positively agreeable (B) that it lets time (C) slip by unnoticed and (D) turns working time also into pastime. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The sentence is correct as given.

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) Blind faith in science (B) is a privilege given only to a human being, but unfortunately (C) they will perish in the near future (D) because of scientific progress. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Replace 'they will' with 'he will' to correct the error of pronoun agreement. Singular noun 'a human being' should be followed by singular pronoun 'he'.

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 traditional religions teach us not to become (A) attached to material things, and as (B) proof to that they (C) tell us to make offerings and show the extent of (D) your belief. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The sentence bears error of shift of pronoun. Possessive form of pronoun 'us' is 'our' not 'your'. Replace 'your' with 'our' to correct the error of shifting pronoun.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

He (1) complied with the order (2) that (3) all the students of the school (4) should follow the dress code. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of importance. Delete 'should'.

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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The American civil war, the deadliest in American history, (A) caused 620,000 soldier deaths and (B) an undetermined number (C) of civilian casualties, ended slavery in the United States (D) restoring the Union, and strengthened the role of the federal government. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. “caused,… undermined, … ended, … (restored), and strengthened…”

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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The repair work (A) on the railroad will (B) continue round the clock from today (C) until Friday or (D) till it is deemed necessary by the authorities concerned. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Replace 'until' either with 'to' (coordinating conjunction from:… to) or 'till' (to maintain parallel structure: till … or till..)

(A) The latest piece of fiction from the maestro is (B) liable to become a best seller (C) because it is full of (D) revelry and entertainment. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over (B) all else (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

Answer: (C)
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Change 'liable to' to 'likely to' to correct the error.

Limbaugh lost his job (A) for saying in public what many football fans and analysts (B) have been saying privately for the past couple of seasons and though he (C) pretty much told the truth he had (D) to pay a huge price. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
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 underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over (B) all else (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

Answer: (C)
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C) Replace 'told' with 'spoke'. You tell a lie, but speak the truth.

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