Directions (Q. 1 to 15): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
1. The third season of (a)/ the popular television show will ends (b)/ on a grand note with (c)/ celebrities dancing and having fun. (d)/ No error (e)
2. The website which does not (a)/ accept advertisements and is funded (b)/ entirely by donations, describes itself (c)/ as the fifth most popular website on the planet. (d)/ No error (e)
3. As sharing crime statistics for (a)/ the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that (b)/ there had been an undue delay in (c)/ the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell. (d)/ No error (e)
4. The Moon may be the best place (a)/ to look for aliens as their (b)/ footprints on their surface would (c)/ last far longer than radio signals. (d)/ No error (e)
5. The judge advised the government to (a)/ have metered autorickshaws across the state while (b)/ recounting his personal experience where an autorickshaw driver (c)/ made him to wait and also demanded Rs.100. (d)/ No error (e)
6. The Company aims (a)/ to nearly double (b)/ its revenues on the back (c)/ of a strongest product pipeline. (d)/ No error (e)
7. The woman that had (a)/ kidnapped a child has now (b)/ been apprehended and is being (c)/ held in the city’s jail. (d)/ No error (e)
8. Rose growers in (a)/ the city are waking up (b)/ to the benefits (c)/ of collective action (d)/ No error (e)
9. The Minister will have (a)/ a tough task on his hands (b)/ where three different recommendations (c)/ for this year’s rate reach his desk. (d)/ No error (e)
10. The current economic scenario (a)/ could possibly undo (b)/ the growth that followed (c)/ the economic liberalisation of 1991. (d)/ No error (e)
11. In a first of its kind study, (a)/ a team of scientists have tried to (b)/ “grow” new stem cells in (c)/ the ear that get damage with age. (d)/ No error (e)
12. If successful, the research could (a)/ pave the way towards (b)/ the prevention of untimely deaths (c)/ due to fatal illnesses. (d)/ No error (e)
13. The Ministry has directed Banks (a)/ to do away with their (b)/ separate promotion policies, a move (c)/ strongly opposed by the officers’ unions. (d)/ No error (e)
14. After a complaint was filed (a)/ police teams was given the photograph (b)/ of the accused from the CCTV footage (c)/ recorded at the hotel. (d)/ No error (e)
15. Activists opposing the rail project said (a)/ that the eleven new flyovers to be built (b)/ would practically ring (c)/ the death knell for the city. (d)/ No error (e)
Answers:
1- b
2- e
3- a
4- c
5- d
6- d
7- d
8- e
9- b
10- e
11- b
12- b
13- e
14- b
15- c
