Directions (Q.1-10):
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 (e), (Ignore
errors of punctuation, if any.)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 (e), (Ignore
errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. (a) The orally transmitted Arabic tales were popular / (b)
as early the 10th country, and / (c) through centuries of accretion and
framing, gained / (d) their current form around 1450. / (e) No error
as early the 10th country, and / (c) through centuries of accretion and
framing, gained / (d) their current form around 1450. / (e) No error
2. (a) The greatest joy in publishing a new magazine / (b)
over four decades has been to / (c) observe the ebb or flow of history / (d)
accompanied by political tsunamis. / (e) No error
over four decades has been to / (c) observe the ebb or flow of history / (d)
accompanied by political tsunamis. / (e) No error
3. (a) After 25 years, we have a single (b) party in power
with / (c) a clear majority and a / (d) mandate of development. / (e) No error
with / (c) a clear majority and a / (d) mandate of development. / (e) No error
4. (a) Answer to our population problems / (b) lies in
education and not in coercive and criminal sterilisation / (c) drives with
unrealistic targets and / (d) hard-to resist monetary incentives. / (e) No
error
education and not in coercive and criminal sterilisation / (c) drives with
unrealistic targets and / (d) hard-to resist monetary incentives. / (e) No
error
5. (a) The Arabian Nights— with stories such as Ali Baba,
Aladdin and Sinbad the Sailor— / (b) are an important cultural artifact, / (c)
and played a role in forming / (d) western assumption of the exotic east. / (e)
No error
Aladdin and Sinbad the Sailor— / (b) are an important cultural artifact, / (c)
and played a role in forming / (d) western assumption of the exotic east. / (e)
No error
6. (a) Extending an invitation to the President of the US / (b)
for the Republic Day barely a month after Modi’s visit / (c) to the Big Apple
puts strengthening of ties / (d) among the world’s two biggest democracies
firmly on track. / (e) No error
for the Republic Day barely a month after Modi’s visit / (c) to the Big Apple
puts strengthening of ties / (d) among the world’s two biggest democracies
firmly on track. / (e) No error
7. (a) Hopefully, this last order of the apex court / (b)
will help in bringing a speedy closure to the case / (c) and sound out
politicians and bureaucrats / (d) against interfering in CBI investigations. / (e)
No error
will help in bringing a speedy closure to the case / (c) and sound out
politicians and bureaucrats / (d) against interfering in CBI investigations. / (e)
No error
8. (a) Among the many things that Japanese novelists Haruki
Murakami talks / (b) about when he talks about running is a brief treatise / (c)
that captures both the audacity of youth / (d) as well as the optimism that
comes with dexterity. / (e) No error
Murakami talks / (b) about when he talks about running is a brief treatise / (c)
that captures both the audacity of youth / (d) as well as the optimism that
comes with dexterity. / (e) No error
9. (a) Young Indians pursuing different goals / (b) are
thinking differently, creating in varied new business models / (c) and
influence our life and times more comprehensively / (d) than at any time in our
history. / (e) No error
thinking differently, creating in varied new business models / (c) and
influence our life and times more comprehensively / (d) than at any time in our
history. / (e) No error
10. (a) It is tough to single from a couple of names/ (b)
from among a large number of dedicated and hard-working leaders / (c) who have
shown the potential to hold / (d) the party in good stead in the future. / (e)
No error
from among a large number of dedicated and hard-working leaders / (c) who have
shown the potential to hold / (d) the party in good stead in the future. / (e)
No error
Solutions:
- Replace ‘as early’ with ‘as early as’
- Replace ‘or’ with ‘and’
- Replace ‘of’ with ‘for’
- Add ‘the’ before ‘answer’
- Replace ‘are’ with ‘is’
- Replace ‘among’ with ‘between’
- Replace ‘last’ with ‘latest’
- Replace ‘as well as’ with ‘and’
- Replace ‘influence’ with ‘influencing
- Replace ‘from’ with ‘out’
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