Directions (1-10): In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given where four words have been highlighted, one of which might be misspelt or inappropriate in its usage. Mark the erroneous word as your answer. Mark option (e) if no error exists.
Q1. He asked her not to exagerate the situation and stay calm.
(a) asked
(b) exagerate
(c) situation
(d) calm
(e) No Error
Q2. Their are several methods of cooking rice, including boiling, steaming, and microwaving.
(a) Their
(b) methods
(c) cooking
(d) including
(e) No Error
Q3. She was so exausted after the long flight that she immediately fell asleep.
(a) exausted
(b) flight
(c) immediately
(d) asleep
(e) No Error
Q4. The medical report indicated that she had suffured a minor stroke.
(a) medical
(b) report
(c) suffured
(d) minor
(e) No Error
Q5. He made a conscious decision to forgo the opportunity and stay with his family.
(a) conscious
(b) decision
(c) forgo
(d) opportunity
(e) No Error
Q6. Their flight was cancled due to bad weather conditions.
(a) Their
(b) flight
(c) cancled
(d) weather
(e) No Error
Q7. The CEO attributed the company’s success to its robust infrastruture and hardworking employees.
(a) attributed
(b) success
(c) robust
(d) infrastruture
(e) No Error
Q8. She received a scholarship to study at a prestigous university in Europe.
(a) received
(b) scholarship
(c) study
(d) prestigous
(e) No Error
Q9. He is renowned for his ability to perservere through difficult times and emerge victorious.
(a) renowned
(b) ability
(c) perservere
(d) difficult
(e) No Error
Q10. The restaurant offers a wide varity of dishes from different cuisines around the world.
(a) restaurant
(b) offers
(c) varity
(d) cuisines
(e) No Error
Solutions:
S1. Ans (b)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “exagerate” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “exaggerate”. Therefore, the correct answer is (b) exagerate. The corrected sentence would be: “He asked her not to exaggerate the situation and stay calm.”
S2. Ans (a)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “Their” which is incorrect. The correct spelling is “There”. Therefore, the correct answer is (a) Their. The corrected sentence would be: “There are several methods of cooking rice, including boiling, steaming, and microwaving.”
S3. Ans (a)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “exausted” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “exhausted”. Therefore, the correct answer is (a) exausted. The corrected sentence would be: “She was so exhausted after the long flight that she immediately fell asleep.”
S4. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “suffured” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “suffered”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) suffured. The corrected sentence would be: “The medical report indicated that she had suffered a minor stroke.”
S5. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “forgo” which is inappropriate in its usage. The correct word in this context is “forego”, which means to go before or precede. “Forgo”, on the other hand, means to give up or renounce. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) forgo. The corrected sentence would be: “He made a conscious decision to forego the opportunity and stay with his family.”
S6. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “cancled” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “cancelled”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) cancled. The corrected sentence would be: “Their flight was cancelled due to bad weather conditions.”
S7. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “infrastruture” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “infrastructure”. Therefore, the correct answer is (d) infrastruture. The corrected sentence would be: “The CEO attributed the company’s success to its robust infrastructure and hardworking employees.”
S8. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “prestigous” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “prestigious”. Therefore, the correct answer is (d) prestigous. The corrected sentence would be: “She received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university in Europe.”
S9. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “perservere” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “persevere”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) perservere. The corrected sentence would be: “He is renowned for his ability to persevere through difficult times and emerge victorious.”
S10. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “varity” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “variety”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) varity. The corrected sentence would be: “The restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes from different cuisines around the world.”
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