Directions (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.)
Q1. It took three-four years to (A)/ complete the project as there (B)/ was a lot of footfall and we (C)/ can only work at night. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. He was (A)/ very friendly enough (B)/ to help me when (C)/ I was in distress (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. Being unable to (A)/ cope with (B)/ the syllabus (C)/ he discontinued the course. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. The college is (A)/ holding special lectures for their students (B)/ and teachers so that they (C)/ may get enlightened about the economic problems. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. A concept that first started in (A)/ Japan in 2008, rage rooms had (B)/ popped up all around the world (C)/ since and found popularity. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q6. Please explain to me (A)/ how is a digital computer (B)/ different from (C)/ an analogy computer. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q7. A cell (A)/ is the smallest (B)/ identifiable unit of life and cannot be (C)/ seen with the naked eye. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q8. Children forms our core (A)/ audience since they are most (B)/ likely to be most affected by climate change, (C)/ and hence need to be aware of its impacts. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q9. The team constantly works on (A)/ improving design, from the fabric (B)/ use to line the bags to (C)/ the colour of the screw-pine. (D)/No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q10. Found guilty (A)/ on murder (B)/ the accused was (C)/ sentenced to death. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Solutions
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. In part (D), “can” should be replaced with “could” to maintain the past tense consistency in the sentence since the context suggests that the project was completed in the past.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. The use of ‘very’ is superfluous because ‘positive degree adjective + enough’ is used. Ex. Lucky enough, tall enough. It should be corrected to “friendly enough.”
S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘its’ will be used in place of ‘their’ because the subject of the sentence ‘the college’ is in singular number. Hence ‘its’ is used.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The grammatical error in the sentence is in part (B). The correct phrase is “have popped up all around the world.” The present perfect tense is used to talk about actions that started in the past and continue to the present, or have a result in the present. In this case, the rage rooms started popping up in 2008 and continue to pop up today.
S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘is’ should be used after ‘a digital computer’ because the sentence is assertive not interrogative.
S7. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. The error is in Part (A). The subject of the first sentence is “children”, which is plural. Therefore, the verb should also be plural. The correct verb form is “form”.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. The error was the use of “use” instead of “used” in the original sentence. “Used” is the correct past participle form to agree with the verb “fabric” in this context.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘of’ in place of ‘on’ because preposition ‘of’ is used after ‘guilty’. Ex. “guilty of murder, guilty of theft.”
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