Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions : In the following question, a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given which is divided into five parts, (A),(B),(C),(D) and (E). Part (E) is fixed and highlighted in BOLD. You have to arrange the other four parts to make a contextually and grammatically meaningful sentence (the meaning can be different from the one given in the question). If no such rearrangement is possible mark (e) as your answer i.e. 'No rearrangement is possible'.
British rule, secularism was an article of faith across(A)/ the ideological spectrum, though only in a limited definition as (B) / the community-based template of political competition introduced under (C) /in the aftermath of Partition, seen as the outcome of (D)/a seamless sense of national identity. (E)
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5fd1a181eecb8d50835363df- 1BADAEfalse
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Answer : 4. "DCABE"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
I am (A) / debarred (B) / to attend the meeting. (C)/ No error (D)
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
The postman travelled by the cycle, often wading through (1)/ swamps or passed through jungles (2)/in order to reach the villages (3)/ No error (4)
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Answer : 2. "2"
Q:Directions : In the following question, a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given which is divided into five parts, (A),(B),(C),(D) and (E). Part (E) is fixed and highlighted in BOLD. You have to arrange the other four parts to make a contextually and grammatically meaningful sentence (the meaning can be different from the one given in the question). If no such rearrangement is possible mark (e) as your answer i.e. 'No rearrangement is possible'.
deposit-taking activities altogether, by making them an offence (A) /the principle is that the Bill would ban unregulated (B) / framework that only comes into effect (C) / ex-ante rather than the existing legislative-cum-regulatory (D) /ex-post with considerable time lags. (E)
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Answer : 5. "BADCE"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Sakshi is as smarter as any other child in the class.
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5f1a6bf798004644da942abf- 1in the classfalse
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Answer : 2. "as smarter as"
Q: The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
My cousin is not like going for a walk very much.
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Answer : 1. "very much"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
No sooner did I finish (a)/ my speech, I was subjected (b)/ to a barrage of questions. (c)/ No error. (d)
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Answer : 2. "(b)"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
Immediately the sympathies of the (A) police and (B) magistrates, some sections of the media and (C) public opinion swing towards the (D) perpetrator, not the victim.
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