Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I,II and III. For each part a correction statement is also given, you have to determine which part requires correction and select it as your answer.
One of the biggest failure of India’s rural policies has been seeking to shift people away from agriculture/. Non-numerative farming was leading to distress migration/. Considering the even graver threat climate change poses now, revamping of agriculture should proceed in a serious manner.
I. One of the biggest failures of India’s rural policies has been seeking to shift people away from agriculture.
II. Non- numerative farming has led to distress migration.
III. Considering the even graver threat which climate change pose now, revamping of agriculture should proceed in a serious manner.
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5e8719795375e016cf0dc0c8I. One of the biggest failures of India’s rural policies has been seeking to shift people away from agriculture.
II. Non- numerative farming has led to distress migration.
III. Considering the even graver threat which climate change pose now, revamping of agriculture should proceed in a serious manner.
- 1IIfalse
- 2II,IIIfalse
- 3I,IItrue
- 4I,IIIfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "I,II"
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
But this immortality / will have purchased / at the price of / his immortal part.
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642ac506dcb650c145770461- 1will have purchasedtrue
- 2at the price offalse
- 3his immortal partfalse
- 4But this immortalityfalse
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Answer : 1. "will have purchased "
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
A few tiles on skylab (1)/ were the only equipments (2)/ that failed to perform well in outer space.(3)/ No error (4).
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630cafd94e3bf85cbe7088fb- 11false
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- 33false
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Answer : 2. "2"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, select No error
Millions of Jews lost (1)/ their kith and kin (2)/ in Hitler concentration camps.(3)/ No error (4)
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634002341bfb042f96a121dd- 11false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Q:Directions: In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I,II and III. For each part a correction statement is also given, you have to determine which part requires correction and select it as your answer.
Competitive Hindutva has become the name of the game in the ongoing election season/, with the ostensibly secular Congress party trying desperately to/ demonstrate its Hindu credentials to cut from base of Hindu-nationalist BJP.
I. Competitive Hindutva has becoming the name of the game in the ongoing election season
II. with the ostensibly secular Congress party trying desperately to
III. demonstrate its Hindu credentials to cut into the base of Hindu-nationalist BJP
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5e871a98c08cf316ddc8f5acI. Competitive Hindutva has becoming the name of the game in the ongoing election season
II. with the ostensibly secular Congress party trying desperately to
III. demonstrate its Hindu credentials to cut into the base of Hindu-nationalist BJP
- 1IIfalse
- 2II,IIItrue
- 3I,IIIfalse
- 4Ifalse
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Answer : 2. "II,III"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
This book is different than that.
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5facf32aaa6ba574512f94e5- 1This bookfalse
- 2is differentfalse
- 3than thattrue
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "than that"
Explanation :
Different from is right situation.
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
The actress (1)/was shocked (2)/by the news of her dog’s death (3). /No error (4)
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6527b9c39c44d229e7075ae5- 11false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :
at will replace by because – Shocked always agrees with at (Prep.) at is used with Adjectives for showing the cause of something. Look at the examples given below : They were impatient at the delay. She was delighted at the result. Here, shocked is the Adj. and it is indicating the Cause (reason) of the actress’s shock. Hence, at the news of her dog’s death is the right usage
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.
The government has (A) tampered with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B)authority, and by using the (C) Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (D)police as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.
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5fd07fce29ce5a3fbe054a06- 1A-Cfalse
- 2B-Dfalse
- 3C-D and A-Bfalse
- 4C-Dtrue
- 5A-Dfalse
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