left time:1:00 Directions (1-15): Read each of the following sentences to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of this part is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (e) as your answer choice. Q1. In Siena, Gissing worked on the Dickens study, and (A)/no sooner had he finishing it, (B)/ than he (C)/headed south to Naples(D)./No Error(E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Answer explanation:In the second part of the sentence “finishing” should be replaced with the word “finished”. The word starting with “No sooner… than” follows “had” then subject then verb (3rd). All other options are correctly used. So option (b) is correct. Q2. A power cut(A)/ has effected vote (B)/ at a polling booth (C)/ in the Shivajinagar Assembly segment for the past hour(D)No error(E). (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Answer explanation:Error in 2nd part of the sentence the word "vote" will be replaced by "voting" Q3. With being Easter (A)/, you're likely (B) /to be feeling(C)/ stuffed, tired or grumpy (D)./ No Error (E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Answer explanation:In the first part of the sentence, before the word Easter, “it” should be used because before every participle there is a subject of reference but in this case no participle is given. So we use “it” before “being”. All other parts of the sentence are correct. Hence option (a) will be the correct answer. Q4. I negotiated the rail less stairs and dark corridor (A)/ without much too (B)/injury to my person, and managed (C)/to fumble the wooden latch open(D)./ No Error(E). (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Answer explanation:In the second part of the sentence, “much too” will be replaced by “too much”. All other parts of the sentence are correct. Hence option (b) will be the correct answer. Q5. Amid an escalating police crackdown (A)/ on protesters in Hong Kong, (B)/ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said (C)/on Monday that he was “extremely concerned” for the situation (D). /No Error(E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Answer explanation:In the fourth part of the sentence the preposition “for” must be replaced by “about”. All other options are absolutely correct. So option (d) is the correct sentence. No comments Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom ) Recent post Popular Posts Quant Aptitude quiz (no title) Editorial article and vocab 22 january 2020 Recent Posts Comments Categories Current Affairs (3) Editorial article & vocab (10) Job Notification (1) Q. of the day (9) Quiz (1) fshn (2) label (1) travel (3) Label Current Affairs Editorial article & vocab fshn Job Notification label Q. of the day Quiz travel
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