Direction (Qs.1-5): Below, a statement has been divided into 5 parts. The one in the bold is the fixed part in which no changes can be made. Among the other parts (A), (B), (C) and (D), find the erroneous part(s). If the sentence has no error, mark the option (5) i.e., No Error.
Question No : 1
North American walnut sphinx moth caterpillars (A)/ look like easy meals for birds,/ but they had a trick up their sleeves – (B)/ they produced whistles that sound like (C)/ bird alarm calls, scaring potential predators away (D)
(1) (A) and (B)
(2) (B) and (D)
(3) (B) and (C)
(4) Only (B)
(5) No Error
Question No : 2
In fact, Socrates is largely credited (A)/ for coming up with a way (B)/of asking questions, ‘the Socratic method’, (C)/ which itself is at the core of the (D)/ ‘scientific method’, popularized by Bacon.
(1) (B) and (C)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Only (D)
(4) (A) and (C)
(5) No Error
Question No : 3
A fundamental property of language/ is that it is slippery (A)/ and messy and most liquid (B)/ than solid, a gelatinous mass (C)/ that changed shape to fit. (D)
(1) Only (C)
(2) (B and (D)
(3) (A and (D)
(4) Only (B)
(5) No Error
Question No : 4
And even if we managed to (A)/ get them quite right, (B)/ they are only right for us - /other people living around as will has (C)/ different reasons for telling similar stories. (D)
(1) Only (C)
(2) (C) and (D)
(3) Only (B)
(4) (A) and (C)
(5) No Error
Question No : 5
Before plants can take (A)/ life from the atmosphere, (B)/ nitrogen must undergo transformations (C)/ similar to ones that food/ undergoes in our digestive machinery. (D)
(1) (A) and (D)
(2) Only (C)
(3) Only (B)
(4) (A) and (B)
(5) No Error