Direction (Qs.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 (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
Question No : 1
(1) Women riding pillion on two-wheelers/ (2) in the capital have to compulsorily/ (3) wear helmets, according to the final notification/ (4) issued by Delhi government./ (5) No error
(1) Women riding pillion on two-wheelers
(2) in the capital have to compulsorily
(3) wear helmets, according to the final notification
(4) issued by Delhi government
(5) No error
Question No : 2
(1) Ravi would attempt to open / (2) the lock with all his might / (3) when his spectacles slipped / (4) off and fell down. / (5) No error
(1) Ravi would attempt to open
(2) the lock with all his might
(3) when his spectacles slipped
(4) off and fell down
(5) No error
Question No : 3
(1) Since the commencement of the Constitution in 1950,/ (2) it is for the third time that governors this time/ (3) as much as nine – have had to go/ (4) following a change of guard at the Centre./ (5) No error
(1) Since the commencement of the Constitution in 1950
(2) it is for the third time that governors this time
(3) as much as nine – have had to go
(4) following a change of guard at the Centre
(5) No error
Question No : 4
(1) The declaring of a long-term ceasefire/(2) between Israel and Hamas, after 50 days of off-again, on-again fighting,/ (3) has brought immediate relief to both sides/ (4) of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip./ (5) No error
(1) The declaring of a long-term ceasefire
(2) between Israel and Hamas, after 50 days of off-again, on-again fighting
(3) has brought immediate relief to both sides
(4) of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip
(5) No error
Question No : 5
(1) Lawmaking is the routine business/ (2) of government, and/ (3) reviewing for possible repeal/ (4) should also happen routinely./ (5) No error
(1) Lawmaking is the routine business
(2) of government, and
(3) reviewing for possible repeal
(4) should also happen routinely
(5) No error
Question No : 6
(1) Rakesh’s and Mukesh’s/ (2) dog is left locked up/ (3) in the house all day,/ (4) and we can hear its howls./ (5) No error
(1) Rakesh’s and Mukesh’s
(2) dog is left locked up
(3) in the house all day
(4) and we can hear its howls
(5) No error
Question No : 7
(1) At twenty years of age/ (2) the will reigns; at thirty/ (3) the wit;/ (4) and at forty, the judgment./ (5) No error
(1) At twenty years of age
(2) the will reigns; at thirty
(3) the wit
(4) and at forty, the judgment
(5) No error
Question No : 8
(1) Nuttall cites the example/ (2) of King’s of England urge to/ (3) have an armed conflict with France to/ (4) control insurrectionists at home./ (5) No error
(1) Nuttall cites the example
(2) of King’s of England urge to
(3) have an armed conflict with France to
(4) control insurrectionists at home
(5) No error
Question No : 9
(1) A police officer’s strike in the region/ (2) on May 21 was followed/ (3) by similar action by/ (4) firemen and customs officers./ (5) No error
(1) A police officer’s strike in the region
(2) on May 21 was followed
(3) by similar action by
(4) firemen and customs officers
(5) No error
Question No : 10
(1) Professor Jones gave the/ (2) students not only a withering look/ (3) but also 20 extra pages of homework as/ (4) a punishment for their impatience to leave./ (5) No error
(1) Professor Jones gave the
(2) students not only a withering look
(3) but also 20 extra pages of homework as
(4) a punishment for their impatience to leave
(5) No error