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) To arrive at a decision/ (2) all the interested parties/ (3) should be invited and/ (4) involved in discussion./ (5) No error
(1) To arrive at a decision
(2) all the interested parties
(3) should be invited and
(4) involved in discussion
(5) No error
Question No : 2
(1) Although he is my bosom friend,/ (2) I cannot ask him for/ (3) money without any/ (4) vividly reason./ (5) No error
(1) Although he is my bosom friend
(2) I cannot ask him for
(3) money without any
(4) vividly reason
(5) No error
Question No : 3
(1) We would have/ (2) accompanied you to/ (3) the picnic spot if you/ (4) would have told us in advance/ (5) No error
(1) We would have
(2) accompanied you to
(3) the picnic spot if you
(4) would have told us in advance
(5) No error
Question No : 4
(1) I do not understand/ (2) what to make employees/ (3) so agitated on/ (4) such trivial issues./ (5) No error
(1) I do not understand
(2) what to make employees
(3) so agitated on
(4) such trivial issues
(5) No error
Question No : 5
(1) Since most of the urban people/ (2) have been lived in polluted areas/ (3) they suffer from severe/ (4) diseases caused by pollution./ (5) No error
(1) Since most of the urban people
(2) have been lived in polluted areas
(3) they suffer from severe
(4) diseases caused by pollution
(5) No error
Question No : 6
She is visually challenged but refuses (1)/ to let her disability (2)/ prevent her to do (3)/ what she wants to do. (4)/ No error (5)
(1) She is visually challenged but refuses
(2) to let her disability
(3) prevent her to do
(4) what she wants to do
(5) No error
Question No : 7
A dynamic government (1)/ is necessary to (2)/ meet with the demands (3)/ of a changing society. (4)/ No error (5)/
(1) A dynamic government
(2) is necessary to
(3) meet with the demands
(4) of a changing society
(5) No error
Question No : 8
We are going on a (1)/ vacation for a week, (2)/ but John will insist to take (3)/ everything but the kitchen sink. (4)/ No error (5)
(1) We are going on a
(2) vacation for a week
(3) but John will insist to take
(4) everything but the kitchen sink
(5) No error
Question No : 9
We haven't received (1)/ any messages from (2)/ him for the last (3)/ working group meeting. (4)/ No error (5)
(1) We haven't received
(2) any messages from
(3) him for the last
(4) working group meeting
(5) No error
Question No : 10
The manager hastened (1)/ to point out that his (2)/ products were far (3)/ superior than others. (4)/ No error (5)
(1) The manager hastened
(2) to point out that his
(3) products were far
(4) superior than others
(5) No error