Direction (Qs.1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Question No : 1
(1) The blind’s life/ (2) is really very miserable/ (3) because they can’t see/ (4) what happens around them./ (5) No error
(1) The blind’s life
(2) is really very miserable
(3) because they can’t see
(4) what happens around them
(5) No error
Question No : 2
(1) Each of the students/ (2) whom I have chosen to take part/ (3) in the cultural programmes to be performed/ (4) in the City Hall, are up to the mark./ (5) No error
(1) Each of the students
(2) whom I have chosen to take part
(3) in the cultural programmes to be performed
(4) in the City Hall, are up to the mark
(5) No error
Question No : 3
(1) The teachers face the/ (2) same problems in their day to day lives/ (3) as do an ordinary man/ (4) of our society./ (5) No error
(1) The teachers face the
(2) same problems in their day to day lives
(3) as do an ordinary man
(4) of our society
(5) No error
Question No : 4
(1) He not only comes/ (2) here for shopping but also for/ (3) having a glimpse of / (4) the extremely beautiful sales girl./ (5) No error
(1) He not only comes
(2) here for shopping but also for
(3) having a glimpse of
(4) the extremely beautiful sales girl
(5) No error
Question No : 5
(1) It was almost/ (2) ten years ago since he wrote/ (3) a letter to me to/ (4) remind me of my lapses./ (5) No error
(1) It was almost
(2) ten years ago since he wrote
(3) a letter to me to
(4) remind me of my lapses
(5) No error
Question No : 6
(1) Never before/ (2) the students of India have so much been frustrated/ (3) as today when the problems/ (4) of unemployment are dominant./ (5) No error
(1) Never before
(2) the students of India have so much been frustrated
(3) as today when the problems
(4) of unemployment are dominant
(5) No error
Question No : 7
(1) Being a rainy day,/ (2) Vijay decided to stay/ (3) at home and work/ (4) further on the problem./ (5) No error
(1) Being a rainy day
(2) Vijay decided to stay
(3) at home and work
(4) further on the problem
(5) No error
Question No : 8
(1) Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki/ (2) bombing have argued that/ (3) the United States will have moral authority/ (4) only after it apologizes for the “original sin.”/ (5) No error
(1) Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(2) bombing have argued that
(3) the United States will have moral authority
(4) only after it apologizes for the “original sin.”
(5) No error
Question No : 9
(1) Zakia and Mohammad Ali, whose families/ (2) oppose their union because they are/ (3) from different sects, have been/ (4) seeking a new life in the United States./ (5) No error
(1) Zakia and Mohammad Ali, whose families
(2) oppose their union because they are
(3) from different sects, have been
(4) seeking a new life in the United States
(5) No error
Question No : 10
(1) It is discouraging to/ (2) think how much people/ (3) are shocked by honesty/ (4) and how few by deceit/ (5) No error
(1) It is discouraging to
(2) think how much people
(3) are shocked by honesty
(4) and how few by deceit
(5) No error