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Read each sentence to find out whether is there any grammatical error in it. The error if any part of the sentence, the option given in that part will be the answer.
Coaches have the advantage of
draw on their, personal experiences
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Substitute ‘drawing’ for ‘draw’. Parallel structure of ‘providing’is ‘drawing’, here ‘draw’ should be replaced with ‘drawing’.
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The G.M of the company (a) / dispensed the (b) / Manager’s services (c) / No error (d)
The G.M of the company
dispensed the
Manager’s services
No error
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Idiom ‘Dispense with something/somebody: to stop using something/somebody.
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a) Hopefully, this last order of the apex court / b) will help in bringing a speedy closure to the case / c) and sound out politicians and bureaucrats / d) against interfering in CBI investigations. / e) No error
a
b
c
d
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Replace “ last „ with “latest‟
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a) My teacher used to check that we were / (b) on the right track and if any mistake occurred, / (c) he would help us to analyze / (d) and resolve the issues. / (e) No error
a
b
c
d
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Delete “to”
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Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Each cigarette / a person smoke / does some harm and eventually / it may cause a serious disease.
Each cigarette
a person smoke
does some harm and eventually
it may cause a serious disease
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
a person smokes
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Identify the correct sentence.
Myself and the manager distributed the appraisal letters last week
Ourselves and the manager distributed the appraisal letters last week
Himself and the manager distributed the appraisal letters last week
The manager and I distributed the appraisal letters last week
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
According to the question the self forms are
myself, ourselves, himself, herself, itself, them selves, yourself
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He would (a) never have taken the job if he had been knowing (b) what great demands (c) it would make (d) on his time.
He would
never have taken the job if he had been knowing
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Present Perfect continuous tense is employed when the work continue till present. The given sentence on the other hand suggests that the work should have happened at some time past, so the tense used should be past perfect ‘had known’ not ‘had been knowing’.
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Work as quick as you can but as carefully as possible when you take the test.No error
as quick
as you
can but
as carefully as
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Answer: Option AExplanation
The error is “quick,” which is an adjective; here it should be the adverb “quickly” instead, describing manner (how) to modify the verb “Work.” “…as carefully” (D) is an example of the correct usage. The other underlined sections are correct.
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All of us have some unique skill sets and personality traits that give us high competence in some areas.
which give us highly competence
they give us high competence
that give us high competence
they make us highly competent
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The ‘skill sets’ and ‘personality traits’ referred to in the sentence are indicated using the relative pronoun ‘that’. The correction is ‘that give us high competence’.
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If I were you I wouldn’t speak to that lady again.
I will be you
I were to be you
I was you
No correction required
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
The given sentence suggests an improbable condition. The sentence is grammatically correct.
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Many a person
have lost
their life
and all property in the riots
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Many takes a singular noun, which is followed by a singular verb.
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She can (1) / speak the Hindi, (2) / Sanskrit and (3) / English fluently. (4) / No Error (5)
1
2
3
4
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Remove ‘the’ before ‘Hindi’. ‘The’ is not used before names of subject, languages, games and sports.
The correct sentence should be: She can speak Hindi, Sanskrit and English fluently.
Examples: She is student of Geography.
English is an international language.
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he robbers (1) / were caught just before (2) / they were about to (3) / escape the jail. (4) / No Error (5)
1
2
3
4
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Remove ‘the’ before ‘jail’. Article should not be used before school, college, university, church, bed, hospital, prison, jail, court, bed, market, when these places are visited or used for their primary purpose.
The correct sentence should be: The robbers were caught just before they were about to escape jail.
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We cannot handle 1)/ this complicated case 2)/ unless full details 3)/ are not given to us. 4) No error 5)
1
2
3
4
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Remove ‘not’ in part 4.
The correct sentence should be: We cannot handle this complicated case unless full details are given to us.
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No sooner did 1)/ the nurse enter 2)/ the house 3)/ then the patient died. 4)/ No error 5)
1
2
3
4
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Replace ‘then’ by ‘than’.
The correct sentence should be: No sooner did the nurse enter the house than the patient died.
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Since the growth (1)/ of travel agencies and tourism companies,(2)/ travelling became very pleasant,(3)/and hassle-free.(4)/ No error (5)
1
2
3
4
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The correct phrase is ‘travelling has become very pleasant’. As the effects are still continuing, it is evident that the present tense must be used. Also, as the word ‘since’ has been used, it shows that there was a definite starting point in the past and the act is still continuing. So we use the present perfect tense
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When it come to helping
(a) one another, it turns out
(b) that some fish are better
(c) at it than previously thought.
(d) No error
When it comes to helping
one another, it turns out
that some fish are better
at it than previously thought.
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Answer: Option CExplanation
that some fish are better
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