art Flashcards
1.Sudoku was first designed in the 1970 (a)/ by a retired architect (b)/ and freelance puzzle constructor. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIEP-I 2013]
- (d) The sentence contains no error.
2.Raghu came out of the bathroom (a)/ with a towel (b)/ in the hand. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIER-II 2013]
2.(c) ‘In the hand’ should be ‘in hand’. ‘In hand’ is idiomatic.
3.He was present (a)/ in the court (b)/ to give witness. (c)/ No error (d) [CPO (PT) 2013]
3.(b) ‘In the court’ should be ‘in court’. ‘In court’ suggests that the person was there for the usual purpose of the building or place.
4.The glass dolls are arranged (a)/ on second rack (b)/ of the show case. (c)/ No error (d) [CPO (Main) 2013]
4.(b) ‘On second rack’ should be ‘on the second rack’. ‘The’ is used before ordinals.
5.Kalidas is (a)/ a Shakespeare (b) of India. (c)/ No error (d) [LDC 2013]
5.(b) ‘A Shakespear’ should be ‘The Shakespeare’. An of-phrase generally takes ‘The’.
6.I want to get (a)/ a M.A. degree (b)/ from a reputed university located in India. (c)/ No error (d) [LDc 2013]
6.(c) A M.A degree should be an M.A. degree.
7.Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia played (a)/ a flute at the Music Conference (b)/ in a small town. (c)/ No error (d)[LDc 2013]
7.(b) ‘A flute’ should be ‘the flute’. ‘The’ is used before a musical instrument in the expression play the flue, play the guitar, etc.
8.Krishna Kali, an early riser and a naturelover (a)/ goes to morning walk at Robindra (b)/ Sarovar lake before dawn. (c)/ No error (d) [LDc 2013]
8.(a) ‘An early riser and a nature lover’ should be an ‘early riser and nature lover’. If two nouns joined by ‘and’ are used for the same person, the article goes before the first noun only.
9.Headmaster (a)/ has instructed (b)/ the teachers to follow the rules of the school. (c)/ No error (d) [cGL 2013]
9.(a) ‘Headmaster’ should be ‘The Head master’. The definite article is used before a title.
10.Even fool (a)/ when he holdeth his peace (b)/ is counted wise. (c)/ No error (d) [cGL TIER-II 2014]
10.(a) ‘Even fool’ should be ‘even a fool’. A singular countable noun follows a/ an.
11.An eminent surgeon (a)/ is visiting the hospital (b)/ to attend a surgeon’s conference. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]
11.(c) ‘A surgeons’ conference’ should be ‘The surgeons’ conference’.
12.He knows (a)/ that your muscles (b)/ are not same as his. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]
12.(c) ‘Same as’ should be ‘the same as’.
13.Teachers were instructed (a)/ to follow an uniform method (b)/ of evaluation. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]
13.(b) ‘An uniform method’ should be ‘a uniform method’. A is used before a word beginning with -u pronounced like -yu.
14.Travelling by the air (a)/ is much faster (b)/ than travelling by train. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]
14.(a) ‘By the air’ should be ‘by air’. A mode of transport expressed with the help of preposition does not require an article.
15.According to Greek mythology (a)/ the perseus is son (b)/ of Zeus, God of the Sky. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]
15.(b) ‘The perseus’ should be ‘perseus’ ‘is the’. We don’t normally use an article before a proper noun.
16.There should be (a)/ equal opportunities for both (b)/ rich and poor. (c)/ No error (d) [Multitasking 2013]
16.(c) ‘rich’ should be ‘The rich’. The + adjective denotes the whole group of people.
17.Equator (a)/ divides the earth (b)/ into two hemispheres. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]
17.(a) ‘Equator’ should be ‘the equator’.
18.Many overseas students (a)/ attend college (b)/ in the Great Britain. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIER I 2013]
18.(b) Name of countries don’t normally follow the definite article ‘the’.
19.It is a truth that (a)/ those who are jealous of others (b)/ never get peace in life. (c)/ No error (d)
19.(a) ‘It is a truth’ should be ‘It is the truth’.
20.Japan now (a)/ has the male heir (b)/ to the throne. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc Statistical * 2009]
20.(b) ‘The male heir’ should be ‘a male hair’.
21.I sat down opposite him (a)/ and produced (b)/ the packet of cigarettes. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc T4 2009]
21.(c) The packet of cigarettes should be ‘A packet of cigarettes’.
22.Wordsworth is known (a)/ for his description (b)/ of the Nature. (c)/ No error (d)
22.(c) When Nature means ‘environment’, ‘the’ is not used.
23.We are looking forward (a)/ to hear the news (b)/ about the missing fishermen. (c)/ No error (d)
23.(d) The sentence contains no error
24.An experimental vaccine (a)/ has brought (b)/ glimmer of hope for malarial researcher. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc (CA) 2006]
24.(c) ‘Glimmer of hope’ should be ‘A glimmer of hope’.
25.A lot of form filling is just red-tape (a)/ and sometimes the forms are so complicated (b)/ that people can’t make head or tail from them. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc (cA) 2006]
25.(c) ‘The people’ should be ‘people’.
26.It was irony (a)/ that while he was trying to help his neighbours (b)/ his own house was burnt to the ground. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc (SO) 2009]
26.(d) The sentence contains no error.
27.He is university professor (a)/ but of his three sons (b)/ neither has any merit. (c)/ No error (d) [SSC CGL 2010]
27.(a) ‘University professor’ should be ‘a university professor’.
28.Let us (a)/ bring this discussion (b)/ to close. (c)/ No error (d)
28.(c) ‘Bring to a close’ should be used.
29.We are meeting today afternoon (a)/ to discuss the matter (b)/ and reach a compromise. (c)/ No error (d) [NDA 2011 (I)]
29.(a) ‘Afternoon’ should be ‘in the afternoon’.
30.Mother tongue is as natural (a)/ for the development of a man’s mind (b)/ as mother’s milk is for the development of the infant’s body. (c)/ No error (d) [NDA 2010 (I)]
30.(c) ‘Of an infant’s body’ should be used.