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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]

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  1. (d) The sentence contains no error.
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2.Raghu came out of the bathroom (a)/ with a towel (b)/ in the hand. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIER-II 2013]

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2.(c) ‘In the hand’ should be ‘in hand’. ‘In hand’ is idiomatic.

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3.He was present (a)/ in the court (b)/ to give witness. (c)/ No error (d) [CPO (PT) 2013]

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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.

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4.The glass dolls are arranged (a)/ on second rack (b)/ of the show case. (c)/ No error (d) [CPO (Main) 2013]

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4.(b) ‘On second rack’ should be ‘on the second rack’. ‘The’ is used before ordinals.

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5.Kalidas is (a)/ a Shakespeare (b) of India. (c)/ No error (d) [LDC 2013]

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5.(b) ‘A Shakespear’ should be ‘The Shakespeare’. An of-phrase generally takes ‘The’.

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6.I want to get (a)/ a M.A. degree (b)/ from a reputed university located in India. (c)/ No error (d) [LDc 2013]

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6.(c) A M.A degree should be an M.A. degree.

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7.Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia played (a)/ a flute at the Music Conference (b)/ in a small town. (c)/ No error (d)[LDc 2013]

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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.

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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]

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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.

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9.Headmaster (a)/ has instructed (b)/ the teachers to follow the rules of the school. (c)/ No error (d) [cGL 2013]

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9.(a) ‘Headmaster’ should be ‘The Head master’. The definite article is used before a title.

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10.Even fool (a)/ when he holdeth his peace (b)/ is counted wise. (c)/ No error (d) [cGL TIER-II 2014]

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10.(a) ‘Even fool’ should be ‘even a fool’. A singular countable noun follows a/ an.

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11.An eminent surgeon (a)/ is visiting the hospital (b)/ to attend a surgeon’s conference. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]

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11.(c) ‘A surgeons’ conference’ should be ‘The surgeons’ conference’.

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12.He knows (a)/ that your muscles (b)/ are not same as his. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]

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12.(c) ‘Same as’ should be ‘the same as’.

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13.Teachers were instructed (a)/ to follow an uniform method (b)/ of evaluation. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]

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13.(b) ‘An uniform method’ should be ‘a uniform method’. A is used before a word beginning with -u pronounced like -yu.

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14.Travelling by the air (a)/ is much faster (b)/ than travelling by train. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]

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14.(a) ‘By the air’ should be ‘by air’. A mode of transport expressed with the help of preposition does not require an article.

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15.According to Greek mythology (a)/ the perseus is son (b)/ of Zeus, God of the Sky. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]

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15.(b) ‘The perseus’ should be ‘perseus’ ‘is the’. We don’t normally use an article before a proper noun.

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16.There should be (a)/ equal opportunities for both (b)/ rich and poor. (c)/ No error (d) [Multitasking 2013]

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16.(c) ‘rich’ should be ‘The rich’. The + adjective denotes the whole group of people.

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17.Equator (a)/ divides the earth (b)/ into two hemispheres. (c)/ No error (d) [MT 2013]

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17.(a) ‘Equator’ should be ‘the equator’.

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18.Many overseas students (a)/ attend college (b)/ in the Great Britain. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIER I 2013]

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18.(b) Name of countries don’t normally follow the definite article ‘the’.

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19.It is a truth that (a)/ those who are jealous of others (b)/ never get peace in life. (c)/ No error (d)

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19.(a) ‘It is a truth’ should be ‘It is the truth’.

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20.Japan now (a)/ has the male heir (b)/ to the throne. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc Statistical * 2009]

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20.(b) ‘The male heir’ should be ‘a male hair’.

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21.I sat down opposite him (a)/ and produced (b)/ the packet of cigarettes. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc T4 2009]

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21.(c) The packet of cigarettes should be ‘A packet of cigarettes’.

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22.Wordsworth is known (a)/ for his description (b)/ of the Nature. (c)/ No error (d)

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22.(c) When Nature means ‘environment’, ‘the’ is not used.

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23.We are looking forward (a)/ to hear the news (b)/ about the missing fishermen. (c)/ No error (d)

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23.(d) The sentence contains no error

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24.An experimental vaccine (a)/ has brought (b)/ glimmer of hope for malarial researcher. (c)/ No error (d) [SSc (CA) 2006]

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24.(c) ‘Glimmer of hope’ should be ‘A glimmer of hope’.

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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]

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25.(c) ‘The people’ should be ‘people’.

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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]

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26.(d) The sentence contains no error.

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27.He is university professor (a)/ but of his three sons (b)/ neither has any merit. (c)/ No error (d) [SSC CGL 2010]

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27.(a) ‘University professor’ should be ‘a university professor’.

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28.Let us (a)/ bring this discussion (b)/ to close. (c)/ No error (d)

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28.(c) ‘Bring to a close’ should be used.

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29.We are meeting today afternoon (a)/ to discuss the matter (b)/ and reach a compromise. (c)/ No error (d) [NDA 2011 (I)]

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29.(a) ‘Afternoon’ should be ‘in the afternoon’.

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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)]

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30.(c) ‘Of an infant’s body’ should be used.

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31.I have lived (a)/ from the hand to the mouth (b)/ for all these fifty years though nobody knows it. (c)/ No error (d)

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31.(b) ‘From hand to mouth’ is an idiomatic expression

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32.The loss of jobs (a)/ is regarded by some as an necessary evil (b)/ in the fight against inflation. (c)/ No error (d) [cDS 2007 (II)]

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32.(b) ‘A necessary evil’ should be used.

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33.I spent nearly four and half years (a)/ at Harrow (b)/ of which three were in the Army class. (c)/ No error (d) [cDS 2010 (II)]

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33.(a) ‘Four and a half years’ should be used.

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34.Every morning sun (a)/ rises (b)/ in the east. (c)/ No error (d) [FCI 2012]

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34.(a) ‘The Sun’ should be used. ‘The’ is used before unique things.

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35.In the garden (a)/ were the more beautiful flowers (b)/ and silver bells. (c)/ No error (d) [FCI 2012]

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35.(b) Because there is no comparison, ‘the more beautiful flowers’ should be ‘beautiful flowers’.

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36.Death of (a)/ his only son (b)/ made Mohan desolate. (c)/ No error (d) [LDc 2011]

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36.(a) ‘The Death of’ should be used. ‘The’ is used with ‘of-phrase’.

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37.He says that (a)/ he reads novels (b)/ to pass away the time. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL 2011]

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37.(c) ‘To pass away the time’ should be ‘To pass away time’. The is not normally used before an abstract concept.

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38.Do you think you could lend me (a)/ good pair of gloves (b)/ to wear to the wedding. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIER-II 2015]

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38.(b) ‘Good pair of’ should be ‘a good pair of’.

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39.A honest person (a)/ is upright (b)/ in speech, thought and deed. (c)/ No error (d) [LDc 2015]

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39.(a) ‘A honest person’ should be ‘an honest person’.

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40.We usually (a)/ have (b)/ the lunch at twelve. (c)/ No error (d) [MTS 2015]

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40.(c) ‘The Lunch’ should be ‘Lunch’. Articles are not used before regular meals.

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41.But for illness (a)/ you would have secured (b)/ first rank in the examination. (c)/ No error (d) [SSC CGL PT 2014]

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41.(c) ‘First rank’ should be ‘The first rank’.

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42.In 1906 a earthquake (a)/ destroyed much (b)/ of San Francisco. (c)/ No error (d) [cPO (PT) 2014]

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42.(a) ‘A earthquake’ should be ‘an earthquake’.

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43.The mobile phone has become a necessity (b) rather than luxury. (c)/ No error (d) [CDO (Main) 2014]

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43.(c) ‘A luxury’ should be used.

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44.A interesting book (a)/ A Tale of Two Cities (b)/ was written by Alexander Dumas. (c)/ No error (d)

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44.(a) ‘An interesting book’ should be used.

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45.I worked (a)/ as medical representative (b)/ for eight months. (c)/ No error (d) [LDC 2014]

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45.(b) ‘Worked as a medical representative’ should be used.

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46.Paradise Lost (a)/ is (b)/ a epic poem. (c)/ No error (d) [LDC 2014]

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46.(c) ‘An epic poem’ should be used.

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47.A dodo was (a)/ the large flightless bird (b)/found in Mauritius. (c)/No error (d) [Stenographer 2014]

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47.(a) ‘A dodo’ should be ‘The dodo’. ‘The’ denotes the whole class.

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48.I saw portion (a)/ of the manuscript (b)/ on birds. (c)/ No error (d) [Stenographer 2014]

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48.(a) ‘Portion’ should be ‘a portion’.

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49.She gave me details of (a)/ all the schools she had visited (b)/ while she was on an official tour. (c)/ No error (d) [CGL TIER II (N2) 2014]

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49.(a) ‘details of’ should be ‘the details of’.

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  1. I finished reading the report (a)/ in a hour’s time (b)/ and went to the lawyer’s office. (c)/ No error (d) [CPO (Mains) 2012]
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“50. (b) ‘a hour’s time’ should be ““an hour’s time”””

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1.I said (a)/ that interesting (b)/ face could (c)/ also be pretty. (d)/ No error (e) [RLY 1997]

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1.(b) ‘A interesting’ should be ‘An interesting’.

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2.The doctor (a)/ did not (b)/ ask Mohan (c)/ the time. (d)/ No error (e)

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2.(d) ‘The time’ should be ‘time’.

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3.Kiran’s habit of (a)/ delaying his work (b)/ put his colleague (c)/ to lot of trouble. (d)/ No error (e) [RLY 2001]

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3.(d) ‘Lot of’ should be ‘a lot of’.

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4.It is truth (a)/ that India is (b)/ the largest consumer of (c)/ gold in the world. (d)/ No error (e) [SBI]

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4.(a) ‘It is truth’ should be ‘it is true’.

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5.Working together for the first time (a)/ the father and son developed concepts of how (b)/ they could accomplish the task and (c)/ how the obstacles could be overcome. (d)/ No error (e) [Punjab National Bank 2011]

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5.(b) ‘The father and son’ should be ‘The father and the son. When two nouns refer to different people or things each requires an article.

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6.The actor donated (a)/ a huge sum of (b)/ the money to the (c)/ orphanage on Children’s Day. (d)/ No error (e) [United Bank of India 2010]

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6.(c) ‘The money’ should be ‘money’. Material nouns don’t normally take an article.

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7.It (a)/ can take hundred (b)/ of different experiments to achieve (c)/ a ultimate solution. (d)/ No error (e) [MAT 1998]

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7.(d) ‘A ultimate’ should be ‘an ultimate’.

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8.The basket ball match (a)/ was organised and (b)/ the sponsored by his (c)/ father’s company. (d)/ No error (e) [Clerk 2010]

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8.(c) ‘The’ is not required.

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9.According to government estimates (a)/ at least four million tons of sugar (b)/ will have to be imported (c)/ this year because of a poor monsoon. (d)/ No error (e) [Indian Bank RMO 2009]

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9.(a) Government estimate should be the government estimate.

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10.In recent times companies have found (a)/ the internet to be ideal place (b)/ to hire personnel (c)/ and form business partnerships. (d)/ No error (e) [Bank of India P.O., 2008]

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10.(b) ‘Ideal place’ should be ‘an ideal place’. A singular countable.

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11.In order to make human life happy (a)/ man should live (b)/ as far as possible (c)/ in perfect harmony with nature. (d)/ No error (e) [Bank of Maharashtra P.O., 2003]

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11.(e) ‘In perfect harmony’ is a correct expression.

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12.It is difficult to assume that (a)/ a increase in the number of health institutions (b)/ would automatically enhance (c)/ utilisation of health services. (d)/ No error (e) [P.O.]

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12.(b) ‘A increase’ should be ‘an increase’.

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13.Although interlinking of rivers will (a)/ help tackle drought, the government (b)/ has not paid much (c)/ attention to the project. (d)/ No error (e) [OBc P.O., 2009]

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13.(a) ‘Interlinking of rivers’ should be ‘The interlinking of rivers’.

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14.The recently upgraded (a)/ branch offices have been fully computerised (b)/ and are connected to headquarters (c)/ to ensure proper monitoring. (d)/ No error (e) [OBc P.O., 2009]

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14.(c) ‘Headquarters’ should be ‘The headquarters’.

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15.Had it not been raining (a)/ so heavily, we would have (b)/ surely gone for a picnic (c)/ to the hill station. (d)/ No error (e) [New India Insurance 2009]

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15.(d) The sentence contains no error.

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16.Recreation is any activity (a)/ engaged for self satisfaction through (b)/ relaxation, fun, or (c)/ the opportunity for self expression. (d)/ No error (e) [MAT]

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16.(a) ‘Any activity’ should be ‘an activity’.

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17.It can take (a)/ hundreds of different experiments (b)/ to achieve a (c)/ ultimate solution. (d)/ No error (e) [MAT]

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17.(c) ‘A’ should be ‘an’. ‘An’ should be used before ultimate solution.

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18.He is (a)/ only son (b)/ of (c)/ his father. (d)/ No error (e) [clerk]

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18.(b) ‘Only son’ should be ‘the only son’.

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19.The Chief Minister (a)/ was obliged (b)/ to honour the promise (c)/ in the favour of the contest. (d)/ No error (e) [clerk]

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19.(d) ‘In the favour of’ should be ‘in favour of’.

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20.His brother (a)/ has been working (b)/ as the manager (c)/ for the last 2 years. (d)/ No error (e)

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20.(d) ‘As the manager’ should be ‘as manager’. Articles aren’t normally used before a unique position.

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21.The recent study has (a)/ indicated that there (b)/ is perceptible change in (c)/ the attitude of the people. (d)/ No error (e) [SBI clerk 20]

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21.(c) ‘Perceptible change’ should be ‘a perceptive change’.

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22.The Chinese tea is (a)/ not very costly (b)/ and we can drink (c)/ it without milk. (d)/ No error (e)

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22.(a) ‘The Chinese tea’ should be ‘Chinese tea’.

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23.When the house was (a)/ set on the fire (b)/ all the neighbouring people (c)/ ran and started extinguishing it. (d)/ No error (e) [central Bank clerk 2007]

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23.(b) ‘Set on the fire’ should be ‘Set on fire’. ‘Set on fire’ is an idiomatic expression.

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24.I prefer The Hindu (a)/ but my eldest (b)/ son reads (c)/ Times of India. (d)/ No error (e) [MAT 1997]

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24.(d) ‘Times of India’ should be ‘The Times of India’.

75
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  1. The boys (a)/ is thought to be one (b)/ of the most gifted children (c)/ in the class. (d)/ No error (e) [MAT 1998]
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  1. (a) ‘The boys’ should be ‘the boy’.