Question

6. The following passage has not been edited. There is
Write the incorrect word and the correction in your
Remember to underline the word that you have supp
It would had remained a backward tribal
hamlet had a Dalmias not decided
to set in 'Orissa Cement Limited
here for the 50s. Rourkela, the steel city
was just 40 kms away but a number of
small ancillary industries come up
here supporting OCL and SAIL. When I
landed in Rajgangpur I was struck on
the contraries that characterize them.​

Answer 1

(a) a → the

(b) in → the

(c) for → in

(d) was → is

(e) come → came

(f) on → by

• As per the rules of grammar, here since 'Dalmias' and 'Orissa Cement Limited' are proper nouns, they will be preceded by the pronoun 'the'.
• In the 3rd sentence, 'for the 50s' is incorrect, it should be 'in the 50s'.
• Further, since Rourkela is still 40kms away, 'was' in the sentence should be replaced with 'is'.
• In the 5th sentence, we are talking about a deed that took place in the past, hence, 'come' should be replaced with 'came'.
• The correct idiomatic usage in the last sentence should be 'struck by' and not 'struck on'.

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