Question

Correct the Error If there is a perfect mountain valley of the world eg of in it is certainly the magnificience valley of kashmir (a) _______ ________ It is surrounded by a snow-capped,lofty (b)_______ ________ mountains which make it a land for springs (c) ________ ________ and beautiful lakes.For the past hundred (d)________ ________ of years the beauty of kashmir have held the (e)________ ________ visitors spellbound.srinagar,the chief cities (f)________ _________ of valley or the summer capital of (g)________ _________ Jammu and Kasmir lying on the banks of the (h) ________ _________ river Jhelum

Answer 1

(a) magnificence- magnificent.
(b) a - the.
(c) for- of.
(d) hundred- hundreds.
(e) have - has.
(f) cities- city.
(g) or- and.
(h) lying - lies.

Answer 2

Explanation:

“If there is a perfect valley in the world it is definitely the magnificent Valley of Kashmir.”  

• Magnificence is the state of being beautiful and is a noun. But here, the word magnificent should be used as an adjective to the valley (noun).  

“It is surrounded by the 'snow-capped' 'lofty mountains' which make it a land of 'springs' and beautiful lakes.”  

• ‘The’ is used to refer to some particular person or things in a sentence, which is being talked about. The sentence is all about ‘the snow-capped lofty mountains.  

• “The word ‘of’ is used to specify a possession - This land has got a lot of springs.”

“For the past hundreds of years, the beauty of Kashmir has held the visitors spellbound.”  

• One cannot clearly mention the number of years since Kashmir has held people spellbound. So, instead of hundred, we can mention hundreds (the exact number of years is not known).
• ‘Have’ should be converted to ‘has’.

“Srinagar, the chief city of the valley and the summer capital of 'Jammu and Kashmir' lies on the river Jhelum.”

• The sentence is only talking about Srinagar; hence, the word ‘city’ should be used instead of ‘cities’.
• ‘Lie’ is used to specify a particular place or position. Instead of using the present participle of 'lie', we need to use ‘lies’.