Right___ ___ end of___ van were toun bins
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Answer:
Right to an end of a van were toun bins
Explanation:
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Direction (1-15): In the following questions, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Q1. History and Chemistry are (A)/ more easier than (B)/ Political Science and Biology. (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Remove ‘more’ before comparative degree of adjective ‘easier’. Comparative degree of adjective (er + than) is sufficient to imply the comparison. Adding ‘more’ or ‘most’ with it is wrong.
Q2. The evergreen trees have a characteristic (A)/ of remaining green throughout the year, (B)/ nonetheless of the prevailing season.(C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Remove ‘of’ after ‘nonetheless’. As nonetheless means in spite of that; nevertheless. The preposition ‘of’ is conjoined in its meaning already and using ‘of’ with it makes it superfluous.
Q3. An effective secondary research requires data (A)/to be collected from discreet sources like (B)/journals, magazines and other published material.(C)/No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The proper adjective to use here is ‘discrete’ which means ‘individually separate and distinct’ while ‘discreet’ means ‘polite and careful in what you do or say’. Hence use ‘discrete’ in place of ‘discreet’.
Q4. All the members (A)/ of the Board are kindly (B)/ requested to appear in the next meeting. (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Remove ‘kindly’ as ‘Kindly’ & ‘Requested’ can’t be used together because Kindly, itself is used to make a request in Active Voice.
Q5. An experimental vaccine has (A)/brought glimmer of hope (B)/ for the malarial researchers.(C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘a’ will be used before glimmer.
When we mention something for the first time, we use a/an (Indef. Article) before them.
Q6. Within an hour’s journey we (A)/ will approach (B)/ near Mumbai (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use of ‘near’ is redundant here. As ‘approach’ means ‘to come near’.
Q7. With a view to help the Third World countries, (A)/the I.M.F. and the World Bank keep sending (B)/their experts to different regions of the world (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace ‘help’ with ‘helping’ as ‘With a view to’ takes gerund (V1 + ing) with it.
Q8. Many a profound thinker believe (A)/ that the march of civilization (B)/ has not coincided with real human progress (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace ‘believe’ with ‘believes’. ‘Many a’ is followed by a singular subject and a ‘singular subject’ is followed by a ‘singular verb’ according to Subject-Verb Agreement Rule.
Q9. He went for the lunch (A)/at 2 p.m. and (B)/ then returned.(C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Remove ‘the’ before lunch. Name of meals do not take any article.
Q10. Pakistan’s support to the terrorists of (A)/ any country should be universally (B)/ condemned by all (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Remove ‘by all’ as its usage is superfluous with ‘universally’. ‘Universally’ itself means ‘accepted by all or acknowledged by all’.
Q11. I will try to be on time (A) / but don’t worry when (B) / I am late. (C) / No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘when’ by ‘if’.
Q12. Katie gave her friend (A)/ no money nor she did help her (B)/ in any way. (C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘nor she did help’ with ‘nor did she help’. ‘Hardly’, ‘Scarcely’, ‘Neither….nor’ etc. take inverse form of sentence structure i.e. Helping Verb + Subject + Main Verb.
Q13. This happened (A) just exactly (B) five years ago.(C) No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Usage of ‘just’ and ‘exactly’ together is superfluous. Hence, either ‘just’ or ‘exactly’ is to be used before ‘five years ago’.
Q14. Could she cite (A)/ any precedent in support (B)/ for her care? (C) / No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘for’ with ‘of’. The correct preposition to use with ‘support’ is ’of’.
Q15. The Captain along with(A)/ his team has been (B)/invited to the function.(C)/No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. No Error
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