Directions (1-4): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5), i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation. If any)
1. It was clear from the way (1)/ they were behaving (2)/ that they had been (3)/ lost their senses (4) / No error (5).
1. It was clear from the way (1)/ they were behaving (2)/ that they had been (3)/ lost their senses (4) / No error (5).
2. Families are (1) / fortunate enough to own (2) / a house in the city (3)/ are very few(4)/ No error (5)
3. The leader was so shrewd (1)/ that he could not deceive (2)/ by the words of (3)/ the sycophant courtiers (4)/ No error (5)
4. Your television set (1)/ is superior to (2)/our television set (3)/ by all respects (4)/No error (5).
Directions (5-8): Pick out the one which can substitute bold group of words correctly, without changing the meaning of the sentence.
5. If you have power or money you misuse and if you don’t have it you yearn for it.
(1) you misuse it when you don’t
(2) you misuse it and if you don’t
(3) you misuse so that you don’t
(4) you misuse and if you can’t
(5) None of these
6. With the number of vehicles on the roads going up fast, the traffic in the metros have become heavy and uncontrollable.
(1) has become heavily
(2) had become heavy
(3) have become heavily
(4) has become heavy
(5) None of these
7. The tehelka.com revelations and their aftermath have shaked up entrenched political - bureaucratic networks in New Delhi
(1) its aftermath has shaken up
(2) their aftermaths have shaked up
(3) its aftermath has shook
(4) their aftermath have shaken up
(5) None of these
8. The editor cut up all the long words from his article and mad the text easier.
(1) cut up some of the
(2) cut across all the
(3) cut out all the
(4) cut back all
(5) None of these
Solutions:
1. (2)
2. (4)
3. (2)
4. (4)
5. (2)
6. (4)
7. (4)
8. (3)
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