Spotting Errors
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The alphabet number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then the answer is E.
- Journey by car is (A)/ as quick or perhaps quicker (B)/ than by train (C)/ in this particular case (D)/ No error (E).
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Place 'as' after 'quick'.
Correct Option: B
Place 'as' after 'quick'.
- It couldn't have been (A)/ written by Kalidas because (B)/ that kind of dress was not worn (C)/ till after his death (D)/ No error (E).
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Exchange 'till' by 'even'.
Correct Option: D
Exchange 'till' by 'even'.
- Harish is (A)/ very much (B)/ willing to (C)/ come with you (D)/ No error (E).
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Delete 'much'; 'much' is used before adjective of past participle :
Correct Option: B
Delete 'much'; 'much' is used before adjective of past participle :
- From Mumbai, (A)/ the Rajdhani Express (B)/ do not go straight (C)/ to New Delhi (D) No error (E).
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Change 'do' to 'does' the subject 'The Raidhani Express' is singular.
Correct Option: C
Change 'do' to 'does' the subject 'The Raidhani Express' is singular.
- He asked what the weather (A)/ had been like (B)/ during my holidays (C)/ and I replied that it had been awful (D)/No error (E).
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No error.
Correct Option: E
No error.
