Q.1-10. Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as 1,2,3 and 4. If there is no error, the answer will be (5) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
1- Laboratory studies using genetically modified (1)/ mice found that those with an extra (2)/ dose of maternal genes developed bigger heads and brains, (3)/ and had little bodies. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘but’ instead of ‘and’
2- Those with an extra (1)/ dose of paternal genes (2)/ had small brains (3)/ and larger bodies, 'The Independent' reported. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (5) No error
3- Wounds are likely to heal (1)/ much more slowly and considering (2)/ the survival risks and the cost of space missions, (3)/ healing wounds as faster as possible is crucial. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘fast’ instead of ‘faster’
4- A senior military commander says Iraqi (1)/ troops are facing stiff resistance (2)/ from Islamic State militants as they (3)/ push deeper into eastern Mosul. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (5) No error
5- While other state Chief Ministers (1)/ are strongly condemning (2)/ the move, the state government (3)/ has not taken some action. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘any’ instead of ‘some’
6- Pakistani army targeted Indian posts (1)/ along with the Line of Control (LoC) in (2)/ Nowshera sector of Rajouri district (3)/ with mortars and small arms fire. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (2) remove ‘with’
7- Prime Minister paid (1)/ tributes to former (2)/ Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (3)/ on her 99th birth anniversary. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (5) No error
8- Flight operations at (1)/ Srinagar Airport, hit by (2)/ bad weather for two days, (3)/ resumed partially as visible improved. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘visibility’ instead of ‘visible’
9- Cold conditions prevailed in Punjab and (1)/ Haryana as maximum temperatures dropped several (2)/ notches below normal and ranged among (3)/ 16 and 17 degrees Celsius in most parts of both states. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (3) use ‘between’ instead of ‘among’
10- Castigating the opponents of demonetisation, Prime Minister said (1)/ those terming the government's move as 'anti-people'(2)/ were the "political worshippers" of graft and black money (3)/ who were making the economy, polity and society hollow. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER- (4) use ‘which’ instead of ‘who’
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