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- A large posse of police personnel was deployed
as (1)/ hundreds of youth from different parts of the state started (2)/
thronging the village after news spread that Jallikattu would be (3)/ conducted
defying the Supreme Court ban. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (2)
use ‘youths’ instead of ‘youth’
2- Bilateral relations coast on diplomatic (1)/ niceties and joint
statements invariable (2)/ use flowery language to describe (3)/ relationships
in the best possible terms (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (2)
use ‘invariably’ instead of ‘invariable’
3- Eight men own the same wealth as half the
world's population, (1)/ a level of inequality why "threatens to pull our
societies apart", Oxfam said ahead (2)/ of the World Economic Forum (3)/
opening in Davos. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (2)
use ‘which’ instead of ‘why’
4- Nearly Rs 5,000 crore has been collected so far
through (1)/ District Mineral Foundation (DMF), which will utilised by the
states for (2)/ the development of places and people (3)/ affected by
mining-related operations. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (2)
use ‘will be’ instead of ‘will’
5- Gold prices recovered by Rs 150 to Rs 29,500
per 10 grams (1)/ at the bullion market, (2)/ tracking a firm trend overseas
(3)/ amid fresh buying by local jewellers. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (5) No
error
6- The Supreme Court chastised several state (1)/
for not filing their responses (2)/ on a PIL seeking installation of speed (3)/
governors in public transport vehicles. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (1)
use ‘states’
7- Army Chief
said jawans who take (1)/ to social media to express their complaints (2)/
could be punished as his act lowers the morale (3)/ of those guarding the
frontiers of the country. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (3)
use ‘their’ instead of ‘his’
8- Prime
Minister sanctioned Rs 2 lakh (1)/ each of the next of kin of (2)/ those killed
in Patna boat tragedy (3)/ from the PM National Relief Fund. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (2)
use ‘to’ instead of ‘of’
9- Top central ministers, along the security
officials, (1)/ reviewed the prevailing situation in Manipur where (2)/ a
75-day economic blockade on national highways (3)/ has crippled normal life.
(4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (1)
use ‘with’ after ‘along’
10- As much as 58 houses were (1)/ gutted in a
massive fire at Tangnu village (2)/ in Rohroo area, rendering around 216
persons (3)/ homeless and over a dozen cattle dead. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer- (1)
use ‘many’ instead of ‘much’
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