Directions (1-10) :Read each sentence to find out whether ere is any 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 (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1- Raids were conducting by the anti-corruption
(1)/ vigilance wing at several petrol pumps and cooking gas agencies, including
(2)/ the one belonging to the brother of the Union minister, (3)/ in Odisha
following allegations of adulteration and black-marketing.
Answer-
(1) use ‘conducted’
instead of ‘conducting’
2- The
President
of Philippine has threaten to impose (1)/ martial rule to prosecute his deadly
war on drugs,(2)/ three decades after the nation shed (3)/ dictatorship with a
famous "People Power" revolt. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(1) use ‘threatened’
instead of ‘threaten’
3- India's oil consumption is expected to rise by 7-8
per cent,(1)/ outpacing China's demand growing (2)/ for the third consecutive
year, as impact of (3)/ demonetisation is likely to be short-lived, according
to Platts. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(2) use ‘growth’
instead of ‘growing’
4- Any development project, which is bound (1)/ to
generate waste and sewage, should not be granted clearance (2)/ until its plan
provides for proper collection, processing (3)/ and disposal of sewage and
garbage, the National Green Tribunal has said. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(3) use ‘unless’
instead of ‘until’
5- The
residents of the national capital woke (1)/ up to a cold and windy morning with
the (2)/ minimum temperature settling at six degrees Celsius,(3)/ one notch
below the season average. (4)/ No
error (5)
Answer-
(4) use “season's average”
6- An
UN envoy was in Aden for talks with (1)/ the President of Yemen as the United
Nations said (2)/ the death toll from the war (3)/ had reached 10,000.(4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(1) use ‘A’ instead of ‘An’
7- Four
police officers were killed and (1)/ two other wounded when a roadside bomb
(2)/ exploded as a police vehicle (3)/ passed by in Kurdish-majority
southeastern Turkey. (4)/ No error
(5)
Answer-
(2) use ‘others’ instead of ‘other’
8- The
rupee strengthened by 5 paise to 68.05 against (1)/ the dollar in early trade
at the IFE (2)/ on increased selling of the US currency by exporters (3)/ and
banks amidst higher opening in the domestic equity market. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(5) No error
9- A
couple from the district which lost their two (1)/ children in an accident in
2014 have (2)/ been awarded a compensation of Rs 13.2 lakh by (3)/ the Motor
Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT).
(4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(1) use ‘who’ instead of ‘which’
10- Tamil
Nadu, comprising of 32 districts,(1)/ will be declared drought affected (2)/ in
view of poor rainfall received (3)/ during the northeast monsoon. (4)/ No error (5)
Answer-
(1) Remove ‘of’
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