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Read each part of the sentence to find out if there 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, mark your answer as (5).
Q1. The major contributor to the slowdown in price gains (1)/ was the food and beverages group, where (2)/ inflation eased to 2.56 per cent largely on the (3)/ back of a slump in the prices of vegetables, a highly perishable commodity. (4)/ No error (5)
Q2. Nagaland was rocked by scams and seen (1)/ a spate of agitations and protests besides (2)/ continuous push by the civil society for (3)/ a solution to the vexed Naga issue in 2016. (4)/ No error (5)
Q3. That the Centre’s decision to withdraw high-denomination (1)/ banknotes were going to (2)/ impact economic activity in (3)/ the short term was never in doubt. (4)/ No error (5)
Q4. Water disputes have humanitarian (1)/ dimensions, including (2)/ agrarian problems worsened by (3)/ drought and monsoon failures. (4)/ No error (5)
Q5. American President said he will hold a press (1)/ conference on January 11, during what he (2)/ has previously indicated he would unveil plans to avoid (3)/ any conflict of interest between the White House and his business dealings. (4)/ No error (5)
Q6- India has decided to boycott the 19th summit (1)/ of the South Asian Association for (2)/ Regional Cooperation (3)/ schedule to take place in Islamabad. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q7- India has a high incidence of non-communicable (1)/ diseases, especially diabetes, (2)/ and it is mostly because (3)/ it is poor regulated. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q8- Prime Minister did well to ask his (1)/ Cabinet colleagues and party members to stop (2)/ thump their chests and ease up on the (3)/ jingoism that is sweeping the public discourse. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q9. It is a welcome development that the Patna High Court has struck down (1)/ the Bihar government draconian policy (2)/ of total prohibition, extending to putting behind bars members of (3)/ a household on whose premises liquor is found. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q10- Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar broke through the general restraint (1)/ with which his government had handled the aftermath of the surgical (2)/ strikes with some effusive imagery, describing Pakistan to the anaesthetised (3)/ patient after surgery, and the Indian army like Lord Hanuman, awakening to its own prowess. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q3. That the Centre’s decision to withdraw high-denomination (1)/ banknotes were going to (2)/ impact economic activity in (3)/ the short term was never in doubt. (4)/ No error (5)
Q4. Water disputes have humanitarian (1)/ dimensions, including (2)/ agrarian problems worsened by (3)/ drought and monsoon failures. (4)/ No error (5)
Q5. American President said he will hold a press (1)/ conference on January 11, during what he (2)/ has previously indicated he would unveil plans to avoid (3)/ any conflict of interest between the White House and his business dealings. (4)/ No error (5)
Q6- India has decided to boycott the 19th summit (1)/ of the South Asian Association for (2)/ Regional Cooperation (3)/ schedule to take place in Islamabad. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q7- India has a high incidence of non-communicable (1)/ diseases, especially diabetes, (2)/ and it is mostly because (3)/ it is poor regulated. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q8- Prime Minister did well to ask his (1)/ Cabinet colleagues and party members to stop (2)/ thump their chests and ease up on the (3)/ jingoism that is sweeping the public discourse. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q9. It is a welcome development that the Patna High Court has struck down (1)/ the Bihar government draconian policy (2)/ of total prohibition, extending to putting behind bars members of (3)/ a household on whose premises liquor is found. (4)/ No Error (5)
Q10- Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar broke through the general restraint (1)/ with which his government had handled the aftermath of the surgical (2)/ strikes with some effusive imagery, describing Pakistan to the anaesthetised (3)/ patient after surgery, and the Indian army like Lord Hanuman, awakening to its own prowess. (4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWER
Q1. (5) No error
Q2. (1) use ‘saw’ instead of ‘seen’
Q3. (2) use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’
Q4. (5) No error
Q5. (2) use ‘which’ instead of ‘what’
Q6. (4) use ‘scheduled’ instead of schedule
Q7. (4) use ‘poorly’ as adverb required
Q8. (3) use ‘thumping’ instead of ‘thump’ as v4 form is used after stop.
Q9. (2) use ‘government’s.
Q10. (3) use ‘as’ instead of ‘to’
