PSC/ BANK ENGLISH GRAMMAR PREVIOUS QUESTIONS- SPOT THE ERROR- PEQ2b

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ENGLISH PEQ2b

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic 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 5

1.       In compliance of (1)/her request, the police inspector (2)/agreed upon going through (3)/the case once again (4) No error (5)

2.       My brother Venugopal(1)/is keeping his appearances (2)/although he has utterly failed (3)/in all ventures (4) No error (5)

3.       The man laid(1)/for an hour unconscious (2)/until he was seen (3) /by a police man(4) No error (5)

4.       Sudhir counted the tickets(1)/to make sure that (2)/none of them (3) /were missing(4) No error (5)

5.       To make the boy succeed(1)/the erect thing to do is (2)/to punish him (3)/until he does not work hard (4) No error (5)

6.       Ganga was popular(1)/with her colleagues that (2)/she always had some or (3)/the other coming to her house (4) No error (5)

7.       The manager of the firm(1)/appointed Sumitha as his (2)/personal secretary (3)/on a salary of Rs 10000/- (4) No error (5)

8.       We cannot be(1)/cent percent sure (2)/of our success (3)/in competitive examination (4) No error (5)

9.       All of us must(1)/try our best (2)/to make the whole nation (3)/a happier place to live (4) No error (5)

10.   Alamelu is (1)elder to Rukhiya (2)/by two years (3)/though they are classmates (4) No error (5)

11.   The activities of the thief(1)/indicate that he has no other (2)/intension then to (3)/steal the ornaments (4) No error (5)

12.   Indiara Gandhi was(1)/a descent of (2)/a former Brahmin pandit family (3)/of Kashmir (4) No error (5)

13.   Monica’s mother told her(1)/ that she was a lazy girl (2)/and that she has done (3)/her work badly (4) No error (5)

14.   They had hanged(1)/a portrait of Gandhiji (2)/on the wall of (3)/the conference hall (4) No error (5)

15.   There are two things to aim at in life(1)/first to get what you want (2)/and after that (3)/to enjoy it (4) No error (5)

ANSWERS

1.       A

2.       B

3.       A

4.       D

5.       D

6.       A

7.       B

8.       B

9.       D

10.   B

11.   C

12.   B

13.   C

14.   A

15.   E