Direction: Identify which part of the sentence contains error and mark it as your answer.
Q1. When the election results (1)/ were announced, the supporters (2)/ of the losing candidate sent (3)/ on rampage, smashing cars and buses. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option C
Explanation:sent=>went
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Q2. The newly Government (1)/ reiterated its commitment (2)/ to the development (3)/ of the poor. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option A
Explanation: newly=>new OR newly formed Government
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Q3. He has relinquished (1)/ all control by(2)/ the family business (3)/ to his daughter. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option B
Explanation:by=>over
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Q4. He was filled (1)/ with remorse against (2)/ kicking his son (3)/ out of the house. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option B
Explanation: against=> after
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Q5. A trip to Nainital (1)/ gave us the much-needed (2)/respite from us(3)/ continual hard work. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option C
Explanation: us=>our
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Q6. A person tends to perform (1)/ a task more enthusiastically (2)/ if that work affords more than satisfaction (3)/ than the other work. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option C
Explanation: remove than
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Q7. Many men and women (1)/ are so money minded (2)/ that they do not undertake (3)/ any serious work that does not pay. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option D
Explanation: Sentence is error free.
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Q8. After the accident (1)/ they tried to identify the victims, (2)/but the bodies were too mangled (3)/ to be found. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option D
Explanation:found=>recognized; the body was mangled means they are having the body infront of them, hence there is no need to find the body, rather they have to recognize it.
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Q9. According to the World Bank study Globalization Backlash released last week (1)/ South Asia remains the fastest growing region (2)/ in the world mainly by due to the performance of the nations (3)/ in the east especially Bhutan, Bangladesh and India. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option C
Explanation: remove by
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Q10. Pakistan has refused India’s request (1)/ for consular access to former Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav (2)/ who has been sentence to death (3)/ by a Pakistani army court martial on charges of espionage. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
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Option C
Explanation: sentenced to death
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