In each of the following sentences, find if any part of the sentence (1), (2), (3) or (4) contains error. If there is no error mark E) as you answer.
Q1. When it comes to badgers, passions(1)/ run very high in the general British (2)/public. These fascinating nocturnal(3)/ animals are much admired by animal lovers.(4)
A) (1) B) (2 ) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error
Q2. A look at migration data suggest (1)/ that the number of deaths does not (2)/ necessarily indicate the crisis (3)/ that is being described (4).
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error
Q4. Algae contain a lot of oil and they grow (1)/very quickly in water. So we can (2)/ produce biofuel without(3)/ using valuable agricultural land(4).
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error
Q5. The Indian government says that (1)/the dams will not have a bad effect on(2)/ the environment. The new dams(3)/ won’t have a reservoir of water behind it.(4)
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error
Q6. But we do not know the (1)/ full consequences for building (2)/ so many dams on important (3)/rivers in the Himalayas.(4)
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error.
Q7. One unfortunate result (1)/ of parents’ excessive busy (2)/and fast life is the total (3)/ neglect of their children.(4)
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error.
Q8. Communication is not merely the (1)/ desire and the responsibility of a scholar(2)/ ; it is his discipline , the proving ground (3)/that he tests his findings against criticism.(4)
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error.
Q9. The manpower for development(1)/ during next quarter- century will(2)/ come from the world’s present population(3)/ of infants, children and adolescents.(4)
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error.
Q10. The joy of discovery(1)/ is a very real incentive(2)/ to research despite of (3)/ the rareness of its realization .(4)
A) (1) B) (2) C) (3) D) (4) E) No error.
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Option C
Explanation: remove “of” after despite.
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