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  1. Question 1 of 25
    1. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Selling peanuts (a)/ on the road is (b)/ the only means of earning (c)/ in respect of most of the people. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘for most of the people’ in place of ‘in respect of most of the people’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

  2. Question 2 of 25
    2. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Her talk was (a)/ judged by many (b)/ as one of the most important talks (c)/ given in the seminar. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘adjudged’ in place of ‘judged by many’ in the second part of the sentence.

  3. Question 3 of 25
    3. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    The boy who was guilty with (a)/ having stolen the cell phone (b)/ came out (c)/ with the truth. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘of’ in place of ‘with’ in the first part of the sentence because guilty is followed by preposition ‘of’.

  4. Question 4 of 25
    4. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    She is the teacher (a)/ whom I know (b)/ has helped my son (c)/ in the examination. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘who’ in place of ‘whom’ in the second part of the sentence.

  5. Question 5 of 25
    5. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    You cannot demand (a)/ all your articles (b)/ unless you do not (c)/ give advance notice. (d)

    Hint

    It should be “unless you” in place of “unless you do not” in the third part of the sentence because two negatives are not used together. Unless itself is a negative word.

  6. Question 6 of 25
    6. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    We insisted, but neither (a)/ Iona nor her assistant (b)/ are ready to (c)/ work on Sunday. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘is’ in place of ‘are’ in the third part of the sentence because if the subject is related to either…or, neither…nor, the verb used is according to its nearest subject.

  7. Question 7 of 25
    7. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    There is just not enough (a)/ time in my unit to sit round (b)/ talking about how we feel (c)/ about each other. (d)

    Hint

    It should be “and talk about how we feel” in place of “talking about how we feel” in the third part of the sentence because the preceding verb ‘sit’ is in first form.

  8. Question 8 of 25
    8. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    The act will be passed (a)/ with a comfortable majority if all (b)/ the partisans of (c)/ her group favours it. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘favour’ in place of ‘favours’ in the fourth part of the sentence because the subject ‘partisans’ is a plural subject.

  9. Question 9 of 25
    9. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Hardly had I (a)/ entered the airport (b)/ than I met (c)/ my cousin Tilak. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘when’ in place of ‘than’ in the third part of the sentence because “hardly, scarcely” are followed by ‘when’ in the second part.

  10. Question 10 of 25
    10. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    An anti-terrorism cell is opened (a)/ by the town police (b)/ three months ago (c)/ as a precautionary measure. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘was’ in place of ‘is’ in the first part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.

  11. Question 11 of 25
    11. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Despite the merger, (a)/ the airline has reported (b)/ sizeable losses and is unable (c)/ to pay their employees. (d)

    Hint

    The subject ‘the airline’ is singular so object should also be singular. So it should be ‘its’ in place of ‘their’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

  12. Question 12 of 25
    12. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    We have recently began (a)/ the process of recruiting (b)/ insurance agents for (c)/ our North-Eastern branches. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘begun’ in place of ‘began’ in the first part of the sentence because have/has is followed by past participle form of verb.

  13. Question 13 of 25
    13. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    The company’s decision to issue (a)/ bonus shares clearly indicates (b)/ the management’s confident (c)/ about the future. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘confidence’ in place of ‘confident’ in the third part of the sentence.

  14. Question 14 of 25
    14. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Inspite that organisations are aware (a)/ of the importance of IT (b)/ they often do not know (c)/ how to deploy it effectively. (d)

    Hint

    The correct phrase is ‘Inspite of’. So part one of the sentence should be written as “Inspite of organisations are aware”.

  15. Question 15 of 25
    15. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Although interlinking of rivers will (a)/ help tackle drought, the government (b)/ has not paid much (c)/ attention to this project. (d)

    Hint

    The second part of the sentence should be written as “help to tackle drought, the government” or “help in tackling drought, the government”.

  16. Question 16 of 25
    16. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    The rise in prices of food items is (a)/ likely the cause of inflation (b)/ to exceed eight percent (c)/ during the next quarter. (d)

    Hint

    Third part of the sentence should be written as “to exceed to eight percent”.

  17. Question 17 of 25
    17. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Many people believe that (a)/ the nationalisation of banks in (b)/ the 1960s have protected India (c)/ from the current financial crisis. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘has’ in place of ‘have’ in the third part of the sentence because the subject is nationalisation.

  18. Question 18 of 25
    18. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    RBI is in favour (a)/ of amending currently (b)/ policies governing operations of (c)/ foreign banks in India. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘current’ in place of ‘currently’ in the second part of the sentence.

  19. Question 19 of 25
    19. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    These recently upgraded branch offices (a)/ have been fully computerised (b)/ and are connected to headquarters (c)/ to ensure proper monitoring. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘with’ in place of ‘to’ in the third part of the sentence.

  20. Question 20 of 25
    20. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Celebrities showed their childlike side (a)/ yesterday, as most of them turn up wearing (b)/ cartoon T-shirts for the screening of (c)/ the latest animated film in town. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘turned’ in place of ‘turn’ in the second part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.

  21. Question 21 of 25
    21. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    The study focusing exclusively to (a)/ critically ill children found that children with chronic illnesses, (b)/ especially respiratory illnesses, are more likely (c)/ to develop influenza that requires critical care. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘require’ in place of ‘requires’ because the subject is plural and a plural verb should be followed.

  22. Question 22 of 25
    22. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Videogames may not (a)/ necessarily adversely affect (b)/ the academic results in children, (c)/ contrary to most parents’ perception. (d)

    Hint

    It should be ‘of’ in place of ‘in’ in the third part of the sentence.

  23. Question 23 of 25
    23. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    He is one of the first film producers (a)/ to actually take the much needed step (b)/ against stars putting up information about (c)/ under-production films on social networking websites. (d)

    Hint

    It should be “to have actually taken the much needed step” in place of “to actually take the much needed step”.

  24. Question 24 of 25
    24. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    All Indians know that they are (a)/ superior in all respects not only to (b)/ those unfortunately beings called foreigners, but (c)/ also that they are superior to all other Indians. (d)

    Hint

    The use of ‘beings’ in the third part of the sentence is unnecessary. It should be deleted.

  25. Question 25 of 25
    25. Question

    Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

    Human babies whose mothers (a)/ have had the flu while pregnant may (b)/ have a greater risk of developing (c)/ schizophrenia lately in life. (d)

    Hint

    The use of ‘had’ in the second part of the sentence is super flows. It should be avoided.

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