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2020 10 questions

Q422020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{I look forward}$ $\underline{to meet}$ $\underline{you}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.I look forward
2. B.to meet
3. C.you
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q432020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{I cannot}$ $\underline{cope up}$ $\underline{with this pressure}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.I cannot
2. B.cope up
3. C.with this pressure
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q442020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{I came}$ $\underline{to this place}$ $\underline{by walk}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.I came
2. B.to this place
3. C.by walk
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q452020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{What is}$ $\underline{the time}$ $\underline{in your watch}$ ? Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.What is
2. B.the time
3. C.in your watch
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q462020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{The price of my dress}$ $\underline{is higher than that of}$ $\underline{yours}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.The price of my dress
2. B.is higher than that of
3. C.yours
4. D.No error
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Answer: D
Q472020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{My friend’s}$ $\underline{daughter-in-laws}$ $\underline{have come}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.My friend's
2. B.daughter-in-laws
3. C.have come
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q482020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{I prefer}$ $\underline{seafood}$ $\underline{than Mediterranean food}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.I prefer
2. B.seafood
3. C.than Mediterranean food
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q492020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{We were}$ $\underline{discussing about}$ $\underline{the issue}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.We were
2. B.discussing about
3. C.the issue
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q502020 · 6 Sept 2020
$\underline{Dispose off}$ $\underline{the garbage}$ $\underline{from the shelves}$ . Choose the part that contains the error; if there is none, choose 'No error'.
1. A.Dispose off
2. B.the garbage
3. C.from the shelves
4. D.No error
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Answer: A

2019 20 questions

Q312019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{He had arrived at Cairo}$ (a) $\underline{a few months before}$ (b) $\underline{protests shook the Arab world.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: A
Q322019 · 17 Nov 2019
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Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{Most of us who are older competitive runners}$ (a) $\underline{are not able to race anywhere at the same speed}$ (b) $\underline{as we do when we were 30.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q332019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{Work hard}$ (a) $\underline{lest you do not}$ (b) $\underline{fail.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q342019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{The Eastern Ghats are home of 2600 plant species}$ (a) $\underline{and this habitat fragmentation}$ (b) $\underline{can pose a serious threat to endemic plants.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: A
Q352019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{Turbidity current is a fast-moving current}$ (a) $\underline{that sweeps down submarine canyons,}$ (b) $\underline{carrying sand and mud into the deep sea.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: D
Q362019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{Every one}$ (a) $\underline{of the boys}$ (b) $\underline{love to ride.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q372019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{Neither praise nor blame}$ (a) $\underline{seem}$ (b) $\underline{to affect him.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q382019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{Many a man}$ (a) $\underline{has succumbed}$ (b) $\underline{to this temptation.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: D
Q392019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{A time slot of fifteen minutes}$ (a) $\underline{are allowed}$ (b) $\underline{to each speaker.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q402019 · 17 Nov 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
$\underline{He asked}$ (a) $\underline{whether either of the brothers}$ (b) $\underline{were at home.}$ (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q332019 · 21 Apr 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
Opening his letters, (a) reading them carefully and sending for his clerk, (b) he dictated answers with them. (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q342019 · 21 Apr 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
He was my school-friend, (a) but becoming a great man, (b) he has grown proud enough to forget his old friends. (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: B
Q352019 · 21 Apr 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
Rabindranath Tagore, (a) a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem, (b) found Shantiniketan. (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: C
Q362019 · 21 Apr 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
The art of printing was introduced into England (a) during the reign of Edward IV (b) by William Caxton, a native of Kent. (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: D
Q372019 · 21 Apr 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
From thirty years (a) he devoted himself to public affairs (b) without taking a holiday. (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: A
Q382019 · 21 Apr 2019
Directions
Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
If Ramesh will be promoted (a) he will get (b) a higher salary. (c)
1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error
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Answer: A