Error Spotting · NDA previous year questions

$\underline{\text{Little he realized}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{that he wouldn’t live}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{to see his grandson married.}}$ (c)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{A difficult syllabus}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{is supposed to hurt}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{juvenile mind.}}$ (c)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{The voice of sanity and patriotism}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{are important to dispel}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{the prevailing confusion.}}$ (c)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{You were going to explain}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{your late arrival,}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{isn’t it?}}$ (c)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{It was nearly thirty years ago}}$, (a) $\underline{\text{since this magazine}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{was first published.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{Ten years ago he was having an income}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{of over ten thousand rupees a month;}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{he must indeed be a wealthy man by now.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{In spite of the fact}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{that the meeting was about to end}}$, (b) $\underline{\text{he insisted to ask several questions.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{Hardly had he entered into the room}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{and taken his seat}}$, (b) $\underline{\text{when the girls began to giggle.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{I was disappointed}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{when I came for seeing you last evening}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{but could not find you at home.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{The number of jobs}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{that would be satisfactory in all respects}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{are small.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{I have found the man}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{whom I know}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{is the thief.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{There is no reason}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{why he should not come}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{since he is in town and is free.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{It is high time}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{we cried a halt to the existing corrupt practices}}$ (b) $\underline{\text{followed in the educational sphere.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

$\underline{\text{The situation is perilous}}$ (a) $\underline{\text{but if we are prepared promptly to act}}$, (b) $\underline{\text{there is still one chance of escape.}}$ (c) No error (d)

1. A.(a)
2. B.(b)
3. C.(c)
4. D.No error

Directions (For the 06 items that follow) : In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. P. $\underline{\text{she}}$ Q. $\underline{\text{and neither have I}}$ R. $\underline{\text{the assignment yet}}$ S. $\underline{\text{hasn’t finished}}$ The correct sequence should be

1. A.Q - R - S - P
2. B.Q - P - S - R
3. C.P - Q - S - R
4. D.P - S - R - Q

Directions (For the 06 items that follow) : In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. P. $\underline{\text{himself}}$ Q. $\underline{\text{a child}}$ R. $\underline{\text{can usually feed}}$ S. $\underline{\text{by the age of six months}}$ The correct sequence should be

1. A.Q - P - R - S
2. B.S - R - Q - P
3. C.P - Q - R - S
4. D.Q - R - P - S

Directions (For the 06 items that follow) : In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. Every experience in life makes P. $\underline{\text{on some of the cells}}$ Q. $\underline{\text{or other nerve centres}}$ R. $\underline{\text{of the brain}}$ S. $\underline{\text{an impression}}$ The correct sequence should be

1. A.S - P - R - Q
2. B.Q - R - S - P
3. C.R - S - P - Q
4. D.P - S - Q - R

Directions (For the 06 items that follow) : In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. You'll P. $\underline{\text{know how to do it}}$ Q. $\underline{\text{have to}}$ R. $\underline{\text{because she does not}}$ S. $\underline{\text{help her}}$ The correct sequence should be

1. A.Q - S - P - R
2. B.S - R - P - Q
3. C.Q - P - R - S
4. D.Q - S - R - P

Directions (For the 06 items that follow) : In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. Would you P. $\underline{\text{like to come}}$ Q. $\underline{\text{on Saturday}}$ R. $\underline{\text{at the International House}}$ S. $\underline{\text{to a concert}}$ The correct sequence should be

1. A.P - Q - R - S
2. B.P - S - Q - R
3. C.R - S - P - Q
4. D.P - Q - S - R

Directions (For the 06 items that follow) : In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. It is P. $\underline{\text{to be admitted}}$ Q. $\underline{\text{not necessary that}}$ R. $\underline{\text{to an engineering college}}$ S. $\underline{\text{you qualify an entrance examination}}$ The correct sequence should be

1. A.S - R - Q - P
2. B.Q - S - P - R
3. C.Q - R - P - S
4. D.S - R - P - Q

Directions (For the 12 items which follow): In the following sentences, some parts of the sentences have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly. he had P ‘no’ to him Q such a winning smile R that I could not say S The correct sequence should be

1. A.Q - P - R - S
2. B.R - P - Q - S
3. C.S - P - Q - R
4. D.P - R - S - Q

he nodded P he understood Q as though R everything S The correct sequence should be

1. A.P - R - Q - S
2. B.P - S - Q - R
3. C.Q - R - S - P
4. D.S - P - R - Q

the child burned down P the house Q by playing R with matches S The correct sequence should be

1. A.R - S - P - Q
2. B.Q - S - P - R
3. C.R - P - S - Q
4. D.Q - P - S - R

in his innocence P I believed Q of the charge R and aquittal S The correct sequence should be

1. A.S - Q - R - P
2. B.Q - P - S - R
3. C.P - R - S - Q
4. D.R - P - Q - S

My little sister in school P instead of reading books Q who was quite intelligent R played with dolls S The correct sequence should be

1. A.P - R - S - Q
2. B.R - S - P - Q
3. C.Q - P - S - R
4. D.P - R - Q - S