Question 1.
All the members of parliament (A.)/ gave their consent to (B.)/ the act, few opponents only (C.)/ reprimanded it. (D.)/ No error (E.)
A.All the members of parliament
B.gave their consent to
C.the act, few opponents only
D.reprimanded it.
E. No error
Question 2.
I have gone through (A.)/ several exams in my (B.)/ life but this one was (C.)/ slight difficult. (D.)/ No error (E.)
A.I have gone through
B.several exams in my
C.life but this one was
D.slight difficult.
E. No error
Question 3.
The memories of the Mumbai (A.)/ serial blasts are recalled (B.) / when the judges pronounced (C.)/ punishment to the accused. (D.)/ No error (E.)
A.The memories of the Mumbai
B.serial blasts are recalled
C.when the judges pronounced
D.punishment to the accused.
E. No error
Question 4.
You were enough smart (A.)/ to give a strong reply to (B.)/ her question but you (C.)/ didn’t give a damn. (D.)/ No error (E.)
A.You were enough smart
B.to give a strong reply to
C.her question but you
D.didn’t give a damn.
E. No error
Question 5.
Twenty – three lions have (A.)/ die in as many days (B.)/ in the eastern part of (C.)/ Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary (D.)/ No error (A.)
A.Twenty – three lions have
B.die in as many days
C.in the eastern part of
D.Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary
E. No error
Explanations
Question 1-
Correct Option: C
The error lies in the fragment C of the given sentence with respect to wrong use of modifier.
Here ‘only’ should be placed before few opponents in order to qualiffy the opponents rather than verb ‘reprimanded’.
The correct sentence – All the members of parliament gave their consent to the act, only few opponents reprimanded it.
Hence option C is correct.
Question 2-
Correct Option: D
The error lies in the fragment D of the given sentence with respect to inappropriate use of adjective.
Here ‘slight’ should be replaced by its adverb form i.e. “slightly” in order to qualify the difficulty level of the exam.
The correct sentence – I have gone through several exams in my life but this one was slightly difficult.
Hence option D is correct.
Question 3-
Correct Option: B
The error lies in the fragment B of the given sentence with respect to inappropriate use of tense.
Here the whole sentence talks about a past event of serial blast and punishment declaration, thus instead of helping verb ‘are’ , use of “were” is preferred.
The correct sentence – The memories of the Mumbai serial blasts were recalled when the judges pronounced punishment to the accused.
Hence option B is correct.
Question 4-
Correct Option: A
The error lies in the fragment A of the given sentence with respect to incorrect use of modifier.
Here adjective ‘smart’ should be modified by enough by placing it after smart rather than before.
The correct sentence – You were smart enough to give a strong reply to her question but you didn’t give a damn.
Hence option A is correct.
Question 5-
Correct Option:
B
The error is in the fragment B of the sentence.
The usage of tense ‘have die’ is erroneous in the fragment and needs to be replaced with ‘have died’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. This is because the present perfect tense construction ‘have + verb’ always takes the past participle form of the verb.
The correct sentence will therefore be:
Twenty – three lions have died in as many days in the eastern part of Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary.
Option B is hence the correct answer.
