- These tests are a check for your learning and are meant to serve as tools for assessment.
- The test is designed to check your current understanding of the language and whether you are able to use the rules of grammar to identify errors in sentences
- Direction for Individual Question Each sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer.
Common Errors: Test-16
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
With the literacy rates in this | |
region as low as ten per cent | |
we need to encourage the | |
local people to build schools. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
The problem is with the first part. As there is only one region that is being talked about, we cannot use the plural form ‘rates’. The correct usage would be ‘literacy rate’.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The Chairmen of all large | |
public sector banks met with | |
senior RBI officials to give its | |
suggestions about implementing the new policy. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
The error is in the third part of the sentence. As the plural form of chairman is given, the possessive form of it would be ‘their’ and not ‘its’.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
They have not fully considered | |
the impact that relaxing | |
these guidelines is likely | |
to have with the economy. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
The correct preposition to be used with economy in this context is ‘on’. Hence, ‘..to have with the economy..’ would be replaced with ‘..to have on the economy..’.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Over eighty percent from us | |
feel that if we had taken | |
some corrective measures earlier | |
the crisis would have been averted | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
The correct usage would be ‘eighty percent of us’ and ‘not eighty percent from us’. The correct preposition is ‘of’ and not ‘from’ keeping in mind the meaning of the sentence that needs to be conveyed.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Angered over the delay in giving compensation, | |
factory workers shouted | |
slogans against the president | |
when he reaches the office. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
The whole sentence is in the past tense. So, the mistake is in the fourth part where the ‘reaches’ i.e. present tense is being used instead of ‘reached/had reached’.
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