English Quiz-2 For Bank And SSC CGL 26/2/2016

#everydayquiz #15Questions #10minutes
Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
1.    One of the questions (1) / he asked me was (2)/ “Who did you travel with?” (3)/ No error (4)

2.    I know (1)/ a doctor (2) / you are referring to (3) / No error (4).

3.     The introduction of job – oriented courses (1) / in the self – financing colleges (2) / attract many students (3) / No error (4)


4.    It is better (1)/ to keep one’s head in the face of danger than (2) / losing one’s courage (3) / No error(4). 

5.    To die with honour (1)/ is better than (2)/ live with dishonor. (3)/ No Error.(4)

6.    It is I (1)/ Who is to blame. (2)/ for this bad situation (3). / No Error.(4)

7.    Gowri told me (1)/ his name after (2)/ he left. (3)/ No Error.(4)

8.    John would have told (1)/ you the truth (2) if you had asked him. (3) No Error. (4)

9.    My sister (1)/ has read (2)/ pages after pages of the Bible. (3)/ No Error.(4)

10.  your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on (1)/ what papers you have selected (2) / but on how you have written them.(3) / No Error (4)

11.  Heavy rain (1)/ prevented us (2)/ to go to the cinema. (3) / No Error.(4)

12.  If the majority of the individuals in a State (1) / prosper (2) / the State itself would prosper. (3)/ No Error.(4)

13.  If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations (1)/ they will be stopped, ticketed (2)/ and have to pay a fine. (3)/ No Error .(4)

14.  He asked (1) / supposing if he fails (2) /what he would do. (3) / No Error.(4)

15.  The actress (a) / was shocked (b) / by the news of her dog’s death (c) / No error (d).



ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS:
1.    (3)
Explanation: Change who into whom. Objective pronoun of who will be used.

2.    (2)
Explanation:  Change a into the . Definite article is required before a known noun, referring shows a known.

3.    (3)
Explanation: Change attract into attracts. The subject The introduction is singular. It requires a singular verb.

4.    (3)
Explanation:  it should be to lose both side of adjective same preposition is used.

5.    (3)
Explanation: The error lies in the part (3) of the sentence. The group of words ‘live with dishonour’ should be replaced with ‘to live withdishonour’

6.    (2)
Explanation: If a sentence has Subject and Relative pronoun (who, which, that), then verb agrees with Antecedent. A Noun or Pronoun which comes before Relative pronoun is called Relative pronoun is called Antecedent. 

For Example:
I am the man who has helped you.
        ↕              ↕
  Antecedent verb
It is I who have helped you.
                 ↕          ↕
     Antecedent      verb
Therefore, ‘who is to blame’ should be replaced with ‘who am to blame’, as ‘I’ is the Antecedent

7.    (3)
Explanation: If two actions happened in the past, it may be necessary to show which action happened earlier than the other. The action happened earlier is expressed in Past Perfect and the later action is expressed in Simple Past.
For Example
Mohan had left before Sohan arrived.
I reached after the train had already left.
Therefore, ‘he left’ should be replaced with ‘he had left’.

8.    (4) No Error

9.    (3)
Explanation: Page after Page is the correct usage.

10.  (3)
Explanation: Some Conjunctions are used in pairs. ‘Not only …… but also’ is the correct correlative.

11.  (3)
‘To go to the cinema’ should be replaced with ‘from going to the cinema’. The word ‘prevent’ is followed by preposition ‘from’
The structure will be:
Subject + Prevent/ed + from + Present Participle
He prevented me from fighting.

12.  (4) No error

13.  (3)
Explanation: ‘And have to pay a fine’ should be replaced with ‘and will be fined’ because the sense of sentence is in Passive Voice.

14.  (2)
Explanation : Three common patterns with ‘if are in vogue which are often called the first, second and third conditionals.
First conditional’
If + Present ________ will + infinite
If we play tennis, I will win.
‘Second conditional’
If + Past perfect _____ would have + Past participle
If we had played tennis, I would have won.
Therefore, ‘Supposing if he fails’ should be replaced with ‘if he failed’. Altogether, the principal clause is expressed in Simple Past.

15.  (3)
Explanation: Change by into atShocked is followed by prepositionat.

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