Spotting Error TOPIC-Pronoun III

#everydayquiz #spotting error #pronoun
(a) Mrs. Pratap, being a good teacher/ (b) she is selected/ (c) for the National Award./
(d) No error
REMOVE SHE ,,

(a) I was driving under the bridge/ (b) as a football/ (c) hit my window./ (d) No error.replace AS with WHEN


(a) Many a student/ (b) have passed/ (c) the I.I.T. examination./ (d) No error.
MANY A is singular so USE HAS instead of HAVE

a) It was me who was/ (b) responsible for/ (c) making all the arrangements for the successful completion of his studies./ (d) No error
it was I who was
'if there is "IS" instead of WAS then
IT IS I who AM

(a) I wonder/ (b) why are you tinkering with the wire./ (c) You might get a shock./
(d) No error
why YOU are tinkering 

tinkering attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way.

(a) John, I and Hari/ (b) have finished/ (c) our studies./ (d) No error.

john hari and I  rule of 231

a) He doesn’t/ (b) know/ (c) to swim./ (d) No error.after KNOW and WONDER there must be A WH word.so use 

know how to swim

(a) All the dresses/ (b) looked good and so I/ (c) bought all of it./ (d) No error.use ALL OF THEM instead of ALL OF IT

(a) Those people who/ (b)do not work hard/ (c) they do not succeed in life./ (d) No
error.remove THEY,, using those and they in one sentence is wrong

(a) He bathed himself/ (b) in/ (c) a river./ (d) No error

after bathe reflexive pronoun is not used,,so remove HIMSELF

a) She could not/ (b) bear/ (c) his separation./ (d) No error.his separation is wrong,,, use SEPARATION FROM HIM

(a) If you want this job/ (b) you will need/ (c) his favour./ (d) No erroruse FAVOUR FROM HIM instead of his favour

(a) Both of them will not/ (b) refute/ (c) the charges./ (d) No errorwith BOTH we dont use NOT ,, so use NEITHER of them

(a) She is the kind / (b) of woman whom every body knows/ (c) is benign and
magnanimous./ (d) No error.

remove WHOM use WHO

(a) The master did not know/ (b) who of the servants/ (c) broke the expensive
dinner set/ (d) No error. we use only WHICH prior to OF ,, WE CANT USE who or  whom

(a) The Congress Party stood/ (b) for implementation of the Nuclear Liability Bill/ (c)
and was ready to stake their political existence/ (d) No error.

use IT instead of THEIR...  ITS POLITICAL

(a) He is not one of those/ (b) who will help every Tom, Dick and Harry/ (c) whom he
meets/ (d) No error.change HE MEETS to THEY MEET (c)

(a) It is not easy for anyone to command/ (b) respect from both one’s friends and
critics/ (c) as Mahatma Gandhi did/ (d) No error. USE ONE'S before critics (B)

(a) He, You and I/ (b) shall arrange everything/ (c) and shall not ask them for help/
(d) No error.231 will be right here so use you, he and I

(a) Was it me/ (B) who had to face/ (c) the music?/ (d) No error. was it I ,, IS RIGHT

(a) The audience/ (b) are requested/ (c) to be in its seats and stay away from the
track/ (d) No error.USE THEIR instead of ITS... WHEN COLLECTIVE NOUN IS USED AS EACH PERSON THEN WE USE PLURAL PRONOUN AND PLURAL VERB

(a) The number of vehicles/ (B) plying on the roads of Delhi/ (c) is more than on the
roads of Bangalore/ (D) No error.

THAN THAT OF,,,as we are comparing the the number of vehicles of one city to other city's vehicles

the number of >> takes singular verb

a number of takes > plural verb

(A) Being a destitute/ (b) I admitted him/ (c) to an orphanage/ (d) No erroruse HE before BEING, if we dont use HE then I will act as subject and sentence meaning ll be changed,,

(a) One should keep/ (b) his promise/ (c) if one wants respect from both friends and
enemies/(d) No error

use ONES instead of HIS,, AS HERE WE HAVE USED "ONE" then everything in the sentence must be in related to one

(a) Last summer I went to Shimla/ (b) and enjoyed very/ (c) much/ (d) No error.enjoyed takes reflexive noun ,,so use ENJOYED MYSELF

(a) If I were him/ (b) I would teach/ (c) him a lesson/ (d) No error.

IF I WERE HE IS right

(a) Being a/ (b) rainy day I/ (c) could not go to school/ (d) No error.it being a rainy day

(a) One of them/(b) forgot to take their passport/ (c) and found himself in a difficult
situation/(d) No error.one of them,,so use HIS instead of THEIR

(a) Mr. Sharma, our representative,/ (b) he will attend the meeting/ (c) on our
behalf./ (d) No errorREMOVE HE,,,

(a) Each girl was/ (b) given a packet of sweets/ (c) and she was happy/ (d) No errorSHE WAS  CHANGE IT TO THEY WERE

(a) The Ganga is a river/ (b) whose origin/ (c) has always been a matter of
speculation/ (d) No error.WHOSE cannot be used for non living things.. so use THE ORIGIN OF WHICH

(a) My friend/ (b) is laborious and intelligent, (c) isn’t it?/ (d) No errorISNT HE?


(a) It is difficult to say/ (b) who is the better/ (c) of the two players/ (d) No error.OF THEN USE WHICH,, INSTEAD OF WHO,, REMEMEBR WE DONT USE OF WITH WHO AND WHOM

(a) It is the best/ (b) which the government can do/ (c) for the downtrodden/ (d) No
error.AFTER SUPERLATIVE DEGREE WE USE THAT ,,so use that ,, instead of WHICH


(a) Neither of the two friends/ (b) has got their money back/ (c) from the company/
(d) No errorNEITHER OF/ EITHER OF/EACH OF+PLURAL NOUN BUT WE WILL USE SINGULAR PRONOUN.
SO use HIS instead of THEIR

(a) This is the road/ (b) whose inauguration/ (c) was done by the President/ (d) No
error.
THE inauguration OF WHICH

(a) Many women/ (b) reconcile to the/ (c) demands of their in-laws./ (d) No error.RECONCILE takes REFLEXIVE PRONOUN,,so use themselves


(a) May I know/ (b) to who/ (c) I am speaking?/ (d) No error.to WHOM


(a) The person who/ (b) I met yesterday/ (c) was my classmate./ (d) No errorWHO >>>. WHOM

(a) Owing to me being a new comer/ (b) I was unable/ (c) to get a good house./ (d) No
error.BEING MEAINS VERB+ING,, BEFORE THAT WE USE  POSSESIVE CASE SO USE "MY"

a) A good friend of/ (b) me has been/ (c) in London for twenty years/ (d) No errorA GOOD FRIEND OF MINE..

(a) It was him/ (b) who came running/ (c) into the classroom./ (d) No error.IT WAS HE

(a) I and Raju/ (b) left for Delhi/ (c) last summer./ (d) No error

ACCORDING TO 231..
RAJU AND I



(a) I will certainly/ (b) avail of your offer/ (c) when the occasion arises./ (d) No
error.AVAIL MYSELF

a) The book/ (b) is well illustrated/ (c) and attractively bound/ (d) making altogether
an attractive volumeafter MAKING use IT

) Besides me/ (b) many other/ (c) were present./ (d) No error.
WITH MANY  WE USE PLURAL so use OTHERS


(a) My house/ (b) is farther/ (c) than her's./ (d) No error.her's to hers


(a) He is the person,/ (b) whom, everyone thought,/ (c) has stolen the ring./ (d) No
errorwhom>>> change it to WHO