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21. Alam in his early age realised (A)/ that he
had worked harder (B)/ to reach his goal in
time (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Change ‘had worked’ into ‘ would have
to work’.22. Javed Akhtar always believed that (A)/ themusic has always (B)/ had the power to stirour emotions. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Remove ‘the’ before ‘music’, as we are
not talking about any particular music.
23. Sam will return to marry her (A)/ after hecompletes (B)/ his higher studies inHarward. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Change ‘completes’ into ‘has completed’.
If two actions take place one after the
other in future, and if the second action
depends on the first action showing its
completion, then the first action shall
be in Present Perfect Tense and second
in Simple Future Tense
24. Most parents do not mind (A)/ to lend theirmoney to their young prodigies (B)/ askingto invest in skill development classes. (C)/No error (D)
(B) The verb ‘mind’ takes present participle
i.e, ‘V1 + ing’ after it
25. While going to Barcelona, (A)/ we lived for
two days at the hotel Transylvania (B)/ to
celebrate La Tomatino Festival. (C)/ No
error (D)
(B) Use ‘stayed’ in place of ‘lived’ for short
visit anywhere.
26. She has always (A)/ and will always be (B)/faithful to you. (C)/ No error (D)
(A) If we need two forms of the same verb in
a sentence, we need to use both the
forms.
Add ‘been’ after ‘always’. ‘V3’ comes after
‘have’ and ‘V
1’ come after ‘will’. ‘will’ is
followed by ‘be’. Hence, ‘V3’ will follow
‘have’.
27. Vartika wears spectacles and so (A)/ she
was unable to recognize the actor (B)/ she
has seen last night. (C)/No error (D)
(C) ‘last night’ denotes past time. Hence,
replace ‘has seen’ by ‘had seen’.
28. The police found two girls lying unconscious
(A)/ on the busy street of Delhi, (B)/ None
of the two girls is alive. (C)/No error (D)
(C) Change ‘none’ into ‘neither’, as we are
talking about ‘two
29. Even those which have (A)/ no previouswork experience have (B)/ applied for thisjob. (C)/No error (D)
(A) ‘Which’ doesn't come for ‘people’.
Change ‘which’ into ‘who’.
30. My all papers that were stolen from myhouse (A)/ have been recovered (B)/ fromonline storage configuration. (C)/No error(D)
. (A) Replace ‘my all’ by ‘all my’. possessive
case comes after ‘all’ and not before
them.
31. One should look for (A)/ his own faults first
(B)/ and then those of others. (C)/ No error
(D)
(B) Replace ‘his’ by ‘one's’. ‘one’ takes
possessive pronoun ‘one's’
32. One of the students of my class (A)/ has
done this (B)/ supremacy in the exam. (C)/No error (D)
(D) No error
33. Three years have passed (A)/ when sachin
retired from cricket (B)/ and started
promoting Kerala Blasters. (C)/No error (D)
(B) Change ‘when’ into ‘since’
34. Targyrians became a heir (A)/ to the throne
to of seven kingdoms (B)/ at a young age of
sixteen. (C)/No error (D)
(*) Replace ‘a’ by ‘an’. ‘Heir’ sounds vowel
and remove ‘of’ that is after ‘throne’
35. Let an artist in you (A)/ decide what kindof paintings (B)/ he wants for hisexhibition. (C)/No error (D)
(A) Replace ‘an’ by ‘the’. When we talk about
the personality present inside a person,
we use article ‘the’ before the name of
the personality.
36. The scandal that has been revealed recently(A)/ is that there is an alliance (B)/ betweenthese three European companies. (C)/Noerror (D)
(D) ‘Between’ can be used in reference to
more than two when we talk about their
mutual relationship.
37. Our Vedas and Upanishads (A)/ asked usto tread (B)/ the path of honesty. (C)/Noerror (D)
(B) Replace ‘asked’ by ‘advise’. A general
truth is represented in Simple Present
Tense.
38. She is one of those people (A)/ who never
listens (B)/ to the advice given by elders.
(C)/No error (D)
(B) Change ‘listens’ into ‘listen’, as it comes
for plural subject ‘those people’ given in
the sentence.
39. A few episodes after the incident (A)/ was
seen two weird looking thin creatures (B)/
along with a few gruesome soldiers. (C)/No
error (D)
(B) Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’, as it follows the
plural subject i.e, ‘two weird creatures’
in the sentence
40.Sitting under the shade of a tree (A)/ for a
while made us fresh (B)/ for the further
journey. (C)/No error (D)
(A) Replace ‘under’ by ‘in’. ‘in the shade’ is
a phrase
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21. Alam in his early age realised (A)/ that he
had worked harder (B)/ to reach his goal in
time (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Change ‘had worked’ into ‘ would have
to work’.22. Javed Akhtar always believed that (A)/ themusic has always (B)/ had the power to stirour emotions. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Remove ‘the’ before ‘music’, as we are
not talking about any particular music.
23. Sam will return to marry her (A)/ after hecompletes (B)/ his higher studies inHarward. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Change ‘completes’ into ‘has completed’.
If two actions take place one after the
other in future, and if the second action
depends on the first action showing its
completion, then the first action shall
be in Present Perfect Tense and second
in Simple Future Tense
24. Most parents do not mind (A)/ to lend theirmoney to their young prodigies (B)/ askingto invest in skill development classes. (C)/No error (D)
(B) The verb ‘mind’ takes present participle
i.e, ‘V1 + ing’ after it
25. While going to Barcelona, (A)/ we lived for
two days at the hotel Transylvania (B)/ to
celebrate La Tomatino Festival. (C)/ No
error (D)
(B) Use ‘stayed’ in place of ‘lived’ for short
visit anywhere.
26. She has always (A)/ and will always be (B)/faithful to you. (C)/ No error (D)
(A) If we need two forms of the same verb in
a sentence, we need to use both the
forms.
Add ‘been’ after ‘always’. ‘V3’ comes after
‘have’ and ‘V
1’ come after ‘will’. ‘will’ is
followed by ‘be’. Hence, ‘V3’ will follow
‘have’.
27. Vartika wears spectacles and so (A)/ she
was unable to recognize the actor (B)/ she
has seen last night. (C)/No error (D)
(C) ‘last night’ denotes past time. Hence,
replace ‘has seen’ by ‘had seen’.
28. The police found two girls lying unconscious
(A)/ on the busy street of Delhi, (B)/ None
of the two girls is alive. (C)/No error (D)
(C) Change ‘none’ into ‘neither’, as we are
talking about ‘two
29. Even those which have (A)/ no previouswork experience have (B)/ applied for thisjob. (C)/No error (D)
(A) ‘Which’ doesn't come for ‘people’.
Change ‘which’ into ‘who’.
30. My all papers that were stolen from myhouse (A)/ have been recovered (B)/ fromonline storage configuration. (C)/No error(D)
. (A) Replace ‘my all’ by ‘all my’. possessive
case comes after ‘all’ and not before
them.
31. One should look for (A)/ his own faults first
(B)/ and then those of others. (C)/ No error
(D)
(B) Replace ‘his’ by ‘one's’. ‘one’ takes
possessive pronoun ‘one's’
32. One of the students of my class (A)/ has
done this (B)/ supremacy in the exam. (C)/No error (D)
(D) No error
33. Three years have passed (A)/ when sachin
retired from cricket (B)/ and started
promoting Kerala Blasters. (C)/No error (D)
(B) Change ‘when’ into ‘since’
34. Targyrians became a heir (A)/ to the throne
to of seven kingdoms (B)/ at a young age of
sixteen. (C)/No error (D)
(*) Replace ‘a’ by ‘an’. ‘Heir’ sounds vowel
and remove ‘of’ that is after ‘throne’
35. Let an artist in you (A)/ decide what kindof paintings (B)/ he wants for hisexhibition. (C)/No error (D)
(A) Replace ‘an’ by ‘the’. When we talk about
the personality present inside a person,
we use article ‘the’ before the name of
the personality.
36. The scandal that has been revealed recently(A)/ is that there is an alliance (B)/ betweenthese three European companies. (C)/Noerror (D)
(D) ‘Between’ can be used in reference to
more than two when we talk about their
mutual relationship.
37. Our Vedas and Upanishads (A)/ asked usto tread (B)/ the path of honesty. (C)/Noerror (D)
(B) Replace ‘asked’ by ‘advise’. A general
truth is represented in Simple Present
Tense.
38. She is one of those people (A)/ who never
listens (B)/ to the advice given by elders.
(C)/No error (D)
(B) Change ‘listens’ into ‘listen’, as it comes
for plural subject ‘those people’ given in
the sentence.
39. A few episodes after the incident (A)/ was
seen two weird looking thin creatures (B)/
along with a few gruesome soldiers. (C)/No
error (D)
(B) Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’, as it follows the
plural subject i.e, ‘two weird creatures’
in the sentence
40.Sitting under the shade of a tree (A)/ for a
while made us fresh (B)/ for the further
journey. (C)/No error (D)
(A) Replace ‘under’ by ‘in’. ‘in the shade’ is
a phrase
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