Q.1 (A) we have been/ (B) celebrating many festivals/ (C) since centuries / (D) No error
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – since centuries.
EXPLANTION: – Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’ because centuries’ is a period of time.
Q.2 (A) The lawyer asked me/ (B) if it were worth to take/ (C) the matter to court./ (D) No error.
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – if it were worth to take
EXPLANTION: – ‘V1 + ing’ should follow ‘Worth’. ‘Worth taking’ is correct.
Q.3 (A) Those people who/ (B)do not work hard/ (C) they do not succeed in life./ (D) No error.
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – they do not succeed in life
EXPLANTION: – Remove ‘they’. In a sentence ‘those people’ and ‘they’ will not come together.
Q.4 (A) That store/ (B) hadn’t hardly/ (C) any of those goods./ (D) No error.
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – hadn’t hardly
EXPLANTION: – ‘Hardly’ is negative in meaning. ‘Not’ cannot come with ‘hardly’. ‘Had’ will come in place of ‘hadn’t’.
Q.5 (A) I see him often/(B) at the/(C) bus terminal/(D) No error.
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – I see him often
EXPLANTION: – ‘Often’ will come before the main verb ‘see’.
Q.6 (A) When Anand reached his village/ (B) he found that / (C) the news about him preceded him./ (D) No error
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – the news about him preceded him./
EXPLANTION: – ‘Preceded’ will be replaced by ‘had preceded’.
Q.7 (A) Had he invited me / (B) I would have attended / (C) the function. / (D) No error
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – No error
EXPLANTION: – No Error.
Q.8 (A) I will buy / (B) the book when / (C) the revise edition will come / (D) no error.
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – the revise edition will come
EXPLANTION: – Change ‘revise’ to ‘revised’.
Q.9 (A) Most of the people of Southern India/ (B) do not know/ (C) the Hindi/ (D) No error.
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – the Hindi
EXPLANTION: – Remove ‘the’. We do not use any article with the names of languages.
Q.10 (A) I went to the temple / (B) with my parents, aunts / (C) and cousin sisters. / (D) No error
A). A
B). B
C). C
D). D
ANSWER: – and cousin sisters.
EXPLANTION: – Change ‘cousin sisters’ into ‘cousins’.