Common Errors 7

Q.1. He could succeed 1)/ in catching the ball 2)/ before it reaches 3)/ the boundary line. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.2. Generally, people have not receptive 1)/ and fail to notice the 2)/ irrelevant answers they 3)/ get for straight ques- tions. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.3. He ought 1)/ not have 2)/ done such a 3)/ filthy thing. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.4. Your machine would not have 1)/ given you so much trouble 2)/ if you had 3)/ maintained it proper. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.5. What is needed today is 1)/ a new breed of managers 2)/ with a new set of concepts 3)/ and a flexible way about thinking. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.6. Motivating employees with 1)/ traditional authority and financial 2)/ incentives have become 3)/ increasingly diffi- cult. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.7. Several issues raising 1)/ in the meeting could 2)/ be amica- bly resolved 3)/ due to his tactful handling. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.8. Kamlesh asked the dealer 1)/ what was the price 2)/ of that bicycle and whether 3)/ it is really made in Germany ? 4)/ No error 5)

Q.9. While luminaries of the dance world 1)/ have no dearth of opportunities to display their art, 2)/ upcoming dancers suffer from 3)/ an unfortunate lack of exposure. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.10. Scarcely had I 1)/ finished washing the car 2)/ than the master came 3)/ and asked me to clean the floor of the house. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.11. The job is much worse than I expected. 1)/ If I would have realised 2)/ how awful it was going to be 3)/ I would not have accepted it. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.12. I am trying to finish 1)/ this letter for the last one hour 2)/ I wish you would 3)/ go away or stop disturbing me. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.13. I offered him part-time work 1)/ but he turned it over 2)/ saying that he would 3)/ rather wait for a full-time job. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.14. He fixed a metal ladder 1)/ for the wall below his window 2)/ so as to be able to 3)/ escape if there was a fire. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.15. The foremost criteria of selection we adopted 1)/ were the number of years of training 2)/ a dancer had received 3)/ under a particular guru. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.16. The photograph will give 1)/ the reader far better 2)/ no- tion of the structure 3)/ than any verbal description. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.17. He has a scheme 1)/ of his own which he thinks 2)/ more preferable to 3)/ that of any other person. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.18. The results of the recognition 1)/ of this fact are seen 2)/ in the

Q.19. Scarcely had 1)/ he gone 2)/ when a policeman 3)/ knocked at the door. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.20. Do not trouble 1)/ yourself about writing to me 2)/ unless you are quite 3)/ in the humour for it. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.21. I have been travelling by local trains 1)/ since last several years 2)/ but had never experienced 3)/ such a horrible situation. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.22. I found this ring 1)/ as I dig in the garden 2)/ it looks very old 3)/ I wonder who it belonged to. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.23. India today stands 1)/ at crucial crossroads 2)/ with its history 3)/ as an independent nation. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.24. By April next year 1)/ I will have been 2)/ working in this office 3)/ for twenty years. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.25. He was taking a bath 1)/ when the phone rang 2)/ and unwillingly he got out of the bath 3)/ and went to answer it. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.26. Have you heard the news 1)/ Mukesh and Malti are engaged 2)/ That is not new, 3)/ I know it for ages. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.27. Ganesh is not only involved 1)/ in organising conferences and seminars 2)/ but also in conducting 3)/ adult literacy programmes 4)/ No error 5)

Q.28. If I would have realized 1)/ what a bad shape our library is in 2)/ I would have done something 3)/ to arrest the dete- rioration. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.29. We admired the way 1)/ he had completed all his work 2)/ and appreciating the method 3)/ adopted by him. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.30. Our neighbours had repeated 1)/ the same illogical se- quence of activities 2)/ if we had not brought the 3)/ facts to their notice. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.31. Not only the judges acquitted 1)/ him of all the charges 2)/ levelled against him, but 3)/ also commended all his ac- tions. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.32. Due to certain inevitable circumstances 1)/ the scheduled programme had to be 2)/ postponed indefinitely 3)/ but the members could not be informed. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.33. Honesty and integrity are 1)/ the qualities which cannot be 2)/ done away with 3)/ and hence assume a lot of impor- tance. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.34. In a very harsh tone, 1)/ he shouted at his servants 2)/ and told them that 3)/ he does not need their service. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.35. Reasonable ambition, if supported 1)/ at persistent efforts, 2)/ is likely to yield 3)/ the desired results. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.36. Even after worked in the office 1)/ for fifteen years, 2)/ he still does not understand 3)/ the basic objectives of the work. 4)/ No error 5)