Common Errors 6

Q.1. Our Housing Society comprises of 1)/ eight blocks and 2)/ forty eight flats an 3)/ area of about thousand sq. metres. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.2. A nation wide survey has 1)/ brought up an 2)/ interest- ing finding regarding 3)/ infant mortality rate in India. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.3. One of my good quality 1)/ is that I do not 2)/ take things like 3)/ this very seriously. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.4. It being a 1)/ pleasant morning I 2)/ decided to go out 3)/ on walking in the garden 4)/ No error 5)

Q.5. When your father inquired 1)/ about your marks 2)/ you lied to him 3)/ Have you not 4)/ No error 5)

Q.6. If we had Mohan 1)/ in our team we 2)/ would have won the match 3)/ against your team. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.7. My observation is that 1)/ between Raghav and 2)/ Deepa, Raghav is 3)/ the most intelligent 4)/ No error 5)

Q.8. I always prefer 1)/ working in a 2)/ relaxed atmosphere than 3)/ one full of tension and anxiety. 4)/ No error.5)

Q.9. No sooner did I 1)/ reach 2)/ Delhi railway station than 3)/ the train departed. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.10. Yesterday, Ramesh got the 1)/ information that his father 2)/ died of accident 3)/ while travelling in a car. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.11. In my opinion 1)/ Balraj is very 2)/ honest and can 3)/ be depended. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.12. The author mentioned that 1)/ there were many people 2)/ who were deprived of 3)/ the minimum basic facilities. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.13. One of his greatest contribution 1)/ to social reform 2)/ was his movement for 3)/ eradication of child marriages. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.14. The Government decided to 1)/ write of the debts 2)/ of the farmers who were 3)/ below the poverty line. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.15. Having his breakfast finish 1)/ he rushed quickly 2)/ to the station to receive 3)/ the honourable guests. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.16. According to the team manager 1)/ the captain's perfor- mance was 2)/ worse of all 3)/ players in the team. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.17. The proposal will be 1)/ passed with a comfortable 2)/ majority if all 3)/ the members of his group favours it. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.18. People are aware that 1)/ drinking water cannot be 2)/ so pure as 3)/ it should have. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.19. The basic human needs are 1)/ so important that 2)/ unless they are satisfied 3)/ man can't be happy. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.20. What does a person do 1)/ as a social worker should 2)/ be does the same as what 3)/ he does as an individual. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.21. Foolish Madhu threw 1)/ some water on the electric heater 2)/ when it catches fire 3)/ and she got a shock. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.22. Neither the plans 1)/ suits him and therefore 2)/ he de- cided not to 3)/ go out yesterday. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.23. In spite of the rumours 1)/ of an impending take over 2)/ by the Government 3)/ Ramlal bought more shares of the Company 4)/ No error 5)

Q.24. Simplest solution 1)/ than this expensive 2)/ method which you are suggesting 3)/ should be found out. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.25. Bashu was trying to pass 1)/ through the gap on 2)/ the fence when he 3)/ tore his shirt. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.26. I have been teaching in the school 1)/ since several years 2)/ but have never met 3)/ such a hopeless class as this. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.27. As I had kept a strict watch 1)/ with my way of living 2)/ I could see that 3)/ it was necessary to economize 4)/ No error 5)

Q.28. His father left him a fortune, 1)/ but he is so extravagant 2)/ that he will have spent 3)/ it all before he is 30. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.29. The father told his son 1)/ that he was a lazy boy 2)/ and that he has done 3)/ his work very badly. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.30. If I would have realized 1)/ what a bad driver you were 2)/ I would not have 3)/ come with you.4) No error 5)

Q.31. He confidently asked the crowd 1)/ if they thought that 2)/ he was right 3)/ and the crowd shouted that they do. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.32. Arun is not only eminent 1)/ for his writings in English 2)/ but also for his 3)/ paintings on spiritual themes. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.33. He has been working with me 1)/ for the last ten years 2)/ but I cannot claim 3)/ that have understood him through. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.34. Knowledge of regional language is 1)/ necessary for bank officers because 2)/ they are required to understand 3)/ what their costomers say. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.35. I cannot 1)/ afford for buying books 2)/ for this course because 3)/ they are very expensive. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.36. When someone speaks to us 1)/ we saw him 2)/ but when we read 3)/ we don't see the writer. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.37. The environment in which 1)/ companies operating 2)/ today is 3)/ undergoing frenetic changes. 4)/ No error 5)