Common Errors 8

Q.1. Hardly had I 1)/ entered the compartment 2)/ than I met 3)/ my friend Vishwas. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.2. An anti-extortion cell is opened 1)/ by the district police head quarters 2)/ six months ago 3)/ as a precautionary measure. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.3. Pramod said not enough 1)/ he preferred a white shirt 2)/ than a coloured one 3)/ on any festive occasion. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.4. There is just not enough 1)/ timing in my job to sit around 2)/ talking about how we feel 3)/ about each other. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.5. Whatever he was 1)/ today is only because 2)/ of his mother who 3)/ was a renowned scientist. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.6. The Head of the Department alongwith his colleagues 1)/ are coming to attend 2)/ the conference which is 3)/ sched- uled this afternoon. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.7. One of the most effective 1)/ solutions is that 2)/ she should work on Sunday 3)/ and complete the assignment. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.8. Visiting tribals and 1)/ talk to them are 2)/ the activities which 3)/ all of us enjoy. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.9. Before entering 1)/ a place of worship 2)/ you should take 3)/ out your shoes 4)/ No error 5)

Q.10. The writing on the paper 1)/ was so faint that 2)/ it was impossible to 3)/ be sure what it was. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.11. He is so realist and 1)/ so practical that he thinks 2)/ imagi- nary things should 3)/ not place even in poetry. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.12. This laboratory of physics is (1)/ not only equipped with (2)/ all state-of-the-art instruments (3)/ but also with out- standing physicists. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.13. No method of making 1)/ other people agree to (2)/ your view-point is (3)/ as effective as this method. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.14. I was pretty sure that (1)/ he would support my views (2)/ for changing the age-old (3)/ and static structure of our organisation. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.15. The report is candid in admitting (1)/ that the investment by the government (2)/ in health and family planning (3)/ have been eroded considerably. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.16. He is certainly a man (1)/ whom I know very well (2)/ is trustworthy beyond doubt (3)/ and meticulous in his hab- its. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.17. No sooner did (1)/ we reach the station (2)/ than the train had (3)/ started moving out of the station. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.18. I am sure about it, (1)/ nobody has lived (2)/ in that house (3)/ for a hundred years. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.19. There were no less (1)/ than forty boys (2)/ in the class (3)/ when this happened. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.20. I am glad to hear (1)/ that you narrowly escaped (2)/ in the class (3)/ when this happened. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.21. I have been (1)/ working for this (2)/ organisation for (3)/ the last ten years. (4)/ No error (5)

Q.22. While the linking roads 1)/ leading to a village 2)/ can put many state highways to shame 3)/ the village has been fitted with solar street lights. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.23. It fail 1)/ to understand why 2)/ he deliberately absented 3)/ from the meeting. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.24. Sometimes 1)/ even the words 2)/ cannot describe about 3)/ the beauty of the scene. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.25. Our has always been 1)/ a multi-lingual country 2)/ and people have always found 3)/ their own strategies to deal with this. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.26. Several hundred volunteers 1)/ were detained of whom many 2)/ were remanded 3)/ in to judicial custody 4)/ No error 5)

Q.27. We 1)/ returned back to the guest house 2)/ impressed with what 3)/ we had seen. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.28. The older one gets 1)/ the more foolish 2)/ and more wiser 3)/ one becomes 4)/ No error 5)

Q.29. I appealed to her to look after my 1)/ children during my 2)/ absence and she 3)/ acceded to my request. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.30. You have heard 1)/ of Socrates, I suppose. 2)/ undoubt- edly he was one 3)/ of the greater man of the world. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.31. Why some people don't get 1)/ what they deserve 2)/ and why others get what they don't deserve 3)/ is a matter decided by luck. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.32. Ramesh did not like 1)/ leaving his old parents alone in the house 2)/ but he had no alternative 3)/ as he has to go out to work. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.33. I would have lost 1)/ my luggage and other belongings 2)/ if I would have left the compartment 3)/ and gone out to fetch drinking water. 4)/ No error 5)

Q.34. All of you will agree with me 1)/ that no problem faced by our society 2)/ is as grave and intractable 3)/ as this prob- lem is. 4)/ No error 5)