Directions for Questions 1-10:
Read the following sentences carefully and select the correct option. Each sentence is split into four parts namely (a), (b), (c), and (d). Select the part which is grammatically wrong.
1. (a) Your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on
(b) what papers you have selected
(c) but on how you have written them
(d) No Error
(b) what papers you have selected
(c) but on how you have written them
(d) No Error
2. (a) Heavy rain
(b) prevented us
(c) to go to the cinema
(d) No Error
(b) prevented us
(c) to go to the cinema
(d) No Error
3. (a) If majority of the individuals in a State
(b) prosper
(c) the State itself would prosper
(d) No Error
(b) prosper
(c) the State itself would prosper
(d) No Error
4. (a) If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations
(b) they will be stopped ticketed
(c) and have to pay a fine
(d)No Error
(b) they will be stopped ticketed
(c) and have to pay a fine
(d)No Error
5. (a) He asked
(b) supposing if he fails
(c) what he would do
(d) No Error
(b) supposing if he fails
(c) what he would do
(d) No Error
6. (a) We had a lot of difficulty
(b) to find
(c) the house
(d) No Error
(b) to find
(c) the house
(d) No Error
7. (a) Patience as well as perseverance
(b) are necessary
(c) for success
(b) are necessary
(c) for success
(d)No Error
8. (a) The passer-by told us
(b) where was the marriage hall
(c) and even led us to it
(d) No Error
(b) where was the marriage hall
(c) and even led us to it
(d) No Error
9. (a) The increase in consumption is directly
(b) proportional to the increase
(c) in income
(d) No Error
(b) proportional to the increase
(c) in income
(d) No Error
10. (a) In Singapore
(b) my brother-in-law with his wife
(c) were present at the function
(d) No Error
(b) my brother-in-law with his wife
(c) were present at the function
(d) No Error
ANSWERS
1.c
2.c
3.c
4.c
5.b
6.b
7.b
8.b
9.d
10.c
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Indrasish Majumder
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