Correction of incorrect grammatical sentences - Online Test
Q1. Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer will be “No Error”.
There has been an increase of 584 percent (0.3 to 4.5 million)(1)/ in digital transactions done through (2)/the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for demonetization (3) / in November last year, said an official release (4).
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
In C part, use of ‘for’ after UPI is incorrect . ‘Since' will be used in place of ‘for’. For is used before an exact or inexact quantity of time. For is used for a ‘period of time’. Since is used before a specific time or date that is definite. Since is used before a ‘point of time’. Therefore, since should be used in place of ‘for’.
Hence C is the correct choice.
Q2. Direction: Read the sentence(divided in different parts) to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The error present above is usage of an incorrect part of speech. The word “range” is a noun which is incorrectly described by another noun “demograph”. The noun “range” should be qualified by the adjective “demographic” which is the correct part of speech in this reference.
Q3. Direction: Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, mark your answer as (5).
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
It’s very complicated to figure out the distinction between the two prepositions 'among' and 'between'. But here as per the context ‘Among’ is an appropriate word against between. The term ‘between’ is usually used with two — but sometimes more than two — separate and distinct things. While ‘Among’ is used to portray the idea of being in a group or in the midst of a group.
Q4. Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is 'no error'.
Under colonial rule, the life of pastoralists changed dramatically and / their grazing grounds shrink, / their movements were regulated,/ and the revenue they had to pay increased.
Under colonial rule, the life of pastoralists changed dramatically and / their grazing grounds shrink, / their movements were regulated,/ and the revenue they had to pay increased.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Words from the sentence like “changed”, “regulated” and “increased” indicate that the sentence is in the past tense. Hence, ‘shrink’ should be replaced by ‘shrank’.
Q5. Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is 'no error'.
When fences came up, / the enclosed land became the exclusive property of one landowner and / the poor could no longer collect / there firewood from the forests, or graze there cattle on the commons.
When fences came up, / the enclosed land became the exclusive property of one landowner and / the poor could no longer collect / there firewood from the forests, or graze there cattle on the commons.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
In the fourth part of the sentence, word ‘there’ will be replaced by ‘their’ as, the word ‘there’ denotes something in, at, or to that place or position whereas, ‘their’ denotes belongingness with that person. Here in the sentence firewood and cattle belongs to poor. Hence, ‘their’ should be used instead of ‘there’.
Q6. Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is 'no error'.
In China elections do not offer the / people any serious choice hence, / these have to choose the ruling party / and the candidates approved by them.
In China elections do not offer the / people any serious choice hence, / these have to choose the ruling party / and the candidates approved by them.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
‘These' in the above sentence is an incorrect pronoun. Instead of ‘these', ‘they' is the appropriate pronoun. ‘They' is used to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified whereas ‘these’ is used to identify a specific person or thing.
Q7. Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is 'no error'.
Military officers could do as they wished / and no one would question them, / since then a military dictatorship/ was established.
Military officers could do as they wished / and no one would question them, / since then a military dictatorship/ was established.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
‘Since then’ will get replaced by ‘thus’ because ‘since’ tells us about intervening period between (the time mentioned) and the time under consideration, typically the present. Whereas, ‘thus’ is used to tell a result or consequence.
Q8. Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is 'no error'.
Since poverty has much facets, / social scientists look at it /through a variety of indicators and usually, the indicators /used relate to the levels of income and consumption.
Since poverty has much facets, / social scientists look at it /through a variety of indicators and usually, the indicators /used relate to the levels of income and consumption.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
‘Many’ is used before countable nouns and ‘much’ is used before uncountable nouns. In the sentence facets of poverty are countable since they are usually related to income and consumption level. Hence, in place of ‘much’, ‘many' is the correct adjective.
Q9. Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Wheat production in the region/ will fall drastically / unless we do anything/ to stop climate change.
Wheat production in the region/ will fall drastically / unless we do anything/ to stop climate change.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Anything should be replaced by something. Unless has a negative meaning so anything which also gives a negative meaning shouldn't be used with it.
Q10. Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation.
We have /fairly standard accounting procedures /that are on the line/with the internationally accepted norms.
We have /fairly standard accounting procedures /that are on the line/with the internationally accepted norms.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Use’ in line ‘ in place of ‘on the line’.
‘be in line with’ means – be in agreement with.
