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Nouns For Banking and SSC

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NOUNS

e- book
For SSC, Banking and other
Competitve examinations

DR. ANUBHAV GOSWAMI


Noun
Exercise – 1

2. The only thing that endures and can sustain (A)/ 'an infant till the stage it receives immunity (B)/ comes
from the consumption of mothers milk (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL T-II, 2017)

31. She broke down at his words uttered with blatant disregard for a (personal's) feelings. (SSC CGL T-II, 2017)

(A) personnel's (B) person's


(C) person (D) No improvement
3
46. It has been shown that (A)/ very high doses of vitamin C actually (B)/ Causes cancer cells to grow (C)/ N.
error (D)
47. I shall go (A)/ boy the (B)/ 3'o clock's train (C)/ No error (D)
48. All the family members of his are in Ernakiifitm. (CGL T-II, 2016)
(A) All the members of his family
(B) All his family members.
(C) All of his family members.
(D) No improvement
49. My office is within a stone's throw from the university. (CGL T-II, 2016)
(A) in a stone's throw
(B) within a stone throw
(C) at a stone's throw
(D) No improvement
50. We were introduced to each other by a mutual friend. (SSC CGL T-II, 2016)
(A) through a mutual friend
(B) by a common friend
(C) by mutual friend
(D) No improvement
51. If you permit me to speak the truth (A)/ I shall state without hesitation (B)/ that you have done a mistake.
(C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

52. Vermin (A)/ does much harm (B)/ to crops. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
53. The priest told the devotees that the wages of sin are death. (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

(A) was (B) is


(C) were (D) No improvement
54. The book, being written (A)/ in simple language, is suitable for children (B)/ as it contains many good
advices (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

55. All works of (A)/ creative writing (B)/ have aesthetic appeal (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
56. Still (A)/ waters (B)/ run deep (C)/ No error. (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

57. The job is (A)/ under the direct (B)/ of Mrs. Jones (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
58. Sushata has a deep .......... for drunkards. (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

(A) haired (B) hate


(C) hates (D) hating
59. I bought four dozen of mangoes. (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

(A) dozens of mango (B) dozens of mangoes


(C) dozen mangoes (D) No improvement
60. His appearance bears (A)/ a striking resemblance (B)/ to your cousin. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
61. Some of the richest (A)/ business magnate live in Mumbai. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

62. Outside, the rain (A)/ beats down in floods and the sea gives (B)/ forth a sound like an alarm bells. (C)/ No
error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

63. The severe cyclonic (A)/ storm has left behind (B)/ a trial of misery. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
64. Science and technology and (A)/ their fallouts do not (B)/ complete human culture. (C)/ No error (D)
(SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
65. He learnt (A)/ the alphabets (B)/ at the age of four (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
66. An old friend, may I give you an advice? (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

(A) give you some advice


(B) give you an advise
(C) offer you an advice
(D) No improvement
67. He flowed into a rage (A)/ at the very (B)/ sight of that man.(C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
68. He is a fast bowler of repute. but his yesterday's performance was not up to the mark. (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

(A) Performance for yesterday


(B) yesterday performance
(C) performance for yesterday
(D) No Improvement
69. Can I have (A)/ a loaf of bread (B)/ and a jar of jam (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
70. There is (A)/ few time (B)/ for preparation.(C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

71. All my hope (A)/ were duped (B)/ and I was plunged in deep sorrow. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
72. At the present rate of exchange fourteen dozen cost 3000. (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)

(A) dozen costs (B) dozens cost


(C) dozens costs (D) No improvement
73. My friend's actual job (A)/ involves (B)/ a lot of administration.(C)/ No error (D) (SSC CGL, T-I, 2016)
74. All query (A)/ will be answered (B)/ by the chief instructor.(C)/ No error (D) (SSC Stenographer, 2016)

75. There were no furniture (A)/ in the flat (B)/ except for a couple of beds. (C)/ No error (D)
(SSC Stenographer, 2016)
76. Maintaining a healthy body and engaging (A)/ in activities according to a time-tables will give you (B)/ the
feeling that you have enough time to do everything. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC Stenographer, 2016)
77. The navel officers (A)/ successfully fought the pirates (B)/ who had looted and plundered for many
years.(C)/ No error (D) (SSC Stenographer, 2016)
78. He acted not (A)/ as per my advice (B)/ but somebody else.(C)/ No error (D) (SSC Stenographer, 2016)

79. Patrick reached into the pocket (A)/ of his trouser (B)/ and pulled out twenty five rupees.(C)/ No error (D)
(SSC Stenographer, 2016)
80. I do not like .......... sugar in my coffee. (SSC MTS, 2016)

(A) many (B) much


(C) few (D) fewer
81. He carried all his luggages to the airport.
(A) bags and boxes (B) luggage
(C) things (D) No improvement
82. Lot of water has overflowed the tank. (SSC CPO, 2016)

(A) Lot of waters (B) A lot of water


(C) A lot of waters (D) No improvement
83. A pair of slippers is cheap nowadays. (SSC CPO, 2016)
(A) slipper is (B) slippers are
(C) No improvement (D) are cheap
84. If a student needs advices about careers, he or she should consult the careers officer. (SSC CPO, 2016)

(A) he or she should consult


(B) No error
(C) If a student needs advices about careers
(D) the careers officer
85. Bradbury, one of the most versatile writer ever lived. was a school dropout. (SSC CPO, 2016)
(A) Bradbury, one of the most
(B) versatile writer ever lived
(C) was a school dropout
(D) No error
86. The teachers who I worked with, were very in-sensitive towards children's needs. (SSC CPO, 2016)

(A) The teacher, who I worked with


(B) Were very insensitive
(C) towards children's needs
(D) No error
87. The scissors, which are on the table, belongs to Radha. (SSC CPO, 2016)
(A) the scissors (B) are on the table
(C) belongs to Radha (D) No error
88. The fire in the apartment building effected over 20 families. (SSC CPO, 2016)

(A) The fire in


(B) the apartment building
(C) effected over 20 families
(D) No error
89. Twenty kilometers are a far good distance
(A) were (B) is
(C) has (D) No improvement
90. The lawyers deduced from the existing evidences that the accused was involved in the heinous crime.
(SSC CPO, 2016)
(A) in the heinous crime
(B) deduced from the
(C) accused was involved
(D) No error
91. The CEO made it very clear in the annual meeting that the only criteria to promote an employee would be
his performance and nothing else.
(A) Sole criteria (B) Sole criterion
(C) Only criterion (D) No improvement
92. Every one of us should realize that any act of negligence will cause a great harm to our country security.
(SSC, CGL, T-1, 2015)
(A) Every one of us should realize that
(B) any act of negligence will cause
(C) No error
(D) a great harm to our country security.
93. Baby learnt the (A)/ alphabets at the (B)/ age of two. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC, CGL, T-1, 2015)
94. You are required to give an explanation (A)/ for your conduct (B)/ within two days of the receipt of this
letter. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC, CGL, T-1, 2015)
95. I watched how / (A) the pionoist /(B) used her left hand. /(C) No error (D) (SSC, CGL, T-1, 2015)
96. It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while on a journey. (SSC, CGL, T-1, 2015)

(A) It is not advisable


(B) While on a journey
(C) to take heavy luggages
(D) No error
97. The Russian ambassador's whereabouts is not known to anyone. (SSC, CGL, T-1, 2015)
(A) Whereabouts is
(B) not known to anyone
(C) The Russian am basader's
(D) No error
98. The team was on the field and shout to take their place. (SSC CPO Exam.)

(A) No error
(B) now in the field and
(C) about to take their place
(D) the teem was
99. The Esedia play (A)/ a vital role (B)/ in popularizing a brand. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC CPO Exam)
100. She is wealthy (A)/ and can afford (B)/ all the pleasures of life. (C)/ No error (D)
Exercise : 1
Answer with Explanation
1. (A) Use sisters in law instead of sister in law because to make plural of compound nouns 's' is added to the
principal word.
2. (D) Because the subject is a short distance
3. (C) use "Sugar" in place of "Sugars" because sugar is uncountable Noun.
4. (D) ;gka ^vka[ks can djus* dk vFkZ pkfg,A
5. (D) No error
6. (D) "Means" is used for method or medium to do something.
7. (C) "Pressure" is the most appropriate option here as it means the force to do or perform better.
8. (A) Evaluation (ewY;kadu) IT is because theoretical framework is used for evaluation of Policies.
9. (A) Method (fof/k) It is because Operant conditioning is a Method.
10. (B) Stride (,d cqf)eku O;fDr dks lgh fn'kk esa lgh dne c<+kus pkfg,) Direction ds lkFk (dne) appropriate
word gSA
11. (B) Concern -Relate to; be about Disinterest - The star e of not being influenced by personal involvement
in some-thing (fu%laca/k)
12. (A) Substantial - f' cot: siderable importance, size, or worth. (i;kZIr)
Ethereal – Extremely delicate and light in a way that se not to be of this world. (i;kZIr)
13. (A) conversed means to have knowledge of some-thing or to be engaged in a conversation, so it is the most
appropriate option here.
14. (A) Experiences → Practical contact with and observation of facts or events. (vuqHkoksa)
Arbitration The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute. (e/;LFkrk)
Consequence A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. (ifj.kke)
Repercussions →An unintended consequence of an event or action (urhtksa)
15. (A) Prides A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the
achievements of one's close associates, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.(xq:j)
16. (B) 1500 should be followed by years.
17. (A) Tribute to his rootings.
Correct - Tribute to his roots.
[Correct collocation]
18. (A) Error in part (A) because questions paper is wrong. Correct use is at question paper.
19. (B) in part (B) Incept of use of Apostrophe. Instead .1 "states" we have to use "state's".
20. (C) Error in part (C) because instead of verb "offend" we require noun offence".
21. (C) Use effect in place of 'affect' .
Affect is chiefly used as a verb and-its main meaning is 'to influence or make a difference 10. Effect on the
other hand, is used both as a noun and a verb, although is more commonly used as a noun. As a noun it
means 'a result or an influence'
"When we are able to stop, pause and think more about our actions, words and thoughts, we begin to see
the cause and effect more clearly."
22. (C) The sentence refers to milk of mother so 'mother's milk' is correct form.
23. (C) 'Restricted' is wrong in context of statement. it can be replaced by 'Restrictions' or 'are restricted' to
make it logically correct.
24. (A) According to the context of question "Neighborhood' should be replaced by "Neighbor'.
25. (B) Use 'Prevalence' in place of 'prevalent'
26. (B)"Indistinguishable from" means something that cannot be recognized separately.
27. (A) Is the norm, it is correct because here we require noun "norm" and not adjective "normal".
28. (C) Instead of creating a new regulation. It is because regulation is the correct use of Noun.
29. (B) Politically less painful. [Noun is required]
30. (B) kanika accepted the invitation with alacrity.
31. (B) Person's
32. (C) Increase
33. (C) "Community" is a collective noun therefore "has" must be used with it.
34. (C) 'detail' in the place of 'details'
35. (D)
36. (C) ‘jewellery’ in the place of ‘jewelleries’
37. (C) 'meeting' in the place of 'meetings'
38. (D) No error
39. (A) 'friends' in the place of 'friend'
40. (A)
41. (B) 'information' in the place of 'informations'
42. (C)
43. (C) 'Hitler's' in the place of 'Hitler'
44. (A) 'Mothers-in-law' in the place of 'Mother in laws'
45. (A) 'are' in the place of 'is'
46. (C) 'cause' in the place of 'causes'. because. subject (doses) is plural
47. (C) 'clock' in the place of 'clock's'
48. (A)
49. (C)
50. (B)
51. (C) 'made' in the place of 'done'
52. (B) 'do' in the place of 'does'
53. (B) wages (singular) – ifj.kke
wages (plural)- ifj.kke
54. (C) 'advice' in the place of 'advices'
55. (D)
56. (D) No error
57. (B) 'direction' (noun) its the place of 'direct' (adjective)
58. (A)
59. (C) remove of
60. (C) replace (cousin) with cousin's
61. (B) 'magnates' in the place of 'magnate'
62. (C) 'bell' in the place of 'bells'
63. (D)
64. (B) 'fallout' in the place of 'fallouts'
65. (B) 'alphabet' in the place of 'alphabets'
66. (A) advise - verb ; Advice - noun
67. (A) remove 'a'
68. (D)
69. (D)
70. (B) 'little' in the place of 'few'.
because 'time' (uncountable)
71. (A) 'hopes' in the place of 'hope'
72. (D)
73. (D)
74. (A) 'queries' in the place of 'query'
75. (A) 'was' in the place of 'were'
76. (B) 'time-table' in the place of 'time-tables'
77. (A) 'naval' (ukSlsuk ls lEcfU/kr) in the place of 'navel' (ukfHk)
78. (C) else's in the place of 'else'
79. (B) 'trousers' in the place of 'trouser'
80. (B)
81. (B)
82. (B)
83. (C)
84. (C)
85. (B) 'writers' in the place of 'writer'
86. (D)
87. (C) 'belong' in the place of 'belongs'
88. (C) 'affected' (verb) in the place of 'effect' (noun)
89. (B)
90. (B) 'evidence' in the place of 'evidences'
91. (C)
92. (D) country s security
93. (B) 'alphabet' in the place of 'alphabets'
94. (C) remove the
95. (B) 'pianist' in the place of 'pionoist'
96. (C) 'luggage' in the place of 'luggages'
97. (A) 'are' in the-place of 'is'
98. (D) 'were' in the place of 'was'
99. (A) 'plays' in the place of 'play'
media - singular noun (lapkj)
media - plural noun (ek/;e)
100. (C) 'pleasure' (uncountable) in the place of 'pleasures'

Exercise : 2
I Year - 2014: (SSC-MAINS)
1. Raj surprised everyone (A)/ when he created an unbreakable record (B)/ of one and a half centuries. (C)/
No error (D) (CGL)

2. Some of our latest cannon (A)/ that have come out of the production (B)/ line have a very long range. (C)/
No error (D) (CGL)

3. Equipment and practice space will be provided for the players. (CGL)
(A) much facility (B) No improvement
(C) Each facility (D) Every facility
4. Jewellery retailers across India decided to suspend sold of gold coins and bars for six months. (CGL)

(A) to suspend sold


(B) Jewellery retailers across India decided
(C) of gold coins and bars for six months
(D) No error
5. It has been said that history is the essence of innumerable biography. (CGL)

(A) that history is the essence


(B) No error
(C) of innumerable biography
(D) it has been said.
6. Reading is no longer popular among the youthful of today as the influence of the internet has taken over a
very important and active hobby. (CGL)
(A) No error
(B) very important and active hobby
(C) influence of the internet
(D) among the youthful of today
7. I wrote him a letter of condolence of his father's decease. (CPO)

(A) on his father's decease


(B) on his father's disease
(C) in his father decease
(D) No improvement
8. The engineer, (A)/ in collusion with the contractor (B)/ cheated the Government of a lot of money. (C)/ No
error (D) (CPO)

9. Their opinion of the President (A)/ would not effect (B)/ his popularity in the country. (C)/ No error (D)
(CPO)
10. On the busy National highway 40 (A)/ we witnessed a collusion (B)/ between a truck and a bus. (C)/ No
error (D) (CPO)
11. The mobile phone has (A)/ become a necessity (B)/ rather than luxury. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)

Year - 2014: (SSC-PRE)


12. In India (A)/ working woman lead a life of dual responsibilities (B)/ if they are married and have a family.
(C)/ No error (D)
13. Twenty kms are (lot a great distance in these days of fast moving vesicles. (CGL)
(A) is not a great distance
(B) are not too great a distance.
(C) aren't proving a great distance
(D) No improvement
14. This stamp is only one (A)/ of the design (B)/ ever printed. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)

15. Raghavs' eyes (A)/ reflect a hope (B)/ for a better future in Microsoft. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
16. My father gave me (A)/ a pair of binocular (B)/ on my birthday. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

17. slow and study ........ the race. (LDC)


(A) is winning (B) wins
(C) will win (D) win
18. I met the gentleman (A)/ today morning on my way (B)/ to the market. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

19. The cattles (A)/ are grazing (B)/ in the field. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)
20. When I was passing through the forest (A)/ I happened to see (B)/ a number of deers. (C)/ No error (D)
(MTS)
21. A lot of money (A)/ were spent (B)/ on the common Wealth Games. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)
22. Our office buys (A)/ five kilograms of paper (B)/ every month. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

23. One of the most important factor (A)/ that contribute to the success of a person (B)/ is his sincerity. (C)/ No
error (D)
24. According to some estimates (A)/ there are (B)/ seven thousand type of plants. (C)/ No error (D).
25. Some of his (A)/ luggages were lost (B)/ in the train. (C)/ No error (D)
26. Soil erosion (A)/ is one of serious problem (B)/ various countries. (C)/ No error (D)
27. It is (A)/ a quarter to ten (B)/ by my watch. (C)/ No error (D)
28. She (A)/ is my (B)/ cousin sister. (C)/ No error (D)
29. One of my friend (A)/ .is returning (B)/ to India from the U.S.A. (C)/ NO error (D) (MTS)
30. The measles are (A)/ a disease that causes (B)/ fever ail red rash. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

31. The lawyer (A)/ has plenty (B)/ of clients. (C)/ No error (D)
32. Mathematics (A)/ is indeed (B)/ a difficult subject. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

33. The principle export (A)/ from Brazil (B)/ is coffee. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)
34. 'Gulliver's Travels' (A)/ were written (B)/ by jonathan swift. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

35. The local counsel (A)/ pays for the upkeep (B)/ of the cricket ground. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)
36. 'Gulliver's Travels' (A)/ are indeed (B)/ an interesting book. (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

Year - 2014: (SSC-MAINS)


37. The news (A)/ I have received (B)/ is not Rood. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
38. The paintings of natural sceneries (A)/ are selling (B)/ like hot cakes. (C)/ No error (CGL)

39. You shall get (A)/ all the information's (B)/ if you read this book carefully. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
40. Last evening I went to the optician and bought spectacles. (CGL)

(A) a spectacle (B) two spectacles


(C) a pair of spectacles (D) No improvement
41. Knowledge and wisdom makes (A)/ an individual truly complete (B)/ and self assured. (C)/ No error (D)
(CGL)
42. The first inning (A)/ of the match (B)/ was very sensational. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)

43. Few people learn (A)/ anything easily (B)/ that is worth learning. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)
44. I have been invited to a party hosted by my cousin sister. (SSC LDC Exam)

(A) invited to a party


(B) hosted by my cousin sister
(C) I have been
(D) No error
45. The climate of Delhi is some what like Jaipur. (CPO)
(A) like Jaipur's (B) as Jaipur's
(C) as Jaipur (D) No Improvement
46. He hasn't the decent furnitures in his house. (CPO)

(A) a decent furniture


(B) a decent furnitures
(C) any decent furniture
(D) No improvement
Year - 2012 : (SSC-PRE)
47. Air pollution together with littering (A)/are causing many problems (B)/ in our cities. (C)/ No error (D)
(CGL)
48. My elder brother (A)/ is six (B)/ foot high. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
49. The scissor is (A)/ lying on (B)/ the table. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
50. Patrick reached in to the pocket (A)/ of his trouser and idled out (B)/ twenty-five rupees. (C)/ No error (D)
(MTS)
51. My grandfather owns (A)/ fifty acre (B)/ of wet land. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
52. We get (A)/ excellent furnitures (B)/ in this shop. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

53. We should arrange (A)/ for a porter as (B)/ the luggages are heavy. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
54. Students must (A)/ give the ear to (B)/ what the teacher tells them. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

55. All hell .......... broken loose after the bomb blast. (LDC)
(A) has (B) have
(C) is (D) are
56. A bird in a hand is worth two in the bush. (LDC)

(A) the hand (B) hands


(C) hand (D) No improvement
57. What (A)/ kind of animal (B)/ is dodo? (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

58. A gang member of no importance (A)/ sustained an injury (B)/ to the arm. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
59. Avarice was Shylock's trait of character. (LDC)

(A) Shylock's chief trait of character


(B) the chief trait of Shylock's character
(C) The Shylock's chief trait of character
(D) No improvement
60. Hart lost (A)/ a hundred rupees note (B)/ yesterday. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
61. Forty minutes later James return to his family bearing an important piece of news . (SSC LDC Exam)

(A) Forty minutes later


(B) James return to his family
(C) bearing an important piece of news.
(D) No error
62. In our country. (A)/ Teacher's day (B)/ is celebrated on September 5th. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
63. The hospital rules require (A)/ that every patient (B)/ should have an attended. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

64. My cousin sister (A)/ invited me (B)/ to her birthday party. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
65. This house belongs to the a days
(A) Yadav (B) Yadav's
(C) Yadays's (D) No improvement
66. They will arrive today-night. (LDC)
(A) at night today (B) at night
(C) last night (D) No improvement
67. Speakers after speakers (A)/ came on the stage (B)/ to perform. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

68. Books are ones best friends. (LDC)


(A) one's (B) once
(C) ones' (D) No improvement
69. The porter (A)/ demanded fifty rupees (B)/ to carry my luggages. (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)

70. She always fed (A)/ her childrens (B)/ before she fed her dog. (C)/ No error (D) (SSC LDC Exam)
71. He carried all his luggages to the airport.
(A) things (B) luggage
(C) bags and boxes (D) No improvement
SSC MAINS
72. There is no place in the bus. it is already overcrowded. (CLG)

(A) berth (B) vacancy


(C) room (D) No Improvement
73. Please arrange (A)/ for my board (B)/ in Tirupathi. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
74. Two millions people (A)/ attended the meeting (B)/ held in parade grounds. (C)/No error (D) (CGL)

75. A dozen boys (A)/ and two girls (B)/ have come for today's party. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
76. By 8 A.M. every morning (A)/ I finish having' (B)/ my lunch. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)

77. Linguistics (A)/ are (B)/ my favorite. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)
78. The contents of the room (A)/ consisted of (B)/ a carpet and a few furnitures. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)

79. The object of this new Act is (A)/ to partly keep out (B)/ foreign investors. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)
80. The scissors that you asked for (A)/ is 4/1 the desk drawer (B)/ in the bedroom. (C)/ No error (10)
(CPO)
81. Due to (A)/ a misunderstanding (B)/ I did not meet him. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)
82. She was (A)/ the heir to (B)/ the vast property. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)

83. The only one (A)/ wits can decide (B)/ ones dusting is God. (C)/ No error (D) (CPO)
84. Power failure are common nowadays. (CPO)

(A) A power failure (B) The power failure


(C) Power failures (D) No improvement
85. Children enjoy listening to (A)/ ghosts stories (B)/ especially on Halloween night. (C)/ No error (D)
(CGL)
86. I (A)/ have (B)/ many works to do (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)

87. There are so many filths (A)/ all around (B)/ the space (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
88. The company has ordered (A)/ some (B)/ new equipments (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)

89. 'The Arabian Nights" (A)/ are indeed (B)/ an interesting book. (C)/ No error (D) (CGL)
90. The furnitures (A)/ had become (B)/ old and rusty (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)

91. He received many praises for this latest invention (Steno)


(A) great many praises
(B) much praise
(C) too much praises
(D) No improvement
92. 'Gulliver's Travels' are an interesting novel. (LDC)

(A) were (B) was


(C) is (D) No improvement
93. He fell heavily (A)/ and this caused (B)/ him great pain (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
94. There (A)/ are no poetries (B)/ n my book (C)/ No error (D)
95. That house (A)/ is built (B)/ c f stones (C)/ No error (D)
96. Santosh lives (A)/ by the principals (B)/ he professes (C)/ No error (D)
97. They are standing (A)/ at the gate of the auditorium (B)/ as there is no place inside (C)/ No error (D)
98. Each of these (A)/ intelligent boy (B)/ has finished his task (C)/ No error (D)
99. The jury was (A)/ divided in (B)/ their opinion (C)/ No error (D)
100. There are many (A)/ works of Shakespeare (B)/ who is a great playwright (C)/ No error (D)
Exercise : 2
Answer with Explanation
1. (C) 'century' in the place of 'centuries'
2. (A) 'cannons' in the place of 'cannon'
3. (C) each facility
4. (A) 'sale' in the place of 'sold'
5. (C) 'biographies' in the place of 'biography'
6. (D) 'youth' in the place of 'youthful' youth → noun; youthful → adjective
7. (D) disease chekjh ; decease ekSr
8. (D)
9. (B) 'affect' (verb) in the place of 'effect' (noun)
10. (B) 'collision' (VDdj) in the place (lkaBxkaB)
11. (C) 'a luxury' in the place of u ray'
12. (B) 'women' in the plate of 'woman'
13. (A)
14. (B) 'designs' is the place of design
15. (A) Raghav's in the place of Raghavs'
16. (B) the place of 'binocular'
17. (B)
18. (B) 'this' in the place of 'today'
19. (A) 'cattle' in the place of 'cattles'
20. (C) 'deer' in the place of 'deers'
21. (B) 'was' in the place of 'were'
22. (D)
23. (A) 'factors', in the place of 'factor'
24. (C) 'types' in the place of 'type'
25. (B) 'luggage' in the place of 'luggages'
26. (B) 'problems' in the place of 'problem'
27. (B) remove 'a' remove 'sister'
28. (A) 'friends' in the place of 'friend'
29. (A) 'is' in the place of 'are'
30. (A) is the place of are.
31. (D)
32. (D)
33. (A) 'principal' (eq[;) the place principle. (fl)kar)
34. (B) 'was' in the place of 'were'
35. (A) council (la?k) in the place of 'counsel' (lykg)
36. (B) 'is' in the place of 'are'
37. (D)
38. (A) 'scenery' in the place of 'sceneries'
39. (B) 'information' in the place of 'informations'
40. (C)
41. (D)
42. (A) 'innings' in the place of 'inning'
43. (D)
44. (B) remove 'sister'
45. (A)
46. (C)
47. (B) 'is' in the place of 'are'
48. (C) 'feet' in the place of 'foot'
49. (A) 'scissors are' in the place of 'scissor is' 150.. (B) add 's' in 'trouser'
51. (B) 'acres' in the place of 'acre'
52. (B) 'furniture' in the place of 'furnitures'
53. (C) 'luggage' in the place of 'luggages'
54. (B) 'their ears' in the place of 'the ear'
55. (C) 56. (A) 57. (C) 58. (C) 59. (B)
60. (B) 'rupee' in the place of 'rupees'.
61. (B) 'returned' in the place of 'return'
62. (C) '5' September' in the place of 'September 5'
63. (C) 'attendant' (lsod)
64. (A) remove 'sister'
65. (D) 66. (B)
67. (A) 'speaker after speaker'
68. (A)
69. (C) 'luggage' in the place of 'luggages'
70. (B) 'children' in the place of 'childrens'
71. (B) 72. (C)
73. (B) 'boarding' in the place of 'board'
74. (A) 'million' in the place of 'millions'
75. (D)
76. (C) 'breakfast' in the place of 'lunch'
77. (B) 'is' in the place of 'are'
78. (C) 'furniture' in the place of 'furnitures'
79. (A) 'objective' (mís';) in the place of 'object' (oLrq)
80. (B) 'are' in the place of 'is'
81. (B) remove 'a'
82. (B) 'heiress' in the place of 'heir'
83. (C) 'one's' in the place of 'ones'
84. (C)
85. (B) 'ghost stories' in the place of 'ghosts stories'
86. (C) 'a lot of work' in the place of 'many works'
87. (A) 'is so much filth' in the place of 'are so many filths'
88. (C) 'equipment' in the place of 'equipments' (un-countable)
89. (B) 'is' in the place of 'are'
90. (A) 'furniture' in the place of 'furnitures'
91. (B) 92. (C)
93. (C) 'severe pain' in the place of 'great pain'
94. (B) 'is no poetry' in the place are no poetries'
95. (C) 'stone' in the place of 'stones' (material noun)
96. (B) 'principles' in the place of 'principals'
97. (C) 'room' in 1 hr place of 'place'
98. (11) 'keys' in the place of 'boy'
99. (A) 'were' in the place of 'was'
100. (D) No error

Exercise : 3
Noun
1. (A) The introduction of job oriented courses
(B) In the self financing college
(C) Attract many students
(D) No error.
2. (A) Patience as well as perseverance
(B) Are very necessary
(C) for success
(D) No error
3. (A) In Singapore
(B) My brother-in-law with his wife
(C) Were present at the function
(D) No error
4. (A) He is one of those writers
(B) Who has won acclaim
(C) the world over
(D) No error
5. (A) If the worst
(B) comes to worst
(C) I will have to bid good bye to my studies and join my family business
(D) No error
6. (A) The items I liked most
(B) were the rosewood carvings
(C) And the teak wood furniture of Dutch design
(D) No error
7. (A) Of the billions of the stars in the galaxy
(B) How much
(C) Are Suitable for life
(D) No error
8. (A) One of my desires
(B) are to
(C) become a doctor
(D) No error
9. (A) The strain of all
(B) the difficulties and vexations and anxieties
(C) are more than he could bear
(D) No error
10. (A) The introduction of tea and coffee
(B) And such other beverages
(C) Have not been without some effect.
(D) No error
11. (A) The table's leg
(B) have been
(C) elaborately carved
(D) No error
12. (A) Judge in him
(B) prevailed upon the father
(C) and he sentenced his son to death
(D) No error
13. (A) Nine tenths (B) of the pillar
(C) have rotted away (D) No error
14. (A) How to solve the problems
(B) is the main concern of the organisation
(C) at the moment
(D) No error
15. (A) Children enjoy listening to
(B) ghosts stories
(C) especially on halloween night
(D) No error
16. (A) We are going to launch
(B) this three-crores project
(C) within the next few months
(D) No error
17. (A) The company has ordered
(B) some
(C) new equipments
(D) No error
18. (A) The Arabian Night&
(B) are indeed
(C) an interesting book
(D) No error
19. (A) The PM along with his cabinet colleagues
(B) have been welcomed by the CM
(C) at a formal ceremony
(D) No error
20. (A) In any case no disciplinary action
(B) are required
(C) to be taken
(D) No error
21. (A) He is
(B) one of the tallest boy
(C) In the class
(D) No error
22. (A) He always practices
(B) The justice and cares
(C) For moral principles
(D) No error
23. (A) I like
(B) the poetries
(C) of Byron and Shelley
(D) No error
24. (A) The police
(B) has arrested him
(C) on the charge of theft
(D) No error
25. (A) Both me
(B) And my sister
(C) Went to a boarding school
(D) No error
26. (A) It was him
(B) who came running
(C) into the class room
(D) No error
27. (A) Miss Rama Das has
(B) Two elephants, ten horses
(C) And as much as fifty cars
(D) No error
28. (A) On accounts of
(B) its, new investment rules
(C) more companies are planning
(D) for opening its, business in china
29. (A) To improve its efficiency
(B) all income tax officers
(C) will be provided with
(D) laptops by next year
30. (A) The long gap needs
(B) To be bridged soon
(C) Because it has created
(D) a lot of unpleasant
31. (A) They have already put
(B) The proposal for to be approved
(C) In the ensuing meeting
(D) Before the union budget
32. (A) On the numbers of occasions
(B) we had noticed that
(C) those two employees
(D) were often in state of confused
33. (A) This state unemployment rate is
(B) The highest in the nation
(C) As many manufacturing units have
(D) Closed down in the last decade
34. (A) None of the student
(B) in the class
(C) scored below the
(D) given out off marks
35. (A) My elder sister and I im
(B) interested in painting
(C) and therefore have joined
(D) the coaching classes
36. (A) Their failure to inspect
(B) our factories clearly
(C) indicate that our
(D) license will not be renewed
37. (A) The number of students
(B) present in the school today
(C) are less because of
(D) the rumour of an approaching storm
(E) No Error
38. (A) How can we open these
(B) branches on time
(C) If we have not yet obtained the licence
(D) No Error
39. (A) The manager has not
(B) yet replied to the
(C) customer letter asking
(D) about her loan application
40. (A) Each of the survivors of the Tsunami
(B) Have been offered free
(C) Psychological consultation to ease their trauma
(D) By some of the top consultants
41. (A) SEBI has recently issued
(B) showcase notices to some
(C) Insurance companies seeking its explanation for not
(D) complying with certain norms
42. (A) In spite of the
(B) heavy raining Raj
(C) decided to go
(D) for the meeting
43. (A) All this document
(B) have been destroyed
(C) by the fire
(D) which occured last month
44. (A) Nina had applied
(B) for a loans for
(C) Post graduate studies but
(D) it was not sanctioned
45. (A) Sachin is one of the greatest
(B) players who has
(C) played for India
(D) No error
46. (A) If a hotel is
(B) very expensive, it does not
(C) mean that its
(D) services are best
47. (A) Most birds sings
(B) only in daylight
(C) one notable exception
(D) Being night angle
48. (A) Most villages were cut off
(B) from the rest of
(C) the country
(D) owing to heavy floods
49. (A) The medias,
(B) especially television
(C) has a very powerful
(D) Influence on children
50. (A) Most criminals
(B) Realises that they may be caught
(C) But nevertheless
(D) They are prepared to take the risk
51. (A) Daily prayer and meditation
(B) is the keys
(C) to a peaceful
(D) and happy life
52. (A) Mother and I
(B) generally go to the store
(C) And pick up food items
(D) for the charitable
53. (A) All our zonal office
(B) have received instructions
(C) to process loan applications
(D) within thirty days
54. (A) Years of (B) failure has
(C) sapped him (D) of his confidence
55. (A) To be effective it is
(B) very important for employees
(C) To know how various departments
(D) In organisation functions
56. (A) The company plans
(B) to hire more workers
(C) as there is many
(D) orders during the festival season.
57. (A) To be an effective manager
(B) it is vital to
(C) know the goals and vision
(D) of your organisation
58. (A) The RBI is the only
(B) central bank in Asia.
(C) which hive raised
(D) interest rates in September
59. (A) As per RBI guidelines.
(B) A 'rank account in which
(C) there is no transactions for
(D) two years' a dormant account
60. (A) Everyone section of
(B) the society is feeling
(C) the pinch
(D) of rising prices and corruption
61. (A) Academic system leads
(B) us to believe that
(C) we can learn out from
(D) listening to authorities
62. (A) Certain old customs has
(B) to be completely
(C) Abolished to build
(D) a healthy society
63. (A) They managed to
(B) Retrieve all the
(C) Deleted emails with the
(D) helping of a new software
64. (A) The software takes
(B) only-one seconds
(C) to generate tables and
(D) graph out of raw data
65. (A) Cows, goats and
(B) other such domestic
(C) animals together is
(D) called livestock
66. (A) My friends are
(B) not allowed to
(C) go out without
(D) their parents' consenting
67. (A) Government and business must reduce
(B) its own energy use
(C) And promote conservation
(D) to their citizens and employees
68. (A) There is lots of
(B) supports from the employees
(C) for the proposal to
(D) merge with parent company
69. (A) This facts make it very clear
(B) that he had hand in the murder
(C) though he ill
(D) pleads innocence
70. (A) Majority of the banks
(B) today uses technology
(C) to reach out to those
(D) living in rural areas
71. (A) The resignation of
(B) one of our directors
(C) have caused the price
(D) of shares to fall
72. (A) During the interview
(B) the panel asked me
(C) several technical questions
(D) and I answered all of it
73. (A) Research show that people
(B) Is more sensitive to perceiving
(C) Message that are consistent
(D) with their opinions and attitudes
74. (A) Training have a
(B) Positive effect on
(C) Development of various
(D) skills and abilities
75. (A) One of the disadvantage
(B) of fixed deposit schemes
(C) is that banks offer
(D) low rates of interest
76. (A) The meeting will not end
(B) Till the chairman
(C) gets approval from
(D) every members of the board
77. (A) If you decide to hold
(B) The function in Kolkata
(C) not much of us
(D) will be able to attend
78. (A) I shall have to check
(B) Our records to find out
(C) How much cheques
(D) have been collected so far
79. (A) Many leading members of
(B) the opposition party
(C) has tried to justify
(D) their decisions
80. (A) If a person has been given
(B) diplomatic immunity than he
(C) cannot be arrested on a
(D) foreign land under any circumstance
81. (A) No porter being available
(B) he carried
(C) All his luggages himself
(D) No error
82. (A) This misogynist hates
(B) All mother in laws, lady doctors
(C) and house maids
(D) No error
83. (A) The manager put forward
(B) A number of criterions
(C) for the post
(D) No error
84. (A) The furnitures (B) had become
(C) old and nasty (D) Ns error
285. (A) We should arrange
(B) for a porter as
(C) the luggages are heavy
(D) No error
86. (A) He had telephoned yesterday to
(B) Ask how much of youth
(C) Who attend exit classes would be
(D) interested in working for a textile company
87. (A) The chairman of all large
(B) public rectors banks met with
(C) senior RBI officials to give its
(D) suggestions about implementing the new policy
88. (A) Some genuine issues exist
(B) with the newly adopted
(C) system and needs to
(D) be examined seriously
89. (A) Even though most of Indian youth
(B) lives in villages, many people considers
(C) The ones roaming in dazzling multiplexes
(D) As their true reflection
90. (A) We are confident that the steps
(B) We have taken attract talented
(C) people and build a solid organisation
(D) will ensure we remain profitably
91. (A) Building biogas plants will help to reduce
(B) greenhouse gas emissions by reducing
(C) the consuming of conventional fuels
(D) such as firewood and kerosene
92. (A) Sugar sweetened drinks does not
(B) pose any particular health risk, and
(C) Are not a unique risk factor
(D) for obesity or heart disease
93. (A) Airline management should note
(B) That the ultimate passengers unfriendliness
(C) is to have their planes crash
(D) Due to the adopted of unsafe procedures
94. (A) It had all begun
(B) In a brightly lit rooms as I dreamily
(C) ran my fingers ever the surfaced of a global
(D) No Error
95. (A) The district authorities are making
(B) A last ditch attempt to provide alternative solutions to fanners but
(C) The options is clearly inadequate
(D) No error
96. (A) The actress believes in being fit
(B) and feels that there
(C) are two much hype around size zero
(D) in the entertainment world.
97. (A) With this initiative the corporation
(B) Hopes to assure the public that
(C) It is confident of providing good service
(D) and renewing their faith with the public transport system
98. (A) For much of the developing world historically,
(B) environmentalism was seen as a luxury
(C) Rather than a necessity because
(D) Always the development imperatives was seen to be urgent.
99. (A) The angry at being
(B) left out of the bonanza
(C) is palpable among
(D) employees of the organisation
100. (A) The company's decision to issue
(B) bonus shares clearly indicates
(C) The management's confident
(D) About the future
Exercise : 3
Answer with Explanation
1. (C) job oriented courses dks introduce fd;k x;k gSA and introduction singular gS rks ;s Verb Hkh singular ysxkA
But, part (C) esa attract plural verb gS tks xyr gS
Error in part (C) attracts (singular)
2. (B) as well as, along with, together with vius first Subject ds according helping verb ysrs gSA Error in part
(B) i.e., is
3. (C) was
4. (B). who as a 'connector use fd;k] mlds igys writers (plural) gS] rks who ds ckn verb plural vk;sxhA
Error in (B) have
5. (B) worst superlative degree gS and blds lkFk 'the' use gksxkA
Error in (B) to the worst.
6. (C) uncountable nouns such as furniture, lug-gage, package, scenery ftudk plurals -s & es ls ugha curk rks
furniture
7. (B) stars - countable noun rks many
8. (B) one of, any of ds ckn verb singular
9. (C) Question esa tks Hkh difficulties, vexations ;k anxieties gS muds strain dh ckr dh xbZ gSA & strain ,d
singular noun gS tks fd singular verb ysxkA
Error (C) esa gSA is
10. (C) tea and coffee dks introduce fd;k] introduction singular noun, singular, verb ysxk ie. has
11. (A) non living thing → table ds lkFk apostrophe dh txg esa 'of' use djsaA
→ the leg of the table
12. (A) (judge) Noun dks as Abstract noun use fd;k x;k rks blds lkFk 'the' use djsx
a sA
13. (C) 9/ 10th pillar dk gS tks fd singular gS and singular verb ysxk i.e. has
14. (A) part (B) 4 verb 'is' use dh xbZ gSA rks part (A) esa problem gksxkA
15. (B) ghost stories
16. (B) hyphenated nouns (-) dks singular esa use three-crore project djrs gSA
17. (C) uncountable gS equipment s, -es ugha use djsx
a sA
18. (B) is (book dk uke gS singular verb)
19. (B) as well as, with, along with vius ls igys Ist subject ds according helping verb used has
20. (B) no disciplinary action singular gS tks singular verb ysxk i.e., is
21. (E) one of ds ckn Noun plural form esa ysrk gS rks boys vk,xkA
22. (B) justice abstract noun gS tks fd article use ugha djsxkA
Practices justice'
23. (B) some Nouns are used in singular from. like Poetry, Machinery, stationary
24. (B) Police is a plural noun, use plural verb plural Nouns → police, cattle, people, gentry etc
25. (A) Both vius lkFk nominative case ysrk gS] objective case ugha, I → Both I
26. (A) It was, It is
vius lkFk nominative case ysrs gS, objective ugha
→ it was he
27. (C) countable nouns ds lkFk many
28. (D) companies plural noun gS tks plural verb ysxkA i.e. their, for opening their
29. (A) officers' plural noun ds fy, plural verb use gksxhA A) part 'their use.
30. (D) part esa unpleasant ;s (adjective) gSA but a lot of ds ckn noun use gksxk a lot of unpleasantness
31. (B) for & to ,d lkFk use ugha gksrk] 'to' vk,xkA
32. (D) in state of ds ckn noun use Oil i.e. confusion
33. M unemployment rate ml state dk gS rks possessive use gksxk state ds lkFk Apostrophe use djsx
a sA
'state's
34. (A) None ds ckn plural noun vk;sxkA
students
cgqr esa ls dksbZ ugha
35. (A) and ds lkFk nks subjects add gS] rks verb plural gksxhA are
36. (C) failure singular noun gS tks vius lkFk singular verb ysxkA
indicates
37. (C) The number of → singular verb ysrk gSA
38. (D) No error
39. (C) possessive use gksxk ie. customer's
40. (B) each of ds ckn singular verb dk iz;ksx gksxkA
41. (C) companies, plural gS] rks 'their'
42. (B) 'rain' in place of raining as rain gS] rks ing ugha yxsxkA
43. (A) All 2 ls T;knk documents show dj jgk gSA 'these documents
44. (B) article 'a' ds ckn loan vk;sxkA
45. (B) Who is a connector' tks mlds igys okys noun ds according verb ysxk 'have'
46. (D) subject is 'hotel' (singular) and best (superlative degree) ds vkxs 'the' vk;sxkA
→ 'service is the best'
47. (A) Most birds (plural noun) will take plural verb (sing)
48. (A) Most of the villages in place of most villages
49. (A) "Media" -4 is used in both singular & plural.
50. (B) Most criminals (plural) = plural verb "realize"
51. (B) "and" * connect gksdj nks subjects gSA
so verb will be plural are'
52. (B) charity in place of charitable
53. (A) I All is plural so → "officers"
54. years of = plural, Will take plural verb "have"
55. (D) subject is "various departments" (plural noun) tks fd plural verb ysxk → "function"
56. (C) "orders" plural noun gS tks plural verb ysxkA "are"
57. (C) And ds nksuksa vksj same form should be used goals and visions
58. (C) "RBI" is singular, so has raised .
59. "no" ds ckn uncountable noun. and "singular countable noun" are used. no transaction
60. (A) 'every' in place of everyone.
61. (C) 'learn' in place of learn out.
62. (A) Customs (plural) gS so "have"
63. (D) "help" (noun) in place of helping (verb)
64. (B) hyphenateal nouns ds ckn singular form vk;s "second"
65. (C) "are" in place of "is"
66. (D) "consent" (noun) in place of consenting (verb)
67. (B) and ds lkFk nks subjects noun gS so "their" in place of its.
68. (B) "support" in place of supports as, "support" abstract noun * (singular)
69. (A) "these" in place of this (facts (plural))
70. (B) banks (plural) use plural verb ysxkA
71. (C) resignation (singular) "has"
72. (A) questions (plural) "all of them"
73. (A) People (plural) will take "are" (plural verb)
74. (A) Training (singular) 'has' (s.v.)
75. (A) One of the (plural) disadvantages
76. (D) every + singular noun (member)
77. (C) many (countable noun) in place of much
78. (C) cheques (is countable noun) = many
79. (C) Members (plural) have (P.V)
80. (D) circumstances in place of circumstance
81. (C) luggage (uncountable) gS bls / s/ es yxkdj plural ugha cuk ldrsA
82. (B) 'S' noun ds lkFk yxsxkA mothers - in - law
eg : commanders-in-chief, fathers-in-law sisters-in-law. women doctors in place of lady doctors.
83. (B) A number of + (plural) criteria the number of + (singular noun)
84. (A) furniture (countable) esa s/es ugha use gksxkA
85. (C) luggage in place of luggages
86. (B) many (countable noun youth) ds fy,A
87. (C) "their" in place of 'its'
as, public sector banks (plural) ds vyx&vyx chairman gS] mu lHkh us suggestion fn,A
88. (C) issues (plural) + plural verb (need)
89. (B) many people (plural) + plural verb "consider"
90. (D) we = nominative case dh txg
"us" objective case should be used.
91. (C) consumption (Noun) in place of consuming
92. (A) drinks (plural noun) + plural verb (do not)
93. (D) adoption (noun) in place of adopted
94. (D) surface (noun) in place of surfaced.
95. (C) options (plural) + are (helping verb)
96. (C) hype (singular) = so, "there" ds ckn is use
97. (D) Corporation (singular identity t) "its" in place of their
98. (D) imperatives (plural) + were
99. (A) anger (noun) in place of angry
100. (C) confidence (noun) in place of confident (adjective)
Exercise : 4
Noun
1. (A) Many people believe that
(B) The nationalisation of banks in
(C) the 1960's have protected India
(D) from the current financial crisis
2. (A) Even after so much years of independence
(B) women in India continue to suffer
(C) socially as well as economically
(D) At different levels and in different form
3. (A) The policemen, who
(B) was deployed heavily
(C) In the area, did nothing to
(D) dissuade the protesters
4. (A) The bank has followed
(B) An aggressive monetary tightening policy
(C) but its stated aim of
(D) curbing inflation have not been achieved
5. (A) Its slowly scanned the scene
(B) As if it was
(C) looking at a prey
(D) No error
6. (A) Responsibilities includes
(B) working with the editors
(C) on all aspects
(D) of the editorial process
(D) No error
7. (A) While grouping the words
(B) care have been taken
(C) To include the role
(D) grammar plays in language
8. (A) My sister along with
(B) her
(C) Daughter were present
(D) at the function
9. (A) Gaze for a thing
(B) that are not
(C) available, easily
(D) in the country is a universal phenomenon
10. (A) The journalist along with
(B) the camera crew were
(C) kidnapped by the
(D) student in the class
11. (A) Without doubt
(B) Ahmed is the most
(C) sincere of all the
(D) student in the class
12. (A) The scheme which will be launched
(B) During the next two years
(C) Require an additional investment
(D) of one hundred crores
13. (A) There are only
(B) a few company
(C) which can handle
(D) projects of this magnitude..'1
14. (A) With inflation at eleven percent
(B) companies need to come up
(C) with innovative ways to
(D) get customers to buy its goods
15. (A) 'Everyone of us know
(B) that he is riot citable of
(C) remaining under water
(D) for such a long time.
16. (A) Why did people get
(B) se much annoyed
(C) even with little provocation
(D) is a matter of investigation
17. (A) The success of our efforts
(B) Depends upon the
(C) Number of people who
(D) Actually use the new methods
18. (A) The majority of the
(B) board are
(C) in favour of
(D) implementing the proposal
19. (A) Some of our staff is worried
(B) that as soon as
(C) the project is over they
(D) will lose their jobs
20. The childrens were happy when the film started.
(A) when the film started
(B) No error
(C) The childrens
(D) were happy
21. (A) Your desire to
(B) meet the president
(C) without prior appointment
(D) are impossible to be satisfied
22. (A) Whenever a man attain fame
(B) his personal qualities are
(C) initiated by other who
(D) are close to him
23. (A) If you look up tea in a crockery book
(B) you may find a little instructions
(C) that give you no help
(D) on several important points
24. (A) The tiger was not the only dangerous
(B) animal in the forest
(C) There was hyenas too
(D) No error
25. (A) The number of students
(B) present in the school today
(C) are less because of
(D) the rumours of an approaching storm
26. Things in Nature die a temporary deaths only to appear again. (CPO)
(A) only to appear again
(B) No error
(C) Things in nature
(D) die a temporary deaths
27. (A) My sister/(B) had read /(C) pages after pages/ (D) of the Bible
28. (A) I went to the temple /(B) with my parents, aunts /(C) and cousin sister /(D) No error
29. (A) I like/ (B) the poetries/ (C) of Byron and Shelly/(D) No error
30. (A) Whenever he goes to Mumbai/(B) he stays in/(C) five-stars hotels /(D) No error
31. (A) Strong breeze /(B) blew his /(C) cap off /(D) No error
32. (A) The angry mob /(B) attacked the police officers./(C) when they came to raze the illegal construction
(D) No error
33. (A) He told me that Mb) it was /(C) his friend's Ram's house RD) No error
34. The luxuries of the riches are maintained by depriving the poor of their dues
(A) The poor of their dues
(B) No error
(C) The luxuries of the riches
(D) are maintained by depriving
35. (A) She wears spectacle/ (B) and so she was unable to see the gangster / (C) that attacked her last night/
(D) No error
36. (A) Slick advertising campaigns /(B) soaring gold prices and /(C) increasing purchasing power for
consumers have / (D) helped develop a market for diamonds / (D) No error
37. (A) I appreciate you / (B) helping the poor /(C) who are really the most ignored and completely deprived
/(D) section of our society/(E) No error
38. (A) The doctor declared that /(B) the patients intestine was /(C) not working properly and so he needed
/(D) medical treatment for a long time./ (E) No error
39. (A) Only the problem was that /(B) she had submitted a /(C) photocopy of the document /(D) instead of
original /(E) No error
40. It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while on travelling these days.
(A) It is not advisable
(B) While on travelling these days.
(C) To take heavy luggages
(D) No error
41. (A) The class teacher /(B) gave him a home work /(C) and instructed him to do it /(D) at night / (E) No
error
42. (A) The government needs to provide / (B) specific regulations that create an environment /(C) where a
trained scientific personal en, joys space /(D) and free to design new products benefitting society/(E) No
error
43. (A) The movement which aims to ,/l(B) raise availability about climate change hopes/ (C) to bring people
together to think about/ (D) what they can do for reducing harmful pollution /(E) No error
44. (A) Owing to his heavy engagement /(B) He could not write even the two third /(C) of the book of which.
/(D) the publication was expected before January./ (E) No error
45. (A) In the afternoon /(B) devotees orgainsed a programme /(C) in which the name of the deity /(D) was
chanted one lakh time/ (E) No error.
46. (A) The Headquarter /(B) of the Army is in Delhi, its nearly very /(C) surprising that you do not know /(D)
even this fact /(E) No error
47. (A) On my request / (B) Ajit introduced me / (C) to his friend who is a singer/ (D) and a scientist /(E) No
error
48. (A) The roof of the building needs /(B) repairing otherwise it /(C) may fall down and /(D) result into many
persons death /(E) No error
49. (A) The government has appointed a two members /(B) committee to enquire /(C) into the incident /(D) No
error
50. (A) We should drink /(B) several glasses of the water /(C) daily if we /(D) want to remain healthy /(E) No
error
51. (A) No body should shrink /(B) from hard work/(C) because the wage of labour is success /(D) No error
52. (A) I stopped him /(B) going out late at night / (C) because the situation /(D) in the town was very tense
/(E) No error
53. Thanks to an insight and persistence of the local doctor, hundreds of victims have been able to resume
normal life. (CGL)
(A) No error
(B) and persistence of the local doctor
(C) Thanks to an insight
(D) hundreds of victims have been able to resume normal life.
54. (A) I visited /(B) Rahul's and Divya's /(C) house twice but found /(D) the couple absent / (E) No error
55. (A) When he returned /(B) from America he informed me /(C) that he had come here /(D) to do an urgent
work /(E) No error
56. We received much help from the neighbours.
(A) from the neighbours
(B) we received
(C) much help
(D) No error
57. (A) The wall of this magnificent / (B) building is fifty foot high / (C) and its/ (D) paintings are very
striking /(E) No error
58. (A) Whom / (B) do you plan to / (C) invite to your party / (D) besides Mr. Rao and I?/ (D) No error
59. (A) Your son in law friend is seriously ill / (B) and he wants / (C) you to see him / (D) as soon as possible /
(E) No error
60. (A) He used his / (B) talent to /(C) repair my oar /(D) No error
61. Do you think you could lend me good pair of gloves to wears to the wedding?
(A) good pair of gloves
(B) to wear to the wedding?
(C) No error
(D) Do you think you could lend me.
62. (A) Sheeps are economically / (B) useful so they / (C) are reared in / (D) the hills / (E) No error
63. Did you hear many news about the political situation while you were in that country? (CGL)

(A) No error
(B) about the political situation while you were in that country?
(C) Did you hear
(D) many news.
64. (A) I don't think / (B) it is your house / (C) it is somebody's else/ (D) No error
65. (A) Ration has / (B) run out / (C) and the district magistrate / (D) has been informed / (E) No error
66. (A) The majority likes / (B) reading sensational stories / (C) and watching western movies /(E) No error
67. (A) He has not secured / (B) even passing / (C) marks / (D) No error
68. (A) These kinds / (B) of roses / (C) are very popular / (D) No error
69. (A) Alumnus of / (B) the college /are invited /(D) to college function every year / (E) No error
70. (A) Please (B)/ Put your / (C) signature/(D) No error
71. (A) The house is matte of / (B) bricks and stones/ (C) not of marble./ (D) No error
72. (A) Have you / (B) deposited the proceed / (C) In the back or not / (D) No error
73. (A) I can't came to you now / (B) because a lot of works / (C) remains to be done/ (D) No error.
74. (A) I hope to visit / (B) my uncle only / (C) next year / (D) during summer vacations / (E) No error
75. (A) It is a pity / (B) that even five years old boys / (C) are engaged/ (D) in hazardous factories/ (E) No
error
76. (A) I have gone / (B) through the letter / (C) and so I am aware / (D) of its content / (E) No error
77. (A) My car's Horn / (B) is not working / (C) properly / (D) No error
78. (A) I am going / (B) to attend/ (C) my sister's friend's marriage/ (D) No error
79. (A) All the evidences / (B) were against him / (C) and he was held guilty /(D) by the supreme court / (E)
No error
80. (A) His friend / (B) has been / (C) suffering from measles / (D) for some days / (E) No error
81. (A) All the army chiefs / (B) are present / (C) on the republic day's parade / (D) No error
82. (A) There are many / (B) mouses in / (C) your house / (D) No error
83. (A) Some thiefs / (B) entered his house / (C)yesterday / (D) No error
84. (A) I purchased / (B) five dozens / (C) of apples / (D) No error
85. (A) The jury has / (B) given a split / (C) verdict / (D) No error
86. (A) There are /- (B) many woods / (C) in a country / (D) No error
87. (A) Order has been issued / (B) for his transfer to another district / (C) but he has not received them so far /
(D) No error
88. (A) She misplaced her spectacle / (B) and is now feeling / (C) great difficulty in studying / (D) No error
89. Although she has studied (A) / English for almost a year (B)/ She is yet to learn the alphabets (C)/ No error
(D).
90. Arabian Nights are (A)/ a collection of (B) / Very interesting episodes of adventure (C) / No error (D).
91. There are two scores of books (A) / which are lying (B) / unused in the library (C) / No error (D).
92. He (A)/ complained (B)/ against me (C)/ No error (D) (MTS)

93. Children are prone (A) / to making mischiefs (B)/ if they have nothing to do (C) / No error (D)
94. The morale of the army (A)/ was high because the news (B)/ coming from the front are very encouraging
(C) / No error (D).
95. I shall not attend the meeting (A)/ since I have many works to complete (B)/ within allotted time (C) / No
error (D)
96. I can't come to you now (A) / because a lot of works (B)/ remains to be done (C) No error (D) A farmer
was leading ores
97. (A) to his field for ploughing (B) early in the morning.
98. One of the most (A) / widely spread bad habit / is the use of tobacco (C) No error (D)
99. I gave him (A) / two hundred rupees notes (B) / for depositing (C) / No error (D).
100. Recently I visited Kashmir (A) / and found the sceneries (B) / to be marvellous. (C) No error (D)
Exercise : 4
Answer with Explanation
1. (C) nationalisation (singular) + has (S.V.
2. (A) years (countable) ds fy,, many
3. (B) "who" connector ls igys plural subject so, "were" should come
4. (D) afila (singular) → 'has net'
5. (B) as if it were
6. (A) Responsibilities (plural) ds lkFk include (PV)
7. (B) care (singular) + V has
8. (C) along with ds igys okys subject ds according verb → is was
9. (B) thing (singular) + SV (is)
10. (B) along with ds igys (singular subject) tks singular verb ysxkA [was]
11. (D) students in place of student
12. (C) scheme (singular) + requires (SV)
13. (B) companies in place of company
14. (D) companies (plural) + their (P.V)
15. (A) Everyone (singular) + knows (SV)
16. (C) 'a little'
17. (D) No error
18. (B) Majority (plural) of the boards (plural)
19. (A) staff esa ls dqN yes worried gS → are as iwjk staff unite ugha gS vyx&vyx gSA
20. (C) replace 'childrens' with 'children'
21. (D) desire (singular) +(SV)
22. (A) a man (singular) + attains (SV)
23. (B) instructions (countable) gS] rks "a few"
24. (C) there ds lkFk tks subject gS mlds according verb, "were"
25. (C) The number of + singular verb A number of + plural verb
26. (D) replace 'deaths' with 'death'
27. (C) page after page
28. (C) cousins
29. (B) poetry (uncountable noun) plural ugha curkA
30. (C) Hyphenated noun dHkh Hkh Plural ugha Five Star hotels
31. (A) breeze = gentle air, A strong wind
32. (A) mob = a group of angry people (superfluous), angry ugha vk;sxkA
33. (C) His friend Ram's house, nks possessive ,d lkFk use ugha gks ldrsA
34. (C) replace 'riches' with 'rich'
35. (A) a pair of spectacles.
36. (D) diamond = material noun (uncountable) is used in singular form
37. (A) 'your' in place of you, poss. adj. + gerund + noun.
38. (B) dqN nouns ds lkFk S yxk gksrk gSA eg. intestines, physics etc.
39. (A) The only problem
The + adj / adverb + Noun
40. (C) 'luggage' in the place of luggages.
41. (B) Home work class work, important work "a" use ugha gksxkA
Reason = Work is uncountable noun.
42. (D) freedom (noun) in place of free, space (noun) and freedom (noun)
43. (B) awareness (noun) in place of availability
44. (B) Two third one ls T;knk (plural) i.e. two thirds but one third, three fourth (singular)11
45. (D) One lakh times
46. (A) Headquarters
47. (D) Remove 'a', as friend (singular), a singer and scientist (,d gh person ds fy, vyx&vyx article use ugha
gksxkA)
48. (D) persons' death (apostrophe should be wood)
49. (A) a two member(adj.) committee (noun) eg. a five star hotel
50. (B) water (water dks particular ugh djuk)
51. (C) Wage = etnwjh Wages = Result
use = wages of labour are
52. (A) stopped his going out, (possessive) + gerund (noun)
53. (D) 'a normal life'
54. (B) Rahul and Divya's house (nksuksa dk gh house gS)
55. (D) Work = uncountable noun cannot take article 'a' or 'an'
56. (D) No error
57. (B) Feet (plural) as 50 (one ls T;knk)
58. (D) Mr. Rao and me?
besides + (Pronoun)
Preposition ds ckn pronoun objective case if esa gksxkA
59. (A) Son's-in-law (plural cukus es)a but if possession show djuk gS rks son in law's vk,xkA
60. (B) talent = by birth (eg: Singing is talent) Skill = self developed while learning Answer = skill
61. (D) 'a good pair' in the place of 'good pair'
62. (A) Sheep for singular plural both
63. (B) 'any' in the place of 'many'
64. (C) Somebody else's
65. (A) Ration (Plural Noun) + Plural verb
66. (A) Majority (Plural noun) + like (PV)
67. (B) Pass marks
68. (D) No error [These, those, various + plural noun]
69. (A) Alumni (plural from)
70. (D) No error (signature is correct, sign ugha vk,xk)
71. (A) brick and stone (Singular fy[krs gS)
72. (B) Proceeds (data collected)
73. (B) Work = uncountable (singular)
74. (D) Summer vacation
75. (B) 'Five year old boys'
adjective (Singular) + plural noun
76. (D) Contents in place of content
77. (A) The horn of my car.
78. (C) the marriage of my sister's friend.
79. (A) evidence (plural a
80. (E) No Error
81. (D) No error (chiefs is correct)
82. (B) mice
83. (A) Thieves
84. (B) Five dozen (Singular) (certain unit ds vkxs number)
85. (A) ,d er gksdj dk;Z djs (As a Unit) (Singular Verb) Split esa plural verb i.e. have
86. (D) No error (woods = forests)
87. (A) 'Orders have been' in place of 'order has been'
88. (A) 'Spectacles' in place of 'Spectacle'
89. (C) 'alphabet' in place of 'alphabets'
90. (A) "is" in place of "are"
91. (A) 'Score' in place of 'scores'.
92. (D) No Error
93. (B) 'Mischief in place of 'mischiefs'
94. (C) 'is' in place of 'are'
95. (B) 'much work' in place of 'many works' work is uncountable.
96. (B) 'Work' in place of 'works'.
97. (A) oxen (plural) of OX
98. (B) 'bad' habits in place of 'bad habit'.
99. (B) 'rupee' in place of 'rupees'.
100. (B) 'Scenery' in place of 'sceneries'.

Exercise : 5
Noun
1. The crowd of angry students (A)/ ordered the (B) / closing of shops (C) / No error (D).
2. The equipment were faulty. (CPO)

(A) equipment were (B) equipments are


(C) equipment was (D) No improvement
3. For me, money is only the means to an end
(A) Only means (B) Only a means
(C) Only the mean (D) No improvement
4. His mouth watered (A) / when he saw (B) / a bouquet of grapes (C)/ No error (D)
5. This article (A) / is not available (B) / in any of the shop in the market (C)/ No error (D).
6. Students should not take part (A) / in party politics and political demonstrations (B) / as they interfere in
serious study (C) / No error (D)
7. The flock of lions (A) / roamed about (B) fearlessly in the single (C) / No error (D).
8. I have done my best (A) / the whole thing is now (B) / in the laps of the god (C) / No error (D)
9. Satyajit Ray, who conceived, coauthored (A) / and directed a number of good films was (B) / one of India's
most talented film maker (C)/ No error (D).
10. The trained gang of dalliers (A) / was employed (B) / on the ship (C) / No error (D)
11. Interviews for (A) lithe post4 of lecturers (B)/ will begin from Monday / No error (D).
12. What is (A) / the criteria OS) / of selection in the examination? (C)/ No error (D).
13. Apples sell (A) J at ten and a half rupees (B)/ a kilo (C) / No error (D).
14. She is (A) a renowned (B) / poetess (C) / No error (D).
15. Twenty cattles (A) / were found (B)/ wandering on the road (C) / No error (D).
16. You can buy the scissors (A)/ that is (B) sharp (C) / No error (D)
17. He goes fishing everyday (A) / and brings a lot of fishes (B)/ that his wife cooks for him (C)/ No error (D)
18. He gave me two ten (rupee/rupees) notes.
19. Most men live to the age of three (score/ scores) and ten.
20. My bike costs me fifty (thousand / thousands) Rupees.
21. Pray and give (thank / thanks) to god that you have been saved.
22. There was a herd of (deer / deers) in the wood.
23. Their (offspring / offsprings) are all sticky:
24. (Tiding / Tidings) came very late.
25. The (Jury / Juries) found him guilty.
26. (Dozen/ Dozens) of men wore injured.
27. I bought two (Dozen/Dozens) pencils.
28. He gave (alm/ alms) to every beggar.
29. The police (has/h4ave) made no arrests.
30. The clergy (is/ are) opposed to closing the church today.
31. A huge crowd (has/ hive) assembled.
32. Sheep blindly (follow/ follows) the leader
33. No cattle (is/are) allowed to graze here.
34. The government (is/are) allowed to implement the plait.
35. The rich (is/are) not always happy.
36. Please pay my (Regard / regards) to your father.
37. His (hairs have/ hair has) turned grey.
Correct the underlined words.
38. My pen's colour is black.
39. This is a ladies college
40. A three men enquiry committee will look into the matter.
41. There was a fifty-feet deep valley.
42. Trucks after trucks crossed the prohibited line truck after truck.
43. Gandhi has left his foot marks on the sand of time.
44. There are 5 MA among the applicants.
45. I shall spare no (pain/ pains) to give entire satisfaction to you.
46. He has built a small temple in the (premise/ premises) of the house.
47. Ethics (make / makes) the basis of good life.
48. He informed me that (A) / he had gone to one of the minister's residence' (B) / and stayed there all night
(C) / No error (D)
49. A ton's weight (A) / is too heavy for (B) / anyone to (C) / cam on his head (D) / No error (E)
50. He did not approve (A) / of his son raising (B) / stupid questions and there by vexing the teacher (C) / No
error (D).
51. Your tone of speaking (A) / as well as your friend (B) / is really extremely sarcastic (C) / yet we never take
it seriously (D) / No error (E)
52. The gold is a precious metal. (CPO)
(A) Gold (B) No improvement
(C) A gold (D) An gold
53. Very few soldiers (A) / dared to turn (B) / a deaf ear to their (C) / commander's in chief (D) / No error (E).
54. A friend of my (A) / wife came to me (B) / yesterday and asked me (C)/ for some money (D) / No error (E)
55. Many a man's life is in danger (A) / if the government does not take (B) / any serious action to (C) / safe
guard us (D) / No error (E).
56. If a student needs (A) / advice about career (B) / he should consult (C) / the careers officers (D) / No error
(E)
57. I have never seen (A) / such a lovely spectacle (B) / In my life said (C) / the passer by (D)/No error (E)
58. Mr. Sharma hats (A) / four issues / one daughter and three sons (C)/ No error (D).
59. Thousand Rupees (A) / are (B) / to pay for this watch (C) / No error (D).
60. The lady doctor (A)/ wants (B)/ loose you (C) / No error (D)
61. India's players (A) hare determined (B) / to win the champion's trophy (C) / No error (D).
62. The haves (A)/ always humiliate (B)/ the haves not (C)/ No error (D).
63. The new railway line will greatly improve (A)/ transport and communication (B) / in eastern part of the
country (C) / No error (D).
64. The survey gives (A) / us much knowledge of the (B) / public's opinion (C) / on the matter of terrorism (D)
/ No error (E).
65. I have read many plays of Shaw's (a) / who is called the (b) / Shakespeare of our age (C) / No error (D)
66. When Jaya and Shyama (A) / came across Jyoti they (B) / caught one another (C) / hands and talked for a
while (D) / No error (E)
67. The blind's life (A) / really very miserable (B) / because they can't see (C) / what happens around them (D)/
No error (E).
68. This blade's edge (A) / is sharper than any (B) / other blade's. (C) / No error (D)
69. Unfortunately for me (A)/ the root cause of my frustration (B)/ lies in our governments' dubious policy (C)/
No error (D)
70. A variety of books (A)/ is available in the market (B)/ to help the students (C)/ qualify the competitive
exams (D)/ No error (E)
71. This data (A)/ are very useful to (B)/ arrive at correct conclusion (C)/ No error (D)
72. I saw her in a (A)/ girl's hostel which is located (B)/ in the outskirts of the city (C)/ No error (D)
73. I shall not attend the part A)/ because I have many works (B) to complete within allotted time (C) / No
error (D)
74. This is Johns book on the table. (CPO)

(A) ors the table (B) No error


(C) Johns book (D) This is
75. The wage of daily (A)/ workers have (B)/ been raised (C)/ No error(D)
76. I have read many (A)/ plays of Shaw's who is (B)/ called the Shakespeare of our age (C)/ No error (D)
77. The expert mason reported to (A)/ the owner that there was no doubt (B)/ of the building's falling down
(C)/ No error (D)
78. It was India's past (A)/ glory that attracted (B)/ a number of invaders (C)/ No error (D)
79. My friend has ordered (A)/ some precious stones for (B)/ the proposed shopping complex (C)/ No error (D)
80. Although we have made a lot of (A)/ progress in the fields of medicine (B)/ millions of people die of
cancer (C)/ No error (E)
81. As soon as they reached the central park (A)/ they caught each other hand (B)/ and began to wander in the
park (C)/ No error (D)
82. He suggest to me that (A)/ I should go to the nursery to (B)/ bring some beautiful summer's flowers (C)/
No error (D)
83. Not to speak of (A)/ failure even a tragedy does (B)/ not effect his spirits (C)/ No error (D)
84. The banker's association (A)/ has submitted a memoranda for (B)/ the fulfillment of their demands (C)/ No
error (D)
85. The West Indies (A)/ have not won any match this year (B)/ No error (C)
86. This is the student who (A)/ I think had won the medal of gold in this competition (B)/ No error (D)
87. The legs of this (A)/ table are larger (B)/ than the chair's (C)/ No error (D)
88. The present datas show (A)/ that the illiteracy rate in India (B)/ has fallen down but (C)/ not to the level of
expectation (D)/ No error (E)
89. All the radiuses (A)/ of a circle are (B)/ equal in length (C)/ No error (D)
90. The latest news that (A)/ your brother has married (B)/ an American girl are very interesting (C)/ No error
(D)
91. Politics is the outcome (A)/ rather than the cause (B)/ of the social change (C)/ No error (D)
92. The prime minister along with (A)/ a group of servants (B)/ visited the Red Fort (C)/ No error (D)
93. This world is (A)/ full of Tendulkars (B)/ and Dhyanchand (C)/ No error (D)
94. My friend's cousin (A)/ has to sell all his in-valuable (B)/ to pay off his debt (C)/ No error (D)
95. His own criteria (A)/ of success is (B)/ the ability to work hard (C)/ No error (D)
96. An all parties conference (A)/ was held to consider (B)/ the problem of malnutrition (C)/ No error (D)
97. Our country is (A)/ proud of great genii (B)/ like Nehru and Gandhi (C)/ No error (D)
98. Most men's politics (A)/ its much too (B)/ loosely about them (C)/ No error (D)
99. One should use (A)/ google to protect (B) one's eyes from the sun (C)/ No error (D)
100. My friend knows many languages (A)/ but the German alphabet (B)/ will be a problem for him (C)/ No
error (D)
Exercise: 5
Answer with Explanation
1. (A) 'mob' in place of 'crowd'.
2. (C) equipment (uncountable)
3. (B) means (rjhdk) (countable)
4. (C) 'Bunch' in place of 'bouquet'.
5. (C) Shops in, place of slier. (Amy of the. one of the (plural noun)
6. (C) 'Studies' in place of 'study'.
7. (A) 'herd' it place of 'flock'
8. (C) 'lap' in place of 'laps'.
9. (C) 'film makers' in place of 'film maker'.
10. (A) 'crew' in place of 'gang'.
11. (B) 'post' in place of 'posts'.
12. (B) criterion (singular)
13. (B) ten rupees and a half.
14. (C) 'Poet' in place of 'poetess'.
15. (A) Twenty heads of cattle
16. (B) 'are' in place of 'is'
17. (B) ''fish (plural)' in place of fishes'.
18. rupee
19. Score
20. “Thousand”
21. Thanks
22. deer
23. Offspring
24. Tiding
25. Jury
26. Dozens.
27. Dozen.
28. Alms
29. Have
30. Are
31. Has
32. Follow (plural verb)
33. Are
34. Are
35. Are Regards
36. Hair has turned.
37. The colour of my pen.
38. Women's college
39. Three man
40. Fifty foot deep (hyphenated noun singular)
41. Truck after Truck.
42. Sands
43. 5MA's
44. pains
45. Premises
46. Makes
47. (B) the residence of one of the ministers.
48. (E) No error
49. (B) Son's raising
50. (B) as well as your friends' (Apostrophe's)
51. (A)
53. (D) commander in chiefs (in possessive)
52. (A)
54. (B) wife's (possessive)
55. (E) No error
56. (D) Careers'
57. (B) spectacle ( Case if) (scenery)
58. (B) Issue ( Issue ;gka cPpks ds fy, Use fd;k gS)
59. (B) is (as certain unit ds fy, nks rjg ls iz;ksx djsaxsA)
(i) Assembled things (sin-gular)
(ii) Divided gS (plural)
60. (A) doctor
61. (A) Indian (adjective is required)
62. (C) Have - nots
63. (D) No Error
64. (C) public opinion, (Adj. + Noun) (;gka ij public adjective ds :i esa gS)
of the public(Adj.) opinion (N).
65. (A) Shaw in place of shawls many + noun I + of+ noun II
noun 11 esa (Apostrophe's) use ugha gksrkA
66. (C) One another's (possessive use djs)a
67. (A) The life of the blind (preposition 'of use gksxkA)
as here "blind ,d iwjh tkfr show dj jgk gS] hence ;s plural gSA
e.g. the economic condition of the poor (plura gS)
68. (D) No error
;gka edge space crk jgk gS space crkus okys Nouns ds lkFk (Apostrophe's) use gksrk gSA
e.g. A boat's length, A hair's breadth a needle's point.
69. (C) 'government's in the place of 'governments'
70. (B) 'are' in the place of 'is'
71. (A) 'these' in the place of `this'
72. (B) 'girls" in the place of `girl's'
73. (B) 'a lot of work' in the place of 'many works'
74. (C) 'John's in the place of 'John'
75. (A) 'wages' in the place of 'wage'
76. (B) 'Shaw' in the place of 'Shaw's'
77. (C) 'falling down of the building' in the place of 'building's falling down'
78. (D) No error,
79. (B) 'stone' in the place of `stones'
80. (B) 'field' in the place of 'fields'
81. (B) 'other's' in the place of 'other'
82. (C) 'summer' in the place of 'summer's'
83. (C) 'affect' in the place of 'effect'
84. (A) 'bankers" in the place of 'banker's'
85. (B) 'has' in the place of 'have'
86. (C) 'gold medal' in the place of 'medal of gold'
87. (C) 'those of chair' in the place of the chair's'
88. (A) 'data' in the place of `datas
89. (A) 'radii' in the place of 'radiuses'
90. (C) 'is' in the place of 'are'
91. (A) 'are' in the place of 'is'
92. (A) 'retinue' in the place of 'group'
93. (C) Dhyanchands' in the place of Dhyanchand'
94. (B) Invaluables' in the place of 'invaluable'
95. (A) 'criterion' in the place of `criteria'
96. (A) 'all-party' in the place of `all-parties'
97. (B) 'geniuses' in the place of `genii'
98. (B) 'sit' in the place of 'sits' ,
99. (B) 'goggles' in the place of 'ramie
100. (0) 'alphabets' in the place of `alphabet'

Exercise : 6
Noun

1. The present day youth (A)/ needs Vivekanand (B)/ to guide them (C)/ No error (D).
2. A flock of (A)/ fish was swimming (B)/ across the pond (C)/ No error (D)
3. Some peoples who (A)/ live in America (B)/ cycle to work (C)/ and back daily (D)/ no error (E)
4. The bank is (A)/ planning to hire over (B)/ one thousand managers (C)/ on a contractual basic (D)/ No
error (E)
5. These protests are because (A)/ of the government's plan (B)/ to raise the retirement (C)/ age of public
sectors employees (D)/ No error (E)/
6. One of the latest car (A)/ seen in India was (B)/ an American car named (C)/ after its inventor (D)/ No
error (E)
7. We have been under a lot of pressure to open fifty new stores by the ending of the year.
8. In view of the intense cold wave (A)/ conditions prevailing in the state (B)/ the government declared
holidays in (C)/ all the schools for a period of ten days (D)/ No error (E)
9. Many more would have died (A)/ if they haven't received (B)/ the timely helping from (C)/ the relief team
(E)/ No error.
10. All accounts enjoying (A)/ fund based working capital limits (3)/ of Rs. 10 lakhs and above (C)/ should Ike
reviewed at least once a year (D)/ No error (E)
11. Unless the new laws (A)/ to protect the environment (i)/ are enforced pollution (C)/ will reach dangerous
levels (D)/ No error (E)
12. Amazon, one of the (A)/ biggest forest in the world (B)/ produces thirty percent (C)/ of the total oxygen in
the world (D)/ No error (E)
13. We informed customers (A)/ that there will be (B)/ no interrupting in (C)/ our bank ser-vices tomorrow
(D)/ No error (E)/
14. The two candidates share (A)/ a reputation for competency (B)/ as well as for (C)/ good communication
skill (D)/ No error (E)
15. All the students (A)/ were surprised by the peculiar (B)/ behaviours of the teacher (C)/ No error (D)
16. To give any programme before (A)/ such a throng of sincere (B)/ listeners is one of the (C)/ most important
tasks (D)/ No error (E)
17. The clerk got his manager's (A)/ permittance to take (B)/ a five day's leave (C)/ No error (D)
18. The long gap needs (A)/ to be bridged soon (B)/ because it has created (C)/ a lot of unpleasant (D)/ No
error (E)
19. The devastating experiences (A)/ of many wars taught some countries (B)/ Ike necessary of pursuing peace
(C)/ at the expense of nationalist egos (D)/ No error (E)
20. The driver said that a hundred kilometers is (A)/ after all a short distance (B)/ which he could cover in half
an hour (C)/ No error
21. My sister-is-limns (A)/ who live in Delhi (B)/ are going abroad for higher studies (C)/ No error (D)
22. Whatever the reasoning (A)/ there is no denying the changing attitude (B)/ or traditions as well as lively
hoods (C)/ No error (D)
23. In the midst of his (A)/ laborious work came (B)/ a strike of good fortune (C)/ No error (D)
24. If Indian people are united this nation can become a resourceful of strength for the entire world.
25. The flight could not (A)/ land as per schedule because (B)/ the pilot couldn't see the runaway (C)/ due to
poor visibility (d)/ No error (E)
26. Nobody's claim to be a (A)/ permanent member of the club (B)/ is valid in the eyes of the committee (C)/
No error (D)
27. The survey gives us (A)/ much knowledge of the (B)/ public's' opinion on the matter of terrorism (C)/ No
error (D)
28. He told her that (A)/ he had ever seen her (B)/ with his mind's eye (C)/ No error (D)
29. It being a pleasant morning (A)/ we decided to go out (B)/ on walking in the garden (C)/ No error (D)
30. we requested the watchman (A)/ to clean up the basement so that (B)/ the children had enough space to
play (C)/ No error (D)
31. Gradual noise over (A)/ a long period may have just as harmful (B)/ an affect as loud or sudden voice (C)/
No error (D)
32. Many residents claim that (A)/ the company has taken their (B)/ land without adequate compensating (C)/
No error (D)
33. In order to impart training (A)/ to bank employees we are setting (B)/ up centers at various location (C)/
No error (D)
34. As soon as they (A)/ entered the temple (B)/ they prayed to the Gods on bent knees. (C)/ No error (D)
(LDC)
35. When I arrived at the gate (A)/ of his house, I found his (B)/ locking up the door (C)/ No error (D)
36. I don't like (A)/ the advices (B)/ of elderly people (C)/ No error (D)
37. His maid servant behaviour (A)/ is undoubtedly indecent but (B)/ I don't understand how he tolerates it
(C)/ No error (D)
38. I appreciate you helping the poor (A)/ who are really the most ignored (B)/ deprived section of our society
(C)/ No error (D)
39. Alaripu (A)/ is an invocatory (B)/ item where the dancer offers (C)/ salute to the lord (d)/ No error (E)
40. The interim report does not t (A)/ analyse thoroughly the principle (B)/ cause of the disaster (C)/ No error
(D)
41. Since the tenant failed to pay (A)/ his vent on time the land lord (B)/ denied him access to the premise (C)/
No error (D)
42. I was compelled to leave (A)/ him unpunished although he deserved (B)/ severe punishment for breech of
rules (C)/ No error (D)
43. With the advancement of winter (A)/ the days grow shorter (B)/ while the nights grow longer (C)/ No error
(D)
44. A large number of policy (A)/ have lapsed because many people (B)/ have not paid their installments on
time (C)/ No error (D)
45. The principle gave (A)/ him punishness (B)/ for telling a lie (C)/ No error (D)
46. I have seen (A)/ a flock of boats (B)/ sailing across the river (C)/ No error (D)
47. It rained all day (A)/ last week, so we (B)/ didn't enjoy the vacation (C)/ No error (D)
48. Psychologist have been documenting (A)/ the emotional and physical affect (B)/ of negative political
advisements (C)/ No error (D)
49. The talks ended abruptly (A)/ when one of the delegate (B)/ walked out in protest (C)/ No error (D)
50. The main determination (A)/ of economic success is (B)/ our ability to control inflation (C)/ No error (D)
51. The cashier at the (A)/ counter was busy (B)/ distributing the cheque.(C)/ No error (D)
52. The consummation of (A)/ liquor is extremely (B)/ harmful to health (C)/ No error (D)
53. Preventive majors have controlled (A)/ the enormous growth (B)/ rate of terrorist, activities (C)/ No error
(D)
54. A five-men (A)/ enquiry committee was it pointed (B)/ to look into the matter. (C)No error (D) (LDC)

55. The finance Minister boasts (A)/ of improving the economic condition (B)/ of the country's (C) No error
(D)
56. Pakistan's problems are. (A)/ however, (B)/ not so serious as Afghanistan (C)/ No error (D)
57. Those rules were created to (A)/ protect the interests of the student (B)/ who live away from home (C)/ No
error (D)
58. The angry at being left out (A)/ of the bonanza is palpable (B)/ among employees of the organisation (C)/
No error (D)
59. The government officials appears to be (A)/ committed to implement (B)/ the poverty elevation project
(C)/ No error (D)
60. Jems and Jewellery (A)/ have (B)/ very low export value (C)/ No error (D)
61. We should work hard (A)/ in order to (B)/ build our carrier (C)/ No error (D)
62. It is prudent (A)/ to go (B)/ with tide rather than against (C)/ the tide of public opinion (D)/ No error (E)
63. Policy of permitting (A)/ legal import of gold (B)/ has stimulated its consummation (C)/ No error (D)
64. We went to (A)/ one of the neighbour's residences (B)/ and stayed there all night (C)/ No error (D)
65. Shakespeare has written (A)/ many plays (B)/ as well as some poetries. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

66. If a person has been given diplomatic immunity (A)/ then he can't be arrested (B)/ on a foreign laid under
any circumstance (C)/ No error (D)
67. The pole contestants approached a commission (A)/ complaining that the hoardings violated the code (B)/
of conduct and influenced public perception (C)/ No error (D)
68. A interesting book (A)/ 'A tale of two cities' (B)/ was written by Alexander Dumas. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
69. Studying the science of (A)/ logic is one way to cultivate (B)/ one's reason skills (C)/ No error (D)
70. Yeats' poetry is characterised (A)/ by his unique style which (B)/ he developed during the long span of life
(C)/ No error (D)
71. The president of India (A)/ constitutional power is limitless but (B)/ it is the P.M. who is indeed, powerful
(C)/ No error (D)
72. As we are told, this idea of (A)/ Mrs. Gandhi's was totally valid (B)/ in the present condition of India (C)/
No error (D)
73. We have already come across ariy programme which does not show violent in some form / No error
74. The committee will discuss the drartist A)/ detail and will make suggestions (B)/ for the proper
implementing the scheme (C)/ No errror (D)
75. Although he approached many private businesses (A)/ Is invest in his printing business (B)/ nobody of
them was interested (C)/ No error (D).-.
76. The valley is full of flowers all the year around / No error
77. The government decided to stop (A)/ all sells of diamond abroad (B)/ because of the re-cently passed
resolution (C)/ No error (D)
78. In India, (A)/ there are (B)/ many poors. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)
79. There is just no enough timing (A)/ in my job to sit around talking about (B)/ how we feel about each other
(C)/ No error (D)
80. These temples decoration (A)/ is much more impressive than (B)/ that of any other one (C)/ No error (D)
81. This blade's edge (A)/ is sharper than any other (B)/ blade's in this shop (C)/ No error (D)
582. The comedian enthralled everyone (A)/ with his quick witty (B)/ as he had just chosen (C)/ the right topic
to warm up the crowd (D)/ No error (E)
83. The blind's life (A)/ is very miserable because (B)/ they can't see anything (C)/ No error (D)
84. The non-availability of unprocessed natural resources (A)/ in a country should not be the basic for (B)/
rejecting the possibility of export industry (C)/ No error (E)
85. The committee underestimates (A)/ the efforts involved and (B)/ hence falls short of suggesting (C)/
majors to solve the problem (D)/ No error (E)
86. In India, hill stations (A) /usually Have (B)/ beautiful sceneries. (C)/ No error (D) (LDC)

87. Scents have utter. (A)/ disregard for wealth (B)/ and worldly matters (C)/ No error (D)
88. The principle vas asked to (A)/ indicate the names of students (B)/ who were standing for election (C)/ No
error (D)
89. Their failure to inspect (A)/ the officer (B)/ maintained the morale (C)/ of the personal in his division (D)/
No error (E)
90. Their failure to inspect (A)/ our factories is a clear indications (B)/ that our license (C)/ will not be renewed
(D)/ No error (E)
91. The company is prepared (A)/ to lend us the necessary (B)/ amount required for the developing of the
region (C)/ No error (D)
92. Political justice implies (A)/ the participation of the persons (B)/ in the affairs (C)/ in the state (D)/ No
error (E)
93. Mr. Thakur often thinks (A)/ of the happy days (B)/ of his childish (C)/ No error (D)
94. All the passengers carried their own bag-gages / No error
95. A stock of lectures (A)/ on this topic will be (B)/ fruitful to the students (C)/ No error (D)
96. An assembly of musicians (A)/ came to our village to (B)/ entertain us (C)/ No error (D)
97. I spent all my (A)/ summer vacations (B)/ with my cousin (C)/ No error (D)
98. We provided (A)/ the poors (B)/ with food (C)/ No error (D)
99. All the evidences were (A)/ against him and he was (B)/ held guilty (C)/ No error (D)
100. The cloths she (A)/ was wearing in the party (B)/ were very costly (C)/ No error (D)
Exercise : 6
Answer with Explanation
1. (B) put 'a' before Vivekanand.
2. (A) 'shoal' in the place of `flock'
3. (A) 'people' in the place of `peoples'
4. (D) 'basis' in the place of 'basic'
5. (D) 'sector' in the place of `sectors'
6. (A) 'cars' in the place of 'car'
7. (D) 'end' in the place of 'ending'
8. (E) No error
9. (C) 'help' in the place of 'helping'
10. (B) 'limit' in the place of 'limits'
11. (D) 'level' in the place of 'levels'
12. (B) 'forests' in the place of `forest'
13. (C) 'interruption' in the place of 'interrupting'
14. (E) No error
15. (C) 'behaviour' in the place of `behaviours'
16. (B) 'assembly' in the place of `throng'
17. (B) 'permission' in the place of 'permittance'
18. (D) 'unpleasantness' in the, place of 'unpleasant' ;
19. (C) 'necessity' in the place of `necessael
20. (A) `kilomette tits place of - `kilometres'
21. (A) `sister-in-law in the place sister-in-law
22. (A) 't-easete.4n the place, of `resorting'
23. (C) 'stroke' in the 'place of `strike'
24. (C) 'source' in the place of 'resourceful',
25. (C) 'runway' in the place of `runaway'
26. (D) No error
27. (C) 'public' in the place of `public's'
28. (D) No error
29. (C) 'a walk' in the place of `walking'
30. (C) 'room' in the place of `space'
31. (C) 'effect' in the place of 'affect'
32. (C) 'compensation' in the place of 'compensating'
33. (C) 'locations' in the place of `location'
34. (C) 'God' in the place of 'Gods'
35. (B) 'him' in the place of 'his'
36. (B) 'advice' in the place of `advices'
37. (A) 'servant's' in the place of `servant'
38. (A) 'your' in the place of 'you'
39. (C) 'salutation' in the place of 's'alute'
40. (B) 'principal' in the place of 'principle'
41. (C) 'premises' in the place of `premise'
42. (C) 'breach' in the place of `breech'
43. (A) 'onset' in the place of 'advancement'
44. (A) 'policies' in the place of `policy'
45. (B) 'punishment' ill, the place of `punishness'
46. (B) 'fleet' in the place of `flock'
47. (A) 'days' in the place. of 'day'
48. (B) 'effect' in the place of 'effect'
49. (B) 'delegate' in the place, of `delegate'
50. (A) 'determinant" place; of determination'
51. (C) Cheques (plural)
52. (A) consumption in the place of consummation
53. (A) measures in the place of majors
54. (A) 'man' in the place of 'men'.
55. (C) country in the place of 'country's'
86. (C) 'Afghanistan's' in the place of 'Afghanistan'
57. (B) 'students' in the place of `student'
58. (A) 'anger' in the place of angry
59. (A) appear' in the place of `appears'
60. (A) 'Gems' in the place of `Jems'
61. (C) 'career' in the place of `carrier'
62. (C) 'tide' in the place of 'tied'
63. (C) 'consumption' in the place of 'consumation'
64. (B) 'the residence of one of the neighbours' in the place of 'one of the neighbour's residences'
65. (C) 'poetry' in the place of 'poetries'
66. (C) 'circumstances' in the place of 'circumstance'
67. (C) 'public's' in the place of `public'
68. (A) 'an' in the place of 'A'
69. (C) 'reasoning' in the place of `reason'
70. (A) Yeats' not ... Yeat's
71. (A) India's' in the place of 'India'
72. (B) 'Mrs. Gandhi' in the place of 'Mrs. Gandhi's'
73. (D) 'violence' in the place of `violent'
74. (C) 'implementation of in the place of 'implementing'
75. (A) businessmen in the place of businesses.
76. (C) round in the place of around
77. (B) 'sales' in the place of sells
78. (C) 'poor people' of 'pours'
79. (A) 'time' in the place of 'timing
80. (A) 'temples' in the place of 'temples'
81. (D) No error
82. wit in the place of 'witty'
83. The life of the blind' in the place of 'the blind's life'
84. (B) 'basis' in the place of 'basic'
85. (D) 'measures' in the place of `majors'
86. (C) 'scenery' in the place of 'sceneries'
87. (A) 'Saints' in the place of `scents'
88. (A) 'principal' in the place of
89. (C) 'personnel' in the place of 'personal'
90. (B) 'indication' in the place of 'indication'
91. (D) 'development' in the place of 'developing'
92. (B) 'people' in the place of 'persons'
93. (C) 'childhood' in the place of 'childish'
94. (C) 'baggage' in the place of 'baggages'
95. (A) 'series' in the place of `stock'
96. (A) 'band' in the place of 'assembly'
97. (B) 'vacation' in the place of `vacations'
98. (B) 'poor' in the place of 'poors'
99. (A) 'evidence was' in the place of 'evidences were'
100. (A) 'clothes' in the place of `cloths'
Exercise : 7
Noun
1. For her sake as well as for John (A)/ I hope fervently that (B)/ She might still be found (C)/ No error.(D)
2. She invited (A)/ all his daughter-in-laws (B)/ to the grand party last week. (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)

3. If the police enters (A)/ we all should hid (B)/ in the corner of the room (C)/ (D)/ No error (E)
4. Oh! for god sake, (A)/ leave me alone and (B)/ go away from here (C)/ No error.(D)
5. Having been found guilty (A)/ of the theft. Sunny was sentenced (B)/ to five year's imprisonment (C)/ No
error.(D)
6. Without hesitation he withdrew (A)/ his entire life savings (B)/ from the bank and invested (C)/ them in his
son new business venture (D)/ No error (E)
7. The final decision can (A)/ be taken only after (B)/ we consider a)1 (C)/ the panel suggestions (D)/ No
error(E)
8. The company's decision to issue (A)/ bonus shares clearly (B)/ indicates the management's confident about
the future (C)/ No error (D)
9. The manager has nit (A)/ yet replied to the a customer (B)/ letter asking about (t)/ her loan application (D) /
No error (E)
10. The customer handed over (A)/ a hundred -rupees (B)/ note to the shopkeeper (C)/ No error (D)
11. My brothers lost a (A)/ five hundred rupee (B)/ notes yesterday (C)/ No error.(D)
12. A five men (A)/ committee was established (A)/ to look into the case (C)/ No error (D).
13. It is one hour (A)/ and a quarters since (B)/ he went away (C)/ No error.(D)
14. Very few soldieres dared (A)/ to pay a deaf year to (B)/ their commander's in chief orders (C)/ No error.(D)
15. A man should (A)/ be true to (B)/ his words (C)/ No error.(D)
16. Sachin played a (A)/ great inning (B)/ on that day (C)/ No error.(D)
17. There is a dearth of woman (A)/ doctors in our state we (B)/ shall have to recruit (C)/ some from the other
states (D)/ No error.(E)
18. Interviews for the (A)/ post of lecturer (B)/ will begin from tomorrow (C)/ No error.(D)
19. The team (A)/ are fighting (B)/ among them-selves (C)/ No error (D)
20. Many peoples were (A)/ brought to safety by (B)/ the army helicopters from (co the flood hit area (D)/ No
error.(E)
21. Besides these norms, (A)/ the gala was also analysed to (B)/ form the sub groups IC)/ No error.(D)
22. Abdul Kalisa remained (A)/ a man of principal (B)/ all through his life (C)/No error.(D)
23. It was a great honour (A)/ and privilege to witness the (B)/ high level meetings between (C)/ Chinese and
Indian leaders. (D)/ No error.(E)
24. Unfortunately the new scissors (A)/ I have bough, (B)/ is blunt (C)/ No error (D)
25. though he is (A)/ still in teenage (B)/ his hairs have grown grey (C)/ No error (D)
26. There are many (A)/ beautiful scenery (B)/ in Himachal Pradesh (C)/ No error. (D)
27. He narrated the story (A)/ superbly in (B)/ great details (C)/ No error (D)
28. I have been waiting (A)/ eagerly for the (B)/ summer vacations (C)/ No error (D).
29. This building is (A)/ made of (B)/ precious marbles (C)/ No error.(D)
30. A trained gang (A)/ of sailors was (B)/ employed on the ship (C)/ No error.(D)
31. The advertisement (A)/ attracted all the (B)/ passer bys. (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)
32. I saw a thirteen (A)/ years old boy (B)/ working in that factory (C)/ No error.(D)
33. The majority (A)/ is in the favour (B)/ of this proposal (C)/ No error.(D)
34. He has committed (A)/ many mischiefs (B)/ since his childhood (C)/ No error (D)
35. A plenty of informations (A)/ about his activities was (B)/ passed on to his boss (C)/ No error (D)
36. My friend's cousin bought a new house (A)/ a week ago but he hasn't a (B)/ decent furniture in his house
(C)/ No error (D)
37. I know that (A)/ he has many informations (B)/ about your whereabouts (C)/ No error (D)
38. In fact, if it hadn't been (A)/ for his invaluable advices on (B)/ so many occasions I wouldn't (C)/ have
achieved anything in life, (D)/ No error (E)
39. The news which (A)/ he brought (B)/ were not reliable (C)/ No error (D)
40. This factory contains (A)/ all kinds of machineries (B)/ which is necessary (C)/ No error (D)
41. The award ceremony ended (A)/ on a note of good cheer (B)/ with audiences responding (C)/ warmly to its
line up of films (D)/ No error (E)
42. The amount will (A)/ grow one and (B)/ a half time (C)/ No error.(D)
43. I have one issue (A)/ but one of my friends (B)/ has three issues (C)/ No error.(D)
44. All his brother-in-laws (A)/ are very idle (B)/ and do nothing (C)/ No error (D)
45. You will have to (A)/ submit all your (X)/ pa-per for scrutiny (C)/ No error (D)
46. This book should (A)/ be printed on (B)/ fine papers (C)/ No error (D)
47. When he was travelling-to (A)/ Goa most et his belongings (B)/ was lost in a train (C)/ No error (D)
48. Our teams has scored (A)/ three hundreds runs (B)/ in the first innings (C)/ No error.(D)
49. The committee have (A)/ arrived at a unanimous (B)/ decision on this issue (C)/ No error.(D)
50. He is ready to make (A)/ any sacrifice for (B)/ the sake of justice (C)/ No error. (D)
51. All the evidences (A)/ was against him and (B)/ he was held guilty (C)/ No error.(D)
52. The magistrate has issued (A)/ a summon asking me to (B)/ attend the court on Monday (C)/ No error.(d)
53. One of his firmest belief (A)/ was that his friend shouted (B)/ at him with a view to making (C)/ him aware
of his repeated lapses (D)/ No error.(E)
54. The sheafs of the wheat (A)/ plants are too heavy for me (B)/ to carry on head (C)/ No error.(D)
55. He gave me a ten-rupees note. (Steno)

(A) ten-rupee (B) tens-rupees


(C) tens-rupee (D) No improvement
56. There are hundred (A)/ of partially built (B)/ houses in this locality (C)/ No error.(D)
57. In the modern age (A)/ twenty miles are (B)/ not a long distance to be covered on foot. (C)/ No error (D)
(Steno)
58. Order has been issued (A)/ for his transfer to another (B)/ district but he has not (C)/ received them so far
(D)/ No error.(D)
59. He has ordered bricks (A)/ for the proposed (B)/ hotel and bar (C)/ No error.(D)
60. When you see his off springs (A)/ you can't believe (B)/ that he is above seventy (C)/ No error.(D)
61. The beautiful surrounding (A)/ of this hotel (B)/ attract many tourist (C)/ No error.(D)
62. All his sister-in-laws are (A)/ extremely beautiful to look at (B)/ so the question of selection is puzzling (C)
No error.(D)
63. Although she has studied (A)/ English for almost a year (B)/ she has yet to learn the alphabets (C)/ No
error.(D)
64. I gave him five one (A)/ thousand rupee notes to (B) / deposit in my saving account (C)/ No error.(D)
65. The committee is divided over (A)/ the issue of his appointment (B)/ and this has resulted in (C)/ much
anger among the members (D)/ No error.(E)
66. This house is made (A)/ of precious stone (B)/ not of bricks (C)/ No error.(D)
67. A pair of spectacles (A)/ have been found (B)/ in this class room (C)/ No error.(D)
68. It is a pity that even (A)/ five years old boys (B)/ are engaged in hazardous factories (C)/ No error.(D)
69. Many peoples have the perception (A)/ that the rich are (B)/ the happiest lot on the earth (C)/ No error.(D)
70. One is to believe (A)/ that the affluent (B)/ is privileged (C)/ No error.(D)
71. The manager's five (A)/ minutes speech was (B)/ very interesting (C)/ No error.(D)
72. This sturdy building (A)/ has been made (B)/ of bricks (C)/ No error (D)
73. They are to launch a (A)/ two crores project within (B)/ the next few months (C)/ No error.(D)
74. My uncle bought (A)/ two dozens of (B)/ mangoes yesterday (C)/ No error.(D)
75. His trousers (A)/ are three (B)/ sizes large (C)/ No error.(D)
76. According to some estimates (A)/ there are seven thousands type (B)/ of plants on this planet (C)/ No
error.(D)
77. A fair mean (A)/ is preferable (B)/ to the foul one (C)/ No error.(D)
78. Fishes can (A)/ not live (B)/ without water (C)/ No error.(D)
79. The cattles are grazing in the field.
(A) Cattle is (B) Cattle are
(C) Cattles were (D) No improvement
80. Alumni of our (A)/ college meets (B)/ the principal every year (B)/ No error.(D)
81. The cattle in the meadow (A)/ was terrified to hear (B)/ the roar of a lion which (C)/ appeared to be wild
with anger (D)/ No error.(E)
82. A few word of gratitude (A)/ are enough to (B)/ express your emotions (C)/ No error.(D)
83. He told me (A)/ that it was his (B)/ uncle's Raghav house (C)/ No error.(D)
84. Row upon row of (A)/ pink marbles (B)/ look beautiful (C)/ No error (D)
85. Your deposits have (A)/ grown two and a half (B)/ time within a year (C)/ No error (D)
86. The police have received (A)/ an important information that (B)/ can help them solve the case (C)/ No
error.(D)
87. Raja Ram Raghav Ray was greatly pained (A)/ when he heard the cries of widows (B)/ being bunt on their
husband's pyres. (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)

88. A two bedroom flat (A)/ with all furnitures (B)/ is available for sale. (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)

89. I saw a bloat of hippopotamus. (Steno)

(A) a bloat of hippopotami


(B) a flock of hippopotamus
(C) a flock of hippopotami
(D) No improvement
90. A fleet of ship (A)/ was seen while we were (B)/ spending our vacation at the ocean (C)/ No error (D)
91. Lasers are indispensible (A)/ tools for the delicate (B)/ eyes surgery (C)/ No error (D)
92. You are not (A)/ supported to commit (B)/ mistakes after mistakes (C)/ No error (D)
93. One of the important lessons (A)/ he taught me was to save at least (B)/ thirty percents of my gross
business (C)/ No error (D)
94. Identifying, nurturing and developing (A)/ an employee talent is among (B)/ the most important tasks of
human resource development (C)/ No error (D)
95. Young school students now-a-day are subjected (A)/ to intense pressure from peers (B)/ and their parents
like to fetch (C)/ high marks in public examinations (D)/ No error (E)
96. In cities people don't always (A)/ have the time to catch (B)/ up with old friend or (C)/ spend times with
their family (D)/ No error (E)
97. Certain amounts of stress at work (A)/ is natural but it is (B)/ important that one learns to (C)/ keep it in the
right proportion (D)/ No error (E)
98. I spent nearly four (A)/ and half years at Harrow of which (B)/ three were in the Army class (C)/ No error
(D)
99. Chhatrapati Shivaji's succession (A)/ as a fighter and leader (B)/ is incomparable. (C)/ No error (D) (Steno)
100. According to government estimates (A)/ at least four millions (B)/ tonns of sugar will have (C)/ to be
imported this year (D)/ No error (E)
Exercise: 7
Answer with Explanation
1. (A) replace 'John' with `John's'.
2. (C) 'daughters-in-law' in the place of 'daughter-in-laws'.
3. (A) 'enter' in the place of 'enters'
4. (A) replace 'God' with 'God's'.
5. (C) replace 'year's' with 'years'.
6. (D) replace 'son' with 'son's'.
7. (D) replace 'panel' with `panel's'.
8. (D) replace 'confident' with `confidence'.
D;ksfa d (') ds ckn noun (confidence) vkrk gS] u fd adjective (confident)
9. (B) replace 'customer' with `customer's'.
10. (B) replace 'rupees' with 'rupee'.
11. (C) replace 'notes' with 'not D;ksfa d article 'a' ds ckn singular noun (note) vkuk pkfg,A
12. (A) replace 'men' with 'man'.
13. (B) replace 'quarters' with `quarter'.
D;ksfa d one hour and a quarter (or) one an a quarter hours.
14. (C) replace 'commander's-in-chief with 'commander-in-chiefs'.
15. (C) replace 'words' with word D;ksafd ;gka (word) dk vFkZ a promise (oknk) gS tks fd singular form esa gh gksrk gSA
16. (B) replace 'inning' with 'innings'.
17. (A) remove 'woman'.
18. (A) replace 'interviews' with `interview'.
D;ksfa d ;gka ,d single process dh ckr gks jgh gSA
19. (D)
20. (A) replace 'peoples' with 'people'.
21. (B) replace 'was' with 'were'. D;ksafd data ,d plural noun
22. (B) replace 'principal' with `principle'
D;ksfa d ;gka fl)kar oknh iq:"k dh ckr gks jgh gSA
principle = fl)kar; principal = izkpk;Z
23. (B) 'meeting' in the place of `meetings'
24. (C) 'are' in the place of 'is'
25. (C) 'hair has' in the place of `hairs have'
26. (A) replace 'many' with lot of
27. (C) 'detail' in the place of 'details'
28. (C) `vacation' in the *ace of' 'vacations'
29. (C) replace marbles with marble
D;ksfa d marble ,d material noun ds :i esa iz;kx gqvk gS] tks uncountable and singular gksrk gSA
30. (A) replace 'gang' with 'crew'. D;ksfa d a crew of sailors a gang of robbers/ dacoits.
31. (C) 'Passers-by' in the place of 'Passer-bys'.
32. (B) replace 'years' with 'year'.
33. (B) replace 'is' with 'are'.
D;ksfa d majority ,d plural noun gSA
34. (B) replace 'many' with 'a lot of.
35. (A) replace 'informations' with information.
36. (B) 'any' in the place of 'a'
37. (B) 'a lot of information' in the place of 'many informations'
38. (B) 'advice' in the place of `advice s'
39. (C) `was' in the place of 'were'
40. (B) 'machinery' in the place of 'machineries'
41. (B) 'audience' in the place of `audiences'
42. (C) replace `time' with `times'.
43. (C) replace issue with issue.
D;ksfa d issue (larku) singular and plural nksuksa gh form esa same jgrk gSA
44. (A) brother-in-law' in the place of 'brother-in-laws'
45. (C) papers' in the place of `paper
46. (C) papers' in the place of `papers
47. (C) were in the place of was.
48. (B) replace 'hundreds' with `hundred'.
49. (A) replace 'have' with `has'.
D;ksfa d unanimous (,der) gksdj decision ns jgh gSA
50. (C) replace `sake of justice' with justice' sake'.
51. (A) remove `s' from `evidences'.
52. (B) replace 'a summon' with `summons'.
53. (A) replace 'belief' with 'beliefs'.
D;ksfa d one of+ plural noun.
54. (A) replace `sheafs' with `sheaves'.
55. (A)
56. (A) replace `hundred' with `hundreds'.
57. (B) 'is' the place of 'are'
58. (A) `orders' in the place of 'order' and 'have' in the place of 'has'.
59. (A) replace 'bricks' by 'brick'.
60. (A) replace 'offsprings' with `offspring'.
61. (A) add 'S' in 'surrounding'.
62. (A) replace 'sister-in-laws' by 'sisters-in-law'.
63. (C) remove 'S' from 'alpha-bets'.
64. (C) add 'S' in 'saving'.
65. (A) replace 'is' by 'are'.
66. (C) `brick' in the place of
67. (B) `has' in the place of
68. (B) replace 'year' by 'years'.
69. (A) 'people' in the place of 'peoples'
70. (B) replace 'is' by 'are'.
D;ksfa d the + adjective (plural noun)
71. (B) `minute' in the place of `minutes'.
72. (C) `brick' in the place of `bricks'
73. (B) replace 'crores' with `crore'.
74. (B) 'dozen' in the place of `dozens'.
75. (C) 'size' in the place of `sizes'
76. (B) 'types' in the place of
77. (A) 'means' in the place of `mean'
78. (A) 'fish' in the place of `fishes'
79. (B)
80. (B) 'meet' in the place of `meets'
81. (B) 'were' in the place of 'was'
82. (A) 'words' in the place of word'
83. (C) 'uncle Raghav's' in the place of 'uncle's Raghav'
84. (B) 'marble' in place of `marbles' as it is in countable noun.
85. (C) 'times' in the place of time
86. (B) remove 'an'
87. (C) (husbands') in the place of (husband's)
88. (B) 'furniture' in the place of 'furnitures'
89. (C)
90. (A) 'ships' in the place of 'ship'
91. (C) 'eye' in the place of 'eyes'
92. (C) 'mistake after mistake' in the place of 'mistakes after mistake'
93. (C) 'percent' in the place of `percents'
94. (B) 'employee's' in the place of 'employee'
95. (A) `now-a-days' in the place of 'now.-a-day'
96. (C) `time' in the place of
97. (A) 'amount' in the place of `amounts'
98. (B) `a half' in the place of half
99. (A) success in the place of succession
success – (lQyrk)
succession - (vuqØe)
100. (B) 'million' in the place of `millions'

Exercise – 8
Noun
1. Our teacher gave us (A)/ many advices (B)/ regarding our future career (C)/ No error (D)
2. You can get (A)/ all the informations (B)/ you want in this book (C)/ No error (D)
3. I postponed his going to Delhi (A)/ tonight as I wanted him to (B)/ deal with one of my problem (C)/ No
error (D)
4. She went to market (A)/ yesterday and bought a few (B)/ article of stationery (C)/ No error (D)
5. He told me that he had gone to (A)/ one of his friend's houses (B)/ and stayed there all night (C)/ No error.
(D)
6. My cousin treats (A)/ his servant with (B)/ great kind (C)/ No error (D)
7. Loyal to one's (A)/ country is the duty (B)/ of every citizen (C)/ No error (D)
8. I made him read (A)/ pages after pages of the book (B)/ but he couldn't pass the exam (C)/ No error (D)
9. The girl watched intently (A)/ as the model applied her make-up (B)/ with a practiced hand (C)/ No error
(D)
10. It is (A)/ a desert. (B)/ place (C)/ No error (D)
11. The significant LINEA is that (A)/ none of the ancient Indian ovientista OR/ claimed originality of their
theories (C)/ No error (D)
12. There is never paucity of resources (A)/ not withstanding absence of (B)/ any organised fund rising
machinery (C)/ No error (D)
13. Salmon's role in 'Tubelight' is (A)/ very attractive as well as importance as far as the action of the movie is
concerned / No error
14. Many of the question's (A)/ given are so difficult that (B)/ nobody dares to solve them (C)/ No error (D)
15. He told me that (A)/ Rahul met him at (B)/ one of his friend's house (C)/ No error (D)
16. One should work hard (A)/ so that one can (B)/ achieve one goal (C)/ No error (D)
17. I don't want to bring her (A)/ to my home because her (B)/ rashness is quite intolerable (C)/ No error (D)
18. One of my friend (A)/ come to me yesterday and (B)/ asked me for some help (C)/ No error (D)
19. The long-distance train (A)/ which met with an accident (B)/ was carrying some army personal (C)/ No
error (D)
20. The wording and meaning (A)J in this example is (B)/ ambiguous all the way (t)/ No Error (D)
21. The roll of the institute (A)/ is to pro de technical support (B)/ to other institutions and to constantly (C)/
monitor their facilities performance (D)/ No error (E)
22. The officer said that (A)/ he appreciate his staffs (B)/ coming on time and cooperating him (C)/ No error
(D)
23. The lawyer asked (A)/ the complainant to put (B),/ his sign on the paper (C)/ No error (D)
24. The young men from (A)/ America found the assent (B)/ of the mountain hard going (C)/ No error (D)
25. The corpse (A)/ had been (B)/ dead for a weak (C)/ No error (D)
26. We must help him (A)/ After all we are brothers (B)/ of the same profession (C)/ No error (D)
27. The issues are very complex (A)/ and the problem is that (B)/ they are bound to be obscured (C)/ by this
hypocritical politicians (D)/ No error (E)
28. These type of books are (A)/ certainly helpful to the (B)/ students preparing for SSC / No error
29. Please convey my best (A)/ regard and wishes (B)/ to the Boss-, said Ram (C)/ No error (D)
30. In the latest elections (A)/ the electorate's disinterestness puzzled (B)/ the politicians very much (C)/ No
error (D)
31. 'Language chemists of several stratums', (A)/ said a linguist in his lecture (B)/ on language and linguistics
(C)/ No error (D)
32. Alexander Calder, who was originally (A)/ interested in mechanical engineering (B)/ later became a
sculptor (C)/ No error (D)
33. Regardless of your teaching method, (A)/ the objective of any conversation class (B)/ should be for the
students (C)/ to practice speaking words (D)/ No error (E)
34. Has the agenda (A)/ for tomorrow's meeting (B)/ drawn up? (C)/ No error (D)
35. Jaipur's water supply system (A)/ is certainly as good as (B)/ is expected in a capital town (C)/ No error
(D)
36. When these girls came across (A)/ Sheela, they caught one another (B)/ hands and walked for a while (C)/
No error (D)
37. Everybody should be careful to fulfill (A)/ the society's demands and thereby (B)/ show his attachment to it
(C)/ No error (D)
38. Our teacher says that (A)/ a two miles walk always (B)/ keeps us healthy and fresh (C)/ No error (D)
39. Frightened. Charlie threw away (A)/ his wallet and kept running (B)/ until he reached (C)/ the step of
relative's house (D)/ No error (E)
40. The objectivity (A)/ of the programme is to (B)/ entertain the masses (C)/ No error (D)
41. The President has issued (A)/ an ordnance to confiscate (B)/ the property of the accused few in the
misappropriation case (D)/ No error (E)
42. Through persistent exercises and (A)/ nourishing diet (B)/ he has maintained fine physic (C)/ No error (D)
43. Your brother's-in-law friend (A)I is seriously ill and (B) Is wants to see you. (C)/ as soon as possible (D)/
No error (E)
44. As one of tile leader (A)/ insurance companies they offer (B)/ comprehensive financial services (C)/No
error (D).
45. I saw only five police (A)/ who were running after (B)/ a gig of robbers (C)
46. He came to his wit's end (A)/ when he found that his Pi/ younger brother had gone abroad (C)/ No error
(D)
47. The former PM of India's (A)/ P.V. Rao's visit to Japan strengthened (B)/ the relation between Japan and
India (C)/ No error (D)
48. In one of our conversation (A)/ she said that she had (B)/ visited the Taj Mahal twice (C)/ No error (D)
49. The doctor declared that the patient's intestine were not working properly (A)/ No error (B)
50. After the brief appearance (A)/ before the waiting crowd (B)/ he was taken to the Governor chamber (C)/
No error (D)
51. You have to remove (A)/ the fish scales (B)/ before you fry them (C)/ No error (D)
52. The Finance Minister's view (A)/ is that the scheme will ensure (B)/ that millions of farmers (C)/ will be
lifted out of poverty (D)/ No error (E)
53. Customers should avail (A)/ themselves of the consulting services (B)/ offered by an insurance company
(C)/ No error (D)
54. A moment delay (A)/ would have proved (B)/ costly in the situation (C)/ No error (D)
55. My brother always used to (A)/ keep a ten rupees note (B)/ in his pocket (C)/ No error (D)
56. The spy has given (A)/ two important information (B)/ to the police (C)/ No error (D)
57. Your advices are (A)/ the proof (B)/your discriminating mind (B)/ and pragmatic approach (C)/ No error
(D)
58. The wall of this fort (A)/ is twenty (B)/ foot high (C)/ No error (D)
59. All the Prime Ministers are responsible for the pitiable condition of their country (A)/ No error (B)
60. Mr. Sharma has approached (A)/ the bank for a loan to finance (B)/ his son college education (C)/ No error
(D)
61. This state unemployment (A)/ rate is the highest (B)/ in the nation (C)/ No error (D)
62. It is the government responsibility (A)/ to provide athletes with the (B)/ necessary facilities for their
training (C)/ No error (D)
63. The protesters went on (A)/ rampaging and set (B)/ ablaze three shops (C)/ No error (D)
64. The RBI has proposed to (A)/ introduce polymer notes (B)/ after taking into considering (C)/ the cost and
longevity (D)/ No error (E)
65. Meditation enables (A)/ us to piece (B)/ and tranquility (C)/ No error (D)
66. The defendant presented (A)/ written evidence to prove (B)/ that he was not (C)/ present at the scene (D)/
No error (E)
67. The unscrupulous elements (A)/ involved in snatching (B)/ ladies' necklesses have been arrested (C)/ No
error (D)
68. The Government officials (A)/ appear to be committed to (B)/ implement the poverty elevation project
with due sincerity (C)/ No error (D)
69. His mean is very limited (A)/ yet he does not curtail (B)/ his expenditure and spends lavishly (C)/ No error
(D)
70. The Headquarter of the Army is in Delhi' (A)/ it's really very surprising that (B)/ you do not know even this
fact (C)/ No error (D)
Exercise: 8
Answer with Explanation
1. (B) 'a lot of advice' in place of 'many advices'
2. (B) 'information' in place of 'informations'
3. (C) 'problems' in place of 'problem'
4. (C) 'articles' in place of 'article'
5. (B) 'the house of one of his friends' in place of 'one of his friend's houses'
6. (C) 'Kindness' in place of 'kind'
7. (A) 'loyalty' in place of 'loyal'
8. (B) 'page after page' in place of 'pages after pages'
9. (C) 'practiced' in place of 'practiced'
10. (B) 'deserted' in place of 'desert'
11. (A) 'feature' in place of 'future'
12. (C) 'raising' in place of 'rising'
13. (C) 'important' in place of 'importance'
14. (A) 'questions' in place of 'question's'
15. (C) 'the house of one of his friends' in place of `one of his friend's house'
16. (C) 'one's' in place of 'one'
17. (D) No error
18. (A) 'friends' in place of 'friend'
19. (C) `personnel' in place of 'personal'
20. (D) No error
21. (A) 'role' in place of 'roll'
22. (B) 'staffs" in place of 'staff
23. (C) 'signature' in place of 'sign'
24. (B) 'ascent' in place of 'assent'
25. (D) No error
26. (B) 'brethren' in place of 'brothers'
27. (E) No error
28. (A) 'types' in place of 'type'
29. (B) 'regards' in place of 'regard'
30. (D) No error
31. (A) 'strata' in place of `stratum'
32. (D) No error
33. (D) practice' in place of 'practice'
34. (A) 'have' in place of 'has'
35. (E) No error
36. (B) 'one another's' in place of 'one another'
37. (D) No error
38. (B) 'mile' in place of 'miles'
39. (C) 'steps' in place of 'step'
40. (A) 'objective' in place of 'objectivity'
41. (B) 'ordinance' in place of 'ordnance'
42. (A) 'persistence' in place of 'persistent'
43. (A) 'brother-in-law's' in place of 'brother's-in-
44. (A) 'leading' in place of 'leader'
45. (A) 'police men' in place of 'police'
46. (D) No Error
47. (A) 'India' in place of 'India's'
48. (A) 'conversations' in place of 'conversation'
49. (B) 'intestines' in place of 'intestine'
50. (C) 'Governor's' in place of 'Governor'
51. (D) No Error
52. (D) No error
53. (B) 'consultation' in place of 'consulting'
54. (A) 'moment's' in place of 'moment'
55. (B) `ten-rupee' in place of `ten-rupees'
56. (B) remove two'
57. (A) 'advice' in place of 'advices'
58. (D) No Error
59. (D) No error
60. (C) 'son's' in place of 'son'
61. (A) 'state's' in place of 'state'
62. (A) 'government's' in place of 'government'
63. (B) 'rampage' in place of 'rampaging'
64. (C) 'consideration' in place of 'considering'
65. (B) 'peace' in place of 'piece'
66. (B) 'testimony' in place of 'evidence'
67. (C) 'necklaces' in place of 'necklaces'
68. (C) 'alleviation' in place of 'elevation'
69. (A) 'means are' in place of 'mean is'
70. (A) 'headquarters' in place of 'headquarter'
Exercise – 9
Noun
1. My sister (1)/ has read (2) pages after pages of the Bible. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam 05.12.2004)
2. The Prime minister was asked (1)/ to write a forward (2)/ to the book. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam 11.12.2005)
3. The long-distance train (1)/ which met with an accident (2)/ was carrying some army personal. (3)/ No
error (4) (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam. 11.12.2005)

4. The young men from Japan (1)/ found the assent of the mountain (2)/ hard going. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam. 11.12.2005)
5. The items I liked most (1)/were the rosewood carvings (2)/and the teakwood furniture of Dutch design (3)/
No error. (4) (SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)

6. When the football team walked onto the field (1)/ the crowd burst into applause, (2)/ but some cheers were
heard too. (3)/ No error (4). (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam. 26.11.2006 (Second Sitting)

7. The lawyer asked the complainant (1)/ to put his sign (2)/ on the paper. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam. 25.11.2007)
8. The beautiful (1)/ surrounding of the place (2)/ enchanted me. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) November 2008)
9. No porter being available (1)/ he carried (2)/ all his luggages himself. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) November 2008)
10. The table's legs (1)/ have been (2)/ elaborately carved. (3)/ No error (4).
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam. 29.03.2009)
11. The sceneries (1)/ of Kashmir (2)/ is very charming. (3)/ No error (4).
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam 29.03.2009)
12. A few tiles on skylab (1)/ were the only equipments (2)/ that failed to perform well in outer space.(3)/ No
error (4) (SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010 (Paper-I)

13. The clerk was (1)/ not intimidated by (2)/ his boss's bullying (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (South Zone) Investigators Exam. 12.09.2010)
14. This misogynist hates (1)/ all mother-in-laws, (2)/ lady-doctors and house maids (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (South Zone) Investigators Exam. 12.09.2010)
15. I (1)/ have (2)/ many works to do. (3)/ No error.(4)
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-1 Exam. 19.06.2011 (First Sitting)
16. The company has ordered (1)/ some (2)/ new equipments. (3)/ No error.(4)
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-1 Exam. 19.06.2011 (First Sitting)
17. I like (1)/ the poetries (2)/ of Byron and Shelley (3)/ No error (4).
(SSC Higher Secondary Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 27.11.2010)
18. The Manager put forward (1)/ a number of critereons/ (2) for the post. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Higher Secondary Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 27.11.2010 (Ist Sitting)
19. The furnitures (1)/ had become (2)/ old and rusty. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Stenographer (Grade 'C' & 'D' Exam. 09.01.2011)
20. Most people (1)/ are afraid of (2)/ swine flu these days. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Stenographer (Grade 'C' & 'D' Exam. 09.01.2011)
21. There are (1)/ no poetries (2)/ in my book.(3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011 (Ist Sitting (North Zone)
22. That house (1)/is built of (2)/ stones.(3)/No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011 (Ist Sitting (North Zone)
23. Santosh lives (1)/ by the principals (2)/ he professes.(3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011 (Ist Sitting (North Zone)
24. There is (1)/ no place of you (2)/ in this compartment. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Graduate Level Tier II Exam. 16.09.2012)
25. Last week's sharp hike in the wholesale price of beef (1)/ is a strong indication for (2)/ higher meat costs to
come. (3)/ No error. (4) (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II Exam. Paper-II 04.08.2011)

26. They are standing (1)/ at the gate of the auditorium (2)/ as there is no place inside. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC CPO (S1, ASI & Intelligence Officer Exam Paper-II 28.08.2011)
27. We get (1)/ excellent furnitures (2)/ in this shop. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (2nd Sitting)
28. We should arrange (1) for a porter as (2)/ the luggages are heavy. (3) No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (2nd sitting)
29. Hari lost (1)/ a hundred rupees note (2)/ yesterday. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012 (1st sitting)
30. Speakers after speakers (1)/ came on the stage (2)/ to perform.(3)/ No error(4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 04.11.2012 (2nd Sitting)
31. On receiving the mark-sheet from the University (1)/ I realised (2)/ that I had got only passing marks in
English.(3)/ No error (4) (SSC FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam. 11.11.2012 (2nd Sitting)

32. Some of his (1)/ luggages was lost (2)/ in the train. (3)/ No Error (4)
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam. 17.03.2013, 1nd Sitting)
33. An emminent surgeon (1)/ is visiting the hospital (2)/ to attend a surgeons' conference. (3)/ No error.(4)
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam. 24.03.2013, Ist Sitting)
34. Books fair (1)/ encourage (2)/ reading habit. (3)/ No error (4) (SSC Constable (GD) Exam. 12.05.2013)

35. I bought (1)/ two (2)/ slippers. (3)/ No error. (4) (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam. 17.03.2013, Kolkata Region)

36. The paintings of natural sceneries (1)/ are selling (2)/ like hot cakes. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-II Exam. 29.09.2013)
37. You shall get (1)/ all the informations (2)/ if you read this book carefully (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-II Exam. 29.09.2013)
38. My father gave me (1)/ a pair of binocular (2)/ on my birthday. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 20.10.2013)
39. Eighty-five thousand rupees (1)/ is a large sum of money (2)/ to earn in a month. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 10.11.2013, Ist Sitting)
40. The cattles (1)/ are grazing (2)/ in the fields. (3)/ No error (4) (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (Patna) Exam. 16.02.2014)

41. When I was passing through the forest (1)/ I happened to see (2)/ a number of deers.(3)/ No error (4)
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (Patna) Exam. 16.02.2014)
42. Many persons must have read (1)/The Arabian Nights', (2)/which is very interesting. (3)/No error (4)
(SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Tech.) Staff Exam. 23.02.2014, IInd Sitting)
43. The new device (1)/ aims at eliminating (2)/ the risk of short circuiting. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam. 26.10.2014)
44. Shakespeare has written (1)/ many plays (2)/as well as some poetries. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam, 09.11.2014)
45. In India, hill stations (1)/ usually have (2)/ beautiful sceneries. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 16.11.2014. Patna Region: Ist Sitting)
46. In these days of inflation (1)/ a ten rupees note will not buy you/ (2) even an ordinary meal. (3)/ No error
(4) (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 16.11.2014)

47. The first inning (1)/ of the match (2)/ was very sensational. (3)/ No error. (4) (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam. 12.09.2014)
48. The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Traffickings is observed on June 26th.
(1) Drug Abuse Traffickings
(2) No Error
(3) is observed on June 26th
(4) The International Day against
(SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam. 12.04.2015)
49. Reading is no longer popular among the youthful of today. As the influence of the internet has taken over a
very important and active hobby. (SSC CGL Tier II Exam. 12.04.2015)

(1) among the youthful of today (2) very important and active hobby
(3) influence of the internet (4) No error

50. I saw (1)/ two deers (2)/ in the woods. (3)/ No error (4). (SSC CAPFS SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police SI Exam. 28.09.2014)
51. A five-men (1)/ enquiry committee was appointed (2)/ to look into the matter. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 16.11.2014, Ist Sitting)
52. Second hand (1)/ furnitures were (2)/ put to auction. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 16.11.2014,IInd Sitting)
53. His father (1)/ bought these furnitures (2)/ the day before yesterday. (3)/ No error. (4)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 16.11.2014,IInd Sitting)
54. Bobby learnt the alphabets at the age of two. (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015 (IInd Sitting)

(1) No error (2) age of two


(3) Bobby learnt the (4) alphabets at the

55. I watched how the painoist used her left hand. (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015 (IInd Sitting)

(1) I watched how (2) the pianist


(3) No error (4) used her left hand
56. It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while on a journey. (SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam, 16.08.2015 (Ist Sitting)

(1) to take heavy luggages (2) while on a journey


(3) No error (4) It is not advisable
57. The childrens were happy when the film started. (SSC CAPFS SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police SI Exam, 30.08.2015)

(1) The childrens (2) when the film started


(3) No error (4) were happy
58. This is Johns book on the table. (SSC CAPFS SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police SI Exam, 30.08.2015)

(1) No error (2) Johns book


(3) on the table (4) This is
59. It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while travelling these days.
(SSC CAPFS SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police SI Exam, 30.08.2015)
(1) No error (2) to take heavy luggages
(3) It is not advisable (4) while travelling these days
60. Did you hear many news about the political situation while you were in that country?
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam, 25.10.2015)
(1) about the political situationn while you were in that country?
(2) many news
(3) Did you hear
(4) No error
61. The people gathered at the funeral to pay respect.
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam, 01.11.2015, IInd Sitting)
(1) No error (2) The people gathered
(3) at the funeral (4) to pay respect.
62. She always fed (1)/ her childrens (2)/ before she fed her dog. (3)/ No error(4)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015 (IInd Sitting))
63. The government (1)/ must provide facilities for the (2)/ upbringing of women. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade 'C' & 'D' Exam. 31.01.2016)
64. The landlord could not (1)/ tell which of the servant (2)/ broke the glass. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 7 Jan, Morning)
65. I asked the shopkeeper (1)/ "Do you have change (2)/ for a five hundred rupees note?" (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 8th Jan, Morning)
66. Their luggage which were (1)/ kept at the station's (2)/ restroom's lockers, was later retrieved. (3)/ No error
(4) (SSC CHSL-2016 8th Jan, Evening)

67. The factory complex houses a shop floor (1)/ and 10 cubicles for the staff in an area (2)/ of about thousand
squares metres. (3)/ No error (4) (SSC CHSL-2016 9th Jan, Morning)

68. Recently I visited Kerala (1)/ and found the sceneries (2)/ to be breathtaking. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 10th Jan, Morning)
69. The food basket contained (1)/ a dark chocolate, an eclair and a pastry (2) / neatly wrapped in foil paper.
(3)/ No error (SSC CHSL-2016 10th Jan, Afternoon)

70. The shifting task is almost done, (1)/ only the furnitures (2)/ have to be delivered. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 10th Jan, Evening)
71. If you are in the wrong gears (1)/ the car won't be (2)/ able to climb the hill. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 11th Jan, Afternoon)
72. I had invited (1)/ all my sister-in-laws (2)/ to my son's birthday party. (3)/No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 15th Jan, Evening)
73. I express my gratitudes (1)/ to all those who (2)/ have voted for me. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 29th Jan, Morning)
74. Rehana had everything (1) / beauties, a good figure, (2)/ and a sweet personality. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 29th Jan, Afternoon)
75. For a full week (1)/ she enjoyed the benefits (2)/ of being a big sister. (3) / No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 1st February, Afternoon)
76. No béggar who comes (1)/ to our doors, (2)/goes back empty handed.(3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 2nd February, Evening)
77. To the whale, its (1)/ tail is the sole (2)/ mean of propulsion. (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 7th February, Morning)
78. All the furnitures (1) has been replaced (2)/ by the landlord (3)/ No error (4)
(SSC CHSL-2016 8th February, Afternoon)

79. Essay writing is an art (1) that requires many planning (2)/ on the part of the writer. (3)/ No Error (4)
(SSC CGL-2016 27th August, Evening)
80. He learnt (1) the alphabets (2)/ at the age of four. (3)/No Error (4) (SSC CGL-2016 30th August, Evening)

81. Vermin (1) does much harm (2)/ to crops (3)/No Error (4) (SSC CGL-2016 1st September, Morning)

82. Every conceivable race and nationality (1) had its shares of suffering (2)/ in the world wars (3)/ No error
(SSC CGL-2016 1st September, Evening)
83. The book, being written (1) in simple language, is suitable for children (2)/as it contains many good
advices. (3)/No error (4) (SSC CGL-2016 3rd September, Evening)

84. All my hope (1) were duped (2)/ and I was plunged in deep sorrow. (3)/No Error (4)
(SSC CGL-2016 6th September, Morning)
85. It is not possible for me (1)/ to give you the accurate date (2)/ of my departure yet. (3)/ No Error (4)
(SSC CGL-2016 7th September, Evening)
86. The severe cyclonic storm (A) has left behind (B)/ a trial of misery (C)/No Error (D)
(SSC CGL-2016 11th September, Evening)
87. These kind of clothes (1)/are rather expensive (2)/for me to buy. (3)/No Error (4)
SSC CGL (Held On: 5 August 2017 Shift 3)
88. The Tata group owns (1)/ many industries, that are spread (2)/ across the globe. (3)/ No Error (4)
SSC CGL (Held On: 9 August 2017 Shift 2)
89. Inspite of the doctor's stern waring (1)/ Latika continued taking (2)/ sugars in her milk. (3)/ No Error (4)
SSC CGL (Held On: 10 August 2017 Shift 2)
90. The most effective measure to keep (1)/ our roads safe is enforcement of rules (2)/ with zero tolerance to
any violate rule. (3)/ No error. (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 17 February 2018)

91. Stringent penalties have a lower chance (1)/ of being imposed, as compared to fines that (2)/ are
proportionate to the offend. (3) No error. (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 18 February 2018)

92. Policymakers will think hard about creating (1)/ an appropriate legal framework to (2)/ prevent the capture
of regulatories by special interests. (3)/No error. (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 18 February 2018)

93. Sometimes it appears as if they were deliberately (1)/ limiting their chances of survival in order (2)/ to
observe some customary or taboo. (3)/No error (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 18 February 2018)

94. The only thing that endures and can sustain (1)/an infant till the stage it receives immunity (2)/comes from
the consumption of mothers milk. (3)/No error (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 20 February 2018)

95. Our thought have a direct impact on our body (1)/and hence they crucially affect our (2)/emotional and
physical well-being too. (3)/No error (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 20 February 2018)

96. The earth can be considered a cage or a prison (1)/because our choices are limited to (2)/our available
awareness and restricted. (3)/No error (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 20 February 2018)

97. Critics of television often (1) focus on the prevalent of (2)/ violence in today's programmes. (3)/ No error
SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 21 February 2018)
98. One of the hazard of swimming (1)/ in the ocean is an unexpected (2)/ encounter with a jellyfish.(3)/No
error (4) SSC CGL MAINS 2017 (Held On: 21 February 2018)

99. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Cyclone Idai is regarded as one of the worst tropical cyclone on record to affect Africa and the Southern
Hemisphere as a whole. SSC CGL (Held On: 6 June 2019 Shift 1)

a) as a whole
b) Cyclone Idai is regarded
c) to affect Africa
d) the worst tropical cyclone
100. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Raja Ravi Varma was one of the first artist who tried to create a style that was both modern and traditional.
SSC CGL (Held On: 12 June 2019 Shift 1)
a) both modern and traditional.
b) to create a style that was
c) one of the first artist
d) Raja Ravi Varma was

101. Select the segment which has an error.


I had a hard time paying the driver as I had only hundreds rupee note.
SSC CGL MAINS 2018 (Held On: 11 September 2019)
a) as I had
b) I had a hard time
c) only hundreds rupee note
d) paying the driver
102. Select the segment which has an error.
It is estimated that most of the addict, a whopping 85%, in God's own country Kerala, are below 25 years
of age. SSC CGL MAINS 2018 (Held On: 13 September 2019)

a) are below 25
b) It is estimated that
c) most of the addict
d) a whopping 85%

103. Select the segment which has an error.


Doctors say that eating red meat is one of a leading cause of heart disease.
SSC CGL MAINS 2018 (Held On: 13 September 2019)
a) is one of a lead cause
b) of heart disease.
c) Doctors say that
d) eating red meat
104. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Saraswati college has maintained its reputation as one of the best college in the country.
SSC CGL (Held On: 4 March 2020 Shift 1)
a) its reputation as
b) one of the best college
c) Saraswati college has maintained
d) in the country
105. Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a
grammatical error.
A large number of worker have started walking home. SSC CGL MAINS 2019 (Held On: 15 November 2020)

a) have started
b) A large number
c) of worker
d) walking home
106. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
He loses his tempers on the slightest provocation. SSC CGL MAINS 2019 (Held On: 16 November 2020)

a) He loses
b) his tempers on
c) the slightest
d) provocation
107. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
The man played the flute and led all the mouse out of the town.
SSC CGL MAINS 2019 (Held On: 16 November 2020)
a) out of the town
b) the flute and led
c) The man played
d) all the mouse
108. Directions: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
An eight years old girl has made this beautiful painting. SSC CGL MAINS 2019 (Held On: 18 November 2020)

a) girl has
b) An eight years old
c) made this
d) beautiful painting
109. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part
that contains the error from the given options.
The Principal requested the teacher's / to monitor/ and take care of the small children.
SSC CGL (Held On: 16 August 2021 Shift 1)
a) the teacher's
b) and take care of the small children
c) The Principal requested
d) to monitor
110. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part
that contains the error from the given options.
Lalitha will go / to sister's house / in Mumbai/ this summer. SSC CGL (Held On: 18 August 2021 Shift 1)

a) Lalitha will go
b) to sister's house
c) this summer
d) in Mumbai
111. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a
grammatical error.
One of the biggest enterprise / in India / is declaring a lockout. SSC CGL (Held On: 20 August 2021 Shift 3)

a) in India
b) is declaring a lockout
c) One of
d) the biggest enterprise

112. Sal trees have been planted in relatively three-fourth of the forest area.
1. about three-fourth 2. No improvement required 3. nearly three-fourths 4. around three-fourth
SSC CGL 2020 MAINS (Held on 29.01.2022)
113. The crowd (a) of the migrant worker (b) at the station for the Shramik Special (c) is unforgettable. (d)
SSC CGL 2020 MAINS (Held on 03.02.2022)

Solution
1. Use 'Page after page' in place of 'pages after pages'.
2. Use 'Foreword' in place of 'Forward'.
3. Use Personnel' in place of 'Personal'.
4. Use 'Ascent' in place of 'Assent'.
5. Use 'Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun.
6. Use 'Abuses' in place of 'Cheers'
7. Use 'Signature (noun)' in place of 'Sign (verb)'
8. Use 'Surroundings' in place of 'Surrounding'.
9. Use 'Luggage' in place of 'Luggages', because luggage is an uncountable noun.
10 Use 'The legs of table' in place of 'Table's legs'.
11 Use 'Scenery' in place of 'Scenerics', because scenery is an uncountable noun.
12. Use 'Equipment' in place of 'Equipments', because equipment is an uncountable noun.
13. Use Boss' in place of Boss's.
14. Use 'Mothers in law' in place of 'Mother in laws'.
15. Use 'Much work' in place of 'Many works', because 'work' is an uncountable noun.
16. Use 'Equipment' in place of 'Equipments', because equipment is an uncountable noun.
17. Use 'Poetry' in place of 'Poetries', because poetry is an uncountable noun.
18. After 'A number of we use plural noun so use 'Criteria' in place of 'Criterion'. Criteria is the plural form of
criterion.
19. Use 'Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun.
20. Use 'Most of the people' in place of 'Most people's
21. Use 'Poetry' in place of 'Poetries', because poetry is an uncountable noun.
22. Use 'stone' in place of 'stones' because stone is an uncountable noun.
23. Use 'Principles' in place of 'Principals'.
24. Use 'Room' in place of 'Place'.
25. Use 'Cost' in place of 'Costs', because Cost is an uncountable noun.
26. Use 'Room' in place of 'Place'.
27. Use 'Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun.
28. Use 'Luggage' in place of 'Luggages', because luggage is an uncountable noun.
29. Use 'Rupee' in place of 'Rupees'.
30. Use 'Speaker after speaker' in place of 'Speakers after speakers'.
31. Use 'Pass marks' in place of 'Passing marks'.
32. Use 'Luggage' in place of 'Luggages', because luggage is an uncountable noun.
33. Use 'Eminent' in place of 'Emminent'.
34. Use 'encourages' in place of 'encourage' because subject is singular.
35. Use 'Two pairs of in place of 'Two'.
36. Use 'Scenery' in place of 'Sceneries', because scenery is an uncountable noun.
37. Use Information' in place of 'Informations', because information is an uncountable noun.
38. Use 'Binoculars' in place of 'Binocular'.
39. No error.
40. Use 'Cattle' in place of 'Cattles'.
41. Use 'Deer' in place of 'Deers'.
42. Use 'People' in place of 'Persons', for large number we use 'people'.
43. Use 'Short circuit' in place of 'Short circuiting'.
44. Use 'Poetry' in place of 'Poetries', because poetry is an uncountable noun.
45. Use 'Scenery' in place of 'Sceneries', because scenery is an uncountable noun.
46. Use 'Rupee' in place of 'Rupees'.
47. Use 'Innings' in place of 'Inning'.
48. Use '26th june' or 'June 26' in place of 'June 26th
49. Use Youth (Noun)' in place of 'Youthful (Adj.)'. Here youth means young people.
50. Use 'Deer' in place of 'Deers'.
51. Use 'Five man' in place of 'Five men'.
52. Use 'Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun and use 'was' in place of
'were'.
53. Use Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun.
54. Use Alphabet' in place of 'Alphabets'. 'Alphabet' is used in singular form.
55. Use 'Pianist' in place of 'pianoist. The correct spelling is 'pianist'.
56. Use 'Luggage' in place of 'Luggages', because luggage is an uncountable noun.
57. Use 'Children' in place of 'Childrens'.
58. Use 'John's' in place of 'Johns'.
59. Use 'Luggage' in place of 'Luggages', because luggage is an uncountable noun.
60. Use 'Any' in place of 'Many', because 'News' is uncountable noun.
61. Use 'Homage' in place of 'Respect'.
62. Use 'Children' in place of 'Childrens'.
63. Use 'Upbringing of a girl' in place of 'Upbringing of women'.
64. After 'Which of the' we use plural noun, so use 'Servants' in place of 'Servant'.
65. Use 'Rupee' in place of 'Rupees'.
66. Use 'Was' in place of 'Were' because luggage is an uncountable noun hence it will take singular verb.
67. Use 'Square' in place of 'Squares'.
68. Use 'Scenery' in place of 'Sceneries', because scenery is an uncountable noun.
69. Use 'Eclairs' in place of 'Éclair'.
70. Use 'Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun.
71. Use 'Gear' in place of 'Gears' because only one gear can be put at one time.
72. Use 'Sisters in law' in place of 'Sister in laws'.
73. Gratitude' is an uncountable noun so it cannot be made plural so use 'Gratitude' in place of 'Gratitudes'.
74. Use 'Beauty' in place of 'Beauties'.
75. Use the elder sister' in place of 'a big sister'.
76. Use 'door' in place of 'doors'.
77. Use 'Means' in place of 'Mean'.
78. Use 'Furniture' in place of 'Furnitures', because furniture is an uncountable noun.
79. Use 'Much' in place of 'Many', because planning is an uncountable noun.
80. Use 'Alphabet' in place of 'Alphabets'. 'Alphabet' is used in singular form.
81. Use 'do' in place of 'does', because 'Vermin' is a Plural Noun.
82. Use 'Share' in place of 'Shares'.
83. Use 'Much good advice' or 'many good pieces of advice' in place of 'Many good advices' because 'advice'
is an uncountable noun.
84. Use 'Hopes' in place of 'Hope'.
85. Use 'Exact' in place of 'Accurate'.
86. Use 'Trail' in place of 'Trial'.
87. The correct replacement should be "These kinds of clothes"
88. In the given sentence the comma (,) after industries is misplaced and should be removed. Also, 'industries'
must be replaced with 'companies' as the word industry is usually used for many companies that are into
the same kind/area of business. For example, the steel industry, auto industry etc..
Hence, the statement can be correctly rewritten as, The Tata group owns many companies that are spread
across the globe.
89. Use 'sugar' in place of 'sugars' because sugar is an uncountable noun.
90. Use 'any violation of rule' in place of 'any violate rule'.
91. Use 'offence' in place of 'offend'.
92. Use 'regulation' in place of 'regulatories'
'regulatory' is an adjective, which means 'serving or intended to regulate something.'
'regulation' is a noun, which means 'the action or process of regulating or being regulated.
93. Use 'custom' in place of 'customary' because we need here a noun.
94. Use 'mother's milk' in place of 'mothers milk'.
95. Use 'our thoughts' in place of 'our thought'.
96. The adjective form of the word 'restricted' must be replaced with noun form 'restriction'.
97. Use 'prevalence' in place of 'prevalent'.
98. One of the + plural noun hence use 'hazards' in place of 'hazard'.
99. Use 'cyclones' in place of 'cyclone' because after one of the' plural noun is used.
100. Use 'artists' in place of 'artist' because after one of the plural noun is used.
101. Use 'hundred' in place of 'hundreds'.
102. Use 'addicts' in place of 'addict'.
103. Use one of the leading causes' in place of 'one of a leading cause' because after one of plural noun is used.
104. Use 'colleges' in place of 'college' because after 'one of the' plural noun is used.
105. Use "workers' in place of 'worker' because after 'a large number of plural noun is used. son sá
106. Use 'temper' in place of 'tempers'.
107. Use 'mice' in place of 'mouse'.
108. Use 'years' in place of 'year'.
109. Use 'teachers' in place of 'teacher's'.
110. Use 'her' before 'sister'.
111. Use 'enterprises' in place of 'enterprise' because after one of the' plural noun is used.
112. Option 3. Is the right answer.
113. Use 'workers' in place of 'worker'.

Exercise – 10
Noun
1. There was (a) / no place (b) / on the bench for you. (c) / no error (d)
2. Please (a)/ put your (b)/ sign here (c)/ no errors (d)
3. They like (a)/ the play (b)/ of cricket (c) / no error (d)
4. A hundred miles (a) / are a (b)/ long distance. (c) / no error (d)
5. There were many (a) / females (b)/ in the compartment (c) / no error (d)
6. Renu stays (a)/ in the (b)/boarding. (c) / no error (d)
7. The teacher (a)/ needed (b)/ a chalk. (c) / no error (d)
8. I have (a) / an urgent work (b)/ with you. (c)/no error (d)
9. You have (a)/ a big number (b) / of money. (c) / no error (d)
10. Arun is (a) / one of my (b) / fast friend. (c) / no error (d)
11. I have read (a)/ a quantity (b)/ of novels. (c)/no error (d)
12. Ravi will (a)/ buy a (b)/ new home. (c)/ no error (d)
13. Anu saw (a)/ her shade (b)/ in the river. (c) / no error (d)
14. The chair's leg (a)/ is (b) / broken. (c)/ no error (d)
15. The French (a)/ have strange (b)/habits. (c)/no error (d)
16. Stealing is (a)/ a bad (b)/custom. (c)/ no error (d)
17. My uncle's secretary's wife (a)/ is (b) / very charming. (c)/no error (d)
18. Cities after cities (a)/ was (b)/ attacked (c) / no error (d)
19. Abhyav enjoys (a) / a freeship(b) / in the college.(c)/ no error (d)
20. We have read (a) / two-third (b)/ of this novel. (c)/ no error (d)
21. You (a)/gave (b)/ false witness.(c)/ no error (d)
22. She was (a)/ standing in the centre (b) / of the road. (c) / no error (d)
23. He invited all (a) / his son-in-laws (b) / to the party. (c) / no error (d)
24. A five men (a) / deputation (b)/ met the governor. (c) / no error (d)
25. Woods are (a)/ used for (b)/ making chairs. (c)/ no error (d)
26. She got (a) / passing marks (b)/ in English. (c)/ no error (d)
27. Ram's house is (a) / different (b) / from Shyam. (c) / no error (d)
28. I do not (a) / know (b)/ my date of birth. (c) /no error (d)
29. Describe the reason (a) / of an (b) / earthquake. (c) / no error (d)
30. You did (a)/many mischiefs (b)/yesterday. (c)/ no error (d)
31. You must help (a)/ the poor and (b)/ the blinds. (c) / no error (d)
32. We (a)/ must give alm (b)/ to the beggar. (c)/no error (d)
33. Politics (a)/ are (b)/ a dirty game. (c)/no error (d)
34. There are (a)/ twenty fishes (b)/ in this tank. (c)/ no error (d)
35. Gentry of the town (a) / was present. (b)/ at the function (c)/ no error (d)
36. The peasantry (a) / is hard hit (b) / by natural disasters. (c) / no error (d)
37. The Indian team (a)/ defeated the Australian (b)/ by an inning. (c)/ no error (d)
38. They left (a)/ their luggages(b)/ at the railway station. (c)/ no error (d)
39. The boy (a)/ found a hundred rupees note (b)/ lying on the floor. (c)/ no error (d)
40. This is (a)/ not my bag, (b)/ it is somebody's else. (c)/ no error (d)
41. There was not left much money (a)/ in Abhyav's and Raghav's (b)/ joint account. (c)/ no error (d)
42. His brother in laws (a)/ who have come (b)/ to meet him live in the USA. (c)/ no error (d)
43. The old lady (a)/ disposed of (b)/ all the old furnitures. (c)/ no error (d)
44. The Taj Mahal is (a)/ one of the most beautiful (b)/building in the world. (c)/ no error (d)
45. The raid team (a)/ discovered bagsful of money (b)/ from the corrupt officer's house. (c)/ no error (d)
46. I have bought (a)/ a five hundred pages book (b)/ about Indian mythology. (c)/ no error (d)
47. When the king saw the queen, (a)/ he alighted from her horse (b)/ and greeted her. (c)/ no error (d)
48. My uncle teaches (a)/ in a boy's college (b)/ in Delhi. (c)/ no error (d)
49. This building's design (a)/ swas prepared (b)/by an Italian architect. (c)/ no error (d)
50. Who (a)/ wrote (b)/ SN Boses biography? (c)/ no error (d)
Solution
1. b. Use room.
2. c. Use signature.
3. b. Use game.
4. b. Use is.
5. b. Use women.
6. c. Use boarding house.
7. c. A piece of chalk.
8. b. A piece of urgent work.
9. b. Use big amount.
10. c. Use fast friends.
11. b. Replace quantity with number.
12. c. Replace home with house.
13. b. Use shadow.
14. a. Use the leg of the chair.
15. c. Replace habits with custom.
16. c. Replace custom with habit.
17. a. Use wife of my uncle's secretary.
18. a. Use city after city.
19. b. Use free studentship or scholarship.
20. b. Use two thirds.
21. c. Use evidence instead of witness.
22. b. Use middle instead of centre.
23. b. Use sons-in-law.
24. a. Replace men with man.
25. a Use wood is.
26. b. Use pass marks.
27. c. Use that of Shyam or Shyam's.
28. c. Use date of my birth.
29. a. Use cause instead of reason.
30. b. Use much mischief.
31. c. Use the blind.
32. b. Use alms.
33. b. Use is in place of are.
34. b. Use fish.
35. b. Use were.
36. b. Use are.
37. c. Use innings.
38. b. Use luggage.
39. b. Use rupee.
40. c. Use somebody else's.
41. b. Use Abhyav and Raghav's.
42. a. Use brothers in law.
43. c. Use furniture.
44. c. Use buildings.
45. b. Use bagfuls.
46. b. Use page instead of pages.
47. b. Use his horse.
48. b. Use boys.
49. a. The Design of this building.
50. c. Use Bose's in place of Boses.

Exercise -11
Noun
1. The poor's life (a)/ is more miserable (b)/ than that bag of the rich. (c) / no error (d)
2. A friend of me (a)/ has gone abroad (b)/ for higher studies. (c)/ no error (d)
3. The two brothers (a)/ helped in (b)/ each other homework. (c)/ no error (d)
4. You should concentrate (a) / on your study (b)/ for a bright future. (c)/ no error (d)
5. The neutron bomb provides the capable of a (a)/ limited nuclear war (b)/ in which buildings would be
preserved (c)/ but people would be destroyed (d)/ no error (e)
6. He spent many a (a)/ sleepless nights mulling (b)/ over his lost fortune. (c)/ no error (d)
7. He is one of the shrewdest (a)/ men that is in (b)/ the administration. (c)/ no error (d)
8. They found him (a)/ hiding at the backside (b)/ of the house. (c)/ no error (d)
9. There was (a)/ absolutely no place (b)/ in the compartment. (c)/ no error (d)
10. I went to Delhi (a)/ in June with (b)/ my family members. (c)/ no error (d)
11. He left (a)/ Mumbai, with (b)/ bag and baggage. (c)/ no error (d)
12. Such things (a)/ are to them now (b)/
13. Has anyone (a)/ seen my scissor (b)/ anywhere? (c)/ no error (d)
14. Kanchenjunga is one of the (a)/ beautiful peak of the (b)/ Himalayan range. (c)/ no error (d)
15. The machineries (a)/ in a great majority (b)/ of our cotton mill is obsolete. (c)/ no error (d)
16. He was wearing shabby, (a)/ faded trouser which he explained, (b)/ were called jeans and cost a fortune.
(c)/ no error (d)
17. One of the (a)/ chair's legs (b)/ was broken and the upholstery needed mending. (c)/ no error (d)
18. The monthly sales summary, (a)/ besides the purchases register was to be submitted (b)/ to the scrutiny
committee. (c)/ no error (d)
19. One of my brother (a)/ is a doctor, another studies medicine (b)/ in the U.S.A. (c)/ no error (d)
20. The items I liked most (a)/ were the rosewood carvings and the teak-wood (b)/ furnitures of Dutch design.
(c)/ no error (d)
21. The place was lovely and the (a)/ whether fine, but amidst the screams of brats and the chatter of women, I
could not (b)/ enjoy the outing. (c)/ no error (d)
22. Pages after pages (a)/ the book goes on describing the magnificent (b)/ locale of the Himalayan foothills.
(c)/ no error (d)
23. The extra benefits in addition to its (a)/ flexibility of operation (b)/ and superior finish makes (c)/ it the
most desirable machine of its kind. (d)
24. Miles after miles (a)/ the road (b)/ ran through (c)/ a thick Equitorial forest. (d)
25. Keats and Shelley's poems (a)/ adore nature with deep (b)/ sensuous passion. (c)/no error (d)
26. You can get your car repaired (a)/ at Salim's and Karim's garage (b) which is only a furlong away. (c) no
error (d)
27. The boy's and the girl's school (a)/ were standing face to face (b)/ flanking the road. (c)/ no error (d)
28. Childrens magazines (a)/ are hardly to be seen (b)/ anywhere these days. (c)/ no error (d)
29. We get a lot of (a)/ informations from (b)/ the internet. (c)/ no error (d)
30. Many sophisticated aircrafts have (a)/ been purchased by the (b)/ Indian Air Force recently. (c)/ no error
(d)
31. What apparatuses do (a)/ you use for performing (b)/ this experiment? (c)/ no error (d)
32. There are no (a)/ machineries to resolve (b)/ the matter. (c)/ no error (d)
33. The sceneries of the (a)/ Himalayas keeps (b)/ beckoning us. (c)/ no error (d)
34. The offsprings of this (a)/ species leave their parents (b)/ as soon as they mature. (c)/ no error (d)
35. These pieces of jewelleries (a)/ are designed by (b)/ a highly acclaimed expert. (c)/ no error (d)
36. Two deers were (a)/ killed by the (b)/ poachers. (c)/ no error (d)
37. The police has arrived (a)/ and are investigating (b)/ the matter. (c)/ no error (d)

ANSWER KEY WITH EXPLANATIONS


1. a. Use life of the poor.
2. a. Use mine.
3. c. Use each other's.
4. b. Use studies.
5. a. Replace capable with capability.
6. b. Replace nights with night.
7. b. Replace is with are.
8. b. Replace backside with back.
9. b. Replace place with room.
10. c. Replace my family members with members of my family.
11. b. Drop with.
12. c. Use fruit in place of fruits.
13. c. Replace scissor with scissors.
14. b. Replace peak with peaks.
15. a. Use machinery in place of machineries.
16. b. Replace trouser with trousers.
17. b. Replace chair's legs with legs of the chair.
18. b. Replace purchases with purchase.
19. b. Replace brother with brothers.
20. d. Use furniture in place of furnitures.
21. b. Replace whether with weather.
22. a. Replace pages after pages with page after page.
23. c. Use make instead of makes.
24. a. Use mile after mile instead of miles after miles.
25. a Replace Keats with Keats.
26. b. Replace Salim's and Karim's with Salim and Karim's.
27. a. Replace boy's and girl's with boys' and girls'.
28. a. Replace childrens with children's.
29. b. Use information instead of informations.
30. b. Use aircraft in place of aircrafts.
31. a. Replace apparatuses with apparatus.
32. b. Replace machineries with machines.
33. a. Use scenery in place of sceneries.
34. a. Replace offsprings with offspring.
35. a. Replace jewelleries with jewellery.
36. a. Use deer instead of deers.
37. a. Replace has with have.

Exercise -12
Noun
1. There were grazing many sheeps in field across the river.
2. We are expecting at least hundred new applications for this project.
3. The minister has ordered an enquiry in the deal of military equipments.
4. The victims of the Bhopal Tragedy haven't received damage yet.
5. All these changes happening around will certainly effect a great harm to our environment.
6. The trainee officers daren't challenge commander's in chief orders.
7. Everyone is aware of Abhyav's and Raghav's friendship.
8. The college is recognized as a centre of excellent in research and teaching.
9. How long does it take you to do your hairs in the morning?
10. They were at last freed from the fetter of ignorance.
11. The Speaker has called a meeting with the Secretary Generals of all political parties.
12. The Chinese have very strange habits.
13. The man who is putting his hands in his trousers pockets is a scientist.
14. All his friends emigrated to start new life in Australia.
15. Though they won the battle, it cost them life of thousands of their soldiers.
16. In my opinion, billiard is not a very difficult game.
17. The government has set up a committee to review the school mathematic curriculum.
18. All the stories in this book have been passed on by verbal tradition.
19. One would better first establish one's leadership credential.
20. A moment of careless can cause one a lot of problems in one's life.
21. The car manufacturer was forced to shed jobs following a dramatic sale slump.
22. Dr. Chandra always takes great pain with his lectures.
23. A congregation of guest teachers met the chief minister and demanded an increase in their wages.
24. Please, give your uncle my regard when you meet him there.
25. All his son in laws are well educated and well employed.
26. The only criteria to judge a person is to observe his behavior with different people.cod aid
27. Usually, I have a bathe and then go to bed every day.
28. The investigating officer asked passer-bys if they had seen the accident.
29. The immigration officials will ask all of you to show your paper.
30. The inflation is so high that a hundred rupees note does not buy much.
31. Our room in the hotel where we stayed was infested with mouses.
32. They say that a teacher of them has been nominated for the President award this year.
33. The man whom you met at the conference is a friend of Saral.
34. The salesman tried to persuade them, but with little or no influence.
35. The bride looked very beautiful on her marriage day.
36. It was reported that only seventy percent of the electorates voted in the recently held election.
37. The shepherd living in that village owned fifty cattles.
38. Messengers brought a good news that the battle had been won.
39. On farms the fox is considered a vermin and treated as such.
40. We have only his words for it that the cheque is in the post.
41. Such social programmes provide all social stratums with an opportunity to share a common social
platform.
42. All the students helped one another in solving the doubts of each other's.
43. The customer asked the cost of the watch with leather strap.
44. This building's height is probably greater than that of any other one surrounding it.
45. There is still one-third of the students not able b to do even basic calculations.
46. The scientists have already spent one and a half year on this project.
47. This multinational company has its headquarter in Dubai.
48. We needed to get to Mumbai but we had no mean of transport.
49. This friend of our lives in America and works there in a software company.
50. It is rare species of beetles found in only tropical rainforests.
51. The strong is supposed to make efforts for the betterment of the weak.
52. Three-fourths money shall be invested in unit linked plans.
53. One-third of the cattle grazing in the meadow is mine.
54. My friend has joined a company where his job includes two weeks' paid vacations.
55. His wife's brother's servant has escaped with all jewelry and money.
56. The poet has written a number of poetries for children.
57. The villagers have reported to have seen many men eaters in the nearby jungle.
58. The tourists are expected to have a good weather on their trip to Manali.
59. Drinking and driving is one of the most common reasons of road accidents.
60. Early retirement is a relatively new phenomena in European countries.
61. The government should provide free training to all woman drivers in cities.
62. All the furnitures in this showroom are made of wood and are well carved.
63. Most companies in this area use modern industrial machinaries.
64. The doctor advised the patient to eat plenty of fresh fruits and green vegetables.
65. I cannot understand why they searched only our luggage at the station and nobody's else.
66. I still remember the sad spectacles of her standing scovered in mud.
67. The man asked for more time to consult the matter with the other family members.
68. There is a convincing evidence of a link between exposure to the sun and skin cancer.
69. The harsh weather of the Arctic regions is not conducive to the growth of vegetation.
70. The blind's life is miserable and they have to depend on others for most of the things.
71. One can see many aircrafts hovering over the city in the sky.
72. You have really done a great mistake by not tint informing the teacher.
73. He hadn't read the letter and so was unaware of wits content.
74. We have received 50 customer's complaints about this product.
75. The workers tried tricks after tricks, but they couldn't succeed in getting through the problem.
76. The company does not employ more than a couple of dozens people.
77. The magician asked one of the spectator to come and open the box.
78. The shopkeeper has ordered five dozens of the copies of the revised edition of this book.
79. The German is one of the most spoken languages in the world.
80. It was a great moment for me to be present at the gathering of Majors General.
81. The police have been unable to serve summons on the offender.
82. This scheme will benefit all those towns that have population of a half million.
83. Most signs used in Mathematics and Physics are the alphabets of the Greek language.
84. The organizers have sent invitation to all club members for the event to be held next month.
85. The campaign is designed to increase public's awareness of the issue.
86. He has got many stories books in the library at his home as he is fond of reading stories.
87. The study aims to provide means of testing the theory.
88. It was with great reluctant that he took early retirement.
89. Despite all their differences, they both stayed together for their children sake.
90. There is no apparent cause why our parents and relatives should agree to this proposal.
91. When we reached there, the boat with all passengers was already in the centre of the river.
92. There were five individuals walking in the park in the evening.
93. Does the receptionist have enough space for a computer on his table?
94. If words get out about this affair, they will have to resign.
95. Most of the buildings built during the Moghul empire are made of red stones except for the Taj Mahal
which is made of white marbles.
96. The manager has given the clerk an important work to complete by the evening.
97. It is the duty of educational institutions to build good characters.
98. Women are now considered as equal partners, not as chattle or housekeepers.
99. Such an incident could cause serious damages to country's economy.
100. The United Nations have its headquarters in New York in the United States of America,
101. Disabled visitors are welcome, there is a good wheelchair access to most of the facilities.
102. Tax and insurance are deducted from your wage every month.
103. The economics of this project is really very encouraging.
104. He talked eagerly between mouthsful of salad.
105. Two-thirds of the land are still not under cultivation because of the lack of the proper system of irrigation.
106. The General Secretary of the worker's union has agreed to call off the strike.
107. The root cause of public frustration lies in the government dubious policies.
108. The offsprings of this species leave their parents as soon as they mature.
109. We are and shall always be proud of our thousands of years old great civilization.
110. He says that a two miles walk keeps him physically and mentally fit.
111. As the man was in a hurry, He unknowingly occupied the female seat.
112. The man answered the phone with a cigarette between his tooths.
113. They were waiting for the goods to receive custom clearance.
114. The members of the council are not very optimist about the outcome of the talks.
115. We are standing at an important crossroad in the history of India.
116. The last football match is expected to begin after twenty minute's delay
117. They decided that there should be an exit point at either ends of the corridor.
118. They asked the boy to write his name and address on a plain paper.
119. There were displayed many binoculars of different kinds in the shop.
120. It is sad but true that the poor's ambitions are hardly fulfilled.

ANSWER KEY WITH EXPLANATIONS

1. There were grazing many sheep in field across the river.


2. We are expecting at least a hundred new applications for this project.
3. The minister has ordered an enquiry in the deal of military equipment.
4. The victims of the Bhopal Tragedy haven't received damages yet.
5. All these changes happening around will certainly effect a great harm to our environment.
6. The trainee officers daren't challenge commander in chief orders.
7. Everyone is aware of Abhyav and Raghav's friendship.
8. The college is recognized as a centre of excellence in research and teaching.
9. How long does it take you to do your hair in the morning?
10. They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance.
11. The Speaker has called a meeting with the Secretary General of all political parties.
12. The Chinese have very strange customs.
13. The man who is putting his hands in the pockets of his trousers is a scientist.
14. All his friends emigrated to start a new life in Australia.
15. Though they won the battle, it cost them lives of thousands of their soldiers.
16. In my opinion, billiards is not a very difficult game.
17. The government has set up a committee to review the school mathematics curriculum.
18. All the stories in this book have been passed on by oral tradition.
19. One would better first establish one's leadership credentials.
20. A moment of carelessness can cause one a lot of problems in one's life.
21. The car manufacturer was forced to shed jobs following a dramatic sales slump.
22. Dr. Chandra always takes great pains with his lectures.
23. A delegation of guest teachers met the chief minister and demanded an increase in their wages.
24. Please, give your uncle my regards when you meet him there.
25. All his sons in laws are well educated and well employed.
26. The only criterion to judge a person is to observe his behavior with different people.cod aid
27. Usually, I have a bath and then go to bed every day.
28. The investigating officer asked passers-by if they had seen the accident.
29. The immigration officials will ask all of you to show your papers.
30. The inflation is so high that a hundred-rupee note does not buy much.
31. Our room in the hotel where we stayed was infested with mice.
32. They say that a teacher of theirs has been nominated for the President award this year.
33. The man whom you met at the conference is a friend of Saral’s.
34. The salesman tried to persuade them, but with little or no effect.
35. The bride looked very beautiful on her wedding day.
36. It was reported that only seventy percent of the electorate voted in the recently held election.
37. The shepherd living in that village owned fifty cattle.
38. Messengers brought a good news that the battle had been won.
39. On farms the fox is considered a vermin and treated as such.
40. We have only his word for it that the cheque is in the post.
41. Such social programmes provide all social strata with an opportunity to share a common social platform.
42. All the students helped one another in solving the doubts of each other.
43. The customer asked the price of the watch with leather strap.
44. This height of the building is probably greater than that of any other one surrounding it.
45. There are still one-third of the students not able b to do even basic calculations.
46. The scientists have already spent one and a half years on this project.
47. This multinational company has its headquarters in Dubai.
48. We needed to get to Mumbai but we had no means of transport.
49. This friend of ours lives in America and works there in a software company.
50. It is a rare species of beetles found in only tropical rainforests.
51. The strong are supposed to make efforts for the betterment of the weak.
52. Three-fourth money shall be invested in unit linked plans.
53. One-third of the cattle grazing in the meadow are mine.
54. My friend has joined a company where his job includes two weeks' paid vacation.
55. His wife's brother servant has escaped with all jewelry and money.
56. The poet has written a number of poems for children.
57. The villagers have reported to have seen many man eaters in the nearby jungle.
58. The tourists are expected to have a good weather on their trip to Manali.
59. Drinking and driving is one of the most common causes of road accidents.
60. Early retirement is a relatively new phenomenon in European countries.
61. The government should provide free training to all women drivers in cities.
62. All the pieces of furniture in this showroom are made of wood and are well carved.
63. Most companies in this area use modern industrial machines.
64. The doctor advised the patient to eat plenty of fresh fruit and green vegetables.
65. I cannot understand why they searched only our luggage at the station and nobody else’s.
66. I still remember the sad spectacle of her standing covered in mud.
67. The man asked for more time to consult the matter with the other members of the family.
68. There is a convincing evidence of a link between exposure to the sun and skin cancer.
69. The harsh climate of the Arctic regions is not conducive to the growth of vegetation.
70. The life of the blind is miserable and they have to depend on others for most of the things.
71. One can see many aircraft hovering over the city in the sky.
72. You have really made a great mistake by not tint informing the teacher.
73. He hadn't read the letter and so was unaware of its contents.
74. We have received 50 customers’ complaints about this product.
75. The workers tried tricks after trick, but they couldn't succeed in getting through the problem.
76. The company does not employ more than a couple of dozen people.
77. The magician asked one of the spectators to come and open the box.
78. The shopkeeper has ordered five dozen the copies of the revised edition of this book.
79. The German is one of the most spoken languages in the world.
80. It was a great moment for me to be present at the gathering of Major General.
81. The police have been unable to serve a summons on the offender.
82. This scheme will benefit all those towns that have population of half a million.
83. Most signs used in Mathematics and Physics are the characters of the Greek language.
84. The organizers have sent invitation to all members of the club for the event to be held next month.
85. The campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the issue.
86. He has got many story books in the library at his home as he is fond of reading stories.
87. The study aims to provide a means of testing the theory.
88. It was with great reluctance that he took early retirement.
89. Despite all their differences, they both stayed together for their children’s sake.
90. There is no apparent reason why our parents and relatives should agree to this proposal.
91. When we reached there, the boat with all passengers was already in the middle of the river.
92. There were five persons walking in the park in the evening.
93. Does the receptionist have enough room for a computer on his table?
94. If word get out about this affair, they will have to resign.
95. Most of the buildings built during the Moghul empire are made of red stone except for the Taj Mahal
which is made of white marbles.
96. The manager has given the clerk an important piece of work to complete by the evening.
97. It is the duty of educational institutions to build good character.
98. Women are now considered as equal partners, not as chattles or housekeepers.
99. Such an incident could cause serious damage to country's economy.
100. The United Nations has its headquarters in New York in the United States of America,
101. Disabled visitors are welcome, there is a good wheelchair access to most of the facilities.
102. Tax and insurance are deducted from your wages every month.
103. The economics of this project are really very encouraging.
104. He talked eagerly between mouthfuls of salad.
105. Two-thirds of the land is still not under cultivation because of the lack of the proper system of irrigation.
106. The General Secretary of the workers’ union has agreed to call off the strike.
107. The root cause of public frustration lies in the government’s dubious policies.
108. The offspring of this species leave their parents as soon as they mature.
109. We are and shall always be proud of our thousands of year old great civilization.
110. He says that a two-mile walk keeps him physically and mentally fit.
111. As the man was in a hurry, He unknowingly occupied ladies’ seat.
112. The man answered the phone with a cigarette between his teeth.
113. They were waiting for the goods to receive customs clearance.
114. The members of the council are not very optimistic about the outcome of the talks.
115. We are standing at an important crossroads in the history of India.
116. The last football match is expected to begin after twenty minutes’ delay
117. They decided that there should be an exit point at either end of the corridor.
118. They asked the boy to write his name and address on a sheet of plain paper.
119. There were displayed many pairs of binoculars of different kinds in the shop.
120. It is sad but true that ambitions of the poor are hardly fulfilled.

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