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Direction (1-30): Read each of the following sentences to find out if there is any grammatical error
in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number (A, B, C or D) of this part is
your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (e) as your answer choice.

Q1. Such (A)/ regressive rules (B)/ do not apply (C) to you and I. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. Ram Nath Kovind was (A)/ elected as the 14th (B)/ president of the Republic (C)/ of India on
July 20, 2017 (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Two plus (A)/ two are (B)/ equal (C)/ to four. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. Due to urgent work at (A)/ the office and heavy traffic on (B)/ the roads, I was unable (C)/ to
catch the last train. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Owing to increased demands for the (A)/ products in the

market, (B)/ the company has ordered for some (C)/ new
manufacturing equipments. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

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Q6. Raman left for his (A)/ hometown on Sunday (B)/ afternoon, reaching (C)/ there on Monday.
(D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. I was given a two days (A)/ holiday by my Manager (B)/ and so I decided (C)/ to go hitch-hiking.
(D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Ever since he got retired (A)/ in August last year, he has (B)/ been travelling across the world,
(C)/ exhausting all his savings. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. Reacting to the traffic jam at the society’s (A)/ entrance, the watchman sprinted to the (B)/
canteen and shouted at the boys, (C)/ “Whom’s car is that?” (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. Payal shouted, “what happened?”, (A)/ at Anmol, for merely (B)/ looking at her while (C)/
working in the office. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

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Q11. Harish raised his hand and said, (A)/ “It is I who is responsible, Sir”, (B)/ when the principal
asked the whole (C)/ class who was guilty for the mischief. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q12. Three Indian students are made it to the (A)/ finals of the prestigious annual Breakthrough
Junior Challenge, (B)/ a global science competition for teenagers to share (C)/ their passion for
mathematics and science. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. A study of patterns of leopard attacks (A)/ of humans here reveal that some areas are high-
risk (B)/ zones requiring urgent conservation (C)/ measuring for the safety of both man and beast.
(D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q14. In a move that might seriously impasse Indo-Lanka relations, (A)/ Sri Lankan President
Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday accused (B)/ India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) (C)/ of
plotting his assassination. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q15. Three Assam-based Muslim men, one of them in the Army

Medical (A)/ Corps (AMC), have wrote to the Taj Group of Hotels
(B)/ accusing their four-star establishment in (C)/ Guwahati of
racial profiling and harassment. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

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Q16. The Sheep in the pasture were much (A)/ astonished and amused at the Pig’s (B)/ behaviour
and they follow the (C)/ Shepherd and his charge to the pasture gate.(D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q17. “Preventing a extra single degree of heat could (A)/ make a life-or-death difference in the next
few (B)/ decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems (C)/ on this fast-warming planet”,
experts claim. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q18. The Nobel Prize-winning (A)/ Inter government Panel on Climate Change (B)/ issued its
gloomy (C)/ report at a meeting in Incheon, South Korea.(D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q19. But meeting the more ambitious goal (A)/ of slightly less warming would require immediate,
(B)/ draconian cuts in emissions of heat-trapping (C)/ gases and dramatic changes in the energetic
field.(D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q20. The Union government has launched an evaluation (A)/ this week as part of the measures to
(B)/ double the number of people cover by its pension (C)/ scheme from the current 3.09 crore to
more than six crore. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

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Q21. We would like the Union of India (A)/ to obtain all necessary
information (B)/ from each of the States and (C)/ not take
unnecessary timing to obtain information. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q22. It is easy (A)/ to be brave (B)/ when there (C)/ isn’t any
danger. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q23. The King had all the famous painters of his (A)/ kingdom gather in a room and then (B)/
announce that he wants a beautiful (C) portrait of himself made, to be placed in the palace. (D)/ No
Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q24. I do not have (A)/ any problem with (B)/ him using my (C)/ car for the weekend. (D)/ No Error
(E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q25. The teacher told, “You liked (A)/ the one chocolate very much but still (B)/ you kept looking
for a bigger (C)/ one. That, my dear, is called Greed.” (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

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Q26. The rape of a toddler by a (A)/ migrating worker in a village in Sabarkantha district (B)/
triggered the violent attacks on (C)/ migrants working in factories and construction sites.(D)/ No
Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q27. On my way back, I saw a dog sleeping (A)/ on the roadside. It was stinking. (B)/ On the other
hand is my pet, Rocky – (C)/ he is always neat & clean and well behaved. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q28. The Reserve Bank of India (A)/ pulled up a surprise on the markets (B)/ on Friday by keeping
its (C)/ benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.5%. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q29. A conversation is an exchange (A)/ of ideas, questions and thoughts. (B)/ The best way keeping
a (C)/ conversation going is to ask questions! (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q30. After the National Anthem, (A)/ as the guests seated

themselves, (B)/ he introduced himself by saying, (C)/ “Hello,
Myself Chaman Singh”. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

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