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24. The train is supposed A to arrive at 10 45. I am learning English (A) for ten years
PAPER NO. 1 a.m. yesterday B but it was an hour late. (B) without much effect. (C) No error.
C no error. D (D)
SPOTTING ERROR 25. Rajan told me that he had left A the 46. Ramesh has agreed (A) to marry with
college a year before B and looking for the girl (B) of his parent’s choice. (C)
1. He goes A/ to college B/ by foot
a job. C no error. D No error. (D)
everyday. C/ no error.D/
26. He asked me A if I am ill and B I 47. The pity is that (A) no sooner he had left
2. Vapi is big A industrious town with B
answered that I was not C no error. the place (B) than the fire broke out. (C)
a number of factories. C no error D
D No error. (D)
3. It was so lovely weather A that we spent
27. It is shameful that hunting A is still 48. When he was arriving (A) the party was
B the whole day in the garden. C no
considered sport B by some (B) in full swing. (C) No error. (D)
error. D
unscrupulous people in the civilized world. 49. The dean wrote that he constituted a
4. The two friends walked A besides each
C no error. D committee of experts (A) comprising five
other B in silence C no error. D
28. There’s no evidence to show A that members (B) before the next meeting took
5. A man jumped A in the river B in a
information technology secrets are more B place.(C) No error. (D)
state of depression C no error. D
vulnerable in India than Britain or the US. 50. I cant help to sneeze (A) I got drenched
6. He said he was an employee A of the
C no error. D yesterday (B) and have a bad cold. (C)
gas company B and had come to
29. Pieces of rock plummented A down the No error (D)
inspect the gas connection C no error.
mountainside B in the ground below. 51. Both he as well as his friend (A) worked
D
C no error. D in close harmony (B) on this same
7. I began to suspect trouble A as soon as
30. Microwaves are the principle carriers A project.(C) No error. (D)
one of the boys B threw a stone at the
of television, telephone and data 52. These are the ideas and ideals A/ which
policeman. C no error. D
transmissions B between stations on have shaped B/ our economic thought in the
8. Although there are some similarities A / in
earth and between the earth and satellites past. C/ no error. D
the qualification of both the candidates B /
C no error D 53. India’s problems are not similar with A/
the differences among them are
31. Amit has been deceiving Mona A for those of other countries B/ in several ways.
considerably pronounced C / no error. D
many years but she B has not still C/ no error. D
9. The king did not mind A for putting the
tumbled to it C no error D 54. The sudden change A/ of place B/ effected
old people to death B because he
32. A major contribution of Mathura sculptors her health. C/ no error. D
was young himself. C no error. D
A of that period were the creation and 55. There are a number of people A/ of every
10. It is harmful to sit close A to the
popularization B of the Buddha’s image in class and nationality B/ who doubts the
television set B as it affects on the
human form C no error D truth of his statement. C/ no error. D
eyes. C No error D
33. The modern office block A sticks out 56. I like this book because the writher has
11. One of our subscriber A reads four or
like a sore thumb B among the old explained A/ the reasons B/ of his failure
five detective stories every week B
building in the area C no error D truly. C/ no error. D
besides others which he gets from another
34. The two books are the same A except 57. She is very weak in the subject A/ and does
library. C No error D
for the fact that this B has an answer in not understand things B/ though the teacher
12. The hall was already packed A and there
the back C no error D explains her repeatedly. C/ no error D
was less room for the group of reporters B
35. The Prime Minister’s good looks won him 58. There was no any piece of paper A/ in my
who came to cover the event C . No error
A the election but he has still to prove B pocket B/ as I had expected. C/ no error. D
D
that he’s not a just pretty face C no error 59. Neither the teacher A/ or the student B/ is
13. The elderly manager of the bank A
D keen on joining the dance. C/ no error. D
together with his staff B have resigned.
36. Your husband doesn’t A believe that 60. My neighbour Deepak A/ is a person B/ that
C No error D
you are older B than I. C no error. will help anyone. C/ no error. D
14. He served in this factory A since it
D 61. I’ll ask that man A/ which of the roads B/
started B after a long closure in 1960. C
37. Because of the A extenuating are the one we want. C/ no error. D
no error D
circumstances, B the court acquitted 62. You will lose A/ your dog B/ if you did not
15. Copernicus proved A that earth B
him out of the crime C no error. D tie it up. C/ no error. D
moves round the sun. C no error D
38. The music was so loud A that we had 63. More than one A/ workmen B/ was killed. C/
16. Seldom we have been treated A in such a
bellow over each B other to be heard. no error. D
rude manner B by the police personnel. C
C No error. D 64. The parties A/ disagreed A/ on the two first
No error D
39. Some women admit that A their principle clauses B/ in the agreement. C/ no error. D
17. The property A was divided B
goal in life B is to marry a wealthy man 65. The composition contained A even no
among the two brothers. C No error D
C no error D less B than twenty mistakes C no error
18. I am quite certain A that the lady is not
40. I informed the principal A that I was D
only greedy B but miserly. C No error
running temperature B and therefore 66. He told us A that B he has not read the
D
could not attend the meeting C no error book. C no error D
19. I cannot find A where has he gone B
D 67. The minister announced A/ compensation
though I have tried my best. C no error.
41. The farmer is irrigating A his fields for B/ the victims from the accident C no
D
B since morning C no error. D error. D
20. If I was A the Prime Minister of India, B
42. I could not A answer to B the 68. I should A have preferred B to go by
I would work wonders. C no error. D
question C no error. D myself. C no error. D
21. Widespread flooding A is effecting B
43. Two years passed A since B 69. There is A no place B in this
large areas of the villages. C no error.
my cousin died C no error D compartment. C no error D
D
44. He hesitated to accept the post (A) as 70. The A young man B had no manner C
22. I don’t usually like staying at hotels A but
he did not think (B) that the salary would no error. D
last summer we spent a few days B at a
not be enough for an man with a family of 71. There are many A beautiful furniture’s B
very nice hotel by sea. C no error. D
three.(C) No error. (D) in the room. C no error. D
23. I will try to be on time A but do not
72. The policeman prevented us from A
worry B when I am late . C no
entering into B the hall. C no error. D
error. D

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73. The world A comprises B good and bad 50. A (Remove ‘to’)
people . C no error. D 51. A (Remove ‘both’)
74. Would you please order A for tea and 52. B (replace have – had)
biscuits B for all of us ? C no error. D 53. A (replace with – to )
75. I have paid A my bill for electricity B
only a week ago. C no error. D
54. C (replace effected – affected )
76. The truck driver accused A the lady for 55. C (replace ‘doubts – doubt)
walking B in the middle of the road. C no 56. D
error 57. A (replace ‘in’ – ‘at’ )
58. A (Remove ‘any’)
59. B (replace ‘or’ – ‘nor’)
ANSWERS 60. C (replace ‘that’ – ‘who’)
1. B ( replace ‘by’ with ‘on’ ) 61. C (replace ‘are’ – ‘is’ )
2. A ( vapi is a big) 62. C(replace ‘did’ – ‘do’)
3. A (replace ‘so’ with ‘such a’)
4. B (replace ‘besides’ with ‘beside’)
63. C (replace ‘was’ – ‘were’)
5. B (replace ‘in’ with ‘into’) 64. B(replace ‘two first’ with ‘first two
6. A (he said that) 65. B (Remove ‘even’)
7. D 66. C (replace ‘has’ – ‘had’)
8. C (add ‘yet’ & replace ‘among’ with 67. C (replace ‘from’ – ‘of’)
‘between’) 68. C (replace ‘to go by’ – ‘have gone by’)
9. B (remove ‘for’) 69. B (replace ‘place’ – ‘space’)
10. C ( remove ‘on’ ) 70. C (replace ‘manner’ – ‘manners’)
11. A (replace ‘subscriber’ with ‘subscribers’) 71. B (replace ‘furniture’s’ – ‘furniture’)
12. C (who had come)
13. C ( replace ‘have’ with ‘has’)
72. B (Remove ‘into’)
14. A. (he has been) 73. C (comprises of)
15. B (that the earth) 74. B (Remove ‘for’ )
16. A (replace ‘we have’ with ‘have we’) 75. A (replace ‘I have’ – ‘I had’)
17. C (replace ‘among’ with ‘between’) 76. B (replace ‘for’ – ‘of’ )
18. C (but also)
19. B (replace ‘has he’ with ‘he has’)
20. A ( replace ‘if I was’ with ‘if I were’)
21. B (replace ‘effecting’ with ‘affecting’)
22. C (replace ‘by sea’ with ‘by the sea’)
23. C (replace ‘when’ with ‘if’)
24. A (‘is’ with ‘was’)
25. C (replace ‘and looking’ with ‘and was
looking’)
26. B ( replace ‘I am’ with ‘I was’)
27. B (considered a sport)
28. C (replace ‘than Britain’ with ‘than in
the Britain’)
29. C (replace ‘in’ with ‘on’)
30. C ( the earth)
31. C (replace ‘has not still’ with ‘still has
not’)
32. A (the Mathura sculptors)
33. C (replace ‘building’ with ‘buildings’)
34. C (replace ‘in’ with ‘at’)
35. C (replace ‘a just pretty’ with ‘just a
pretty’)
36. D
37. C (replace ‘out of’ with ‘of’)
38. B( had to)
39. B (replace ‘principle’ with ‘principal’)
40. C (Remove therefore)
41. A (replace ‘is’ with ‘ has been’)
42. B (Remove ‘to’)
43. A ( have passed)
44. C (Remove ‘not’)
45. A ( replace ‘I am’ with ‘I have been’)
46. B (Remove ‘with’)
47. B (replace ‘he had’ with ‘had he’)
48. A (replace ‘arriving’ with ‘arrived’)
49. A ( would constitute )

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