Error in Sentence – 3

1. a) This drug should / b) only be taken / c) with the supervision

of a doctor. / d) No error.

2. a) The magazine I subscribe to, / b) has a much large circulation

/ c) than that of the other magazine / d) No error.

3. Some diary farmers use milking machines / b) to milk their cows /

c) but milking by hand is still widespread in Kerala / d) No error

4. a) Why did / b) you not told me / c) that the meeting / d) was

postponed? / e) No error

5. a) The mason will not / b) do the work / c) except give the

order. / d) No error.

6. a) Although she did not mention me by name,/ b) I know her

remarks / c) were intended for my benefit. / d) No error.

7. a) This bottle must / b) not be made / c) to stand / d) close to

the fire / e) No error.

8. a) I shall go to Australia / b) for higher studies / c) if you like it

or not. / d) No error.

9. a) Their college football eleven were / b) the runner-up in the

tournament / c) the championship being lifted / d) by the
Gandhi Memorial College eleven. / e) No error.
10. a) 'Meatless Days' / b) have been made / c) into a film / d) No
error.

11. a) He gave her / b) a suggestible glance / c) and she blushed /

d) No error.

12. a) It is a strange thing / b) know little people in general / c)

know about sky. / d) No error.

13. a) Many were / b) sent to the / c) gallow and many / d)

executed in public. / e) No error.

14. a) The dog let out / b) a blood chilling / c) howling when it was
/ d) given the injection / e) No error

15. a) Passengers may contact / b) Indian Airlines offices or / c)

any of its approved travel agents / d) to reservations and
ticketing.

16. a) Some people / b) feel that / c) without / d) discipline no

progress is possible. / e) No error.

17. a) Two hours have passed / b) since / c) he had fallen asleep /

d) No error.

18. a) I have been / b) working on my / c) autobiography for the /

d) last seven years. / e) No error.

19. a) She is a bit / b) of a doubting Thomas, / c) She won't

believe you are back till she sees you. / d) No error.
20. a) Our mission are / b) to provide value based technical
education / c) and mould the character of the younger
generation / d) through a synthesis of science and spirituality.

21. a) There is / b) unlikely / c) to be rain / d) No error.

22. a) Her clothes / b) were bespattered / c) by mud. / d) No

error.

23. a) Each person / b) should look after / c) their own belongings.

/ d) No error.

24. a) The hotel room / b) was bare / c) and uninviting. / d) No

error.

25. a) The mark list of those candidates / b) whose results are

withheld / c) for certain defect / d) will issue only after
rectification of the defects.

26. a) The soldier jumped to attention / b) when the colonel / c)

passed him. / d) No error.

27. a) No sooner teacher entered the room / b) he suspected that

some of the students / c) were using unfair means in answering
the questions / d) No error.

28. a) Many people are of the opinion / b) that the sudden

outburst of the speaker / c) was surprising and unseemly, / c)
to say the least. / d) No error.

29. a) They have been / b) saved of a / c) great deal / d) of

trouble. / e) No error.
30. a) The train entered / b) in the station / c) and stopped slowly
/ d) No error.

31. a) Finally he even received / b) a offer from the Institute of

Advanced study at Princeton, / c) one of the most prestigious
/ d) institutions in the world.

32. a) There is Mr. Hussain / b) whom they say / c) is the best

painter in the town. / d) No error.

33. a) He unleashed, / b) a torrential of abuse / c) against the

unfortunate shop assistant. / d) No error.

34. a) There were gasps of horror from / b) the spectators as he /

c) fell from the tight rope. / d) No error.

35. a) Why does he / b) not attend / c) with what / d) I am

saying? e) No error

36. a) He was not / b) just unconsiderate, he was downright rude /

d) No error.

37. a) They refused / b) staying in that hotel / c) as it was too

crowded. / d) No error.

38. a) If it possible to get near / b) where one of the volcanic

eruptions take place, / c) we should see a grand sight. / d) No
error.

39. a) The International Commodity Fair was organized / b) to

provide an international platform / c) to discussing the status
and prospects of the / d) commodities that are of great
relevance to India.
40. a) Different words with the / b) same spelling are distinguished
/ c) in this dictionary by a superscript number. / d) No error.

41. a) He looked / b) as though / c) she / d) was fainting. e) No

error.

42. a) I fail to understand / b) how can you leave / c) your boy

friend in the lurch. / d) No error.

43. a) I would not sullen / b) my hands / c) by accepting a bribe. /

d) No error.

44. a) He was beside / b) himself with rage / c) when he saw the

mess. / d) No error.

45. a) I have / b) seen her only once / c) but I'm liking her a lot.
d) No error.

46. a) She has got / b) a down at me, / c) I did not know why. /
d) No error.

47. a) She asked her son / b) if he was / c) going to / d) college

today / e) No error

48. a) We have benefited from / b) the discoveries bequeathed at

us / c) by scientists of the last century. / d) No error.

49. a) I advised him / b) against taking a decision / c) until he had

not given the matter a serious thought. / d) No error.

50. a) I won't go into all the depressing details / b) let it is suffice

it to say that the / c) whole affair was an utter disaster. / d)
No error.
 Answers

C (under the supervision of a

1 26 C (passed by him)
doctor)
2 C 27 A
3 D 28 D
4 B (tell) 29 B (saved a)
5 C 30 B (remove 'in')
6 D 31 B (an offer)
7 C (remove 'to stand' to 'stood') 32 B
8 C (whether you like it or not) 33 B (a torrent of abuse)
C (fell down from the tight
9 B (runners up) 34
rope)
10 B (has been made) 35 C (to what)
11 B (a surreptitious glance) 36 B (inconsiderate)
12 C 37 B (to stay in that hotel)
13 C (gallows and many) 38 D
14 C (howl when it was) 39 C (to discuss)
15 D (for reservations) 40 D
16 A (remove 'some') 41 D (were fainting)
17 C 42 B
18 E 43 A (I would not sully)
19 D 44 D
20 A (mission is) 45 C
21 C (to be any rain) 46 B (a down against me)
22 C (with mud) 47 D (college that day)
23 C (his/her own belongings) 48 B (remove 'at' with 'to')
24 D 49 C
25 D (will be issued) 50 B (remove 'it to say')