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The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the
incorrect word and the correction in the space provided as given below. Remember to underline the
word that you have supplied as shown.

(1)

The Idiot box is increasing pushing e.g. increasing – increasingly

The bookshelf out of home even in regions that have a high literacy (a) ………………….
…………………..

Rate or a long tradition of libraries. (b) ………………. ……………………..

According to the findings of the sample survey, an average Keralite now (c)…………………. …………………..

Spent 90 minutes on cable television and 80 minutes on reading books. (d)…………………. …………………..

However, TV is not an only culprit. (e)………………. ……………………..

The survey, conduct by the Kerala Library Council to mark the 50th anniversary of the library movement
in the state, (f)………………….. ……………………..

Indicates that lack of interest and high price of (g)…………………. …………………..

Books was equally responsible for people running away from serious reading.(h)………………….
…………………..

(2)

One of the key figures in the

tourist industry is a waiter. His (a) ……………………………………..
job is not

merely to wait on tables and (b) ……………………………………..

serve food and beverages to

customers. The service (c) ……………………………………..
provided by the hotel

industry are rather complex;

hence a waiter has to be train to (d) ……………………………………..
acquire knowledge and

skill of the industry. He has to (e) ……………………………………..

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courteous and cheerful, and

have an ability of smile. A waiter (f) ……………………………………..
must

appears smart and well-

(g) ……………………………………..
groomed.

He must be able to speak

clearly with a modulated tone; (h) ……………………………………..
he may have

an understanding in human
(i) ……………………………………..
relations

and, most important of all, he

must have a natural inclination (j) ……………………………………..
for serve and

find ‘service a pleasure’, without

(k) ……………………………………..
that he

would be no more then a

(l) ……………………………………..
mechanical robot.

(3)

Delhi’s harsh winters takes a heavy toll on takes take

Its estimates 1.4 lakh street dwellers. Beat (a) ……………………………………..

Constables find a number of unidentified corpses (b) ……………………………………..

In the pavements last year, most of them victims (c) ……………………………………..

Of the cold. This excludes those which sleep on (d) ……………………………………..

Carts, rickshaws and under tarpaulin tents as they is not (e)……………………………………..

Classified as homeless. On the eve in winter, which the (f) ……………………………………..

Meteorology department say would be unusual severe, (g) ……………………………………..

About 20,000 were provided shelter on different agencies. (h) ……………………………………..

(4)
The joint family system have undergone drastic (a)…………. ……………..
changes in a recent times. Unlike the past, (b)………….. …………..
where grandparents, uncles, their wives and the children use to live under one
roof, now the (c)………….. ………….
system of nuclear families has became the order (d)…………. …………..
of the day. Various factor have led to the (e)
disintegration of a joint family system.(f)………….. ………………
The more important is urbanization.
(5)
English is the useful language. The people who speak (a)………… ………….
English today made up the largest speech community (b)………. ………….
in the world. A speech community are similar to other (c)………. ………..
kinds of communities. The people that make up the (d)………. …………
community share an common language. Often they live (e)…………. …………
side by side as they do in a neighbourhood, the village or a city. (f)……..
………..
More often they form the whole country. Much nations are (g)………….
…………
composed of a single major speech community.

(6)
Human kind has been struggling for peace for times (a)…….. ………
immemorial. We are aware so we can thrive when there (b)………. ………..
is peace all around. Our culture and civilisation can grows and (d)……….
…........
develop in an peaceful environment. If we want to think of material (e)………..
……….
and spiritual progress we needs to propagate peace. Now that we (f)…….
…………
seem to has a war virtually on our doorstep, we need to (g)………. ………..
understand that every action has an equal a opposite reaction.(h)……..
………
If through centuries in war, the human civilzation has not achieved (i)………..
…………
eternal peace, one more show of strength might provide the answer to the
world’s woes (j).……. ………..

(7)
There are several causes of worries. The fast paced
and complicated life style contribute to our anxieties.(a)……. …….
everything add to the burden on our minds. Some of these(b)…….. ………..
incontrollable but more of them are within our control. (c)………. ………..
Ever since a child is three, he is pushed into the rat race.(d)………
Expectation from parents and teachers, and competition from peer (e)……..
……..
group results to headaches, tensions, ridicule, self-hatred etc(f)………
………….

(8)
There is the enemy beneath our feet (a)…….. …..,…
the most deadly for his complete impartiality.(b)…….. ……….
Everyone in the world are threatened by him. The(c)……. …….
enemy are earth itself. When the earthquake strikes(d)……….. ………
the earth tremble. The power of the earthquake is (e)…………. …………
greater than many other power man can produce.(f).…………. ………….
But today scientists are directing the great deal of
effort into finding some ways of combating earthquakes.