Error Detection

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SET-01 Q10. Under a tree (1)/ was sitting the saint (2)/
whom we had seen somewhere else. (3)/ No error.
Direction (01-20):- In the following question,
(4)
any part of the sentence may have errors. Find
out which part of the sentence has an error and Q11. It is hardly surprising that China is ratcheting
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is up (1)/tensions along the LAC at a time when both
free from error, select ‘No Error’. India and China, (2)/along with the rest of the
world, is fighting a pandemic. (3)/ No error (4)
Q1. He told her (1)/ that he had always seen (2)/ her
with his mind’s eye. (3)/ No error. (4) Q12. China imagines that it can ramp on
infrastructure (1)/right up to India’s neck,
Q2. All the flowers (1)/ in his garden will surely die
disdainfully dismissive (2)/of India’s territorial
(2)/ before the rains will fall. (3)/ No error. (4)
sensitivities. (3)/ No error (4)
Q3. The dog I have bought (1)/ looks more
Q13. The first was a push for (1)/building border
ferocious (2)/ than you have. (3)/ No error. (4)
(2)/infrastructure and governance. (3)/ No error (4)
Q4. Everybody who was working in that office
Q14. The bottom line is that China always expects
gave (1)/ a day’s pay as their contributions (2)/ to
(1)/India to be ‘sensitive’ towards its territorial
the dependents of Dr. Sonu who had died on duty.
fancies (2)/while consistently flout Indian
(3)/ No error (4)
sensitivities at will. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. This book is undoubtedly preferable than (1)/
Q15. It was China who started this game (1)/of
that in many respects and its printing (2)/ is also
infrastructure development quite (2)/early in the
comparatively good. (3)/ No error. (4)
narrative. (3)/ No error (4)
Q6. The audience will flock to his concerts to hear
Q16. India has not been able to keep pace with
him to sing (1)/ as they perceive a sense of purity
China’s rail network (1)/though Tibet and Xinjiang,
and piquancy in his music that is hard (2)/ to come
and its road networks (2)/that began to link up with
by today. (3)/ No error. (4)
India’s neighbours. (3)/ No error (4)
Q7. It is better to stay at home (1)/ than to walk in
Q17. Today, sharing one of the world’s longest
the street when there erupts (2)/ a communal riot in
frontier, (1)/China and India are the only two
the town. (3)/ No error. (4)
countries (2)/without a fully defined frontline. (3)/
Q8. ‘Under no circumstances (1)/ we can help you No error (4)
in this illegal (2)/ work’, said the Manager. (3)/ No
Q18. Out at Hillside the stones that demarcate
error. (4)
(1)/the territory of an old-fashioned (2)/house is
Q9. Not only we lost (1)/ what he had on our new and snowily whitewashed. (3)/ No error (4)
disposal, (2)/ but we also lost our patience. (3)/ No
Q19. The impact of the new map of (1)/Jammu and
error. (4)
Kashmir on ties to (2)/Nepal as well, is no
coincidence. (3)/ No error (4)
Q20. One of the reasons that China has been able to S11. Ans. (3)
make inroads into Nepal and not with Bhutan, is
Sol. Use ‘are’ instead of ‘is’
that the government renegotiated its 1949 Treaty of
Perpetual Peace and Friendship (1)/between the S12. Ans. (1)
Government of India and the Government of
Sol. Use ‘up’ instead of ‘on’
Bhutan of 1949 with the India-Bhutan Friendship
Treaty in 2007, (2)/dropping an article that had S13. Ans. (4)
committed Bhutan “to beguided” by India on its
S14. Ans. (3)
external affairs policy. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘flouting’
ANSWERS
S15. Ans. (1)
S1. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘that’ instead of ‘who’
S2. Ans. (3)
S16. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘fall’ instead of ‘will fall’
Sol. Use ‘through’ instead of ‘though’
S3. Ans. (3)
S17. Ans. (1)
Sol. Add ‘the one’ after ‘than’
Sol. Use ‘frontiers’
S4. Ans. (2)
S18. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘his’ in place of ‘their’
S5. Ans. (1)
S19. Ans. (2)
Sol. In place of ‘than’, ‘to’ will be used.
Sol. Use ‘with’ instead of ‘to’
S6. Ans. (1)
S20. Ans. (4)
Sol. ‘to’ will not be used before ‘sing’
SET-2
S7. Ans. (2)
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
Sol. Remove ‘to’ after ‘than’
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
S8. Ans. (2) which part of the sentence has an error and
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
Sol. Put ‘can’ before ‘we’
free from error, select ‘No Error’.
S9. Ans. (1)
Q1. They stayed in Kashmir (1)/ for a very short
Sol. ‘did’ will be used after ‘not only’ and ‘lost’ period of time and then (2)/ they returned home.
will be converted to ‘lose’ (3)/ No error. (4)
S10. Ans. (4)
Q2. Despite of the best efforts (1)/ made by the (2)/diplomacy in unlocking complicated stand-off
government the condition of the country is (2)/ situations. (3)/ No error (4)
going from bad to worse. (3)/ No error. (4)
Q13. Focusing on the positives in a bleak
Q3. The college library is not only equipped with (1)/scenario is sometimes useful in (2)/avoiding
(1)/very good books, but also (2)/with the latest fatigue from a prolonged campaign. (3)/ No error
journals. (3)/No error (4) (4)
Q4. Numerous people in India (1)/ are dying from Q14. While the natural path of this curve is
hunger but the government seems (2)/ to be (1)/upwards, any slackening here (2)/will be
ignorant of this fact. (3)/ No error. (4) disastrous consequences. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. The sum and substance (1)/ of the speech of the Q15. The issues in India isn’t (1)/racism per se, but
leader was that the country’s (2)/ future was bleak. colour (2)/of skin regardless of race. (3)/ No error
(3)/ No error. (4) (4)
Q6. The issues were complex (1)/ and especially Q16. A lasting Afghan peace will deny all foreign
the members of the committee (2)/ have made them fighters (1)/and terror organisations any symbiotic
obscure. (3)/ No error. (4) relationship (2)/that they may have establish. (3)/
No error (4)
Q7. I thought that he would come and give (1)/ me
the latest information (2)/ about the patient. (3)/ No Q17. The council will have had to (1)/take difficult
error. (4) decisions to (2)/keep the economy running. (3)/ No
error (4)
Q8. I was surprised (1)/ to know why had he turned
(2)/ down such a good offer of marriage. (3)/ No Q18. Raising funds from the market (1)/may be the
error. (4) only way to (2)/resolve the current crisis. (3)/ No
error (4)
Q9. Mohan said that he was going to (1)/ the library
and wanted to (2)/ know that I could accompany Q19. It is expected that the legal issues have (1)/by
him. (3)/ No error. (4) now being sorted out and that (2)/a decision will be
taken at the meeting on Friday. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. All of us surprised (1)/ to see an old man of
(2)/ sixty taking part in the Marathon held last Q20. West Bengal has already demanded (1)/that
month. (3)/ No error. (4) the Centre should transfer (2)/the state’s pending
dues immediately. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. The picture that emerged on June 9
(1)/indicated we are at the beginning of the process ANSWERS
to resolve (2)/the situation, and not in the end. (3)/
S1. Ans. (2)
No error (4)
Sol. The use of ‘of time’ is superfluous
Q12. The pattern of resolution of past stand-offs
(1)/underline the key role played by quiet S2. Ans. (1)
Sol. Remove ‘of’
S3. Ans. (1) Sol. Remove ‘had’
Sol. ‘Not only’ should be placed after ‘equipped’. S18. Ans. (4)
S4. Ans. (2) S19. Ans. (2)
Sol. In place of ‘from’, ‘of’ will be used Sol. Use ‘been’ instead of ‘being’
S5. Ans. (4) S20. Ans. (4)
S6. Ans. (3) SET-3
Sol. Use ‘had’ in place of ‘have’ Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
S7. Ans. (4)
which part of the sentence has an error and
S8. Ans. (2) select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
Sol. Use ‘why he had’ in place of ‘why had he’
Q1. She forgets (1)/ to buy sugar (2)/ when she
S9. Ans. (3)
went to the grocery shop this morning. (3)/ No error
Sol. Use ‘if’ or ‘whether’ in place of ‘that’ (4)
S10. Ans. (1) Q2. He is a (1)/ person of very (2)/ considerably

renown. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘were’ before ‘surprised’
Q3. A men in (1)/ great difficulties came (2)/ to me
S11. Ans. (3)
for help. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘at’ instead of ‘in’
Q4. For peace and happiness in the world, (1)/ we
S12. Ans. (2) need to remind ourselves (2)/ of our philosophy and
cultural. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘underlines’
Q5. I want you to (1)/ write an essay (2)/ which will
S13. Ans. (4)
be include in the journal. (3)/ No error (4)
S14. Ans. (3)
Q6. I look up (1)/ after the blast (2)/ of light
Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘be’ enveloped the park. (3)/ No error (4)
S15. Ans. (1) Q7. Several great battles (1)/ took place among (2)/
the British and the Americans. (3)/No Error (4)
Sol. Use ‘issue’ instead of ‘issues’
Q8. In personification, inanimate objects (1)/ and
S16. Ans. (3)
abstract notions are spoken of (2)/ as life and
Sol. Use ‘established’ intelligent. (3)/ No error (4)
S17. Ans. (1) Q9. One of the most pleasant things (1) / in the
world are (2) / going on a journey. (3) / No error (4)
Q10. The bell rung (1)/ while I (2)/ was brushing S4. Ans. (3)
my teeth. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘culture’ instead of ‘cultural’
Q11. The car (1)/ usually stands (2)/ besides the
S5. Ans. (3)
tree. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘included’
Q12. All the (1)/ furnitures also (2)/ burn down by
the fire. (3)/ No error (4) S6. Ans. (1)
Q13. She has (1)/reduced her (2)/consumption to Sol. Use ‘looked’ instead of ‘look’
considerably. (3)/No error (4)
S7. Ans. (2)
Q14. I reread the entire book (1)/ because I didn’t
Sol. Use ‘between’ instead of ‘among’
understood (2)/ it the first time. (3)/ No error (4)
S8. Ans. (3)
Q15. To who (1)/did you (2)/speak last night?
(3)/No error (4) Sol. Use ‘intelligence’ instead of ‘intelligent’
Q16. I have given (1)/you my (2)/ring last week. S9. Ans. (2)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’
Q17. I couldn't even boil (1) / an egg. It is highly
S10. Ans. (1)
time (2) / I learnt to cook! (3) / No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘rang’ instead of ‘rung’
Q18. The boy breathes (1)/ a sigh of relief (2)/ on
hearing his result yesterday (3)/ No error (4). S11. Ans. (3)
Q19. Ethics are an important subject (1)/ to learn Sol. Use ‘beside’ instead of ‘besides’
(2)/ in education (3)/ No error (4).
S12. Ans. (2)
Q20. They admired the way (1)/ Rohan completed
Sol. Use ‘furniture’ instead of ‘furnitures’
his work in time (2)/, and appreciating his
punctuality (3)/ No error (4). S13. Ans. (3)
ANSWERS Sol. Remove ‘to’
S1. Ans. (1) S14. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘forgot’ instead of ‘forgets’ Sol. Use ‘understand’ instead of ‘understood’
S2. Ans. (3) S15. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘considerable’ instead of ‘considerably’ Sol. Use ‘whom’ instead of ‘who’
S3. Ans. (1) S16. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘man’ Sol. Use ‘gave’ instead of ‘have given’
S17. Ans. (2) Q7. Hardly she had (1)/ reached the station (2)/
when the train arrived. (3) / No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘high’ instead of ‘highly’
Q8. Though he was brave, (1) / he could not face
S18. Ans. (1)
the (2) / ups and downs of life manly. (3) / No error
Sol. Use ‘breathed’ instead of ‘breathes’ (4)
S19. Ans. (1) Q9. You need to be (1) / intelligent but hardworking
(2) / if you want to be successful in life. (3) / No
error (4)
S20. Ans. (3)
Q10. I haven't been (1) / to New York before (2) /
Sol. Use ‘appreciated’ instead of ‘appreciating’ and neither my brother. (3) / No error (4)
SET-4 Q11. A man can fail many times, (1)/but he isn't a

failure unless (2)/he begins to blame somebody
else. (3)/ No error (4)
which part of the sentence has an error and Q12. The list of candidates to be (1)/called for the
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is interview (2)/were put up on the board. (3)/ No
free from error, select ‘No Error’. error (4)
Q1. The complex nature of the modern Q13. The foremost criterion of selection we
(1)/industrial civilization and explosion of adopted (1)/were the number of years of training a
knowledge (2)/have made the education process dancer had (2)/received under a particular guru in
very complicated. (3)/ No error (4) any dance academy. (3)/ No error (4)
Q2. Cricket has become so popular (1)/even elderly Q14. One-third of the world's human population
people are discussing (2)/the game when they meet live on (1)/land that is liable to be inundated if the
anywhere. (3)/ No error (4) seas rise (2)/because of the temperature, increasing
due to Global Warming. (3)/ No error (4)
Q3. It has a small spa, and its sulphur (1)/baths are
resorted to for the (2)/cure for rheumatism and Q15. We are happy that our Prime Minister with the
gout. (3)/ No error (4) members (1)/of his cabinet are to be present at the
function (2)/celebrating in the memory of his
Q4. I am doubtful (1) / that my parents will (2) /
success in the field of politics. (3)/ No error (4)
allow me to go on the trip. (3) / No error (4)
Q16. Each of the survivors of the Tsunami have
Q5. He is being very (1) / politely for the reason (2)
(1)/been offered free psychological consultation to
/ best known to him. (3) / No error (4)
ease (2)/their trauma, by some of the top
Q6. Either the Air Force or the Army has (1)/to consultants. (3)/ No error (4)
respond immediately if an unprecedented attack
Q17. The police promised that they would
(2)/occurs in any land part of the country. (3)/ No
investigate (1)/ into the matter as thoroughly as
error (4)
they could and (2)/ find out the culprit as soon as S10. Ans. (3)
possible. (3) / No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘has’ after ‘neither’
Q18. The video is (1) / using by the trainer (2) / to
S11. Ans. (2)
train the new recruits. (3) / No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘until’ instead of ‘unless’
Q19. He walked five miles which are really (1)/a
great distance for a man like (2)/ him who is not S12. Ans. (3)
only old but also ill. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’
Q20. If Ramesh knew what (1)/ he wanted, he
S13. Ans. (2)
would have never permitted (2)/ her to go. (3)/ No
error. (4) Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’
ANSWERS S14. Ans. (1)
S1. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘lives’ instead of ‘live’
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’ S15. Ans. (2)
S2. Ans. (2) Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’
Sol. Use ‘discuss’ instead of ‘are discussing’ S16. Ans. (1)
S3. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’
Sol. Use ‘of’ instead of ‘for’ S17. Ans. (2)
S4. Ans. (2) Sol. Remove ‘into’
Sol. Use ‘whether’ instead of ‘that’ S18. Ans. (2)
S5. Ans. (2) Sol. Use ‘being used’ instead of ‘using’
Sol. Use ‘polite’ instead of ‘politely’ S19. Ans. (1)
S7. Ans. (1) S20. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘had she’ instead of ‘she had’ Sol. Use “he would never permit” instead of
“would have never permitted”
S8. Ans. (3)
SET-5
Sol. Use ‘manfully’ instead of ‘manly’
S9. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘and’ instead of ‘but’ which part of the sentence has an error and
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is Q10. The 19th-century cholera epidemic (1)/in
free from error, select ‘No Error’. London sparked introduction (2)/of modern urban
sanitation systems. (3)/ No error (4)
Q1. President Donald Trump has found (1)/one
reason to another (2)/to continue his tirade against Q11. The UK needs to drastically cut back (1)/its
China. (3)/ No error (4) meat intake to avoid a future (2)/global health
crises. (3)/ No error (4)
Q2. Trump also hinted potentially (1)/sanctions for
some officials (2)/of the Hong Kong government. Q12. The vast majority of new infectious diseases
(3)/ No error (4) that (1)/have appeared in humans over the past
century has been (2)/caused by tampering with
Q3. The economic and geopolitical rivalry of the
farmed animals and their habitats. (3)/ No error (4)
two most (1)/powerful country of the 21st century
have (2)/undoubtedly pushed Hong Kong and its Q13. The last 100 years has shown that
people to the edge. (3)/ No error (4) (1)/pandemics will continue lest we change (2)/the
way we eat and how our food is produced. (3)/ No
Q4. Ahmedabad, Surat and Indore got (1)/clean city
error (4)
awards (2)/under Swachh Survekshan of
Government of India. (3)/ No error (4) Q14. A honest introspection of the relationship
(1)/of the local Kashmiri to the sovereign (2)/would
Q5. Asia’s largest slum Dharavi (1)/and informal
yield disconcerting results. (3)/ No error (4)
settlement Shivaji Nagar (2)/became the hotspot of
the pandemic. (3)/ No error (4) Q15. Indian history teaches us (1)/that both the
security and political (2)/spheres can (and should)
Q6. In Shivaji Nagar poor people pays (1)/‘poverty
co-exist. (3)/ No error (4)
premium’ to purchase (2)/drinking water during
summer months. (3)/ No error (4) Q16. The government must display genuineness
(1)/of purpose and rapprochement, beyond
Q7. According to the New World Wealth Report
(2)/bluster and thunder announcements. (3)/ No
2019, (1)/Mumbai is the pride representative of
error (4)
India (2)/among world’s first twenty wealthiest
cities. (3)/ No error (4) Q17. We cannot allow a situation of (1)/no-return
in a part of our own country, (2)/however
Q8. Americans have had a strange fascination for
misguided some can be. (3)/ No error (4)
China (1)/ever since the early 1900s when
Protestant missionaries (2)/decided that it was Q18. The history of the Valley is a (1)/continuing
God’s work to bring salvation of the Chinese. (3)/ saga of petty politics (2)/and short-term initiatives.
No error (4) (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. The impacts of the global pandemic are still Q19. The country is again pitch to become an
(1)/been understood, but it does seem clear that alternative investment destination (1)/for big global
(2)/this crisis calls for reorientation of planning businesses in the hope that the COVID-19
practices in our cities. (3)/ No error (4) pandemic (2)/would prompt them to hedge their
China-dependent supply chains. (3)/ No error (4)
Q20. India inherited the boundary with Nepal, S13. Ans. (2)
(1)/established between Nepal with the East India
Sol. Use ‘unless’ instead of ‘lest’
Company (2)/in the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816. (3)/
No error (4) S14. Ans. (1)
ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘An’ instead of ‘A’

S1. Ans. (2) S15. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘after’ instead of ‘to’ S16. Ans. (3)
S2. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘thundering’ instead of ‘thunder’
Sol. Use ‘potential’ instead of ‘potentially’ S17. Ans. (3)
S3. Ans. (2) Sol. Use ‘may’ instead of ‘can’
Sol. Use ‘countries’ instead of ‘country’ S18. Ans. (4)
S4. Ans. (4) S19. Ans. (1)
S5. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘pitching’ instead of ‘pitch’
Sol. Use ‘hotspots’ instead of ‘hotspot’ S20. Ans. (2)
S6. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘and’ instead of ‘with’
Sol. Use ‘pay’ instead of ‘pays’ SET-6
S7. Ans. (2) Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
Sol. Use ‘proud’ instead of ‘pride’
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘of’
Q1. Reports suggest that Mr Oli has been
S9. Ans. (2)
(1)/criticised within his country for (2)/allowing
Sol. Use ‘being’ instead of ‘been’ India to laying the road in Lipulekh. (3)/ No error
(4)
S10. Ans. (4)
Q2. Both developments have deepened (1)/the
S11. Ans. (3)
friction following India’s inaugural of (2)/the road
Sol. Use ‘crisis’ instead of ‘crises’ from Lipulekh to Kailash Mansarovar. (3)/ No error
(4)
S12. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘has been’ instead of ‘have been’
Q3. While the world is getting ready to (1)/open Q13. The massive scale of the outbreak has brought
about once again, there are (2)/many troubling on (1)/the need for the regional bloc to act firmly
signs of what is in store. (3)/ No error (4) (2)/as the international system has left every
country for itself. (3)/ No error (4)
Q4. We must not let the pandemic (1)/wipe away
our concern for (2)/climate change and their Q14. Almost all the Asean countries are now
impacts. (3)/ No error (4) (1)/dealing with the third stage of the virus,
(2)/which is the community transmission stage. (3)/
Q5. Mangroves are (1)/among the more effective
No error (4)
(2)/form of natural carbon capture. (3)/ No error (4)
Q15. Vietnam’s model for containing the outbreak
Q6. This isn’t the first time a forest is being razed
(1)/has been considered a successful low-cost
to (1)/the name of ‘development’ in India, but the
model (2)/and attracted international attention. (3)/
prevalent (2)/conditions make it difficult to even
No error (4)
protest this project. (3)/ No error (4)
Q16. China has been (1)/offering assistance for
Q7. The trail of damage left behind (1)/is disastrous
(2)/Asean to fight the pandemic. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/and require immediate attention. (3)/ No error
(4) Q17. Asean should develop cost-effective models
(1)/like making cheaper test kits (2)/to flat the
Q8. While this forest can be protected, (1)/a portion
curve. (3)/ No error (4)
of India’s biggest mangrove forest has (2)/had to
bow down with a cyclone. (3)/ No error (4) Q18. If Covid-19 is not dealt with responsibility
(1)/and collectively, it could disrupt (2)/Asean’s
Q9. The painful truth now, however, is (1)/that the
existence and its accomplishments. (3)/ No error
world can simply not handle what (2)/many
(4)
countries across the world have planned. (3)/ No
error (4) Q19. All other Asean member states have
(1)/reported comparatively few cases (2)/when
Q10. The climate change mitigation movement
compared to Western countries. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/faces a bigger villain in the form of
uncontrolled (2)/and unsustainable coal mining that Q20. Southeast Asia economies in the late 1990s
will also ramped up. (3)/ No error (4) (1)/could attain loans from International Monetary
Fund (IMF) (2)/and strived for economic recovery.
Q11. The Palestinians, with wide (1)/international
(3)/ No error (4)
backing, seeking the entire West Bank (2)/as the
heartland of a future independent state. (3)/ No ANSWERS
error (4)
S1. Ans. (3)
Q12. The outbreak of novel coronavirus pose a
Sol. Use ‘lay’ instead of ‘laying’
(1)/significant threat to Southeast Asia and (2)/its
regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian S2. Ans. (4)
Nations (Asean). (3)/ No error (4)
S3. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘up’ instead of ‘about’ Sol. Use ‘flatten’ instead of ‘flat’
S4. Ans. (3) S18. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘its’ instead of ‘their’ Sol. Use ‘responsibly’ instead of ‘responsibility’
S5. Ans. (2) S19. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘most’ instead of ‘more’ Sol. Use ‘fewer’ instead of ‘few’
S6. Ans. (1) S20. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘in’ instead of ‘to’ SET-7
Sol. Use ‘requires’
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘with’
Q1. These type of books are certainly helpful to the
S9. Ans. (4)
students (1)/ preparing for the Civil (2)/ service
S10. Ans. (3) examinations. (3)/ No error. (4)
Sol. Use ‘be’ after ‘also’ Q2. I have been adoring her for (1)/ the voice with
(2)/ which she is gifted (3)/ No error. (4)
S11. Ans. (2)
Q3. Our leaders should (1)/ not let the criminal (2)/
Sol. Use ‘seek’ instead of ‘seeking’
activities to grow in our country. (3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (1)
Q4. Going towards them (1)/ with some cups of (2)/
Sol. Use ‘poses’ tea in the tray, somebody knocked at the door. (3)/
No error. (4)
S13. Ans. (1)
Q5. He is almost quite competent (1)/ for the post
Sol. Use ‘about’ instead of ‘on’
of Manager; so when given a chance, (2)/he can
S14. Ans. (4) lead the company to its goal (3)/ No error. (4)
S15. Ans. (3) Q6. He asked me (1)/ that why I was not preparing
for the (2)/ Civil service Examinations (3)/ No
Sol. Use ‘has’ before ‘attracted’
error. (4)
S16. Ans. (2)
Q7. It was almost (1)/ ten years ago since he wrote
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘for’ (2)/ a letter to me to remind me of my lapses (3)/
No error (4)
S17. Ans. (3)
Q8. I am not patient to people who (1)/ indulge in Q18. Screen culture is a powerful tool (1)/of
silly talk (2)/ and uncivilized behaviour. (3)/ No communication, irrespective (2)/of what is to being
error (4) communicated. (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. She held something (1)/ at her side which (2)/ Q19. The result could be a (1)/partial or complete
was totally hiding by the folds of her sari. (3)/ No collapse (2)/of a rational society. (3)/ No error (4)
error. (4)
Q20. The people were too poor (1)/in move out of
Q10. Accepting all sorts of challenges (1)/ that life the (2)/epicentre of the scourge. (3)/ No error (4)
offers is (2)/ a pleasure to the brave (3)/ No error
ANSWERS
(4)
S1. Ans. (1)
Q11. I have some interest in (1)/birds, but for my
husband, (2)/every bird are just a chidiya. (3)/ No Sol. Use ‘types’ in place of ‘type’
error (4)
S2. Ans. (1)
Q12. Time has become irrelevant, (1)/and we need
Sol. Use ‘have adored’ instead of ‘have been
to check often (2)/which day of the week it is. (3)/
adoring’
No error (4)
S3. Ans. (3)
Q13. Even after moving indoors for cooking and
cleaning, (1)/we get glimpses of soaring kites that Sol. Remove ‘to’
retain (2)/their grace while warding of a pesky king
S4. Ans. (1)
crow. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘While I/ she/ he was going…’
Q14. We can hear the gentle musical whistling of
the kite in flight, (1)/and it is amazing to see the S5. Ans. (1)
bird lowering its legs, (2)/ready to land, quiet like
Sol. Remove ‘almost’
the wheels of an aeroplane. (3)/ No error (4)
S6. Ans. (2)
Q15. At dusk, flocks of parrots with their thin long
tails (1)/fly in a northwest direction and egrets, with Sol. Remove ‘that’
its necks (2)/drawn back like an S and long legs
S7. Ans. (2)
stretched, fly southeast. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. ‘that’ will be used in place of ‘since’
Q16. Internet based teaching, but sometimes
(1)/useful, can vastly impact a (2)/child’s psyche as S8. Ans. (1)
well as optic health. (3)/ No error (4)
Q17. Common people like us fail, or even refuse,
S9. Ans. (3)
(1)/to acknowledge that what we know on our
heroes is a (2)/desirable and unreal image we have Sol. Use ‘hidden’ instead of ‘hiding’
constructed about them in our minds. (3)/ No error
S10. Ans. (4)
(4)
S11. Ans. (3) Q2. "I witnessed a dark-brown, medium sized,
beautiful (1)/ antelope in Koyna wildlife
sanctuary." (2)/ said Rahul to his friend Amit
S12. Ans. (4) jubilantly. (3)/ No error (4)
S13. Ans. (3) Q3. I and my brother were in a (1)/ wedding when
we came to know about (2)/ the final result of SSC
Sol. Use ‘off’ instead of ‘of’
CGL exam. (3)/ No error (4)
S14. Ans. (3)
Q4. Manjeet felt dejected as all his relatives (1)/ had
Sol. Use ‘quite’ instead of ‘quiet’ left way before he had reached the (2)/ venue of his
cousin's wedding. (3)/ No error (4)
S15. Ans. (2)
Q5. Resignations of top officials had become (1)/
Sol. Use ‘their’ instead of ‘its’
increasingly common in recent years especially (2)/
S16. Ans. (1) after revelation of many high profile scams. (3)/ No
error (4)
Sol. Use ‘while’ instead of ‘but’
Q6. The lyricist is writing (1)/realistic songs since
S17. Ans. (2)
the (2)/ beginning of his career. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘of’ instead of ‘on’
Q7. I would be able to visit Jimmy Anderson's (1)/
S18. Ans. (3) first outlet in the morning only if I (2)/ stay in
Manchester overnight. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘to’
Q8. The plan must easily have gone (1)/ wrong, but
S19. Ans. (4)
in fact it was such a great (2)/ success said Sonu
S20. Ans. (2) heaving a sigh of relief. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘in’ Q9. "You can be insane if you (1)/ think I am
accompanying you to the trip (3)/ to Las vegas."
SET-7
said Steven to Gilbert. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. Ritesh said to Vijay, " If the technology (1)/
were to become available, we (2)/ would be able to
expand the business." (3)/ No error (4)
free from error, select ‘No Error’. Q11. He is merely the personification of ‘the good,
the bad, and the ugly’ of (1)/ news channels or
Q1. One of my best friends failed to (1)/ remember
perhaps the manifestation in (2)/ television news at
taking their train ticket with him and found himself
its best. (3)/ No error (4)
in a (2)/ difficult situation when the Train Ticket
Examiner (TTE) came to inspect. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. A recent study reveals that (1) / a greater S4. Ans. (2)
amount of children are obese (2) / because of their
Sol. Remove ‘had’ before ‘reached’
unhealthy lifestyles. (3) / No error (4)
S5. Ans. (1)
Q13. Danish is one of the notorious kids (1)/ of the
class (2)/ who are always ready to fight (3)/ No Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘had’
error (4).
S6. Ans. (1)
Q14. After having being (1)/ completely destroyed
Sol. Use ‘has been’ instead of ‘is’
in WWII (2)/, Japan rose from its ashes. (3) / No
error (4) S7. Ans. (1)
Q15. In order to set your plan in motion, (1) / you Sol. Use ‘will’ instead of ‘would’
have to first make a considerable investment (2) /
S8. Ans. (1)
in a mutual fund of your choice. (3) / No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘could’ instead of ‘must’
Q16. The Bench will also have to say (1)/ whether
the laws are really at consonance with (2)/ the basic S9. Ans. (1)
tenets of the 1960 Act. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘must’ instead of ‘can’
Q17. My best wishes (1)/are always (2)/with you.
S10. Ans. (4)
(3)/No error (4)
S11. Ans. (2)
Q18. The crowd (1)/ hardly got a glimpse (2)/ at the
actor. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘of’ instead of ‘in’
Q19. Rohan has a (1)/ most unique collection (2)/ S12. Ans. (2)
of wrist watches. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘number’ instead of ‘amount’
Q20. When the storm rose (1)/ on the river, they
S13. Ans. (4)
had to (2)/ bale out to reach the shore safe. (3) No
error (4) S14. Ans. (1)
ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘been’ instead of ‘being’
S1. Ans. (2) S15. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘his’ instead of ‘their’ S16. Ans. (2)
S2. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘if’ instead of ‘whether’
Sol. Use “Beautiful-Medium sized-Dark brown” S17. Ans. (4)
S3. Ans. (1) S18. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘My brother and I’ Sol. Use ‘of’ instead of ‘at’
S19. Ans. (2) Q8. They certainly knew their (1)/ task was hard
since (2)/two previous attempts had failed. (3)/ No
Sol. Remove ‘most’
error (4)
S20. Ans. (3)
Q9. There is probably no other example (1)/in
Sol. Use ‘safely’ instead of ‘safe’ today world of a labour market (2)/that is so
inflexible and restrictive. (3)/ No error (4)
SET-8
Q10. India need to take corrective diplomatic
(1)/action even at this late stage, (2)/and even in the
time of COVID-19. (3)/ No error (4)
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is Q11. Each one of them (1)/ who studied in that
free from error, select ‘No Error’. institute (2)/ have cleared the interview. (3)/ No
error (4)
Q1. As the temperature in India rises, (1)/people
can’t help than switch on (2)/their air conditioners Q12. She was the same girl (1)/ who asks for help
to get some relief. (3)/ No error (4) (2)/ from us yesterday. (3)/ No error (4)
Q2. The reverse migration forced (1)/by the 50-day Q13. Everyone admire Seema (1)/ because of her
lockdown is (2)/playing out all across India. (3)/ No ability to solve (2)/ any mathematical question in
error (4) few seconds. (3)/ No error (4)
Q3. There is far greater clarity in the birdsong Q14. He never listened (1)/ to the suggestions (2)/
(1)/then in the presentations of the ruling class, that his former teacher gives him. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/when it takes to the airwaves. (3)/ No error (4)
Q15. Anyone who knows (1)/ Meena will agree (2)/
Q4. As the lockdown ends, our attention to (1)/the to the fact that she did what she says (3)/ No error
birdsong should remain firmly fixed, (2)/and not (4)
fade away memory. (3)/ No error (4)
Q16. Our focus is to develop and nurture a
Q5. This fast-growing deciduous (1)/vine thrives in democratic (1)/ and accommodative space/platform
full sun and (2)/tolerate cold and drought. (3)/ No wherever we go, (2)/ so that all kind of arts can
error (4) ﬂourish. (3)/ No error (4)
Q6. After consultation with farmers a system of Q17. The Taj Hotel was forced to (1) / increase it’s
(1)/domestic allotments were devised, (2)/setting prices after witnessing (2) / a considerable fall in
targets for total output of corn, wheat, cotton etc. occupancy rate. (3) / No error (4)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q18. In a recent conference, (1) / the banks have
Q7. The Government paid land owners subsidies asked some of the major public sector units (2)/ to
(1)/for leaving some of their land idle or (2)/to grow clear the debt owned by them at the earliest (3)/ No
soil enriching crops like alfalfa. (3)/ No error (4) error (4)
Q19. The Supreme Court has finally decided (1)/ Sol. Use ‘asked’ instead of ‘asks’
that the dispute should be resolved (2)/ by a
S13. Ans. (1)
disinterested judge. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘admires’ instead of ‘admire’
Q20. He has seen (1)/ some bad days (2) / but now
he is well off. (3)/ No error (4) S14. Ans. (3)
ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘gave’ instead of ‘gives’

S1. Ans. (2) S15. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘but’ instead of ‘than’ Sol. Use ‘does’ instead of ‘did’
S2. Ans. (4) S16. Ans. (3)
S3. Ans. (2) Sol. Use ‘kinds’ instead of ‘kind’
Sol. Use ‘than’ instead of ‘then’ S17. Ans. (2)
S4. Ans. (3) Sol. Use “its” instead of (it’s)
Sol. Use ‘into’ instead of ‘away’ S18. Ans. (3)
S5. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘owed’ instead of ‘owned’
Sol. Use ‘tolerates’ instead of ‘tolerate’ S19. Ans. (4)
S6. Ans. (2) S20. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’ Sol. Use ‘had’ instead of ‘has’
S7. Ans. (4) SET-9
Sol. Use ‘that’ after ‘knew’
Sol. Use “today’s”
Q1. There was degree (1)/of defensiveness (2)/in
S10. Ans. (1)
the response of the navy. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘needs’ instead of ‘need’
Q2. Scarcely had he (1)/ gone out of the (2)/ office
S11. Ans. (3) then he came. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’ Q3. Be careful (1)/ lest you (2)/ will fail. (3)/ No
error (4)
S12. Ans. (2)
Q4. One of the members (1)/ expressed doubt if (2)/ Q15. The lockdown was lifted (1)/in France before
the Minister was an atheist. (3)/ No Error (4) (2)/the infection rate decreased. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. The United States of America have (1)/ a huge Q16. Recently, Eiffel Tower in Paris also paid
balance of payments deficit (2)/ despite the (1)/tribute to emergency responders at (2)/the
people’s fabulous prosperity. (3)/ No Error (4) frontline of the novel Coronavirus outbreak. (3)/
No error (4)
Q6. Le Duc Tho, chosen for the 1973 Peace Prize
for his (1)/ act in the Paris Peace Accords, declined, Q17. Even low levels of chronic (1)/exposure of
stating (2)/ that there was no actual peace in styrene (2)/may be carcinogenic. (3)/ No error (4)
Vietnam. (3)/ No error (4)
Q18. I burnish the brass (1)/fixtures unless (2)/they
Q7. On the one hand, life seems transient like a reflect the lamplight. (3)/ No error (4)
dewdrop (1)/ and on the other hand, it is permanent
Q19. This legal structure ensures that capital
(2)/ with the potential in eternal continuity. (3)/ No
(1)/and labour does not face each other (2)/as
error (4)
equals across a mythical bargaining table. (3)/ No
Q8. Law is there to protect and help the citizens (1)/ error (4)
but some people take undue advantages (2)/ of it
Q20. The anecdote was in such (1)/execrable taste
and exploit it for their own benefit. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/as it revolted the audience. (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. She purchased (1)/ a few sachet (2)/ of
ANSWERS
shampoo along with her favorite soap. (3)/ No error
(4) S1. Ans. (1)
Q10. Make sure (1)/ the maid leaves (2)/ after Sol. Use ‘a’ before ‘degree’
cleaning the house (3)/ No error (4).
S2. Ans. (3)
Q11. Without through investigation (1)/and
Sol. Use ‘when’ instead of ‘then’
analysis of the accident, (2)/real cause cannot be
evaluated. (3)/ No error (4) S3. Ans. (3)
Q12. The public health and safety as well the Sol. Use ‘should’ instead of ‘will’
(1)/environment are major components (2)/of
S4. Ans. (2)
sustainable development. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘that’ instead of ‘if’
Q13. The manipulation depends on (1)/the interests
in stake, (2)/and political or lobby pressures. (3)/ S5. Ans. (1)
No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’
Q14. The tribute was paid on the eve of (1)/France
S6. Ans. (4)
easing lockdown measures (2)/as shops, factories
and some schools reopen. (3)/ No error (4) S7. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘for’ instead of ‘in’
Sol. Use “an undue advantage” instead of “undue
advantages”
S9. Ans. (2) free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Sol. Use ‘sachets’ instead of ‘sachet’ 1. She shooked her head and focused (a)/ on her
phone again, willing Logan to return (b)/ one of her
S10. Ans. (4)
dozens of calls or texts.(c)/ no error.(d)
S11. Ans. (1)
2. To a sudden thought I ran (a)/ upstairs before
Sol. Use ‘thorough’ instead of ‘through’ anyone could stop me,(b)/ to put on my idea of a
company dress.(c)/ no error.(d)
S12. Ans. (1)
3. Whether you are the rich or poors, live in (a)/ the
Sol. Use ‘as well as’ instead of ‘as well’
developed world or the developing world,(b)/ life
S13. Ans. (2) today is better and easier than it was a century ago
.(c)/ no error.(d)
4. He was respectful at her concerns, but they (a)/
S14. Ans. (3)
didn't see eye-to-eye on any of it - except (b)/ the
Sol. Use ‘reopened’ fact that they both wanted another child.(c)/ no
error.(d)
S15. Ans. (2)
5. But I cannot remember some instance in which
Sol. Use ‘after’ instead of ‘before’
(a)/ this feeling prevented me from repeating (b)/
S16. Ans. (4) the naughtiness when I failed to get what I
wanted.(c)/ no error.(d)
S17. Ans. (2)
6. But even as he spoke he began to doubt (a)/ and
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘of’
this was the corporal he knew or a stranger,(b)/ so
S18. Ans. (2) unlike himself did the corporal seem at that
moment.(c)/ no error.(d)
Sol. Use ‘until’ instead of ‘unless’
7. Books are the storehouse of language, and any
S19. Ans. (2)
child,(a)/ whether deaf or not, if he has his attention
Sol. Use ‘do’ instead of ‘does’ (b)/ attracted in any way to printed pages, must
learn.(c)/ no error.(d)
S20. Ans. (3)
8. Hardly he had done so before he felt (a)/ the bed
Sol. Use ‘that’ instead of ‘as’
rocking backwards and forwards beneath (b)/ him
SET-10 as if it were breathing heavily and jolting.(c)/ no
error.(d)
9. Suddenly your adversary's checker disappears 18. In a discussion of the board meeting it was
(a)/ beneath the board, and the problem is to place confirmed (a)/ by the CEO of the company that the
(b)/ yours nearest to where his will appear policy which they (b)/ were discussing,was the
again.(c)/ no error.(d) most convenience and productive. (c)/ no error.(d)
10. They are like people who when walking with 19. Also, turning her head, she found that she (a)/
(a)/ you try to shorten their steps to suit your;(b)/ could see the boy beside her, to whom had (b)/ until
the hypocrisy in both cases is equally now remained as still and silent as she herself.(c)/
exasperating.(c)/ no error.(d) no error.(d)
11. The house was furnished, so she didn't (a)/ have 20. When he called goodnight and went (a)/
much to move just a few pieces of her (b)/ parent's through the rooms with him to show (b)/ him where
furniture and few summer clothes.(c)/ no error.(d) to set up the bed for that night.(c)/ no error.(d)
12. With planning and diligence, his business ANSWER

would (a)/ be on his feet in a few years and she
1. Answer - A
would (b)/ be working in the pediatric ward at the
hospital.(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - replace “shooked” with “shook”.
13. On the end of the second day, she had (a)/ 2. Answer - A
adapted to the guests and felt completely at ease
Solution - replace “to a sudden thought” with
(b)/ a state that Claudette apparently wanted to
“on/for a sudden thought”.
shatter.(c)/ no error.(d)
3. Answer - a
14. The laundry room was also clean and an old
wringer (a)/ tub still sat in one corner, as though Solution - replace “the rich or poors” with “rich or
unwilling (b)/ to complete surrender to modern poor”..
appliances.(c)/ no error.(d)
4. Answer - A
15. At the end of the week the prince reappeared
Solution - replace “at”with “of”. We use
and resumed (a)/ his former way of life, devoting
“respectful to someone” and “respectful of
himself with special activity to building (b)/ some
something”.
operations and the arrangement of the gardens.(c)/
no error.(d) 5. Answer - A
16. This young man, of whom (a)/ I spoke to you in Solution - as the clause is a negative sentence so
last summer, is so (b)/ noble-minded and full of that replace “some” with “any”.
real youthfulness.(c)/ no error.(d)
6. Answer - B
17. Once in a while they did things together
Solution - replace conjunction “and” with
socially,(a)/ usually to fulfill mandated coupling at
“whether”.
necessity functions (b)/ and seldom for the
entertainment of either.(c)/ no error.(d) 7. Answer - D
Solution - there is no error in the sentence. In the Solution- replace “convenience (noun)” with
phrase “printed pages” printed is used as an “convenient (Adj)”.
adjective (participle).
19. Answer - B
8. Answer - A
Solution - replace “to whom” with “who”.
Solution - Use inversion format “hardly had he” in
20. Answer - A
place of “hardly he had”.
Solution - conjunction “when” in the starting of a
9. Answer - C
sentence does not make sense here replace it with
Solution - replace “his” with “he”. “so or therefore”.
10. Answer - B SET-11
Solution - replace “your” with “yours”. Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
11. Answer - c
Solution - replace “few” with “a few/some”. select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
12. Answer - B
Q1. Scanning with our marriage album, (1)/I told
Solution - replace “his” with “its” as pronoun is
my wife, “Those big, beautiful eyes (2)/could be
used for “business”.
the reason for your high myopia.” (3)/ No error (4)
13. Answer - A
Q2. People with spectacles (1)/will have always
Solution - the correct phrase will be “By the end of been the (2)/butt of jokes and mockery. (3)/ No
the second day”. error (4)
14. Answer - C Q3. Rarely does the spectacled student (1)/gets a

chance in (2)/outdoor sports and athletics. (3)/ No
Solution - replace “complete” with “completely”.
error (4)
15. Answer - B
Q4. Interestingly, modern science says children
Solution - replace “building” with “build”. (1)/with myopia need to spend more time outdoors
(2)/to strength their ocular muscles. (3)/ No error
16. Answer - B
(4)
Solution - delete “in” used before “last summer”.
Q5. Movies have played (1)/a major role (2)/in the
17. Answer - B stereotyping. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - replace “necessity(noun)” with Q6. The transformation of an innocent citizen (1)/to
“necessary (Adj)”. an aggressive hero begins (2)/with the shedding of
his spectacles. (3)/ No error (4)
18. Answer- C
Q7. Are we aware about (1)/the many difficulties Q18. India was ranked 102 (1)/out of 117
faced (2)/by people who wearing specs? (3)/ No qualifying country (2)/on the Global Hunger Index.
error (4) (3)/ No error (4)
Q8. Sipping a hot cup of coffee or walking out of Q19. The Prime Minister’s vision for (1)/doubling
(1)/an air-conditioned room or vehicle lead to farmers’ income in two years (2)/seem a distant
(2)/fogging of our glasses, blinding us. (3)/ No dream in the wake of the pandemic. (3)/ No error
error (4) (4)
Q9. Myopia or short-sightedness, (1)/a most Q20. The resilient of Indian farmers (1)/has meant
common reason for (2)/wearing glasses, is on the that the nation was (2)/fed even through multiple
rise. (3)/ No error (d) lockdowns. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. Statistics indicate a two-fold increase (1)/in ANSWERS
the number of patients requiring (2)/spectacles in
S1. Ans. (1)
the past 40 years. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘through’ instead of ‘with’
Q11. I believe there is an increased need at
(1)/sensitivity and consideration in the way we S2. Ans. (2)
(2)/treat these children without being judgmental.
Sol. Remove ‘will’
(3)/ No error (4)
S3. Ans. (2)
Q12. The increased exposure to gadgets early in life
(1)/and limited exposure to the external Sol. Use ‘get’
environment have been (2)/tout as important
S4. Ans. (3)
reasons for this increasing incidence. (3)/ No error
(4) Sol. Use ‘strengthen’
Q13. China has reported a (1)/80% prevalence of S5. Ans. (4)
(2)/myopia among its children. (3)/ No error (4)
S6. Ans. (2)
Q14. She used to share stories of (1)/being an object
Sol. Use ‘into’ instead of ‘to’
of ridicule (2)/for her classmates and others. (3)/ No
Q15. Such students are usually ignored (1)/for Sol. Remove ‘who’
stage performances (2)/such that drama and dances.
S8. Ans. (2)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘leads’
Q16. Parts of the country (1)/reeled on (2)/a
pernicious locust invasion. (3)/ No error (4) S9. Ans. (2)
Q17. Looming loans could (1)/push farmers into Sol. Use ‘the’ instead of ‘a’
(2)/a tailspin of poverty. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (4)
S11. Ans. (1) 2. And as we have seen,(a)/ understanding how we
are made is certainly (b)/ a huge advantage in our
Sol. Use ‘for’ instead of ‘at’
battle of disease.(c)/ no error.(d)
S12. Ans. (3)
3. Comforted by her only remaining normal
Sol. Use ‘touted’ instead of ‘tout’ friend,(a)/ Dev followed him to the wing of guest
bedrooms,(b)/ surprised at how huge her rooms
S13. Ans. (1)
was.(c)/ no error.(d)
Sol. Use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’
4. When Nicholas and his wife came to look for
S14. Ans. (4) Pierre (a)/ he was in the nursery holding his baby
son,(b)/ who was again in awake, on his huge right
S15. Ans. (3)
palm and dandling him.(c)/ no error.(d)
Sol. Use ‘as’ instead of ‘that’
5. If poor nations decide to pursue what I will call
S16. Ans. (2) (a)/ the Japan strategy, importing all their food and
developing other industry,(b)/ then they become
Sol. Use ‘under’ instead of ‘on’
huge fans of farm subsidies in other countries.(c)/
S17. Ans. (4) no error.(d)
S18. Ans. (2) 6. It was huge shift in public opinion in which (a)/
no group benefited financially; if anything,
Sol. Use ‘countries’
financial interests (b)/ were aligned against this
S19. Ans. (3) change, just as with tobacco.(c)/ no error.(d)
Sol. Use ‘seems’ 7. But at length they came unexpectedly upon (a)/
a huge rock that shuted off the passage and (b)/
S20. Ans. (1)
blocked them from proceeding a single step
Sol. Use ‘resilience’ instead of ‘resilient’ farther.(c)/ no error.(d)
SET-12 8. A soft moan sounding nothing as her, reached

(a)/ his ears, and then slowly, out from under the
cover,(b)/ emerged a huge wolf with bronze
colored fur.(c)/ no error.(d)
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is 9. With so many people at their house,(a)/ it was
free from error, select ‘No Error’. fortunate that the weather was warm and dry (b)/
when they could utilize the courtyard for the
1. Many years ago, before people had come to live
children.(c)/ no error.(d)
on (a)/ the earth, great trees, tall grasses, huge ferns
and all (b)/ the beautiful flowers cover the earth.(c)/ 10. Soniya reluctantly put the notebook off and (a)/
no error.(d) the couple began to carry the fresh baked (b)/ goods
and other breakfast items to the dining room.(c)/ no 19. And we know the thing is true,(a)/ because
error.(d) since the time of that interview (b)/ there is no
piglet to be found where.(c)/ no error.(d)
11. I don't know if she is aware of our arrangement
as (a)/ few words ever pass amongst us, but her 20. I have since read Shakespeare plays (a)/ many
quarters are (b)/ far from mine and we will be ever times and know parts of them by heart,(b)/ but I
so quiet in our love.(c)/ no error.(d) cannot tell which of them I like best.(c)/ no error.(d)
12. But it didn't fit the man she had come to ANSWER
know,(a)/ and she wasn't about to believe it simply
1. Answer – A
(b)/ because he had made a pass at her yet.(c)/ no
error.(d) Solution – replace “had come” wi th “came”.
13. One of my men spotted a Pace Arrow and (a)/ 2. Answer - C
was about to stop it when he saw, it had (b)/
Solution - replace “battle of disease” with “battle
Alabama license plates so he let it pass away and
with disease”.
kept going.(c)/ no error.(d)
3. Answer - C
14. I thought maybe they had to think about it (a)/
before they called, but then they practically beg (b)/ Solution - replace “was” with “were”.
me to pass on the information immediately.(c)/ no
4. Answer - C
error.(d)
Solution - delete preposition “in” used before the
15. This appeared so unexpectedly that they were
adjective “awake”.
unprepared to take (a)/ advantage of it first, and
allowed the rocky wall to swing (b)/ around again 5. Answer - B
before they had decided to pass over.(c)/ no
Solution - use plural noun “industries” after
error.(d)
“other”.
16. When he spoke of the execution he wanted (a)/
6. Answer - A
to pass over the horribly details, but Natasha (b)/
insisted that he should not omit anything.(c)/ no Solution - add the indefinite article “a” before
error.(d) “huge shift”.
17. But people who talk like that (a)/ either they do 7. Answer - B
not know what talking (b)/ about or deliberately
Solution - replace “shuted” with “shut” as all the
deceive themselves.(c)/ no error.(d)
three forms of the verb “shut” are the same.
18. They made no sounds at all, either in flying or
8. Answer - A
trying to speak,(a)/ or they conversed mainly by
means of quick signals (b)/ made with their wooden Solution - replace “as” with “like”.
fingers or lips.(c)/ no error.(d)
9. Answer - C
Solution - replace “when” with “so/therefore”. SET-13
10. Answer - A Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
Solution - replace “off” with “aside”.
11. Answer - B select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
Solution - replace “amongst” with “between”.
Q1. India will have a higher profile at the UN
12. Answer - C
(1)/for the next two years as the non-permanent
Solution - when adverb/conjunction “yet” is used in members (2)/have a collective veto over every
a sentence then that sentence generally must be resolutions in the Council. (3)/ No error (4)
negative so use “he had not made”.
Q2. Permanent members can prevent adoption of
13. Answer - C (1)/resolutions by themself, but they need (2)/at
least nine votes to get a resolution passed. (3)/ No
Solution - delete “away” used after “pass”, as pass
error (4)
away means to die.
Q3. India will also has a rare peep into (1)/the
14. Answer - B
consultations chamber of the UNSC, which is
Solution - use V2 form of the verb “begged”. (2)/closed to non-members of the Council. (3)/ No
error (4)
15. Answer - B
Q4. It is there that hard negotiations take place
Solution - use phrase “at first”.
(1)/without any public records, (2)/characterised by
16. Answer - B arm-twisting and threats of veto. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - replace “horribly” with “horrible”. Q5. The pressure of work of the mission will also
(1)/increases because India will get involved in
17. Answer - B
many (2)/issues in which it may not have any direct
Solution - structure of the clause is wrong use it interest. (3)/ No error (4)
“either do not know what they are talking about”
Q6. Since India does not have a veto, it shall have
18. Answer - B to proceed cautiously (1)/not to offend anyone, lest
they should be go against it (2)/when a matter of
Solution - replace “or” with “and”.
vital interest for the country comes up in the
19. Answer - C Council. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - replace “where” with “anywhere”. Q7. India’s mission in New York has earned (1)/a
reputation that it is next only to (2)/the permanent
20. Answer - A
members in influence. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - use the apostrophe case “Shakespeare’s
Q8. The recent Chinese moves against India in
plays”.
Ladakh (1)/that resulted in the killing of 20 Indian
soldiers (2)/should get a appropriate response. (3)/ Q19. Such accidents are mostly preventable,
No error (4) (1)/and occur rare in the industrialised world,
(2)/because of impeccable attention to safety. (3)/
Q9. According to available data, India’s exports to
No error (4)
China grew from $16.5 billion (1)/to $16.95 billion
in 2019 while imports (2)/decline from $73.8 Q20. India’s aspirations to (1)/industrialise should
billion to $68.2 billion in the same year. (3)/ No (2)/be found on safety. (3)/ No error (4)
error (4)
ANSWERS
Q10. Pride leads to destruction of the growth (1)/of
S1. Ans. (3)
an individual and creates a vacuum (2)/devoid of
genuine relationships. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘resolution’
Q11. The manager along with his colleagues (1)/are S2. Ans. (2)
preparing for the annual report (2)/to be submitted
Sol. Use ‘themselves’
at the end of the financial year. (3)/ No error (4)
S3. Ans. (1)
Q12. Every day I go to school in a bus (1)/but today
I went by foot because (2)/the bus operators are on Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘has’
strike. (3)/ No error (4)
S4. Ans. (2)
Q13. Ramesh is very much sorry about the financial
Sol. Use ‘record’
loss (1)/that he inflicted upon his close friend
(2)/while working together on the same project. (3)/ S5. Ans. (2)
No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘increase’
Q14. Mohit did not (1)/ went to school (2)/
S6. Ans. (2)
yesterday as he was unwell. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘be’
Q15. Seema was sprinkled (1)/the cashews over
(2)/the pie to garnish it. (3)/ No error (4) S7. Ans. (4)
Q16. In a certain sense, the people living at (1)/the S8. Ans. (3)
edges of nation states within South Asia do not
(2)/actually belong to any of the two nation state.
(3)/ No error (4) S9. Ans. (3)
Q17. Non-sedentary practices define their life Sol. Use ‘declined’
courses, (1)/while switching positionalities animate
S10. Ans. (2)
(2)/its aspiration of belonging. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘devoid’
Q18. A transparent inquiry that leads to (1)/a fixing
of responsibility (2)/and reform are a low priority. S11. Ans. (2)
(3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (2) (2)/a two-thirds majority of the member states. (3)/
No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘on’ instead of ‘by’
Q3. If there is regional endorsement, all countries,
S13. Ans. (1)
(1)/except those with any grievance against (2)/the
Sol. Remove ‘much’ candidates, vote for it and they sail through easily.
(3)/ No error (4)
S14. Ans. (2)
Q4. Voting in the General Assembly (1)/is not
Sol. Use ‘go’ instead of ‘went’
without (2)/its on excitement. (3)/ No error (4)
S15. Ans. (1)
Q5. Kenya was the favourite of the West (1)/and
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘was’ Djibouti was supported (2)/by China and the
Islamic states. (3)/ No error (4)
S16. Ans. (3)
Q6. In the Western European and Others Group,
Sol. Use ‘states’
(1)/Canada lost with Ireland (2)/in a contentious
S17. Ans. (3) contest. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘their’ instead of ‘its’ Q7. Ambassadors were allowed to enter the
General Assembly Hall (1)/one by one to cast their
S18. Ans. (3)
ballots instead of (2)/the simultaneous voting that
Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’ usually take place. (3)/ No error (4)
S19. Ans. (2) Q8. How far can the UN will be able to (1)/reform
itself in the (2)/new situation remains uncertain.
Sol. Use ‘rarely’ instead of ‘rare’
(3)/ No error (4)
S20. Ans. (3)
Q9. The expecting changes after 9/11 never
Sol. Use ‘founded’ instead of ‘found’ (1)/materialised because of vested (2)/interests and
traditional positions. (3)/ No error (4)
SET-14
Q10. The UN did not succeed in either defining
(1)/terrorism nor in adopting (2)/the
Comprehensive Convention on International
Terrorism. (3)/ No error (4)
free from error, select ‘No Error’. Q11. Counter-terrorism will be (1)/one of the
highest prioritiy (2)/for India at the UNSC. (3)/ No
Q1. The basic contest for the non-permanent seats
error (4)
(1)/takes place in the respective regional (2)/groups
and its sub-groups. (3)/ No error (4) Q12. India’s election as a non-permanent member
has (1)/understandably ignited the hope that its
Q2. Voting in the General Assembly is to fulfil
(1)/the requirement of countries have to secure
quest (2)/of permanent membership of the Council S4. Ans. (3)
may succeed. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘own’ instead of ‘on’
Q13. Nothing is (1)/farther (2)/from the truth. (3)/
S5. Ans. (4)
No error (4)
S6. Ans. (2)
Q14. Operating within the provisions of the Charter
(1)/is one thing and seeking to amend the Charter Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘with’
(2)/to add new permanent members was quite
S7. Ans. (3)
another. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘takes’
Q15. It is fair certain that no expansion of (1)/the
permanent members will take place (2)/under the S8. Ans. (1)
existing provisions of the Charter. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘can’
Q16. Occupational safety demands that boilers are
S9. Ans. (1)
(1)/operated by trained personnel, but some of
those (2)/on the ground have been described as Sol. Use ‘expected’ instead of ‘expecting’
contract employees. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (2)
Q17. Children take home the lessons learned about
Sol. Use ‘or’ instead of ‘nor’
(1)/ reducing energy wastages to their parents, (2)/
through a special parent guide. (3)/ No error (4) S11. Ans. (2)
Q18. A few months after her return (1)/ from the Sol. Use ‘priorities’
Spain her father was killed (2)/ by a fall from his
S12. Ans. (3)
horse. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘for’ instead of ‘of’
Q19. After seeing the hungry tiger (1)/ the herd are
racing (2)/ off in all directions. (3)/ No error (4) S13. Ans. (4)
Q20. Not only men but also women (1)/ are given S14. Ans. (3)
shelter (2)/ in old age homes. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘was’
ANSWERS
S15. Ans. (1)
S1. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘fairly’ instead of ‘fair’
S16. Ans. (4)
S2. Ans. (2)
S17. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘having’ instead of ‘have’
Sol. Use ‘wastage’
S3. Ans. (3)
S18. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘them’ instead of ‘it’
Sol. Remove ‘the’ Virology (2)/from samples collected by India. (3)/
No error (4)
S19. Ans. (4)
Q7. Nido2020, the official meeting of the
S20. Ans. (4)
International Nidovirus (1)/ (of which the
SET-15 coronavirus is a subset) Symposium, to be (2)/ held
in May in the Netherlands, have been postponed to
2021. (3)/ No error (4)
which part of the sentence has an error and Q8. Unless you do not register (1)/your car it
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is (2)/will have to be scrapped. (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. These entities had protested that the move was
Q1. The response of the Centre and States to arbitrary because (1)/ the government did not have
(1)/industrial accidents are usually to stem public a cogent position, and (2)/ unreasonable because it
outrage (2)/by announcing compensation for is actuated by moral concerns. (3)/ No error (4)
victims. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. The famous ship 'The Titanic' (1)/was
Q2. There is every likelihoods that South Asian drowned in (2)/the North Atlantic Ocean. (3)/ No
countries would remain busy (1)/in making tall error (4)
claims of regional cooperation (2)/while closing all
Q11. I went to Tom's and (1)/Tim's office, to (2)/get
doors of recognising difference and mutual
my loan sanctioned. (3)/ No error (4)
tolerance. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. Either my sister or (1)/my brothers is coming
Q3. In the commotion that ensues, powerful
(2)/to visit me during Christmas. (3)/ No error (4)
countries operating within and beyond the orbit of
(1)/South Asia might become successful in Q13. The real voyage of discovery (1)/consist not
establishing their control by (2)/using the same in seeking new landscapes, (2)/but in having new
token of “regional cooperation” as a issue of eyes. (3)/ No error (4)
realpolitik. (3)/ No error (4)
Q14. While every care have been taken in preparing
Q4. India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (1)/the results, the company reserves the right (2)/to
(COVAXIN) (1)/is developed by a Hyderabad- correct any inadvertent errors at a later stage. (3)/
based company in (2)/collaboration with the ICMR No error (4)
is all set to be tested on humans. (3)/ No error (4)
Q15. Experience has shown that the change-over
Q5. The phase-1 trial of the candidate vaccine from a (1)/closed economy to a mercantile
(1)/using inactivated (killed) novel coronavirus economy has presented (2)/in human society
(2)/will begin this month to test its safety. (3)/ No innumerable problems. (3)/ No error (4)
error (4)
Q16. No smoking or drinking are allowed (1)/ in
Q6. The virus used for developing the vaccine was our school premises, for obvious (2)/ health reasons
(1)/isolated by the Pune-based National Institute of of the students. (3)/ No error (4)
Q17. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change S8. Ans. (1)
sought to make efforts, providing (1)/ technological
Sol. Remove ‘do not’
and financially assistance to the developing (2)/
countries, which are affected most by climate S9. Ans. (3)
change. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘is’
Q18. Man and nature are inter-dependent (1)/ and
S10. Ans. (2)
harmony is essential for (2)/ sustainably
development. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘sank’ instead of ‘was drowned’
Q19. The US President Donald Trump and the Irish S11. Ans. (1)
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (1)/ were
Sol. Use ‘Tom’
photographed greeting each other with the (2)/
traditional Indian gesture of Namaste at the White S12. Ans. (2)
House on Thursday. (3)/ No error (4)
Q20. The carcasses of a female giraffe and (1)/ her
S13. Ans. (2)
calf was found in Kenya’s (2)/ Garissa County,
according to the report. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘consists’
Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’ S15. Ans. (3)
S2. Ans. (1) Sol. Use “innumerable problems in human society”
Sol. Use ‘likelihood’ S16. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ S17. Ans. (2)
S4. Ans. (2) Sol. Use ‘financial’
Sol. Remove ‘is’ S18. Ans. (3)
S5. Ans. (4) Sol. Use ‘sustainable’
S6. Ans. (3) S19. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘in’ instead of ‘by’ S20. Ans. (2)
S7. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘were’ instead of ‘was’
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’ SET-16
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any Q9. It is the state that articulates, (1)/defines, and
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out represent “national” interests (2)/in negotiations
which part of the sentence has an error and with other states. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. Experience suggests that states in South Asia
consecrates (1)/political boundaries as the “natural”
Q1. Demand were raised for protection (1)/of shield (2)/even in the arbitration of South Asian
indigenous land, culture and languages (2)/during affairs. (3)/ No error (4)
the course of the struggle. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. Myopic hostility, real and imagined, is used
Q2. The timing of the government’s decision to (1)/as the governing principle in the arbitration
bring (1)/in a law making Assamese mandatory in (2)/of territorial disputes across South Asia. (3)/ No
schools (2)/clearly expose its intentions. (3)/ No error (4)
error (4)
Q12. Given that this is a reality, (1)/how could one
Q3. By bringing in such a law, the State even think of South Asia (2)/as a region to reckon
government (1)/is seeking to overcome the in? (3)/ No error (4)
legitimation crisis (2)/that its support to CAA had
Q13. One must understand that South Asia is
created. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/perhaps the most natural regional (2)/grouping
Q4. While the tribes acknowledge the threat that of state around the world. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/infiltration pose to local languages and culture,
Q14. South Asia needs to be rethought, (1)/not as a
(2)/they are also wary of the Assamese hegemony
region of states, (2)/but as a region of regions. (3)/
and homogeneity. (3)/ No error (4)
No error (4)
Q5. It is time for progressive sections at Assam
Q15. Such a perspective is necessary in order to
(1)/to go beyond the politics of fear and assert
(1)/address the contemporary crisis (2)/that has
(2)/the inclusive ethos of Assam. (3)/ No error (4)
emerged from the Kalapani dispute. (3)/ No error
Q6. The gas leak in Visakhapatnam apparently (4)
involves benzimidazole, (1)/a chemical used in
Q16. According to the latest report of the Open
pharmaceuticals, raises (2)/questions on
Data Barometer, an independent group (1)/measure
maintenance and operational procedures. (3)/ No
the impact of open data, these nations lead (2)/the
error (4)
pack while India is a contender to reach the top
Q7. The probe into how vapours of a stable but bracket and not a laggard. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/acutely toxic chemical escaped should (2)/lead
Q17. The government must provides the impetus
to an upgrade to safety protocols. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/and incentive to exploit this voluminous
Q8. One of the major problems of South Asian (2)/data by invigorating the dated national data
politics (1)/is that it has to flown from (2)/within a portal. (3)/ No error (4)
state-centric paradigm. (3)/ No error (4)
Q18. They also looked at predictive (1)/ factors, to S11. Ans. (1)
see if patterns of (2)/ under-age marriage emerged.
Sol. Use ‘or’ instead of ‘and’
(3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (3)
Q19. They found the delegation of (1)/ imam and
convinced them that a (2)/ fatwa was the need of Sol. Use ‘with’ instead of ‘in’
the hour. (3)/ No error (4)
S13. Ans. (3)
Q20. He understand how words (1)/ can hurt, they
Sol. Use ‘states’
practise patience, (2)/ and they learn empathy. (3)/
S1. Ans. (1) S16. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘demands’ Sol. Use ‘measuring’
S2. Ans. (3) S17. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘exposes’ Sol. Use ‘provide’
S3. Ans. (4) S18. Ans. (4)
S4. Ans. (2) S19. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘poses’ Sol. Use ‘imams’
S5. Ans. (1) S20. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘in’ instead of ‘at’ Sol. Use ‘understands’
S6. Ans. (1) SET-17
Sol. Use ‘involving’ Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
S7. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘flow’ instead of ‘flown’
Q1. The newest episode of sensational (1)/brutality
S9. Ans. (2)
have (2)/gripped public imagination. (3)/ No error
Sol. Use ‘represents’ (4)
S10. Ans. (1) Q2. The Madras High Court acted in the best
traditions of constitutional courts in India,
Sol. Use ‘consecrate’
(1)/which have often passed various directions
(2)/to try and ameliorating the problem of police additional subject in Classes 3 and 4 in the Mising-
violence. (3)/ No error (4) dominated areas. (3)/ No error (4)
Q3. A key component of the new legislation Q12. Tribal communities have always (1)/resisted
(1)/was a robust setup for accountability that attempts (2)/of forced homogenisation. (3)/ No
(2)/contemplate a grievance redress mechanism. error (5)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q13. It was in response with the Official Language
Q4. Constitutional courts have seemingly tried Bill in 1960 that (1)/the Khasi along with other
(1)/to change our reality of police brutality (2)/for tribal communities started (2)/protesting,
well over two decade. (3)/ No error (4) ultimately leading to the formation of Meghalaya.
(3)/ No error (4)
Q5. All the noble intentions in the world (1)/cannot
help in transform the mere (2)/words of a court Q14. Tribes have often highlighted that (1)/the
order into reality. (3)/ No error (4) ‘Assamese nationalism’ discourse were narrow (2)/
and rarely included other communities. (3)/ No
Q6. Constitutional courts must shed the
error (4)
institutional baggage (1)/which often leads to them
protecting (2)/the supposedly vulnerable morale of Q15. The anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act
police. (3)/ No error (4) (CAA) movement (1)/could have been a point of
departure (2)/in the ‘Assamese Nationalism’
Q7. The Assam government recently decided to
discourse. (3)/ No error (4)
promulgate a law to make the Assamese language
(1)/compulsorily in all schools, both public and Q16. She didn’t get a salary (1)/ this month, so
private, (2)/including the Kendriya Vidyalayas, she’ll have to (2)/ do with any extra purchases. (3)/
from Classes I to X. (3)/ No error (4) No error (4)
Q8. The State Governor has already (1)/given a Q17. The mascot, as well (1)/ as the hockey players
formal assence (2)/to the Cabinet’s decision. (3)/ (2)/, volunteer at the school. (3)/ No error (4)
No error (4)
Q18. She had visited several doctors (1)/ before she
Q9. Statistical data have often being used as (1)/a found out (2)/ what the problem with her hand was.
tool to construct the linguistic hierarchy (2)/and (3)/ No error (4)
homogenisation in a region. (3)/ No error (4)
Q19. According to disengagement theory, late
Q10. Tribal communities since long have been adulthood often involve (1)/ a gradual withdrawal
(1)/demanding linguistic and territory protection from the world on (2)/ physical, psychological and
(2)/and attention from the State government. (3)/ social levels. (3)/ No error (4)
No error (4)
Q20. The verdict in this latest case is a
Q11. In October 30, 1985, the government of breakthrough (1)/ for the prosecution, which has
Assam, in response to a long struggle by (1)/the come (2)/ under increased scrutiny. (3)/ No error
Mising community, through a gazette notification (4)
introduced (2)/the Mising Language as an
ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’
S1. Ans. (2) S15. Ans. (4)
S2. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘without’
Sol. Use ‘ameliorate’ S17. Ans. (3)
S3. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘volunteers’
Sol. Use ‘contemplated’ S18. Ans. (4)
S4. Ans. (3) S19. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘decades’ Sol. Use ‘involves’
S5. Ans. (2) S20. Ans. (3)
Sol. Remove ‘in’ Sol. Use ‘increasing’
S6. Ans. (4) SET-18
Sol. Use ‘compulsory’
Sol. Use ‘assent’ instead of ‘assence’
Q1. It has been reported that Steve Jobs wanted
S9. Ans. (1)
(1)/to change the iPhone screen barely (2)/three
Sol. Use ‘been’ instead of ‘being’ days before their formal launch. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (2) Q2. China’s factory that assembled the phone
(1)/for Apple mobilised its workforce to get (2)/the
Sol. Use ‘territorial’ instead of ‘territory’
screens replaced at quick time. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (1)
Q3. Otto Hahn is considered a pioneer of (1)/
Sol. Use ‘On’ instead of ‘In’ radioactivity and radiochemistry for the (2)/
discovery of nuclear fission in 1938. (3)/ No error
S12. Ans. (4)
(4)
S13. Ans. (1)
Q4. According to 88% of travelers, it doesn’t
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘with’ matter (1)/ how awesome the hotel or rental
property is if (2)/ it lacks one very importance
S14. Ans. (2)
element—a good view. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. The banking regulator had been (1) / found Q16. Genetic engineering could potentially fix
irregularities in current accounts opened (2) / by severely (1)/ genetic disorders in humans by
these banks after receiving a complaint. (3) / No replacing (2)/ the defective gene with a functioning
Error (4) one. (3)/No error (4)
Q6. As if water gushed out creating a (1) / flood- Q17. Boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid
like situation, at least (2) / seven villages period (1)/was justified and it served its purpose in
downstream were inundated. (3) / No Error (4) hasten (2)/South Africa’s turn to equality and
democratic governance. (3)/ No error (4)
Q7. Enthusiasm over the US-China trade (1) / truce
faded short after the United States (2) / threatened Q18. Moral outrage has been (1)/triggered by
tariffs on additional European goods. (3) / No Error actions of regime (2)/in South Africa and Israel.
(4) (3)/ No error (4)
Q8. Between the year 1939 to 1945 (1)/ the world Q19. It is understandable, in the immediate
went through one of the most (2)/ devastating aftermath (1)/of the sacrifice made by India’s
events in history. (3)/ No Error (4) soldiers, (2)/that nationalist ferment will come to
fore. (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. Michael was so dumbstruck (1)/ and he could
not (2)/ move out of the room (3)/ No Error (4) Q20. The world buys Chinese goods (1)/because
their quality (2)/and price is compelling. (3)/ No
Q10. If one wants, one can find without (1)/oneself,
error (4)
the magnanimity to forgive (2)/even the gravest of
mistakes. (3)/ No error (4) ANSWERS
Q11. She and me decided to (1)/ postpone the S1. Ans. (3)
wedding until we were able (2)/ to pay off the
Sol. Use ‘its’ instead of ‘their’
mortgage on the house. (3)/ No Error (4)
S2. Ans. (3)
Q12. Although Sophie was in excruciating pain,
(1)/ she decided to go (2)/ on the college ski trip. Sol. Use ‘in’ instead of ‘at’
(3)/ No Error (4)
S3. Ans. (4)
Q13. Anu go to the gym (1) / everyday to maintain
S4. Ans. (3)
(2) / a healthy body. (3) / No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘important’ instead of ‘importance’
Q14. India should emulate China in its
(1)/manufacturing practices and agility (2)/to S5. Ans. (1)
adapting to international demand. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘been’
Q15. It is unfortunate that in many cities in India,
S6. Ans. (1)
(1)/people from the North-east, who have features
(2)/resemble Chinese, have been ostracised. (3)/ No Sol. Remove ‘if’
error (4)
S7. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘shortly’ Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
S8. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘From’ instead of ‘Between’ select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
S9. Ans. (2)
1. He asked her that (a)/ whether she knew (b)/ what
Sol. Use ‘that’ instead of ‘and’
had happened last week when she was on leave. (c)/
S10. Ans. (1) No error (d)
Sol. Use ‘within’ instead of ‘without’ 2. Until you do not go to the station (a)/ to receive
him (a)/ I can hardly feel at ease. (c)/ No error (d)/
S11. Ans. (1)
3. I did not know where they were going (a)/ nor
Sol. Use ‘I’ instead of ‘me’
could I understand (b)/ why had they left so soon.
S12. Ans. (4) (c)/ No error (d)
S13. Ans. (1) 4. The distinguished visitor said that he had great
pleasure to be with us for some time (a)/ and that
Sol. Use ‘goes’ instead of ‘go’
the pleasure was all the greater (b)/ because his visit
S14. Ans. (3) afforded him an opportunity to study the working
of an institution of such eminence as ours. (c)/ No
Sol. Use ‘adapt’
error (d)
S15. Ans. (3)
5. Please convey (a)/ my best wishes (b)/ back to
Sol. Use ‘resembling’ your parents. (c)/ No error (d)
S16. Ans. (1) 6. The call of the seas (a)/ have always (b)/ found
an echo in me. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Use ‘severe’
7. Hardly, I had left home for Mumbai (a)/ when
S17. Ans. (2)
my son who is settled in Kolkata arrived (b)/
Sol. Use ‘hastening’ without any prior information. (c)/ No error (d)
S18. Ans. (2) 8. Now, it can be easily said (a)/ that the population
of this city is greater (b)/ than any other city in
Sol. Use ‘regimes’
India. (c)/ No error (d)
S19. Ans. (4)
9. It is difficult to explain (a)/ why did
S20. Ans. (3) Rajagopalachari resigned (b)/ from the Congress in
1940. (c)/ No error (d)
10. The boss reminded them of the old saying (a)/
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that honesty was the best policy (b)/ and told them
that they had better be honest in their work. (c)/ No 20. Ridding the Everest of its accumulated (a)/
error (d) debris is making not only environmental (b)/ but
also economic good sense.(c)/ no error.(d)
11. As soon as the mother entered the house, (a)/
then he pocketed the phone, scaled the fence at (b)/
a low corner, and placed a rag over his face.(c)/ no
1. Answer - (a)
error.(d)
Solution - Delete ‘that‘. That is not used after asked
12. What gets shipped on will come home (a)/ to
such sentences.
roost many Aussies and also another (b)/ big coal
miner, Indonesia are finding out.(c)/ no error.(d) 2. Answer - (a)
13. This debacle has primarily been for account of Solution - Delete ‘do not‘. Do not is not used with
(a)/ a deepening chasm between developed and until.
developing (b)/ countries over climate finance and
3. Answer - (c)
tech transfers.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - Replace ‘why had they‘ with ‘why they
14. Every rich country that refuses historical (a)/
had‘.
responsibility to act at the global climate (b)/
emergency, contributes to the global status quo. (c)/ 4. Answer - (c)
no error.(d)
Solution - Add ‘that of‘ before ‘ours‘.
15. We have recently been experimenting (a)/ with
5. Answer - (c)
heat meters, to see what (b)/ the possibility of
charging via their readings is viable.(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - Remove back.
16. Everybody of them is reading (a)/ the 6. Answer - (b)
newspaper of today which is (b)/ high in demand,
Solution - Use ‘has‘ in place of ‘have‘.
is not he? (c)/ no error.(d)
7. Answer - (a)
17. When they went to Holland they did not know
someone (a) and they could not know what the Solution - Replace ‘hardly I had’ with ‘hardly had
people were (b)/ talking about because they did not I‘.
know Dutch.(c)/ no error.(d)
8. Answer - (c)
18. Then they told him dinner would be served (a)/
Solution - Add ‘that of‘ after ’than.
directly so that he replied that they could (b)/ not
serve it too quickly to suit his convenience.(c)/ no 9. Answer - (b)
error.(d)
Solution - Write ‘resign‘ in place of ‘resigned‘.
19. She gazed up at him, completely disarmed (a)/
10. Answer - (b)
by his smile, and though somehow proud (b)/ that
she had been the one to put it there.(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - Write ‘is‘ in place of ‘was‘.
11. Answer - B Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
Solution- conjunction “then” is not used after as
soon as.
12. Answer - A free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Solution - replace phrase “shipped on” with 1. If the poor remove rich people's incentives (a)/ to
“shipped out”. produce economical gain, the rich, (b)/ who behave
somewhat rationally, will stop producing.(c)/ no
13. Answer - A
error.(d)
Solution - on account of (because of) is the correct
2. The high-altitude trash is being turned by local
phrase to use.
(a)/ entrepreneurs into a variety of designer
14. Answer - B goods,(b)/ ranging from drinking glasses, to
utensil.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - use “act against” in place of “act at”.
3. To this he replied that one should not deprive (a)/
15. Answer - B
a wife to one's embraces and gave (b)/ me to
Solution - replace “what” with “whether”. understand that that was my duty.(c)/ no error.(d)
16. Answer- C 4. He was also employed to answer (a)/ the pope's

brief threaten (b)/ to deprive Henry of his
Solution- replace question tag with- “are not they”
kingdom.(c)/ no error.(d)
pronouns everybody/anybody/everyone/anyone
e.t.c take “they” as a pronoun in question tag. 5. But not a sound had broken (a)/ the stillness since
the strangers had arrived, (b)/ except those of their
17. Answer - A
own voices.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace “someone” with “anyone”
6. He rode off at a walk (a)/ to the right and send an
because the sentence is negative.
adjutant to (b)/ the dragoons with orders to attack
18. Answer - B the French.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace “so that” with “and”. 7. Here and there were a groups of houses (a)/ that
seemed made of clear glass,(b)/ because they
19. Answer - B
sparkled so brightly.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace “though” with “yet”.
8. Next morning they all assembled for the final (a)/
20. Answer - A parting, and many of the officials and courtier (b)/
came to look upon the impressive ceremonies.(c)/
Solution - we do not use the definite article “the”
no error.(d)
before the names of the peak so delete “the” used
before “Everest”. 9. They begin to wonder if there (a)/ were no people
to inhabit this (b)/ magnificent city of the inner
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world.(c)/ no error.(d)
10. Aarav special power lay in his quickness (a)/ to 1. Answer - B
avail himself of circumstances and (b)/ of the
Solution - replace “economical” with “economic”.
suggestions made by those about him.(c)/ no
error.(d) 2. Answer - C
11. They converged then, and moved quietly (a)/ Solution - the correct noun is “utensils”.
across the sand, hoping the Indians (b)/ didn't burst
3. Answer - B
from the night to attack on them.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace preposition “to” with “of”.
12. If computers are so popular,(a)/ perhaps we
should consider to buy (b)/ one for the use of our 4. Answer - B
guests.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace “threaten” with “threatening”.
13. To calculate the runs required in the second (a)/
5. Answer - C
inning divide the runs scored by the team batting
(b)/ first by the number of overs allowed.(c)/ no Solution - replace “those” with “that”.
error.(d)
6. Answer - B
14. But I cannot remember any instance in which
Solution - replace “send” with “sent”.
(a)/ this feeling prevented me from repeating (b)/
the naughtiness when I failed to get what I 7. Answer - A
wanted.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - delete article “a” used before “groups”.
15. Do you know of any person (a)/ who was once
8. Answer - B
upon poor but who (b)/ has lately and suddenly
become well-to-do?(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - use plural noun “courtiers”.
16. They will (A)/ leave the office at six and (B)/ 9. Answer - A
reach at home by seven. (C)/ No error (D)
Solution - replace “begin” with “began”.
17. The new lecture (A)/ seems to be very popular
10. Answer - A
with (B)/ most of the class. (C)/ No error (D)
Solution - use apostrophe case “Aarav’s special
18. The museum's revolving doors (A)/ stopped the
power”.
crooks (B)/ as they jam half way round. (C)/ No
error (D) 11. Answer - C
19. He had no (A)/ accuse for attacking (B)/ that old Solution - delete preposition “on” used after the
man. (C)/ No Error (D) verb “attack”.
20. Mothers keep on (A)/ to encouraging their 12. Answer - B
children (B)/ to study. (C)/ No Error (D)
Solution - replace infinitive “to buy” with “gerund
“buying” after the verb “consider”.
13. Answer - B the wrongdoings so that our future generations can
live on this planet joyfully. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - replace “inning” with “innings”.
Q3. Every village is my (1)/village and every
14. Answer - D
(2)/person is for my kin. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - there is no error in the sentence.
Q4. Since death is certain and it happens (1)/only
15. Answer - B ones, don’t keep panicking (2)/and dying for trivial
things in life. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - delete “upon” used after “once”.
Q5. It is unnecessary to rejoice (1)/that life is sweet
16. Answer - C
or (2)/to complain that life is bitter. (3)/ No error
Solution - delete preposition “at” used before (4)
“home”.
Q6. Like rafts drifting above in the rapids of a great
17. Answer - A river, (1)/dashing over the rocks after a downpour,
our lives, (2)/no matter how dear, follows its own
Solution - replace “lecture” with “lecturer”.
course. (3)/ No error (4)
18. Answer - C
Q7. Even after large-scale casualties caused by
Solution - use “jammed”. COVID-19, war of words and accusations
(1)/between China and the U.S. continue as if this
19. Answer - B
planet (2)/and life have been granted to them
Solution - replace preposition “for” with “of”. forever. (3)/ No error (4)
20. Answer - B Q8. I learned my lesson on military discipline

(1)/from a cricketer when I was a Gentleman Cadet
Solution - Remove 'to', used before “encouraging”.
(GC) in the (2)/ Indian Military Academy,
SET-21 Dehradun, which I joined in January 1961. (3)/ No
error (4)
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out Q9. Mess food is tasty and nutritious, (1)/but
which part of the sentence has an error and everyone needs (2)/a change once in while. (3)/ No
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is error (4)
Q10. Most important, I was fortunate and blessed
Q1. Though the globe had seen millions of deaths (1)/to had learned a lesson in military discipline
(1)/in wars, pandemics and natural disasters, (2)/the (2)/from an officer and gentleman. (3)/ No error (4)
attitude of superpowers have hardly changed. (3)/
Q11. The next morning, I was summoned (1)/to the
No error (4)
Orderly Room for (2)/discipline action. (3)/ No
Q2. It’s high time humankind responded positively, error (4)
changed their attitudes and lifestyles, (1)/stop
exploiting nature and initiated steps to mend (2)/all
Q12. I visited the U.S. (1)/for the first time in Sol. Use ‘once’ instead of ‘ones’
(2)/2000 at the age of 60. (3)/ No error (4)
S5. Ans. (3)
Q13. Since my hosts was a working couple,
Sol. Remove ‘to’
(1)/there was no question of a guided (2)/metro tour
or outstation visits. (3)/ No error (4) S6. Ans. (1)
Q14. I was asked to keep my distance (1)/from local Sol. Use ‘along’ instead of ‘above’
people and (2)/been careful at city centres. (3)/ No
S7. Ans. (2)
error (4)
Sol. Use ‘continues’
Q15. I went to the next (1)/compartment through
(2)/the vestibule. (3)/ No error (4) S8. Ans. (4)
Q16. He and his wife eventually separated, (1)/ S9. Ans. (3)
after the women rebelled and (2)/ gave up on the
Sol. Use ‘a’ before ‘while’
relationship. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (2)
Q17. The angry mob attacked (1) / the police
officers when (2) / they came to raze the illegal Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘had’
construction. (3) / No error (4)
S11. Ans. (3)
Q18. Looking into the financial situation of (1)/ the
Sol. Use ‘disciplinary’ instead of ‘discipline’
company that prevailed a few (2)/years ago he was
taken that decision. (3)/No error. (4) S12. Ans. (4)
Q19. If you work hard (1)/ then it is sure that (2)/ S13. Ans. (1)
you will pass the test. (3)/ No error (4).
Sol. Use ‘were’ instead of ‘was’
Q20. Of all the forts (1)/ that I’ve visit in India, (2)/
S14. Ans. (3)
Daulatabad Fort is my favourite. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘be’ instead of ‘been’
Answers:
S15. Ans. (4)
S1. Ans. (3)
S16. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘attitudes’
Sol. Use ‘woman’
S2. Ans. (2)
S17. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘stopped’ instead of ‘stop’
Sol. Remove ‘angry’
S3. Ans. (3)
S18. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘from’ instead of ‘for’
Sol. Use ‘took’ instead of ‘was taken’
S4. Ans. (2)
S19. Ans. (2) Q9. My next post was the bicycle stand (1)/when I
waited to ingratiate myself (2)/with seniors and
Sol. Remove ‘then’
house captains. (3)/ No error (4)
S20. Ans. (2)
Q10. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to
Sol. Use ‘visited’ expose cracks in the traditional policy space,
(1)/public policy today is attempted to reimagine
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(2)/entire systems and create blueprints for a new
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any world. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. In India, the way we compute the poverty line
is based on a large sample survey of (1)/household
expenditures which estimate the purchasing power
(2)/to buy food with a small margin for non-food
Q1. My worry was if the train has resumed its expenses. (3)/ No error (4)
journey, (1)/I would not know how to reach (2)/my
Q12. With poverty anticipated to rise with (1)/the
destination from the next stop at night. (3)/ No error
pandemic, the shortcomings of this (2)/line have
(4)
been thrown onto sharp relief. (3)/ No error (4)
Q2. It was a relief to see (1)/my friend waiting on
Q13. The present crisis offers an opportune
(2)/the platform to receive me. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/moment to revisit, recalibrate (2)/and move
Q3. Every candidate had to be (1)/nominated and beyond the extent poverty line. (3)/ No error (4)
promoted (2)/to a fellow student. (3)/ No error (4)
Q14. Studies consistently show that revising the
Q4. Only when I reached the mike (1)/did I components (1)/used to capture purchasing power
remember that my speech (2)/lied in my blazer significantly altering (2)/the poverty headcount, so
pocket. (3)/ No error (4) much so that it could even triple. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. I stood in front off (1)/the mike with Q15. Real needs of the people must (1)/be factored
(2)/Rajalakshmi on my left. (3)/ No error (4) into any (2)/credible assessment of poverty. (3)/ No
error (4)
Q6. As I looked at the sea of faces before I, (1)/my
confidence vapourised (2)/and ice filled my brain. Q16. This border standoff between two Asian
(3)/ No error (4) giants (1)/are not the first nor will it be the last until
(2)/a permanent solution to the boundary issue is
Q7. Laughter rippled over the hall (1)/because there
found. (3)/ No error (4)
wasn’t a (2)/single man in the audience. (3)/ No
error (4) Q17. The COVID-19 outbreak has (1)/disrupted the
academic year, cancelled classes (2)/and
Q8. I don’t clearly recall what happened, (1)/but
examinations across the country. (3)/ No error (4)
Rajalakshmi herself (2)/was suppressing her mirth.
(3)/ No error (4) Q18. To ensure that students do not miss out (1)/at
their studies, schools moved classes online,
(2)/forcing students to attend lectures via their Sol. Use ‘attempting’ instead of ‘attempted’
gadgets. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (2)
Q19. Both nations and the world at large (1)/should
Sol. Use ‘estimates’
brace up for greater turbulence (2)/between these
two Asian powers. (3)/ No error (4) S12. Ans. (3)
Q20. There are three different methods (1)/by Sol. Use ‘into’ instead of ‘onto’
which people can work (2)/towards the creating of
S13. Ans. (3)
abundance. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘extant’ instead of ‘extent’
S14. Ans. (2)
Answers:
Sol. Use ‘alter’ instead of ‘altering’
S15. Ans. (4)
S1. Ans. (1)
S16. Ans. (2)
Sol. Remove ‘has’
S2. Ans. (4)
S17. Ans. (4)
S3. Ans. (3)
S18. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘by’ instead of ‘to’
Sol. Use ‘on’ instead of ‘at’
S4. Ans. (3)
S19. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘lay’ instead of ‘lied’
Sol. Remove ‘up’
S5. Ans. (1)
S20. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘of’ instead of ‘off’
Sol. Use ‘creation’ instead of ‘creating’
S6. Ans. (1)
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Sol. Use ‘me’ instead of ‘I’
S7. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘through’ instead of ‘over’ which part of the sentence has an error and
S8. Ans. (4)
S9. Ans. (2)
Q1. The Covid-19 pandemic has spread (1)/to all
Sol. Use ‘where’ instead of ‘when’ corners of the globe, (2)/ravaged life, livelihoods,
and the economy. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (2)
Q2. The positive in environmental (2)/by 3 to 6 per cent, depending on the country.
(1)/consequences of (2)/this lockdown are (3)/ No error (4)
conspicuous. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. The European Union (EU) have (1)/stalled
Q3. In India, particularly, (1)/migrant workers major (2)/climate change initiatives. (3)/ No error
(2)/are amongst the worse hit. (3)/ No error (4) (4)
Q4. Giving the restrictions on movement and Q13. The Czech Republic advocates (1)/a total
(1)/the economic slump, it is unlikely that migrant abandon of (2)/the EU’s climate change policies.
(2)/workers will be able to join their previous jobs. (3)/ No error (4)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q14. Brazil’s federal environmental agency have
Q5. Amidst depleting finances and unemployment, (1)/also relaxed environmental laws including
(1)/this workers are likely to fall back on (2)/forest (2)/the ones that protect the Amazon rainforest. (3)/
resources to augment their livelihood. (3)/ No error No error (4)
(4)
Q15. All these policies will (1)/necessarily impact
Q6. Reports suggest that there is a marked increase (2)/conservation efforts worldwide. (3)/ No error
(1)/in deforestation in the Amazon Rain Forest in (4)
Brazil, (2)/after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Q16. When you are working on the third method of
(3)/ No error (4)
(1)/creating abundance, you are more willing to
Q7. According to the United Nations World (2)/go with the flow, and let the Divine lead you in
Tourism Organisation, (UNWTO), global tourism our life. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/has been seriously impacted due to the
Q17. We need to cultivate the connection (1)/with
pandemic (2)/and millions of jobs have lost in this
our higher soul in (2)/order to be able to utilize this
industry. (3)/ No error (4)
method. (3)/ No error (4)
Q8. As a result, in Africa, there is an increase in
Q18. We all have ‘infections’ of belief, some of
(1)/wildlife trafficking and bush-meat harvest
those (1)/are very bad for us, and are undermining
linked (2)/to reduce in revenue from ecotourism.
of (2)/our well-being and our capacity to have
(3)/ No error (4)
wealth. (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. The world economic order is in under
Q19. Typically, the most infectious (1)/of the
(1)/turmoil with a record reduction in (2)/Gross
thoughts is (2)/a belief we're not worthy. (3)/ No
Domestic Product (GDP) due to the Covid-19
error (4)
lockdown. (3)/ No error (4)
Q20. Any works that you do in building self-
Q10. Nations dependent on the service (1)/sector
esteem, (1)/and skills for emotional and mental
and tourism-based economy (2)/would have the
management, (2)/are relevant to this third way of
highest decline rates. (3)/ No error (4)
manifesting. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. Research says that a mild Covid-19 scenario
Answers:
(1)/would may result in a decline in GDP growth
S1. Ans. (3) S15. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘ravaging’ S16. Ans. (3)
S2. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘your’ instead of ‘our’
Sol. Remove ‘in’ S17. Ans. (4)
S3. Ans. (3) S18. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘worst’ instead of ‘worse’ Sol. Use ‘beliefs’
S4. Ans. (1) S19. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘Given’ instead of ‘Giving’ Sol. Use ‘that’ after ‘belief’
S5. Ans. (2) S20. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘these’ instead of ‘this’ Sol. Use ‘work’
S6. Ans. (4) SET-24
Sol. Use ‘been’ after ‘have’
Sol. Use ‘reduction’ instead of ‘reduce’
Q1. I encourage and teach (1)/people how to
S9. Ans. (1)
cultivate (2)/energy and harness his mind. (3)/ No
Sol. Remove ‘in’ error (4)
S10. Ans. (4) Q2. It's about knowing that we're connected (1)/to
everything, and that everything (2)/are just a
S11. Ans. (2)
thought away. (3)/No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘may’
Q3. What we need to understand is that if we do
S12. Ans. (1) (1)/not hold these classes, we will be (2)/hampering
the child’s brain development. (3)/ No error (4)
Q4. Avoiding of conflict (1)/is an important
S13. Ans. (2)
(2)/principle in life. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘abandonment’ instead of ‘abandon’
Q5. It must be accepted that, in social life,
S14. Ans. (1) (1)/differences are inevitable, and are a
(2)/ineradicable feature of normal living. (3)/ No
error (4)
Q6. To properly perform any work, it is necessary Q16. While COVID-19 has exposed India’s
(1)/for us to full concentrate on our work, crippling healthcare system, (1)/the people at the
(2)/totally ignoring the worldly problems we face. forefront of the battle over (2)/the pandemic are
(3)/ No error (4) underpaid, unprotected and unheard. (3)/ No error
(4)
Q7. We must be fully focused and recognized
(1)/that the avoidance of friction (2)/is of great Q17. The spreading virus has come a wake-up
importance in life. (3)/ No error (4) (1)/call for the post-modern world that is moving
(2)/swiftly into the uncertainties of time. (3)/ No
Q8. It is essential to observe (1)/this principle if he
error (4)
(2)/wants to achieve its goals. (3)/ No error (4)
Q18. Workers who are considered (1)/ “low-cost
Q9. Everyone has the opportunity to make usage of
resources” have come upon to (2)/the front of the
(1)/his freedom as he thinks fit and it is due to
rescue lines. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/the use of this freedom that differences arise
between people. (3)/ No error (4) Q19. These workers face social stigma (1)/while
they performing their jobs because of (2)/the fear
Q10. Sometimes we go through (1)/longer periods
that they may infect others. (3)/ No error (4)
in which we (2)/feel depressed and sad. (3)/ No
error (4) Q20. To give meaning to recognize, (1)/there is a
need to reappraise (2)/the way we treat them. (3)/
Q11. One of the qualities that (1)/separate us from
No error (4)
the saints (2)/and mystics is a simple one. (3)/ No
error (4) ANSWERS
Q12. The Indian Army responded by (1)/shoring up S1. Ans. (3)
its own presence in areas (2)/where Chinese
Sol. Use ‘their minds’ instead of ‘his mind’
assertiveness were growing. (3)/ No error (4)
S2. Ans. (3)
Q13. The present Sino-Indian crisis (1)/can of
course been examined through (2)/the prism of Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’
local factors. (3)/ No error (4)
S3. Ans. (4)
Q14. While India traditionally reacted to Chinese
S4. Ans. (1) Use ‘Avoidance’ instead of ‘Avoiding’
attempts to (1)/change the status quo on the border,
this time China seek to (2)/prevent consolidation of S5. Ans. (2)
border area infrastructure in Ladakh. (3)/ No error
(4)
S6. Ans. (2)
Q15. Use of the military to generate a sense of
(1)/nationalism, so as to divert attention from Sol. Use ‘fully’
internal problems, (2)/is a standard technique used
S7. Ans. (1)
through authoritarian states. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘recognize’
Sol. Use ‘his’ instead of ‘its’
Sol. Use ‘use’ instead of ‘usage’
Q1. In early May, soldiers from the two sides
S10. Ans. (4)
(1)/engaged in a violent faceoff in (2)/Pangong Tso
S11. Ans. (2) before agreed to disengage. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘separates’ Q2. In early childhood, (1)/the child’s brain

(2)/develops every day. (3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (3)
Q3. They have been trained (1)/to providing age-
appropriate (2)/stimulation. (3)/ No error (4)
S13. Ans. (2)
Q4. Though some families may have access to
Sol. Use ‘be’ instead of ‘been’ digital technology, (1)/so there might not be
enough devices (2)/for the personal use of all the
S14. Ans. (2)
family members. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘sought’ instead of ‘seek’
Q5. Each household need to have several gadgets
S15. Ans. (3) (1)/that they can distribute among all of them; so
(2)/that is really not possible for a large section of
Sol. Use ‘by’ instead of ‘through’
the population. (3)/ No error (4)
S16. Ans. (2)
Q6. Exposing children to (1)/screens from a
Sol. Use ‘against’ instead of ‘over’ (2)/young age is not right. (3)/ No error (4)
S17. Ans. (1) Q7. The light emitted from the screen (1)/can strain
children’s eyes and could led (2)/to vision problems
Sol. Use ‘as’ after ‘come’
throughout their lives. (3)/ No error (4)
S18. Ans. (2)
Q8. Watching a screen is also a passive activity
Sol. Remove ‘upon’ (1)/that can make children lethargic (2)/and effect
their thinking skills. (3)/ No error (4)
S19. Ans. (2)
Q9. The lessons should be designed in such (1)/a
Sol. Remove ‘they’
way that the child only spends (2)/ few minutes
S20. Ans. (1) looking at a screen. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘recognition’ instead of ‘recognize’ Q10. I think there are multiple issues
(1)/surrounding online learning, (2)/which haven’t
SET-25
been think through. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. There has been a rush (1)/to switch to online ANSWERS:
(2)/classes almost overnight. (3)/ No error (4)
S1. Ans. (3)
Q12. What’s worrying is fact (1)/that the entire
Sol. Use ‘agreeing’ instead of ‘agreed’
conversation has (2)/shifted to the use of
technology. (3)/ No error (4) S2. Ans. (4)
Q13. Education is not just on (1)/information or S3. Ans. (2)
content delivered (2)/to students via screens. (3)/
Sol. Use ‘provide’
No error (4)
S4. Ans. (2)
Q14. It is high time that we start to talk about how
the school (1)/actually can be made a space that is Sol. Remove ‘so’
safe again, for children to come back to, (2)/rather
S5. Ans. (1)
than make a complete switch to online learning. (3)/
No error (4) Sol. Use ‘needs’
Q15. Schools may be reopening abroad, (1)/but we S6. Ans. (4)
cannot compare that (2)/to the situation in India.
S7. Ans. (2)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘lead’ instead of ‘led’
Q16. The pandemic has unmasked the (1)/shining
gloss of India’s social (2)/structure as a deceptive S8. Ans. (3)
mirage. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘affect’ instead of ‘effect’
Q17. It has exposed the predominant social
S9. Ans. (3)
inequalities between the working classes, (1)/and
the loopholes in our healthcare infrastructure and Sol. Use ‘a few’ instead of ‘few’
planning, (2)/as millions of workers are still
S10. Ans. (3)
navigating the crisis without a safety net. (3)/ No
error (4) Sol. Use ‘thought” instead of ‘think’
Q18. Unlike other COVID-19 warriors, (1)/many S11. Ans. (4)
sanitation workers lack (2)/basic knowledge of how
S12. Ans. (1)
the virus spread. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘fact’
Q19. Each of us deserves (1)/equal access in quality
(2)/living and opportunity. (3)/ No error (4) S13. Ans. (1)
Q20. These extraordinary times requires much Sol. Use ‘about’ instead of ‘on’
more than mere (1)/public appreciation and
S14. Ans. (1)
recognition as there is an absolute need (2)/for
policies and insurance to end their social and Sol. Use ‘started’ instead of ‘start’
financial hardship. (3)/ No error (4)
S15. Ans. (4) Q6. None of the passengers were aware of what
(1)/was going to happen in the next two hours of
S16. Ans. (4)
(2)/the journey to the historical places located in
S17. Ans. (1) Kerala. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘among’ instead of ‘between’ Q7. The whole area (1)/ was flooded (2)/ and water
came to above our knees. (3)/ No error. (4)
S18. Ans. (3)
Q8. Which of these (1)/ shirts do you like (2)/ the
Sol. Use ‘spreads’
green one or yellow one? (3)/ No error (4)
S19. Ans. (2)
Q9. An agreement was drew (1)/ in order to ensure
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘in’ that all partners (2)/ were treated fairly. (3)/ No
error (4)
S20. Ans. (1)
Q10. Was you asked (1) / the same question (2) /
Sol. Use ‘require’ instead of ‘requires’
by the teacher? (3) / No error (4)
SET-26
Q11. He fall over the (1)/ ledge after (2)/ drinking
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any heavily last night. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. As the meeting was about to end (1)/ he
insisted to ask (2)/ several questions. (3)/ No error
(4)
Q13. Neither the size (1)/ nor the print of (2)/ the
Q1. Photosynthesis is (1)/possible (2)/because of
dress were right. (3)/ No Error (4)
sun. (3)/No error (4)
Q14. Most of the people (1)/ are unaware of the fact
Q2. The five-member-committee were of the view
(2)/ that certain varieties of mushroom is
(1)/that the present service conditions of the
dangerous. (3)/ No error (4)
employees (2)/of this company are quite good. (3)/
No error (4) Q15. Law can never be (1)/enforced until (2)/fear
supports it. (3)/ No error (4)
Q3. He was not (1)/ grateful for (2)/ Rahul for
helping his cause. (3)/ No error (4) Q16. The political needle needs to move to bring
forth (1)/new pay proposals and social security
Q4. The flight could not land as per schedule
measures instead forcing (2)/the workers to reach
(1)/because the pilot couldn't see (2)/the runaway
collective bargaining agreements. (3)/ No error (4)
due to poor visibility. (3)/ No error (4)
Q17. Acknowledgement of their (1)/work is
Q5. This time I was compelled to leave him
important (2)/but not sufficient. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/unpunished although he deserved severe
(2)/punishment for breech of rules. (3)/ No error (4)
Q18. In 2000, the Satluj valley experienced (1)/the S10. Ans. (1)
heaviest floods causing an economy loss (2)/of
Sol. Use ‘Were’ instead of ‘Was’
more than Rs 800 crores. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (1)
Q19. The debate on the Indian side has so far (1)/be
largely limited to China’s perfidy (2)/in violating Sol. Use ‘fell’ instead of ‘fall’
the status quo. (3)
S12. Ans. (2)
Q20. China’s assertion of its claim to (1)/the whole
Sol. Use ‘on asking’ instead of ‘to ask’
of the Galwan Valley need (2)/close and careful
analysis. (3)/ No error (4) S13. Ans. (3)
Answers: Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’
S1. Ans. (3) S14. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘sun’ Sol. Use ‘are’ instead of ‘is’
S2. Ans. (1) S15. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’ Sol. Use ‘unless’ instead of ‘until’
S3. Ans. (2) S16. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘for’ Sol. Use ‘of’ after ‘instead’
S4. Ans. (3) S17. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘runway’ instead of ‘runaway’ S18. Ans. (2)
S5. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘economic’ instead of ‘economy’
Sol. Use ‘breach’ instead of ‘breech’ S19. Ans. (2)
S6. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘been’ instead of ‘be’
Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’ S20. Ans. (2)
S7. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘needs’
Sol. Use ‘up’ instead of ‘to’ SET-27
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘yellow’
Sol. Use ‘drawn’ instead of ‘drew’
Q1. Nowadays, we all seems to be in a hurry to Q10. Our linear, aim-bound and isolated (1)/pursuit
jump to (1)/the last page of the book, missing the of knowledge has made (2)/us less critical and
joy of searching for (2)/answers or the frustration reflective. (3)/ No error (4)
of not knowing. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. Walking down the supermarket aisle, (1)/I
Q2. The assumed fact that all we need to know lies was inundated to selections and choices I never
behind (1)/a search engine or perhaps in the (2)/had to rack my brains about back in the 1980s.
comments section have (2)/made us more prone to (3)/ No error (4)
look for binaries in the real world. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. I thanked the stars that we grew up in the
Q3. We do not realise that there can be (1)/multiple 1970s and 1980s (1)/and did not have to endure
answers, diverse perspective and (2)/contradictory (2)/this predicaments as the millennials do. (3)/ No
truths for the same problem. (3)/ No error (4) error (4)
Q4. An increasing passive audience is, Q13. How can our short-term memory holds
(1)/however, largely a product (2)/of our education (1)/enough information to take (2)/an informed,
system. (3)/ No error (4) wise decision? (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. We are perhaps so used to see things the way Q14. I stopped myself from reflexively reaching
(1)/we are trained to look at, that we do not out (1)/for my smartphone to foraging the search
appreciate (2)/or respect people who make different engines (2)/to make this basic choice in my life. (3)/
choices. (3)/ No error (4) No error (4)
Q6. Instead of taking a nuanced stand (1)/that Q15. I walked out triumphantly with an image of
straddles the middle path, (2)/we search of only blinding (1)/white teeth flashing through my mind
black and white. (3)/ No error (4) thanks to (2)/the perennial commercials one cannot
escape from. (3)/ No error (4)
Q7. We are probably at a stage where consensus
(1)/has become irrelevant and only a distorted Q16. How can we feel happy surviving a world,
(2)/majority opinion is considered legitimate. (3)/ (1)/all alone — a world that doesn’t even (2)/let’s
No error (4) us control our own narrative? (3)/ No error (4)
Q8. Instead of jointly navigating the maze of Q17. Most of us seem to think that once (1)/we
(1)/socio-political problems, we pride ourselves have won this race that we are running, (2)/we will
(2)/on knowing that we belong the “right side”. (3)/ turn into these more important things in life. (3)/ No
No error (4) error (4)
Q9. Greater use of technology, with proliferating Q18. The first year of a new decade has seen one
(1)/online content and classes, have made (1)/unfortunate development after another with
(2)/education less of a collective pursuit. (3)/ No (2)/the result that mid-year India faces multiple
error (4) crisis. (3)/ No error (4)
Q19. The key to the Covid response is (1)/to Sol. Use ‘these’ instead of ‘this’
observe all precautions (2)/despite avoiding panic.
S13. Ans. (1)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘hold’
Q20. Panicky reactions, exaggerated perceptions
(1)/and scaremongering to the past (2)/have made S14. Ans. (2)
things more difficult. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘forage’ instead of ‘foraging’
ANSWERS
S15. Ans. (4)
S1. Ans. (1)
S16. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘seem’ instead of ‘seems’
Sol. Use ‘let’
S2. Ans. (2)
S17. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘into’
S3. Ans. (2)
S18. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘perspectives’
Sol. Use ‘crises’ instead of ‘crisis’
S4. Ans. (1)
S19. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘increasingly’
Sol. Use ‘while’ instead of ‘despite’
S5. Ans. (1)
S20. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘seeing’ instead of ‘see’
Sol. Use ‘in’ instead of ‘to’
S6. Ans. (3)
SET-28
Sol. Use ‘for’ instead of ‘of’
S7. Ans. (4) part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
S8. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘to’ after ‘belong’ free from error, select ‘No Error’.
S9. Ans. (2) Q1. The bane of people with an illness (1)/anxiety
disorder are (2)/misinterpretation of information.
(3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (4)
Q2. Our information culture has no paucity (1)/of
S11. Ans. (2) details, facts, figures and information which (2)/is
readily available at your fingertips. (3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (3)
Q3. Knowing when to say no to information Q13. Networking sites such that Facebook use
(1)/overload is an art in itself but one that will do (1)/image recognition to detect (2)/faces in photos
(2)/wonders in this century when it mastered well. while you tag people. (3)/ No error (4)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q14. Isn’t it surprising that a (1)/machine can read
Q4. As one continues to wonder how to a (2)/photograph and tell who it is? (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/barricade himself from this barrage of
Q15. Applying filters are very much (1)/helpful to
information, (2)/I ponder on the science of single-
sort mails and (2)/make the mailbox more
tasking. (3)/ No error (4)
manageable. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. Illness anxiety disorder, also known as
Q16. We should look clearly up (1)/what the
hypochondriasis, (1)/is a type of anxiety when one
evidence says and then (2)/work out a balanced
is focused on minor bodily symptoms (2)/and often
response. (3)/ No error (4)
interpret these as signs of a major illness. (3)/ No
error (4) Q17. Our national resolve should be to make
(1)/steady efforts to defend all our borders
Q6. If you were an engineering student, (1)/chances
(2)/while remaining committed to peace. (3)/ No
are there that you must have heard (2)/this sentence
error (4)
several times from your mother. (3)/ No error (4)
Q18. Border disputes should be resolved (1)/in a
Q7. Among many surprises that (1)/technology
spirit of giving and taking and (2)/by enhancing
have been offering us (2)/recently is Artificial
mutual goodwill. (3)/ No error (4)
Intelligence. (3)/ No error (4)
Q19. There should be (1)/broad national consensus
Q8. Though AI is a widely researched field, (1)/it
(2)/to such a policy. (3)/ No error (4)
surely has many facets (2)/that are yet to be
explored. (3)/ No error (4) Q20. Clearly, China has been adopting (1)/a more
aggressive posture and even (2)/encouraged Nepal
Q9. Though the term Artificial Intelligence is
to do so. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/used alongside Machine Learning (ML), (2)/it
is not the same. (3)/ No error (4) ANSWERS
Q10. AI is the ability of machines to carry out tasks S1. Ans. (2)
(1)/that we would consider as smart and ML is the
application of (2)/AI whereas machines access the
data and learn themselves. (3)/ No error (4) S2. Ans. (4)
Q11. Natural language processing, image S3. Ans. (3)
recognition, (1)/and speech to text are some of the
Sol. Remove ‘it’
application which share (2)/a similar bond of father
and son with AI as ML does. (3)/ No error (4) S4. Ans. (2)
Q12. Riding with using Uber and Ola (1)/would not Sol. Use ‘oneself’ instead of ‘himself’
have been (2)/possible without AI. (3)/ No error (4)
S5. Ans. (3) Sol. Use ‘on’ instead of ‘to’
Sol. Use ‘interprets’ S20. Ans. (2)
S6. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘has’ after ‘and’
Sol. Use ‘are’ instead of ‘were’ SET-29
S9. Ans. (3)
Q1. Spam was the (1)/very first applications (2)/of
Sol. Use ‘they are’ instead of ‘it is’
the filter. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (3)
Q2. Primary, social and promotions are (1)/the
Sol. Use ‘wherein’ instead of ‘whereas’ common filters of Gmail (2)/that keeps our mails
sorted. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (2)
Q3. Things like autocorrect are helping us
Sol. Use ‘applications’
(1)/already, by suggesting words (2)/that give more
S12. Ans. (1) senses to our messages. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘with’ Q4. We all reply to e-mails through (1)/the

suggestions that we get after (2)/clicking the reply
S13. Ans. (1)
option, doesn’t we? (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. Ever wondered, how Netflix, (1)/Amazon, and
S14. Ans. (4) even YouTube (2)/recommend us programs? (3)/
No error (4)
S15. Ans. (1)
Q6. To help us working on laptops, we have
(1)/Microsoft Cortana helping in searching apps
S16. Ans. (1) (2)/and setting events, providing 90% accuracy.
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘at’ instead of ‘up’
Q7. Given a chance we should (1)/thanks these
S17. Ans. (4)
inventions for (2)/making human lives easier. (3)/
S18. Ans. (2) No error (4)
Sol. Use “give and take” Q8. Surprising your mom by bringing a robot
(1)/that will clean all your mess and helping her as
S19. Ans. (3)
well (2)/will not be that difficult in the near future. Q19. The majority of them is young (1)/and highly
(3)/ No error (4) educated, and (2)/possess English language skills.
(3)/ No error (4)
Q9. She will be definitely happy (1)/to see someone
obeying (2)/her orders, wouldn’t she? (3)/ No error Q20. Indian immigrants are significantly (1)/better
(4) educated and have (2)/high household incomes. (3)/
No error (4)
Q10. The thought is likely (1)/the distinguish
(2)/feature of our generation. (3)/ No error (4) ANSWERS
Q11. As children, we were free of inhibitions, S1. Ans. (2)
(1)/and were yet to be enslaved by the
Sol. Use ‘application’
(2)/conditioning of modern-day society. (3)/ No
Q12. I wanted to being an environmentalist (1)/for Sol. Use ‘keep’ instead of ‘keeps’
a while and a pilot (2)/for the rest of the time. (3)/
S3. Ans. (3)
No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘sense’ instead of ‘senses’
Q13. We have taken our dreams, and hopes and
ambitions, (1)/churn them into a factory, where we S4. Ans. (3)
are repeatedly told to compete (2)/in a race to our
Sol. Use “don’t” instead of “doesn’t”
society’s definition of a ‘settled and successful’
life. (3)/ No error (4) S5. Ans. (4)
Q14. We run without (1)/understanding outcomes, S6. Ans. (1)
(2)/but we run to win. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘work’ instead of ‘working’
Q15. We become (1)/self-conscious and (2)/start
S7. Ans. (2)
doubting ourself. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘thank’
Q16. NASA has pledged to continue (1)/to “honour
those whom histories (2)/have long been S8. Ans. (2)
overlooked”. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘help’ instead of ‘helping’
Q17. After a stint at Nasa’s 4 X 4 supersonic
S9. Ans. (3)
pressure (1)/tunnel, she became the agency’s first
(2)/black female engineer. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use “won’t” instead of “wouldn’t”
Q18. US President Donald Trump’s announcement S10. Ans. (2)
this week (1)/cancelling H1-B and other related
Sol. Use ‘distinguishing’
visa categories until December 31 (2)/have sent
shock waves in the Indian IT industry. (3)/ No error S11. Ans. (4)
(4)
S12. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘be’ instead of ‘being’ Q3. Building state capability (1)/involves a process
of learning (2)/to do things of one’s own. (3)/ No
S13. Ans. (2)
error (4)
Sol. Use ‘churned’
Q4. In other words, state capability is about getting
S14. Ans. (4) things done (1)/in the government, and by the
government, by ensuring effective implementation
S15. Ans. (3)
that (2)/is responsive to local needs, but also about
Sol. Use ‘ourselves’ instead of ‘ourself’ be able to design and conduct reforms. (3)/ No error
(4)
S16. Ans. (2)
Q5. The administration must be equipped (1)/in
Sol. Use ‘whose’ instead of ‘whom’
adequate physical, (2)/financial and human
S17. Ans. (4) resources. (3)/ No error (4)
S18. Ans. (3) Q6. An overburdened bureaucracy with

(1)/vacancies and without basic equipment
(2)/cannot be expected to be effective. (3)/ No error
S19. Ans. (1) (4)
Sol. Use ‘are’ instead of ‘is’ Q7. Often one hears that increasing inputs (1)/are a
waste of resources (2)/as they are used
S20. Ans. (3)
inefficiently. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘higher’
Q8. This criticism neglects the fact that (1)/for
SET-30 efficiency, a critical minimum levels of
(2)/resources is a precondition. (3)/ No error (4)
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out Q9. Administrative or governance reforms must
which part of the sentence has an error and (1)/give greater discretion to the front-line
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is bureaucracy (2)/to address local issues and
free from error, select ‘No Error’. innovate if is required. (3)/ No error (4)
Q1. Atmanirbhar Bharat calls for an (1)/India that Q10. This is as much a function of better resources
is able to produce and deliver (2)/local goods and (1)/at the local level as of greater decentralisation
services to their citizens. (3)/ No error (4) (2)/of decision-making or political authorisation.
(3)/ No error (4)
Q2. Delivering a service, like an education,
(1)/requires a capable state, especially given the Q11. The movement against corruption and
scale (2)/and complexity of its large and diverse towards (1)/accountability has had a unfortunate
population. (3)/ No error (4) fallout (2)/on innovation for fear of misuse of an
increased room for manoeuvre. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. Outsourcing to non-state partners not just take Q20. The six giant grey cattles thundered along the
away (1)/discretion from state actors but also a (1)/ embankment, their nostrils jetting steam in (2)/
sense of (2)/accountability and ownership towards the cold air of a Hungarian autumn morning. (3)/
their job. (3)/ No error (4) No error (4)
Q13. There needs to be trust within (1)/the ANSWERS

administration between peers (2)/and across
S1. Ans. (3)
different levels within the administration. (3)/ No
error (4) Sol. Use ‘its’ instead of ‘their’
Q14. If suspicion is the guiding principle, S2. Ans. (1)
(1)/institutional arrangements will be geared to
Sol. Remove ‘an’
monitoring (2)/and surveillance, not support and
improvement. (3)/ No error (4) S3. Ans. (3)
Q15. The Bank ignores that decentralising Sol. Use ‘on’ instead of ‘of’
decision-making (1)/require the devolution of
S4. Ans. (3)
funds (2)/and real decision-making power. (3)/ No
error (4) Sol. Use ‘being’ instead of ‘be’
Q16. More recently, India was one of earliest S5. Ans. (2)
(1)/countries to put curbs and restrictions (2)/on
Sol. Use ‘with’ instead of ‘in’
Chinese foreign direct investment. (3)/ No error (4)
S6. Ans. (4)
Q17. On the eve of the recent high-level border
talks between (1)/top military leaders, China again S7. Ans. (2)
made an elliptical reference to the need (2)/for India
to maintain equidistant between the U.S. and
China. (3)/ No error (4) S8. Ans. (2)
Q18. Pretrial judges last year had acknowledged Sol. Use ‘level’
that widespread crimes have (1)/ been committed in
S9. Ans. (3)
the war-torn Asian country, but (2)/ rejected a
probe because of the likely lack of international Sol. Remove ‘is’
cooperation. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (4)
Q19. Bayer is also working with a network of
S11. Ans. (2)
smallholder farmers who (1)/ practice agri-
entrepreneurship under their ‘Better Life (2)/ Sol. Use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’
Farming’ projects for rice, corn and horticulture
S12. Ans. (1)
crops. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘takes’
S13. Ans. (2) administration, (2)/are entirely ignored in the
World Bank project. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘among’ instead of ‘between’
Q4. In fact, technology does not address (1)/most
S14. Ans. (4)
of the systemic or governance challenge; (2)/it
S15. Ans. (2) simply by-passes them. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘requires’ Q5. Measurement is seen (1)/as a way to

(2)/improving performance. (3)/ No error (4)
S16. Ans. (1)
Q6. Just like fever does not go away by checking
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘earliest’
(1)/the temperature more frequently, service
S17. Ans. (3) delivery (2)/does not improve by measurement
alone. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘equidistance’ instead of ‘equidistant’
Q7. It is important to know that (1)/temperature is
S18. Ans. (1)
high, but more important (2)/to understand why is
Sol. Remove ‘had’ it so. (3)/ No error (4)
S19. Ans. (2) Q8. If we want DIETs, block and community

resource centres, (1)/and schools to be atma
Sol. Use ‘its’ instead of ‘their’
nirbhar, we need to enable they to (2)/develop their
S20. Ans. (1) own capability to reform themselves. (3)/ No error
(4)
Sol. Use ‘cattle’
Q9. The World Bank would do well to learn from
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(1)/its past mistakes and used evidence, often times
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any (2)/generated by its own research arms, to
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out formulate projects. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. The ongoing tensions along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) (1)/pose the biggest national
security challenge (2)/with New Delhi in at least 20
Q1. Greater decentralisation can allow years. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/accountability to flow to the people (2)/rather
Q11. The clashes in Galwan Valley in eastern
than to supervise officers. (3)/ No error (4)
Ladakh has claimed (1)/20 Indian lives, the first
Q2. The issue of discretion hinges crucially at incident of fatalities (2)/on the India-China border
(1)/trust – the third, important element requiring in 45 years. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/attention if state capability is to be enhanced.
Q12. Despite multiple rounds of military-level
(3)/ No error (4)
talks, (1)/tensions are unlikely to ease (2)/giving
Q3. Trust, which implies listening and the complexity of the ground situation. (3)/ No
collaborating (1)/across different levels within the error (4)
Q13. On 2017, India and China agreed to S2. Ans. (1)
(1)/amicably resolve the Doklam standoff (2)/that
lasted for more than two months. (3)/ No error (4)
S3. Ans. (3)
Q14. The National Democratic Alliance
government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sol. Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’
(1)/has been very careful not to upset (2)/China’s
S4. Ans. (2)
domestic and geopolitical sensitivities. (3)/ No
error (4) Sol. Use ‘challenges’
Q15. Today’s China is an ambitious rising S5. Ans. (3)
(1)/power who wants to (2)/reorient the global
Sol. Use ‘improve’
order. (3)/ No error (4)
S6. Ans. (4)
Q16. The programme basically advocates judicious
use of chemical fertilisers, (1)/ together with S7. Ans. (3)
organic manure and bio-fertilisers, in order (2)/ to
Sol. Use ‘it is’ instead of ‘is it’
improve the health of the soil and it's productivity.
(3)/ No error (4) S8. Ans. (2)
Q17. Despite the fact the soldiers have not (1)/ been Sol. Use ‘them’ instead of ‘they’
home in eight months, those are (2)/ still sanguine
S9. Ans. (2)
about seeing their families soon. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘use’ instead of ‘used’
Q18. A number of innocent lives have already been
lost (1)/ because of this coward and dastardly act, S10. Ans. (3)
yet (2)/ some people continue to play politics. (3)/
No error (4)
S11. Ans. (1)
Q19. Raghvan could not barely stand to see
Madhuri's sparkling eyes (1)/ and timid laughter Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘has’
wasted on that wretched (2)/ English hag and her
S12. Ans. (3)
abominable beverages. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘given’ instead of ‘giving’
Q20. Trailing in their second inning by 11 runs with
just four wickets (1)/ left, Northumberland made S13. Ans. (1)
hosts Cambridgeshire wait for (2)/ what was
Sol. Use ‘In’ instead of ‘On’
eventually an eight-wicket win. (3)/ No error (4)
S14. Ans. (4)
ANSWERS
S15. Ans. (2)
S1. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘which’ instead of ‘who’
Sol. Use ‘supervising’ instead of ‘supervise’
S16. Ans. (3) Q5. The Indian economy was in troublesome
(1)/even before COVID-19 struck (2)/the country,
Sol. Use “its” instead of “it’s”
slowing down its rise. (3)/ No error (4)
S17. Ans. (2)
Q6. What India needs is a national security strategy
Sol. Use ‘they’ instead of ‘those’ (1)/that’s decoupled to the compulsions of
domestic politics (2)/and anchored in
S18. Ans. (2)
neighbourhood realism. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘cowardly’ instead of ‘coward’
Q7. The blandness of (1)/the statements conceal
S19. Ans. (1) (2)/many a truth. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Remove ‘not’ Q8. It is also unclear, as of now, (1)/whether the

Chinese would (2)/withdrawn from Pangong Tso,
S20. Ans. (1)
any time soon. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘innings’ instead of ‘inning’
Q9. India needs to undertake a detail (1)/analysis of
SET-32 recent events to find (2)/proper answers to many
vexed questions. (3)/ No error (4)
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out Q10. India’s United States tilt is (1)/perhaps most
which part of the sentence has an error and pronounced in (2)/the domain of U.S.-China
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is relation. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. Quite few instances could be highlighted to
Q1. If India is what many in the West call the confirm (1)/the perception that India tends to side
“counterweight” (1)/to China’s rise, Beijing’s with the U.S. and (2)/against China whenever there
definite message (2)/is that they are not deterred by is a conflict of interest between the two. (3)/ No
the counterweight. (3)/ No error (4) error (4)
Q2. When most of the world’s big powers are Q12. An evident degree of geopolitical
grappling (1)/with the pandemic, revisionist convergence (1)/also exist between the U.S. and
powers such that China (2)/have more room for India (2)/in the Indo-Pacific, again directed against
geopolitical manoeuvring. (3)/ No error (4) China. (3)/ No error (4)
Q3. Europe have (1)/been devastated (2)/by the Q13. India is today a member of the Quad (1)/ (the
virus. (3)/ No error (4) U.S., Japan, Australia and India) which has (2)/a
definite anti-China connotation. (3)/ No error (4)
Q4. The U.S. is battling in an election year (1)/the
COVID-19 outbreak as well the deepest Q14. A recent editorial in China’s Global Times
(2)/economic meltdown since the Great (1)/confirms how seriously China views (2)/the
Depression. (3)/ No error (4) growing in proximity between Delhi and
Washington. (3)/ No error (4)
Q15. India is almost the last (1)/holdout in Asia S5. Ans. (1)
against (2)/China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). (3)/
Sol. Use ‘trouble’ instead of ‘troublesome’
No error (4)
S6. Ans. (2)
Q16. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) late on
(1)/Monday announced fresh (2)/guidelines for Sol. Use ‘from’ instead of ‘to’
Unlock 2. (3)/ No error (4)
S7. Ans. (2)
Q17. Barring China, North Korea has effectively
Sol. Use ‘conceals’ instead of ‘conceal’
(1)/no friend nor admirer though it does
(2)/maintain diplomatic relations with many S8. Ans. (3)
countries. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘withdraw’ instead of ‘withdrawn’
Q18. Different Presidents in South Korea at
S9. Ans. (1)
different times (1)/have adopted either hardline and
accommodative (2)/and liberal approaches towards Sol. Use ‘detailed’
its northern neighbour. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (3)
Q19. Even a hardline measures (1)/made no impact
Sol. Use ‘relations’
on (2)/the North Korean regimes. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (1)
Q20. North Korea never tolerates anything
derogatory of its leader as a personality cult of (1)/a Sol. Use ‘Quite a few’
demi-god has been built by the regime since the
S12. Ans. (2)
time of its foundation (2)/by Kim Jong-un’s
grandfather, Kim Il-sung, when the peninsula was Sol. Use ‘exists’
divided on ideological grounds 70 years ago. (3)/
S13. Ans. (4)
No error (4)
S14. Ans. (3)
ANSWERS
Sol. Remove ‘in’
S1. Ans. (3)
S15. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘it is’ instead of ‘they are’
S16. Ans. (4)
S2. Ans. (2)
S17. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘or’ instead of ‘nor’
S3. Ans. (1)
S18. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘or’ instead of ‘and’
S4. Ans. (2)
S19. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘as well as’
Sol. Remove ‘a’ many (2)/systemic deficiency exposed by the
pandemic. (3)/ No error (4)
S20. Ans. (4)
Q8. Apart of this implicit acknowledgement of
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(1)/the discrepancies in the data-handling process,
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any (2)/there are also allegations of under-reporting
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out COVID-19 cases. (3)/ No error (4)
Q9. From 2006 onwards, several open-source
software enthusiasts and civil society activists
came together (1)/in the U.S. and U.K. within a
Q1. Persons with disabilities already struggle (1)/ demand to unlock the data gathered (2)/by
for equitable access with education, (2)/healthcare, governments for unfettered access and reuse by
transportation, and economic opportunities. (3)/ No citizens. (3)/ No error (4)
error (4)
Q10. In India, a step towards making non-sensitive
Q2. As the world continue to re-imagine a new government (1)/data accessible online was taken in
‘normal’ (1)/for its physical and social spaces, there 2012 with (2)/the adopting of the National Data
is (2)/a window of opportunity to improve Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). (3)/ No
accessibility. (3)/ No error (4) error (4)
Q3. If accessibility is considered, (1)/these efforts Q11. Opaque formats such as (1)/the portable
can catalyse (2)/the vision of an inclusive world. document format and (2)/the image format are
(3)/ No error (4) discouraged. (3)/ No error (4)
Q4. To address this growing fissure between the Q12. In the current climate, the OGD initiative
accessible and non-accessible world, (1)/the (1)/could potentially made a substantial
international community will have to close some of (2)/difference to India’s COVID-19 response. (3)/
the gaps (2)/and to blunt some of the edges by No error (4)
building accessibility across all sectors. (3)/ No
Q13. Model forecasts have limitations, (1)/but
error (4)
models without inputs from (2)/empirical data is
Q5. There is rarely an opportunity which even more unreliable. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/policymakers have an ability to change (2)/the
Q14. Principles of OGD notwithstanding at,
physical and social world drastically. (3)/ No error
(1)/sufficiently granular infection data (2)/are not
(4)
available. (3)/ No error (4)
Q6. Using this moment to implement (1)/ an
Q15. Ironically, violating the data format
universal accessibility should be central (2)/to the
guidelines, (1)/OGD portal provides COVID-19
vision of the post-COVID era. (3)/ No error (4)
data only (2)/as a graphic image unsuitable for any
Q7. The unsatisfactory state of India’s data analysis. (3)/ No error (4)
collection (1)/and processing system is among the
Q16. China has not paid any heed of international Sol. Use ‘deficiencies’
opinion (1)/that supports unimpeded commerce,
S8. Ans. (1)
freedom of navigation, (2)/overflights, and
peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sol. Use ‘from’ instead of ‘of’
Sea. (3)/ No error (4)
S9. Ans. (2)
Q17. Should India counter China, (1)/tit to tat, by
Sol. Use ‘with’ instead of ‘within’
adopting (2)/a posture of aggression? (3)/ No error
(4) S10. Ans. (3)
Q18. What must matter to (1)/India is what (2)/is Sol. Use ‘adoption’ instead of ‘adopting’
good for its people. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (4)
Q19. Focused on strengthening military might,
S12. Ans. (2)
(1)/when the economy is suffering and COVID-19
(2)/is taking its toll, will not be wise. (3)/ No error Sol. Use ‘have’ after ‘potentially’
(4)
S13. Ans. (3)
Q20. Sanctions and boycotts are justifiable (1)/only
when there is (2)/strong moral justification. (3)/ No
error (4) S14. Ans. (1)
ANSWERS Sol. Remove ‘at’
S1. Ans. (2) S15. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘with’ S16. Ans. (1)
S2. Ans. (1) Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘of’
Sol. Use ‘continues’ S17. Ans. (2)
S3. Ans. (4) Sol. Use ‘for’ instead of ‘to’
S4. Ans. (3) S18. Ans. (2)
Sol. Remove ‘to’ Sol. Use ‘whatever’ instead of ‘what’
S5. Ans. (1) S19. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘where’ instead of ‘which’ Sol. Use ‘Focusing’
S6. Ans. (2) S20. Ans. (4)
Sol. Remove ‘an’ SET-34
which part of the sentence has an error and Q9. The scheme is primarily meant for (1)/migrant
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is workers in those districts (2)/where its numbers are
free from error, select ‘No Error’. 25,000 or more. (3)/ No error (4)
Q1. The role of the Mahatma Gandhi National Q10. MGNREGA should not been (1)/diluted in
Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) the name (2)/of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan.
as a lifeline (1)/for the working poor in rural India (3)/ No error (4)
have been proved (2)/once again with the
Q11. The potential for MGNREGA to provide
experience of the lockdown. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/relief to the suffering of rural India (2)/should
Q2. The Central government revised lockdown be utilised to its fullest capacity. (3)/ No error (4)
guidelines to allow MGNREGA work (1)/only
Q12. The cap of 100 days should be (1)/removed to
from April 20, nearly a month after (2)/the
expand (2)/them to at least 200 days. (3)/ No error
nationwide lockdown was imposed, and released
(4)
funds for it belated. (3)/ No error (4)
Q13. Unemployment allowance should be
Q3. With an average 23 days of work (1)/and a
(1)/guaranteed for all those (2)/turned up from
daily wage of ₹200, households who got work
work. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/earned an average of ₹1,500 at a month. (3)/ No
error (4) Q14. The pandemic reveals how exacerbated
(1)/inequities have become, particular in (2)/low-
Q4. The Central government released ₹38,000
and middle-income countries. (3)/ No error (4)
crore (1)/for MGNREGA work, of which 70%
(2)/have already been utilised. (3)/ No error (4) Q15. We have seen how parents, particularly
fathers, (1)/and organisations are joining forces
Q5. With the return of migrant workers to their
with caregivers to collaborate on (2)/common
home States (1)/and with substantial numbers have
challenges to develop innovative solutions for
completed the quarantine period, (2)/the demand
persons with disabilities. (3)/ No error (4)
for work is bound to increase. (3)/ No error (4)
Q16. India’s oft-quoted mantra when it comes
Q6. The remaining ₹8,000 crore fund (1)/available
(1)/to international relations (2)/have been
to the States (2)/is clearly insufficient. (3)/ No error
vasudhaiva kutumbakam (the earth is our only
(4)
family). (3)/ No error (4)
Q7. It is therefore essential for the Central
Q17. Presently, India is in (1)/the brink of
government ensure (1)/that States are provided
(2)/regarding China as Enemy Number One. (3)/
with the funds to pay (2)/unemployment allowance
No error (4)
to all workers demanding work. (3)/ No error (4)
Q18. Both the two sides have accepted that the
Q8. As noted earlier, Bihar has (1)/have a poor
border (1)/between the two countries must be
record of (2)/implementation of MGNREGA. (3)/
settled (2)/by agreement for the sake of peace. (3)/
No error (4)
No error (4)
Q19. China has refused to recognise (1)/the S11. Ans. (4)
McMahon line and the demarcation of
S12. Ans. (3)
(2)/boundaries done by the British colonial power.
(3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘it’ instead of ‘them’
Q20. Pending a final settlement of the boundary, S13. Ans. (3)
India and China have signed (1)/the Agreement on
Sol. Use ‘away’ instead of ‘up’
the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquillity along
(2)/the Line of Actual Control in the India-China S14. Ans. (2)
Border Areas, in 1993. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘particularly’
ANSWERS
S15. Ans. (4)
S1. Ans. (2)
S16. Ans. (3)
S2. Ans. (3)
S17. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘belatedly’
Sol. Use ‘on’ instead of ‘in’
S3. Ans. (3)
S18. Ans. (1)
Sol. Remove ‘at’
Sol. Remove ‘the two’
S4. Ans. (3)
S19. Ans. (4)
S20. Ans. (1)
S5. Ans. (2)
Sol. Remove ‘have’
Sol. Use ‘having’ instead of ‘have’
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S6. Ans. (4)
S7. Ans. (1) part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
Sol. Use ‘to’ before ‘ensure’
S8. Ans. (2) free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Sol. Use ‘had’ instead of ‘have’ Q1. It is now a common beliefs (1)/that our future
is (2)/connected to the climate. (3)/ No error (4)
S9. Ans. (3)
Q2. According to the WHO, all available evidence
suggests (1)/that the pathogens responsible for the
S10. Ans. (1) disease (2)/were transmitted in humans by animals.
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘be’ instead of ‘been’
Q3. Faced with a loss of habitat, animals are forced researchers at Yale and Columbia University,
to venture (1)/into human settlements, thereby (2)/India is ranked 168 out of 180. (3)/ No error (4)
increasing the risk of (2)/transmission of potential
Q13. The United States of America were
deadly pathogens. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/discovered not by Christopher Columbus,
Q4. One argument for this view is that one is or (2)/but by Amerigo Vespucci. (3)/ No error (4)
could be (1)/ aware of himself as the subject of each
Q14. The editor and the proofreader (1)/is coming
and (2)/ every one of one's conscious experiences.
(2)/to edit the documents. (3)/ No error (4)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q15. Both my brother-in-laws (1)/came to (2)/visit
Q5. The epidemic, which surfaced in a Chinese
us during Diwali. (3)/ No error (4)
seafood and poultry market in (1)/ December last
year, have spread to 24 countries, forcing the World Q16. Will it ever possible to resolve (1)/the
(2)/ Health Organization to declare the situation a boundary dispute, which is (2)/at the root of the
global health emergency. (3)/ No error (4) conflict? (3)/ No error (4)
Q6. Organised jointly by the National Museum, the Q17. The only way to resolve disputes, (1)/ in post-
Ministry of Culture and One Station Million Stories nuclear times, is through negotiations, (2)/as equal
(OSMS), (1)/ a private firm, the event’s menu with powers, with mutually respect. (3)/ No error (4)
vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, along with
Q18. No war (1)/have (2)/permanent winners. (3)/
an invitation for online booking, (2)/ were
No error (4)
showcased on the museum website and also on
social media by the government. (3)/ No error (4) Q19. No losers (1)/can willingly (2)/accept defeat.
(3)/ No error (4)
Q7. What she comes (1)/here, I (2)/want to meet
her. (3)/ No error (4) Q20. During their visit to India in April 1960,
(1)/China’s Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai made
Q8. They are (1)/smarter as (2)/we in studies. (3)/
(2)/a proposal to settle the boundary dispute. (3)/
No error (4)
No error (4)
Q9. Neither would he (1)/sleep nor let (2)/us sleep
ANSWERS
at night. (3)/ No error (4)
S1. Ans. (1)
Q10. Yesterday, even before I said (1)/a word about
my (2)/mark sheet Mom got angry. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘belief’
Q11. Given the alarming rate of climate change and S2. Ans. (3)
loss of biodiversity, (1)/it is evident that these
Sol. Use ‘to’ instead of ‘in’
strategies have not been very effective at
(2)/bringing about the scale of change needed to S3. Ans. (3)
avert the climate crisis. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘potentially’ instead of ‘potential’
Q12. According to the 2020 Environmental
S4. Ans. (2)
Performance Index published (1)/through
Sol. Use ‘oneself’ instead of ‘himself’ S18. Ans. (2)
S6. Ans. (3) S20. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’ Sol. Use ‘his’ instead of ‘their’
S7. Ans. (1) SET-36
Sol. Use ‘When’ instead of ‘What’ Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
S8. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘than’ instead of ‘as’ select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
S9. Ans. (1)
1. Mohan wishes (A)/ he will be (B)/ richer. (C)/
Sol. Use ‘he would’ instead of ‘would he’
No Error (D)
S10. Ans. (3)
2. I am not familiar with (A)/ all the important
Sol. Use ‘had got’ places in this town (B)/ although I have been living
here from two years. (C)/ No Error (D)
S11. Ans. (4)
3. The receptionist gave us (A)/ much informations
S12. Ans. (2)
(B)/ which we needed. (C)/ No Error (D)
Sol. Use ‘by’ instead of ‘through’
4. Everyday we hear about (A)/ senior citizens
S13. Ans. (1) being robbed (B)/ and even kill in cold blood. (C)/
No Error (D)
5. Ravi Shankar's performance was given (A)/ a
S14. Ans. (2)
standing ovation by the (B)/ people who have come
Sol. Use ‘are’ instead of ‘is’ to hear to him. (C)/ No Error (D)
S15. Ans. (1) 6. People are wanting (A)/ to see the home team
(B)/ win the game. (C)/ No Error (D)
Sol. Use “brothers-in-law”
7. He was elected (A)/ as chairman (B)/ of the
S16. Ans. (1)
college. (C)/ No Error (D)
Sol. Use ‘be’ after ‘it’
8. Candidates present in the examination hall (A)/
S17. Ans. (3) should make use (B)/ with such opportunities. (C)/
No Error (D)
Sol. Use ‘mutual’ instead of ‘mutually’
9. He said that it was the first time (A)/ that such a 2. Answer - C
trick (B)/ is discovered.(C)/ No Error (D)
Solution - replace preposition “from” with “for”.
10. I saw his (A)/ unbelievably really quite (B)/
3. Answer - B
delightful cottage. (C)/ No Error (D)
Solution - Use “much information” as it is an
11. I was shocked (A)/ to see how much my
uncountable noun.
grandmother had aged (B)/ since the last time we
visited her. (C)/ No Error (D) 4. Answer - C
12. My heart (A)/ is too full (B)/ of words. (C)/ No Solution - replace “kill” with “killed”.
Error (D)
5. Answer - C
13. It was not (A)/ such a pretty place (B)/ that I had
Solution - delete “to” used after “hear”.
expected. (C)/ No Error (D)
6. Answer - A
14. The Management Committee (A)/ was divided
(B)/ in their opinion. (C)/ No Error (D) Solution - some verbs are not used in continuous
tense like - want, love, hate, have, smell, know,
15. Speech was given (A)/ to man to (B)/ conseal
remember e.t.c. so replace “wanting” with “want”.
his thoughts. (C)/ No Error (D)
7. Answer - B
16. It would just (a)/ take such hours as (b)/
opposed to a few minutes.(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - delete “as” used after “elected”.
17. His father hoped that (a)/ Dravid would grew up 8. Answer - C
to (b)/ be a wise and famous man.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace preposition “with” with “of”.
18. The concept of something more was (a)/ as
9. Answer - C
foreigner to him as peace, and yet (b)/ he wanted
the image on the leaf to be real.(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - replace “is” with “was”.
19. They exchanged a greeting in a foreign (a)/ 10. Answer - B
language that sounded like the Russian (b)/ before
Solution - Replace 'unbelievably' (adverb) with
he held out his hand to her.(c)/ no error.(d)
'unbelievable'(adjective).
20. My friends did all they could to excite my
11. Answer - D
curiosity (a)/ by hints and half-spelled sentence
which they (b)/ pretended to break off in the nick Solution - there is no error in the sentence.
of time.(c)/ no error.(d)
12. Answer - B
ANSWER
Solution - replace “too” with “so”.
1. Answer - B
13. Answer - C
Solution - replace “will” with “would”.
Solution - Change 'that' into 'as'. Here we need 'such 2. She did not now say those formerly (a)/ terrible
... as'. words to him, but looked (b)/ simply, merrily, and
inquisitively at him.(c)/ no error.(d)
14. Answer - B
3. He is less than any of the great writers (a)/ of
Solution - replace “was” with “were”.
Rome in sympathy with either the serious (b)/ and
15. Answer - C the caustic spirit in Latin literature.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - Replace 'conseal' with 'conceal' Conceal 4. Lately that evening when Simonds was at a (a)/
means to hide something. banquet with Scopas, he got word that (b)/ two
young men were outside looking for him.(c)/ no
16. Answer - B
error.(d)
Solution - replace “such” with “several”.
5. Pritam had managed to start conversation with
17. Answer - B him about (a)/ the balance of power, and the letter,
evidently interested by the young (b)/ man's simple-
Solution - replace “grew (V2)” with “grow (V1)”.
minded eagerness, was explaining his pet
18. Answer - B theory.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace “foreigner” with “foreign”. 6. Recently two policies have been implemented
(a)/ by the state government of which the former
19. Answer - B
(b)/ is more powerful than the later.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - delete the article “the” used before
7. It was recognized as the flu, (a)/ So records
“Russian” used as a language.
describe conditions which (b)/ were highly likely to
20. Answer - B have been polio.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - use “sentences” in place of “sentence”. 8. This was the same man who treated her (a)/ so
coldly earlier today, that she would do best (b)/ to
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keep that picture in her mind.(c)/ no error.(d)
9. She stared into the flames, it wondering why
none (a)/ of the windows had curtains, and why (b)/
so many things were left to gather dust in the
attic.(c)/ no error.(d)
10. The wreaths were so nearly like (a)/ that none
1. Hardly as she had tried to prepare herself,(a)/ and
of those who were with (b)/ the king could point out
now tried to remain tranquil, (b)/ she knew that she
any difference.(c)/ no error.(d)
would be unable to look at him without tears.(c)/ no
error.(d) 11. Not only we are eliminating historically warlike
(a)/ forms of government, we are replacing (b)/
them with peaceful ones, namely democracy.(c)/ no
error.(d)
12. He did not know that the brick buildings, built 2. Answer - A
to plan,(a)/ were being built by serfs whom
Solution - replace “formerly” with “former”.
manorial labor (b)/ was thus increased, though
lessened on paper.(c)/ no error.(d) 3. Answer - C
13. Man thus not only works for the animal (a)/ Solution - replace “and” with “or”.
within him, yet, for a symbol of this,(b)/ he works
4. Answer - A
for the animal without him.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace “lately (recently)” with “later
14. My neighbors did not thus salute me, (a)/ but
(comparative degree of late)”.
first looked at me, and than at one another,(b)/ as if
I had returned from a long journey.(c)/ no error.(d) 5. Answer - A
15. To the positive side, there has been a slight (a)/ Solution - add article “a” before “conversation”.
increase in the area under very dense (b)/ forest or
6. Answer - C
land with tree canopy density.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - use “latter (it means the last of two)” not
16. However, a major concern is the decline to (a)/
“later (it means after some time)”.
forest area in places that had good forest cover,(b)/
such as the northeast and tribal areas.(c)/ no 7. Answer - B
error.(d)
Solution - replace conjunction “so (it is used for
17. Occasionally she broke off into a merry having the consequences of the previous clause)”
laugh,(a)/ and then she would reach out and touch with “although (in spite of the fact)”.
(b)/ the mouth of anyone who happened to be near
8. Answer - B
her.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - replace the conjunction “that” with
18. Apocalyptically raging Australian
“and”.
bushfires,(a)/ fearful flash floods in Jakarta, New
Delhi experiencing (b)/ its coldest December day in 9. Answer - A
over a century.(c)/ no error.(d)
Solution - delete “it” used before “wondering”.
19. The ominous portents at the turn of (a)/ the
10. Answer - A
decade are a resounding call from (b)/ nature at
humankind to pay heed.(c)/ no error.(d) Solution - replace “like” with “alike”.
20. It is the same as well as if all these traps (a)/ 11. Answer - A
were buckled to a man's belt, (b)/ and he could not
Solution - use inversion case after “not only” means
move over the rough country.(c)/ no error.(d)
use verb before the subject, “not only are we”.
ANSWER
12. Answer - B
1. Answer - A
Solution - replace “whom” with “whose”.
Solution - replace “hardly” with “hard”.
13. Answer - B Q1. Italy has achieve its (1)/basic objective (2)/in
the Enrica Lexie-St. Antony matter. (3)/ No error
Solution - replace “yet” with “but”.
(4)
14. Answer - B
Q2. Italy will now continue with (1)/the case it had
Solution - replace “than” with “then”. registered (2)/for Lattore and Girone. (3)/ No error
(4)
15. Answer - A
Q3. India’s stand that UNCLOS is (1)/not
Solution - “on the positive side” is the correct
concerned with issues (2)/relating with immunity
phrase to use.replace preposition “to” with “on”.
was strong. (3)/ No error (4)
16. Answer - A
Q4. Immunity of state officials have to be
Solution - replace “decline to” with “decline in/of”. (1)/governed by specific multilateral (2)/or bilateral
treaties or agreements. (3)/ No error (4)
17. Answer - A
Q5. It should not be tangential (1)/brought in to
Solution - break off - to stop abruptly, to end a
(2)/settle issues of jurisdiction. (3)/ No error (4)
relationship.
Q6. As a good international citizen, (1)/India has
Break out - to develop or emerge with
accepted (2)/the tribunal’s award. (3)/ No error (4)
suddenness or force fire broke out a riot broke out.
Q7. The pandemic has brought (1)/in focus the
So according to the sentence, replace “broke off”
unavoidable (2)/role of uncertainty. (3)/ No error
with “broke out”.
(4)
18. Answer - C
Q8. Fall and rise rather than rise and (1)/fall of
Solution - delete either “in” or “over”. China makes up (2)/the centrepiece of these
narratives. (3)/ No error (4)
19. Answer - C
Q9. The imagination of a resurgent China is rooted
Solution - replace preposition “at” with “to”, “call
in (1)/the Chinese belief that ‘whoever controlled
from nature to humankind” is the correct phrase.
the Central Kingdom (1)/will be the legitimate ruler
20. Answer - A over Tianxia.’ (3)/ No error (4)
Solution - given clause is imaginary so replace “as Q10. Externally, China tries to play a simultaneous
well as if” with “as if”. (1)/game of both victim as well as an ascendant
power, (2)/exploited past humiliations to hide
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potential bellicosity. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. The Chinese dilemma may eventually end
with a changing of (1)/the guard in best or popular
anti-regime uprising, (2)/a repeat of Tiananmen
episode, at worst. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. Among the factors that shape mental ANSWERS
construction for (1)/policy-making in an
S1. Ans. (1)
authoritarian party-state, hegemonic ideology
(2)/and collective memories of the past plays a Sol. Use ‘achieved’
decisive role. (3)/ No error (4)
S2. Ans. (3)
Q13. Well-thought-out initiatives that facilitate
Sol. Use ‘against’ instead of ‘for’
(1)/voting and remove obstacles to voters
(2)/exercising their franchise must be welcomed. S3. Ans. (3)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q14. Internal migrant workers constitute (1)/about
S4. Ans. (1)
13.9 crore as in the Economic Survey of 2017,
(2)/that is nearly a third of India’s labour force. (3)/ Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’
No error (4)
S5. Ans. (1)
Q15. The callous attitude toward the plight of
Sol. Use ‘tangentially’ instead of ‘tangential’
migrants (1)/exhibited by some State governments
lead to the conclusion that this group (2)/does not S6. Ans. (4)
constitute a vote bank worthy of attention. (3)/ No
S7. Ans. (2)
error (4)
Sol. Use ‘into’ instead of ‘in’
Q16. He was not willing to listen to (1)/my pleas
and asking me to (2)/get down at the next station. S8. Ans. (2)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘make’
Q17. However, after some time he came back and
S9. Ans. (3)
asked me (1)/to meet the Train Superintendent who
was (2)/in the last bogey and got his permission to Sol. Use ‘would’ instead of ‘will’
travel. (3)/ No error (4)
S10. Ans. (3)
Q18. I walked up numerous bogies jostling with
Sol. Use ‘exploiting’
(1)/crowds and virtually fighting my way through
at times (2)/to reach the officer and tried to explain S11. Ans. (2)
the situation to him. (3)/ No error (4)
Q19. What does this reveals about (1)/the nature of
S12. Ans. (3)
our state and (2)/the link between law and
violence? (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘play’
Q20. The Jayaraj-Benicks case makes us (1)/doubt S13. Ans. (4)
such a modern, (2)/impersonal state exists in India.
S14. Ans. (4)
(3)/ No error (4)
S15. Ans. (2) Q5. A few weeks before the lockdown, (1)/I
received a parcel which appearing to be (2)/grocery
Sol. Use ‘leads’
and put it away in the storeroom. (3)/ No error (4)
S16. Ans. (2)
Q6. I love sharing my passion to special friends
Sol. Use ‘asked’ instead of ‘asking’ (1)/and so one winter morning, I offered (2)/a
friend coffee with a voluptuous chocolate. (3)/ No
S17. Ans. (3)
error (4)
Sol. Use ‘get’ instead of ‘got’
Q7. He snapped it into two (1)/and decided to
S18. Ans. (1) (2)/gobble the half in his hand. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘through’ instead of ‘up’ Q8. Though chocolate lovers often joke, (1)/
“Don’t bite off more than you can chew unless it is
S19. Ans. (1)
a chocolate,” (2)/I didn’t appreciated his gluttony.
Sol. Use ‘reveal’ (3)/ No error (4)
S20. Ans. (2) Q9. No credit seems to be given to them who

expend (1)/blood, sweat and tears in the killing
Sol. Use ‘if’ after ‘doubt’
fields of (2)/the developing world for negligible
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Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any Q10. However, to end this age-old abuse, the Fair
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out Trade Organization (1)/has stepped in to help
which part of the sentence has an error and producers to achieve (2)/sustainable and equitable
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is international trading. (3)/ No error (4)
Q11. It warms my heart that profits from
Q1. Highlighting past glory and trauma and (1)/various companies has been channelled into
collective memory (1)/affect the image the nation (2)/buying bicycles for seven million Africans. (3)/
forms of itself (2)/and of those other actors in the No error (4)
external arena. (3)/ No error (4)
Q12. An additional base (1)/price is paid (2)/for
Q2. I am an unabashed chocolate fanatic (1)/and quality beans. (3)/ No error (4)
always keeps enough stock (2)/of fine dark
Q13. Fair Trade partnerships believe in the dictum
chocolates. (3)/ No error (4)
of “bean-to-bar” process, (1)/signifying the
Q3. Pardon me for (1)/claiming to be obsessed elimination of middlemen which (2)/heartlessly
(2)/to chocolates. (3)/ No error (4) pocket millions from “blood chocolates”. (3)/ No
error (4)
Q4. It’s there irresistible (1)/dark beauty that (2)/I
am passionate about. (3)/ No error (4) Q14. The mountain people of Uttarakhand
continues (1)/at the same pace as before (2)/the
pandemic, with their daily lives open. (3)/ No error S5. Ans. (2)
(4)
Sol. Use ‘appeared’ instead of ‘appearing’
Q15. Mountains cover much of Uttarakhand,
S6. Ans. (1)
(1)/and 70.37% of the population (2)/live in rural
areas. (3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘with’ instead of ‘to’
Q16. To my pleasant surprise, (1)/he offered me Rs. S7. Ans. (4)
20, to see (2)/me through the journey. (3)/ No error
S8. Ans. (3)
(4)
Sol. Use ‘appreciate’ instead of ‘appreciated’
Q17. In fact, he was apologetic (1)/about not be
able (2)/to give me more money. (3)/ No error (4) S9. Ans. (1)
Q18. I was humbled beyond words at the Sol. Use ‘those’ instead of ‘them’
Vijayawada station when (1)/the TTE took me
S10. Ans. (2)
personally to the Stationmaster and requested them
(2)/to allow me to pass through the gate, explaining Sol. Use ‘achieve’ instead of ‘to achieve’
the circumstances. (3)/ No error (4)
S11. Ans. (2)
Q19. This was an experience I cherish, which not
Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘has’
just (1)/changed my opinion of TTEs but also
rekindled (2)/my belief in humanity and the S12. Ans. (4)
confident in providence. (3)/ No error (4)
S13. Ans. (2)
Q20. The wanton actions of the police (1)/is woven
Sol. Use ‘who’ instead of ‘which’
into the fabric (2)/of daily social interactions. (3)/
ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘continue’
S1. Ans. (2) S15. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘affects’ S16. Ans. (4)
S2. Ans. (2) S17. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘keep’ Sol. Use ‘being’ instead of ‘be’
S3. Ans. (3) S18. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘with’ instead of ‘to’ Sol. Use ‘him’ instead of ‘them’
S4. Ans. (1) S19. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘their’ instead of ‘there’ Sol. Use ‘confidence’
S20. Ans. (2) Q9. It was a bright summer’s day in 1982 that I
boarded (1)/the ‘KK’ Express bound for Delhi at
the Trivandrum Central railway station, (2)/on my
SET-40 way back to Vijayawada after a short sojourn at
home. (3)/ No error (4)
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out Q10. The train was flagged off on time (1)/and I
which part of the sentence has an error and settle down comfortably (2)/with a book. (3)/ No
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is error (4)
Q11. I shared the air-conditioned second class
Q1. The murder of Jayaraj and Benicks at the hands (1)/cubicle with a couple and there two children
(1)/of the local police in Sattankulam, Tamil Nadu (2)/who were quite friendly. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/have provoked national outrage. (3)/ No error
Q12. The Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) came
(4)
(1)/around and (2)/checked the tickets. (3)/ No
Q2. The baring bones of (1)/the incident (2)/are error (4)
widely known. (3)/ No error (4)
Q13. They attempted to make small conversation
Q3. The crisis has also touched some (1)/public (1)/with me though I tried to (2)/keep myself and
broadcasting organisation which (2)/have a my book. (3)/ No error (4)
dedicated revenue stream. (3)/ No error (4)
Q14. My co-passengers expressed (1)/their
Q4. I have been interacting with readers (1)/since sympathies (2)/and had consoled me. (3)/ No error
400 weeks trying to be an (2)/interlocutor between (4)
them and the newspaper. (3)/ No error (4)
Q15. He asked me to take a new ticket (1)/since I
Q5. What is abundant clear is that (1)/journalism is cannot travel (2)/without a valid ticket. (3)/ No
a public good and (2)/should survive for the sake of error (4)
democracy. (3)/ No error (4)
Q16. The police uniform plays a symbolic role
Q6. In the U.S., the current debate (1)/is about the expressing (1)/that anyone who dons it have power,
idea of (2)/objectivity in journalism. (3)/ No error prestige (2)/and the backing of the entire official
(4) apparatus. (3)/ No error (4)
Q7. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Wesley Q17. Our society is meant to be governed by (1)/the
Lowery (1)/recently wrote an interesting piece rule of law implemented by a state above it,
(2)/in The New York Times at the question of (2)/impartial arbitrating social disputes. (3)/ No
objectivity. (3)/ No error (4) error (4)
Q8. Citizens, too, have rights (1)/and Q18. The performance of law courts is (1)/like
responsibilities when (2)/it comes to the news. (3)/ theatre or a film that seduces spectators (2)/into a
No error (4) reality of its own making. (3)/ No error (4)
Q19. The discourse of the rule of (1)/law too is Sol. Use ‘to’ after ‘keep’
often (2)/a handy rhetorical ploy. (3)/ No error (4)
S14. Ans. (3)
Q20. The magistrate did not (1)/even cared to
Sol. Remove ‘had’
properly (2)/perform the law. (3)/ No error (4)
S15. Ans. (4)
ANSWERS
S16. Ans. (2)
S1. Ans. (3)
S17. Ans. (3)
S2. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘impartially’
Sol. Use ‘bare bones’
S18. Ans. (4)
S3. Ans. (2)
S19. Ans. (4)
Sol. Use ‘organisations’
S20. Ans. (2)
S4. Ans. (2)
Sol. Use ‘care’
Sol. Use ‘for’ instead of ‘since’
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S5. Ans. (1)
Sol. Use ‘abundantly’
S6. Ans. (4) which part of the sentence has an error and
S7. Ans. (3)
Q1. The novel coronavirus pandemic has
S8. Ans. (4) (1)/effected the lives of many and its catastrophic
(2)/impact goes far beyond the disease itself. (3)/
S9. Ans. (1)
No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘on’ after ‘was’
Q2. Governments across the world (1)/have dealt
S10. Ans. (2) with the (2)/problem in different way. (3)/ No error
(4)
Sol. Use ‘settled’
Q3. We do not intend to criticise the lockdown
S11. Ans. (2)
(1)/or any governmental actions (2)/or inactions in
Sol. Use ‘their’ instead of ‘there’ this piece. (3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (4) Q4. Posterity will be judged how good or (1)/how
bad any government (2)/performed in 2020 on this
S13. Ans. (3)
count. (3)/ No error (4)
Q5. The world does not seem to have answers to Q16. The Supreme Court of India described
many (1)/of the problem thrown up by the (1)/odd-even as a ‘half baked’ scheme (2)/that
epidemic, (2)/especially those faced by the poorest won’t be a prudent solution to Delhi’s pollution
of the poor. (3)/ No error (4) problem. (3)/ No error (4)
Q6. There is a view that mankind’s ancestors, (1)/in Q17. “Car planning” has been following in a few
the course of evolution, formed the concept (2)/of Chinese cities (1)/where the number of cars a
social groups and resultant rules they would abide resident can own is capped (2)/along with fixing the
to. (3)/ No error (4) city’s quota of cars. (3)/ No error (4)
Q7. This is most rudimentary form (1)/of what is Q18. In an academic study conducted by the peer-
known as (2)/the ‘social contract theory’. (3)/ No reviewed science journal Current Science, (1)/it
error (4) concluded that the odd-even scheme imposed in
(2)/the winter of 2016 (1-15 January 2016) failed to
Q8. With the growth of fundamental freedoms,
curb any pollution. (3)/ No error (4)
(1)/such as those of speech and expression,
unquestioning (2)/obedience to governmental Q19. Reducing Delhi’s air pollution, the
authority begun to fade. (3)/ No error (4) Government needs to (1)/come up with a law
deterring and punishing (2)/the burning of crop
Q9. Unquestioned obedience (1)/is the holy grail
residue in neighbouring states. (3)/ No error (4)
(2)/of every autocrats. (3)/ No error (4)
Q20. The Court offer the view that “car planning”
Q10. We have seen governments going still further
(1)/would be a more effective solution (2)/than the
and use the power (1)/democratically invested in
odd-even scheme. (3)/ No error (4)
them to decide (2)/what is in the best interest of the
people. (3)/ No error (4) ANSWERS
Q11. There is a bending of (1)/individual free will S1. Ans. (2)
(2)/towards the collective will. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘affected’ instead of ‘effected’
Q12. The social contract is being use by modern
S2. Ans. (3)
governments to (1)/justify greater aggrandisement
of power in the hands of (2)/the sovereign, under Sol. Use ‘ways’
the garb of “public good”. (3)/ No error (4)
S3. Ans. (4)
Q13. The novel coronavirus pandemic has (1)/lain
S4. Ans. (1)
bare the falsity (2)/of this image. (3)/ No error (d)
Sol. Use ‘will judge’
Q14. For example, access to information (1)/about
this pandemic (2)/has not been equal. (3)/ No error S5. Ans. (2)
(4)
Sol. Use ‘problems’
Q15. The access to resources (1)/to avoid the
S6. Ans. (3)
disease (2)/is not been equal. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘by’ instead of ‘to’ Sol. Use ‘offered’
S7. Ans. (1) SET-42
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘most’ Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any
S8. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘began’ instead of ‘begun’ select the appropriate option. If a sentence is
S9. Ans. (3)
Q1. The pandemic-caused crisis has shone a light
Sol. Use ‘autocrat’
(1)/on how governmental methods to deal with
S10. Ans. (1) (2)/a crisis largely come to the aid of only them
with a voice. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘go’ instead of ‘going’
Q2. All societies having (1)/some measure (2)/of
S11. Ans. (4)
inequality. (3)/ No error (4)
S12. Ans. (1)
Q3. In moments of crisis, people look (1)/to the
Sol. Use ‘used’ instead of ‘use’ state for guidance (2)/and take them to safety. (3)/
No error (4)
S13. Ans. (2)
Q4. More unequal the society, (1)/the more
Sol. Use ‘laid’ instead of ‘lain’
decentralised (2)/the response should be. (3)/ No
S14. Ans. (4) error (4)
S15. Ans. (3) Q5. The social contract which imbues a centralised
sovereign with (1)/overreaching powers have
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘is’
clearly failed on this occasion, (2)/and will
S16. Ans. (1) continue to fail every time a similar challenge is
posed. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘has described’
Q6. The centralised sovereign will work (1)/well
S17. Ans. (1)
against a mighty external aggressor, (2)/but not at a
Sol. Use ‘followed’ instead of ‘following’ microscopic pathogen. (3)/ No error (4)
S18. Ans. (2) Q7. The novel coronavirus cannot (1)/be defeated
(2)/by a Leviathan. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘was concluded’
Q8. COVID-19 can only be (1)/defeated by a (2)/
S19. Ans. (1)
empowered populace. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use “To reduce”
Q9. The social contract (1)/require to (2)/be
S20. Ans. (1) rewritten. (3)/ No error (4)
Q10. It do not require (1)/anything drastic such as Germany, the United States and France. (3)/ No
(2)/a revolution or anarchy. (3)/ No error (4) error (4)
Q11. The plot revolves around a (1)/mysterious Q20. As a writer confronting the belligerent
epidemic because of (2)/which people suddenly (1)/radical opposing forces of her country, (2)/she
turned blind. (3)/ No error (4) displayed immense fortitude against all odds. (3)/
No error (4)
Q12. It starts with a person driving (1)/his car who
turns into blind (2)/while waiting at a traffic signal. ANSWERS
(3)/ No error (4)
S1. Ans. (3)
Q13. He pleads to be taken home and a man, (1)/
Sol. Use ‘those’ instead of ‘them’
on the pretext of helping, takes him home (2)/but
soon after runs away with his car. (3)/ No error (4) S2. Ans. (1)
Q14. The contagion spread rapidly (1)/and all those Sol. Use ‘have’ instead of ‘having’
affected by the epidemic (2)/are quarantined in an
S3. Ans. (3)
asylum. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘taking’ instead of ‘take’
Q15. Lack of equitable delivery of food,
inhospitable and unhygienic (1)/living conditions, S4. Ans. (1)
police brutality and apathy of (2)/power structures
Sol. Use ‘the’ before ‘more’
lead to panic among the blind. (3)/ No error (4)
S5. Ans. (2)
Q16. The South Asian region, particularly the
Indian subcontinent, (1)/has been a target of terror Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’
(2)/especially in the past six seven decades or so.
S6. Ans. (3)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘against’ instead of ‘at’
Q17. Noted peace activist Dalai Lama who has
been living in India for decades, (1)/ coerce into S7. Ans. (4)
political exile following (2)/the oppressive
S8. Ans. (2)
subjugation and invasion of a neighbouring state.
(3)/ No error (4) Sol. Use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’
Q18. Being a doctor, she toiled away (1)/among the S9. Ans. (2)
penury-stricken masses of Bangladesh,
Sol. Use ‘requires’
(2)/simultaneously writes extensively for various
periodicals. (3)/ No error (4) S10. Ans. (1)
Q19. With the generous support of Western Sol. Use ‘does’ instead of ‘do’
governments, (1)/Taslima managed surviving by
S11. Ans. (3)
living in (2)/rotatory exile in countries like Sweden,
Sol. Use ‘turn’ instead of ‘turned’
S12. Ans. (2) Q3. The office of the Chief Labour Commissioner
stated that (1)/there are 26 lakh migrants while
Sol. Remove ‘into’
various estimates, (2)/include the Economic
S13. Ans. (4) Survey, put this number above 8 crore people. (3)/
No error (4)
S14. Ans. (1)
Q4. The anonymity of the workers had been
Sol. Use ‘spreads’
(1)/reinforced as governments have not kept
S15. Ans. (4) records (2)/of who they are and where they are
working. (3)/ No error (4)
S16. Ans. (4)
Q5. The migrant workers, like the characters (1)/in
Sol. No error
Blindness, have been rendering (2)/nameless in this
S17. Ans. (2) unequal power gambit. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘was coerced’ Q6. At a time when the warehouses of the Food
Corporation of India (1)/have 2.5 times the buffer
S18. Ans. (3)
stock norms, (2)/not universalising rations are
Sol. Use ‘writing’ inexplicable. (3)/ No error (4)
S19. Ans. (2) Q7. Two petitions concerning food and income
support (1)/for migrants were summary dismissed
Sol. Use ‘managed to survive’
by (2)/the Supreme Court of India during
S20. Ans. (4) lockdown. (3)/ No error (4)
Sol. No error Q8. The Court finally took suo motu cognisance of
(1)/the crisis after 20 senior lawyers wrote (2)/a
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letter to the Chief Justice of India to intervene. (3)/
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any No error (4)
Q9. As rising cases of COVID-19 suggest, (1)/the
lockdown did not (2)/curbed the spread of the virus.
(3)/ No error (4)
Q10. It was a unilateral decision taken,
Q1. Apart from the obvious connections with the
(1)/apparent, to buy time to (2)/create health-care
pandemic, (1)/there are other, numerous and
facilities. (3)/ No error (4)
allegorical way in which (2)/Saramago’s world
resonates with contemporary India. (3)/ No error Q11. The resilience and the perseverance of the
(4) migrants (1)/exerting their fundamental right to
(2)/return pushed the government to respond this
Q2. The government’s own data (1)/sources are
time. (3)/ No error (4)
inconsistent (2)/and is a massive underestimate.
(3)/ No error (4)
Q12. Consequent, the government has (1)/created Sol. Use ‘are’ instead of ‘is’
an archive of distress (2)/and a museum of misery.
S3. Ans. (3)
(3)/ No error (4)
Sol. Use ‘including’
Q13. The maze of obfuscating travel orders and the
opacity (1)/surrounding train schedules was if the S4. Ans. (1)
migrants were (2)/made to play a cruel game of
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘had’
snakes and ladders. (3)/ No error (4)
S5. Ans. (2)
Q14. The lucky ones took the metaphorical ladder
(1)/to the train only to find themself hungry (2)/and Sol. Use ‘rendered’
fighting with fellow migrant travellers to get food.
S6. Ans. (3)
(3)/ No error (4)
Q15. The resemblances with the plight (1)/of those
in Saramago’s novel (2)/are uncanny. (3)/ No error S7. Ans. (2)
(4)
Sol. Use ‘summarily’ instead of ‘summary’
Q16. The P.M. Said that his party would (1) / not
S8. Ans. (4)
repeat the mistakes (2) / done by the previous
government. (3) / No Error (4) S9. Ans. (3)
Q17. I hope the country’s condition (1) / may go Sol. Use ‘curb’ instead of ‘curbed’
from bad to worse unless all necessary steps (2) /
S10. Ans. (2)
are taken to suppress terrorism. (3) / No Error (4)
Sol. Use ‘apparently’ instead of ‘apparent’
Q18. Taking tea he went to the office (1) / and
disposed (2) / of a lot of work. (3) / No Error (4) S11. Ans. (4)
Q19. Only one dispute (1) / has been settled (2) / S12. Ans. (1)
and others left to both the parties to settle. (3) / No
Sol. Use ‘Consequently’
Error (4)
S13. Ans. (2)
Q20. Without taking proper care, (1) / the doctors
could not have been saved this patient, who Sol. Use ‘as’ before ‘if’
received (2) / a bullet injury in the chest. (3) / No
S14. Ans. (2)
Error (4)
Sol. Use ‘themselves’ instead of ‘themself’
ANSWERS
S15. Ans. (4)
S1. Ans. (2)
S16. Ans. (3)
Sol. Use ‘ways’
Sol. Use ‘made’ in place of ‘done’
S2. Ans. (3)
S17. Ans. (1) Solution – Delete article ‘the’ used before the name
of the language.
Sol. Use ‘fear’ in place of ‘hope’
S18. Ans. (1)
3.
Sol. after taking tea
Not just he but many of his age (a)/ wanted to go
S19. Ans. (3)
and study rather than (b)/ becoming prey to the
Sol. Use ‘have been left’ vicious circle of begging. (c)/ No error. (d)
S20. Ans. (2) Answer: A
Sol. ‘Been’ should be removed. Solution: objective case of pronoun ‘him’ will be
used in place of ‘he’ because here we need
SET-44
objective case of pronoun.
which part of the sentence has an error and 4.
It had the capacity to make us (a)/ outsiders in our
own’s family and (b)/ be treated like the outcast by
many. (c)/ No error. (d)
1. Answer: B
A recent report of the Intergovernmental (a)/ Panel Solution: There is no need of apostrophe because
on Climate Change (IPCC) has been raised (b)/ the ‘own’ used before family is used as an adjective so
red alert on the limited carbon space. (c)/ No error. say ‘in our own family’.
(d)
Answer: B
5.
Solution: delete been because sentence is in active
Low consumer demand has forced (a)/ us to mark
voice.
down a wide range of goods, (b) / sometimes by as
much more as 30%. (c)/ No error. (d)
2. Answer: C
The English is quite often the language (a)/ of Solution: delete ‘more’ it is superfluous here
choice when speaking to (b)/ an international because ‘as positive degree adjective as’ is used.
audience. (c)/ No error. (d)
6.
Answer – A
I don't want to be have (a)/ insensitive, but I do Solution: delete ‘not’ used in the clause having
think we should (b)/ go ahead despite the accident. ‘until’ because ‘until’ is a negative word it does not
(c)/ No error (d) take any other negative word.
Answer - A 10.
Solution – delete ‘have’ it is superfluous here. The difference is in the degree (a)/ in which
internal, cognitive processes are seen as (b)/ being
involved in producing the response. (c)/ No error
7. (d)
Companies should protect (a)/ their intellect

property (b)/ with patents and trademarks. (c)/ No
Answer - B
error (d)
Solution - replace the phrase “degree in which”
with the phrase “degree to which” which makes a
Answer - A meaningful sense.
Solution - replace “intellect (noun)” with

“intellectual (adjective)” because an adjective
11.
qualifies a noun.
No sooner the latest model (a)/ take its place in the
market, than (b)/ it is superseded by another
8. development. (c)/ No error.(d)
Jasvindar rarely asked for anything (a)/ and the idea Answer – A
of having someones in the house, (b)/ playing
Solution – When negative words like ‘no sooner’ is
music was appealing. (c)/ No error. (d)
used at the starting of the sentence then helping
Answer: B verb is used before the subject so add ‘does’ before
‘the latest model’.
Solution: there is no word like ‘someones’ the
correct pronoun is ‘someone’.
12.
9. She feared to look round, it seemed (a)/ to hers that

someone was there standing (b)/ behind the screen
Until women are not paid (a)/ as much as men, they
in the dark corner. (c)/ No error. (d)
will be (b)/ competing on unequal terms. (c)/ No
error. (d) Answer: B
Answer: A
Solution: replace possessive pronoun ‘hers’ with She was lounging on the bed (a)/ reading a
the objective case of pronoun ‘her’ because we magazine where someone (b)/ knocked on the door.
need here the objective case of pronoun. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: B
13. Solution: the use of conjunction ‘where’ is
incorrect here because sentence is based on the
The roots of the most pertinent challenges (a)/
condition of time so conjunction ‘when’ will be
faced by Indian politics today can be (b)/ traced to
used.
the lack of intra-party democracy. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: D
17.
Solution: There is no error in the sentence.
Suppose that we could all be good for just one day.
(a)/ No one would be tempted away from doing the
14. right thing (b)/ and towards their own selfish
interests or illicit urges. (c)/ No error. (d)
Pandemic has been an eye opener (a)/ for all of us,
as we have realised what a (b)/ microscopic Answer: D
invisible virus can do to a mankind. (c)/ No error.
(d)
Answer: C
18.
Solution: Delete article ‘a’ used before the
uncountable noun ‘mankind’. People might take the day off from work (a)/ and
spend it doing good deeds like (b)/ picking up the
garbage in one’s neighbourhood. (c)/ No error. (d)
15.
Answer: C
I need to someone to take care (a)/ of Tammy and
Solution: pronoun ‘one’s’ is used when it is used
help Mom (b)/ with the house and garden. (c)/ No
for ‘one’ here sentence is talking about ‘people’ so
error. (d)
use ‘their’ in place of ‘one’s’.
Answer: A
Solution: preposition ‘to’ is superfluous used
19.
before the pronoun ‘someone’ because in between
‘need’ and any pronoun no preposition is used. But even in their own right (a)/ these good deed
probably (b)/ wouldn’t amount to very much. (c)/
No error. (d)
16.
Answer: B
Solution: replace ‘deed’ with ‘deeds’ because after Answer – A
‘these/those’ plural noun is used.
Solution – either replace ‘is’ with ‘are’ because
subject is ‘names’ or replace ‘names’ with ‘name’.
20.
The selection would not be based on the whims (a)/ 3.
of a few powerful leaders in the party but also (b)/
She's taking her children (a)/ on holiday, despite
will represent the choice of the larger party. (c)/ No
that (b)/ school starts tomorrow.(C)/ No error(D)
error. (d)
Answer - B
Answer: B
Solution – the correct phrase to use here is “despite
Solution: here there is no combination like ‘not
the fact that”.
only…….but also’ so usage of ‘also’ after ‘but’ is
superfluous here so delete it.
SET-45 4.
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any We wouldn’t know which of (a)/ the many possible
part of the sentence may have errors. Find out good things remained to do,(b)/ in what order, or to
which part of the sentence has an error and what extend. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
Solution: the correct word to use here is ‘extent’ n
1.
place of ‘extend’.
It noted that through incomes fell across (a)/ the
board, the pandemic has taken a far (b)/ heavier toll
on poorer households. (c)/ No error. (d) 5.
Answer: A Where we should start and when should we
stop?(a)/ Merely acting on the intention to be good
Solution: replace the preposition ‘through’ with the
(b)/ is not enough to actually do much good. (c)/ No
conjunction ‘though’ which makes a meaningful
error. (d)
sense here.
Answer: A
Solution: Sentence is in interrogative form so

2.
modal verb ‘should’ will be used before the subject
I don't care what your names is (a)/ Once this job is ‘we’.
over, (b)/ I am out of here. (c)/ No error.(d)
6.
There is a tendency of hero worship (a)/ in people Solution: adjective ‘eventual’ will replace the noun
and many times a leader takes (b)/ over the party ‘eventuality’ because we need here the adjective
and build his own coterie. (c)/ No error. (d) before the noun.
Answer: C
Solution: Sentence is in the present tense and 10.

subject is singular ‘a leader’ so use ‘builds’ in place
It gave us powerful and important life (a)/ lessons
of ‘build’.
on how fragile life is, (b)/ and nothing can be taken
for granted. (c)/ No error. (d)
7. Answer: D
The senator has been in (a)/ the spotlight recently Solution: There is no error in the sentence.
since (b)/ the reveal of his tax frauds. (c)/ No error.
(d)
11.
Answer: C
Patients with non-communicable diseases (a)/
Solution: replace the verb ‘reveal’ with the noun
requires sustained care and cannot (b)/ afford to
‘revelation’ because here we need the noun after the
delay their consultations. (c)/ No error. (d)
article ‘the’.
Answer: B
Solution: replace the verb ‘requires’ with ‘require’

8.
because its subject is ‘patients’ which is plural.
I got a much-needed confidence boost (a)/ when I
could solve a problem nor (b)/ do a service for
someone else. (c)/ No error. (d) 12.
Answer: B It taught us to differentiate between (a)/ our true
friends and foes, our well-wishers (b)/ and the one
Solution: use of ‘nor’ is incorrect here replace it
just pretentious about it. (c)/ No error. (d)
with ‘or’ which makes a meaningful sense.
Answer: C
Solution: Plural pronoun ‘ones’ will be used

9.
because it is connected with plural nouns.
As the pandemic and the eventuality lockdowns
wreaked (a)/ havoc on the economy and
livelihoods,(b)/ around 23 crore Indians have been 13.
pushed into poverty. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: A
If they told you about (a)/ the situation they were Solution: here combination of adjectives is used so
in, (b)/ what would you advice them to do?(c)/ no replace ‘unawared’ with ‘unaware’ which is the
error.(d) correct adjective.
Answer – C 17.
Solution – replace the noun ‘advice’ with the verb It’s an ironic that an invisible virus (a)/ brought the
‘advise’ because here we need a verb. world to a standstill (b)/ by turning it topsy-turvy.
(c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: A
14.
Solution: delete article ‘an’ used before the
What should be the reparation (a)/ for a five years
adjective ‘ironic’ because we do not use any article
old child unfairly (b)/ deprived of a father for 18
before an adjective.
years? (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer – B
18.
Solution – replace ‘years’ with ‘year’ because in
this case ‘five year’ is used as an adjective phrase Those little bright eyes peeped through (a)/ a hole
before the noun ‘child’. in the strong bricked wall. (b)/ He was searched for
a ray of hope. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
15.
Solution: subject is doer so ‘was V3’ cannot be
They either left their kids (a)/ outside the orphanage
used it will be in the present continuous tense so
gates or else (b)/ sold themselves to gangsters and
replace ‘searched’ with ‘searching’.
mafia. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
19.
Solution: replace the reflexive pronoun
‘themselves’ with the objective case ‘them’. We have seen a surge into heart attacks (a)/ or other
such diseases during (b)/ the lockdown from covid-
19. (c)/ No error. (d)
16.
Answer: A
This invisible enemy just (a)/ stabbed us on the
Solution: replace he preposition ‘into’ with ‘in’
back, and caught (b)/ us unawared and unprepared.
which makes a meaningful sense.
(c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
20.
The key to accumulating wealth is (a)/ to create In order to be good, we need (a)/ to cooperate to
excellent habits, such as (b)/ putting money aside others (b)/ around shared plans of action. (c)/ No
on a monthly bases. (c)/ No error. (d) error. (d)
Answer: C Answer: B
Solution: replace the plural noun ‘bases’ with the Solution: replace the preposition ‘to’ with ‘with’
singular noun ‘basis’ because article ‘a’ is used because ‘cooperate with others’ makes a
before it. meaningful sense.
SET-46
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any 4.

During the lockdown and in the months after,(a)/
61 per cent of working men remained employed
(b)/ and 7 per cent lost employment and did not
return back to work. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
1.
Solution: delete ‘back’ used after ‘return’ because
When we talk about it in terms (a)/ of scarcity, we we never use ‘back’ after return.
usually mean clean (b)/ water in a certain location
is scarce. (c)/ No error. (d)
5.
Answer: D
The anti-defection law can be (a)/ limited to
disqualification of Members but if (b)/ they vote
against their party whip. (c)/ No error. (d)
2. Answer: B
Once variety was the spice of life for us (a)/ but Solution: conjunction ‘but if’ is incorrect here
now dealing with the variants (b)/ and mutations replace it with ‘only if’ which makes a meaningful
became the newly norm. (c)/ No error. (d) sense.
Answer: C
Solution: replace the adverb ‘newly’ with the 6.

adjective ‘new’ because it is used before the noun
Times when humanity became a (a)/ questionable
‘norm’.
subject and compassion (b)/ was lacking from
many aspect. (c)/ No error. (d)
3. Answer: C
Solution: after ‘many’ we always use a plural We have had an endless procession (a)/ of new
countable noun so replace ‘aspect’ with ‘aspects’. secretaries through (b)/ the office since Amy
leaves. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
7.
Solution: the clause after ‘since’ will be in the past
I can't imagine what (a)/ he was thinking to hide a
indefinite tense so replace ‘leaves’ with V2 ‘left’.
thing (b)/ like that from you. (c)/ No error (d)
11.
Answer - D
In others words, meeting our moral (a)/
Solution – There is no error in the sentence.
responsibilities to each other requires (b)/ doing
politics and government well. (c)/ No error. (d)
8. Answer: A
It's very difficult to change (a)/ attitudes that have Solution: replace the pronoun ‘others’ with the
become so (b)/ deep entrenched over the years.(c)/ adjective ‘other’ before the noun ‘words’.
no error.(d)
12.
Answer - B
The report showed that younger workers were (a)/
Solution - use the adverb “deeply” in place of the much more impacted, experiencing higher (b)/ job
adjective “deep” because here we need an adverb losses of a more permanent nature. (c)/ No error.
to qualify the past participle ‘entrenched’. (d)
Answer: D
9. Solution: There is no error in the sentence.
He was evidently distressed, (a)/ and breathed

painful, but (b)/ could not restrain the wild laughter.
13.
(c)/ No error. (d)
The ECI shall be competented to inquire (a)/ into
Answer: B
allegations of non-compliance of (b)/ any of the
Solution: replace the adjective ‘painful’ with the provisions, requiring elections. (c)/ No error. (d)
adverb ‘painfully’ because an adverb qualifies a
Answer: A
verb.
Solution: ‘competent’ is an adjective so we cannot
add anything with this word so use the correct word
10. ‘competent’.
Dheeraj, who did not usually (a)/ care for the
society of ladies,(b)/ begin to come often to the
14.
house. (c)/ No error. (d)
These small and simply things (a)/ now became of
Answer: C
utmost importance (b)/ and more as luxuries of life.
(c)/ No error. (d) Solution: Sentence is in the past tense so replace the
V1 ‘begin’ with V2 ‘began’.
Answer: A
Solution: replace the adverb ‘simply’ with the

adjective ‘simple’ because we need here an 18.
adjective before the noun ‘things’.
When economical statistics are (a)/ first published,
they grab headlines (b)/ and put markets in a flutter.
(c)/ No error. (d)
15.
Answer: A
Mukesh didn't use (a)/ to like red wine, but now (b)/
he drinks its almost every day. (c)/ No error.(d) Solution: here the correct adjective to use is
‘economic (relating to economy)’ which makes a
meaningful sense here.
Answer – C
Solution – replace the possessive adjective ‘its’

19.
with ‘it’ because we need here an objective case of
pronoun. Yet this whole argumenting is founded on (a)/
embarrassing misconceptions of the nature (b)/ of
truth and of the working of democracy. (c)/ No
16. error. (d)
Don't forget to spent (a)/ a little time looking over Answer: A

your notes (b)/ before the exam. (c)/ No error.(d)
Solution: there is no word like ‘argumenting’ we
need here the noun ‘argument’.
Answer – A
Solution – replace ‘spent’ with V1 ‘spend’ because 20.

this is infinitive so ‘to V1’ will be used.
The report shows that the pandemic has further (a)/
increase informality and led to a severe (b)/ decline
in earnings for the majority of workers. (c)/ No
17.
error. (d)
Answer: B
Solution: Sentence is in the present perfect tense so Solution: there is no word like ‘boths’ the correct
V3 ‘increased’ will replace V1 ‘increase’. word is ‘both’.
SET-47
Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any 4.

The opposition now seems (a)/ too weak that stage
any serious (b)/ protests against the government.
(c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: B
Solution: correct structure is ‘too adjective to V1’

1.
so replace ‘that’ with ‘to’.
A strange idea has taken over (a)/ the social
conscience so entirely that it (b)/ is a taboo even to
say what is it. (c)/ NO error. (d) 5.
Answer: C When he was a little lad, (a)/ he took long walks
through (b)/ the trees with his mothers. (c)/ NO
Solution: Sentence is affirmative so the correct
error. (d)
phrase will be ‘what it is’.
Answer: C
Solution: replace ‘mothers’ with ‘mother’ because

2.
there can be only one mother for a person.
Children have come to be seen (a)/ as more
valuable to adults not despite (b)/ but because they
lack the psychological maturity. (c)/ NO error. (d) 6.
Answer: B Sunao Tsuboi was on his way to college when (a)/
he was caught in the blast at Hiroshima (b)/ in 6
Solution: replace the preposition ‘to’ with ‘than’
August 1945, suffering burns all over his body. (c)/
because with a comparative degree preposition
NO error. (d)
‘than’ is used.
Answer: C
Solution: before a date or day we use preposition
3.
‘on’ so replace ‘in 6 August’ with ‘on 6 August’.
Mother wants to come downstairs, (a)/ but she is
too weak to walk;(b)/ it will take boths of you to
bring her down. (c)/ NO error. (d) 7.
Answer: C
I'll do my best not to be (a)/ only one of those Answer: A
people who blog a lot (b)/ right at the start and then
Solution: given sentence is imaginary so ‘if it were’
quits blogging. (c)/ No error.(d)
is the correct phrase but V3 ‘placed’ will be used
after ‘would have’.
Answer: B
Solution: when ‘only one of plural noun relative 11.

pronoun’ is used then singular verb is used.
Always remember successful students or scholars
(a)/ who achieve success in life manages their time
and (b)/ schedule their days in advance to be more
8.
efficient. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Some flowers bloom (a)/ in the spring and other (b)/
Answer: B
bloom in winter. (c)/ No error.(d)
Solution: replace the verb ‘manages’ with
‘manage’ because its subject is ‘students or
Answer: B scholars’ which is plural.
Solution: delete article ‘the’ used before the name

of the season ‘spring’ because we do not use any
12.
article before the name of the season.
It's time to celebration (a)/ your birthday. Happy
birthday to (b)/ an attractive and intellectual girl.
9. (c)/ No error (d)
The philosophical investigation (a)/ of human death

has focused (b)/ on two overarch questions. (c)/ NO
Answer: C
error. (d)
Solution: replace the noun ‘celebration’ with the
Answer: C
verb ‘celebrate’ which makes a meaningful sense
Solution: replace ‘overarch’ with the adjective here.
‘overarching’ because we need here an adjective
before the noun ‘questions’.
13.
India, a country of more than a billion (a)/

10.
population, is emerged as the (b)/ economic
Nobody would have place such a sign on a car (a)/ superpower of the world. (c)/ No error (d)
if it were not already understood by society that (b)/
the life of a human achieves its peak value at birth.
(c)/ NO error. (d) Answer: B
Solution: replace ‘is’ with ‘has’ because sentence is We must not only mourn at the death (a)/ of great
in present perfect tense so ‘has V3’ will be used. leader for our cause, (b)/ but we must also continue
in his path. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: B
14.
Solution: Article ‘a’ will be used for a singular
None of them were in clusters, (a)/ such as villages
countable noun ‘great leader’.
or towns, (b)/ but each had ample grounds of its
own. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: D 18.
Solution: There is no error in the sentence, after My politics is short (a)/ and sweet, like (b)/ the old
‘none of noun/pronoun’ singular or plural verb can woman's dance. (c)/ NO error. (d)
be used.
Answer: A
Solution: when any determiner or possessive

15. adjective is used before ‘politics, economics,
mathematics’ then they work as a plural noun so
A job like her would be (a)/ much too demanding
replace ‘is’ with ‘are’.
for me,(b)/ but she enjoys being at the sharp end.
(c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: A 19.
Solution: we cannot compare a job with a person so A toddler is almost as precious (a)/ as a baby, but a
replace ‘her’ with ‘hers (her job)’. teenager less so,(b)/ and by the time that baby turns
fifty. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: D
16.
Tsuboi went on to teach mathematics (a)/ at schools
in the Japan, telling youngsters (b)/ about his
experiences during the war. (c)/ NO error. (d)
20.
Answer: B
When you concentrate on something (a)/ deep you
Solution: no article is used before the name of the can learn things more (b)/ effectively and store
country so delete ‘the’ used before ‘Japan’. them in your memory. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: B
17. Solution: replace the adjective ‘deep’ with the
adverb ‘deeply’ because here adverb will qualify
the verb ‘concentrate’.
SET-48 Solution: replace the verb ‘summon’ with the noun
‘summons’ which is singular.
4.
free from error, select ‘No Error’. Each person served with summons, (a)/ will be
given six weeks before (b)/ they have to appear in
the Magistrates' Court. (c)/ NO error. (d)
1.
Answer: A
A judge must be slow to anger and (a)/ quick to
Solution: add article ‘a’ before ‘summons’ because
forgive; otherwise he may (b)/ risk abusing his
it is a singular countable noun its plural is
powers. (c)/ No error (d)
‘summonses’.
Answer: D
5.
The philosophical issues concerning the correct (a)/
definition and standard for human death (b)/ is
closely connected to other questions. (c)/ NO error.
2.
(d)
If I lost all hope (a)/ for a new tomorrow, Would
Answer: C
you (b)/ dry my tear and easy my pain? (c)/ No error
(d) Solution: replace the verb ‘is’ with ‘are’ because its
subject is ‘issues’ which is plural.
Answer: C
6.
Solution: replace the adjective ‘easy’ with the verb
‘ease’ because it is used for modal verb ‘would’. Something has gone very wrong (a)/ in the way we
think of the ageing process! (b)/ Fortunately,
philosophy can a help. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: C
3.
Solution: delete article ‘a’ used before ‘help’
The lord-lieutenant was nominated (a)/ by the king, because ‘help’ is used as a verb after the modal verb
whom he was bound (b)/ to follow to battle at the can‘.
first summon. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: C
7.
Spending time with friends and (a)/ family is Answer: D
additionally important because (b)/ you need to
prioritize your studies. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: B
11.
Solution: there is no sense of the conjunction
‘because’ here in the sentence, replace it with ‘but’ There are lots of things that (a)/ aren't as important
because latter statement is in contrast to the former. and should rightly (b)/ give way to meeting
children needs. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: C
8.
Solution: there is no compound noun like ‘children
Two men who are father-in-laws (a)/ to each other's
needs’ so there must be possession so use
children (b)/ may be called co-fathers-in-law. (c)/
apostrophe case ‘children’s needs’.
NO error. (d)
Answer: A
12.
Solution: when we make plural noun of
‘father/mother/brother…in law’ then we add ‘s’ in The other major source is (a)/ rather more
the main noun like ‘father/mother/brother’ to make blameworthy, identifying (b)/ psychological
it plural noun so say ‘fathers-in-law’. immature with moral worth. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: C
9. Solution: replace the adjective ‘immature’ with the
noun ‘immaturity’ because here we need a noun
You should actively to participate in (a)/ classroom
after the adjective ‘psychological’.
activities by answering the questions (b)/ of your
teachers and clearing your doubts. (c)/ NO error.
(d)
13.
Answer: A
This will help you realize (a)/ what do you need to
Solution: delete ‘to’ used before the verb do in life and (b)/ work consistently with your
‘participate’ because after a modal verb only V1 is goals. (c)/ NO error. (d)
used.
Answer: B
Solution: sentence is affirmative so there is no need

10. of the helping verb ‘do’ used before the subject
‘you’ so delete it.
Quite rapidly the questions of what (a)/ constituted
human death and how we could (b)/ determine its
occurrence had emerged. (c)/ NO error. (d)
14. arguments rather than on history and individuals.
(c)/ NO error. (d)
Surely she must feel bitterly about that fact, (a)/ and
yet neither her voice nor her expression (b)/ gave Answer: B
any indication that she felt animosity. (c)/ NO error.
Solution: replace the plural noun ‘entries’ with the
(d)
singular noun ‘entry’ because adjective ‘this’ is
Answer: A used before it.
Solution: generally an adverb qualifies a verb but

some linking verbs like ‘feel, smell’ take an
18.
adjective.
For a peculiarity of the moral priority, (a)/ we grant
to the neediness of children (b)/ is that we do not
15. apply it equally to needy adults. (c)/ NO error. (d)
When we have gold, (a)/ we are in fear; when we Answer: D

(b)/ have none we are in dangerous. (c)/ NO error.
(d)
Answer: C
19.
Solution: after a preposition we need a noun so
replace the adjective ‘dangerous’ with the noun Every person derives different (a)/ memory from
‘danger’. the same movement (b)/ even if experienced
together. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: B
16.
Solution: the correct word to use here is ‘moment’
The UN climate science panel recently concluded
in place of ‘movement’.
(a)/ that it is an unequivocal that human activity (b)/
is driving up global temperatures. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: B 20.
Solution: delete article ‘an’ used before the How many of yours have dreamt to have (a)/ an
adjective ‘unequivocal’ because we never use any Aladdin's magic lamp, the magic pencil (b)/ or at
article before an adjective. least having a Doraemon in real life? (c)/ NO error.
(d)
Answer: A
17.
Solution: replace the possessive pronoun ‘yours’
The remainder of this entries takes a (a)/ dialectical
with the objective case of pronoun ‘you’ because
form, focusing primarily on ideas (b)/ and
‘how many of you’ makes a meaningful sense.
SET-49 Solution: the use of ‘have’ is superfluous here so
delete it because ‘it has to do with’ is the complete
phrase.
4.
All these accumulated memories across (a)/ a
period of time define us. Also, we accumulate (b)/
1. new memories based on what we are. (c)/ NO error.
(d)
We turned to the question of responsibility, (a)/ a
highly contentious issue who (b)/ will loom large at Answer: A
the conference. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Solution: the correct preposition to use here will be
Answer: B ‘over’ in place of ‘across’ because phrase ‘over a
period of time’ is grammatically and meaningfully
Solution: replace the relative pronoun ‘who’ with
correct here.
‘which or that’ because antecedent is ‘issue’ which
is not a living thing.
5.
2. That was the and of the conversation (a)/ and
neither of them brought (b)/ the subject up again
It began with an approach that nearly (a)/ achieved
that night. (c)/ NO error. (d)
consensus status after these issues come (b)/ under
the spotlight in the twentieth century. (c)/ NO error. Answer: A
(d)
Solution: here the correct word to use is the noun
Answer: B ‘end’ in place of the conjunction ‘and’.
Solution: sentence is in the past tense so replace V1

‘come’ with V2 ‘came’.
6.
None of us ever should (a)/ underestimate the

3. degree of difficulty (b)/ women face in career
advancement. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Maybe it has have to do with religious concepts (a)/
of sin and the idea of innocence as remaining (b)/ Answer: A
untouched by the corruption of the world. (c)/ NO
Solution: adverb of frequency like ‘ever, never,
error. (d)
often, hardly e.t.c.’ are used in between helping
Answer: A verb and main verb so use ‘ever’ after ‘should’.
Answer: C
7. Solution: replace ‘its’ with ‘it’ because we need
objective case of pronoun ‘it’ for the noun ‘help’.
We tried to keep the party (a)/ a surprise for my
mother but (b)/ my sister let a cat out of the bag.
(c)/ NO error. (d)
11.
Answer: C
I don't believe it when (a)/ I hear some people claim
Solution: the correct idiom is ‘let the cat out of the they can (b)/ climb the mountain without anyone
bag’ so replace article ‘a’ with ‘the’ used before help. (c)/ No error. (d)
‘cat’.
Answer: C
Solution: replace the pronoun ‘anyone’ with the

8. adjective ‘any’ because it is used for the noun
‘help’.
If you lever up the stone (a)/ with a stick, you will
find (b)/ lot of insects living beneath it. (c)/ NO
error. (d)
12.
Answer: C
This is the time of year (a)/ when people get
Solution: either use ‘a lot of insects’ or say ‘lots of together (b)/ with family and friends. (c)/ No error.
insects’. (d)
Answer: D
9. Solution: There is no error in the sentence.
I am talking about one (a)/ of the most creatives and

finest things,(b)/ this century has gifted, Internet.
13.
(c)/ NO error. (d)
In addition to his flat in Bangalore, (a)/ he has a
Answer: B
villa in his village (b)/ or a castle in Goa. (c)/ No
Solution: ‘creative’ is an adjective so we cannot error. (d)
pluralize it so say ‘creative’.
Answer: C
Solution: replace ‘or’ with ‘and’ which is the

10. appropriate conjunction here.
The argument is that they should be making (a)/ the

deepest cuts in carbon emissions and (b)/ providing
14.
help to those who need its most. (c)/ NO error. (d)
In addition to give a general (a)/ introduction to definition and determination of human death. (c)/
computers, the course (b)/ also provides practical NO error. (d)
experience. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: A
Answer: D
Solution: here replace the noun ‘identity’ with the
Solution: There is no error in the sentence. verb ‘identify’ because it is used as an infinitive
here.
18.
15.
This would define your conception (a)/ about that
The twin girls are (a)/ so much like that I can't (b)/
person which can further (b)/ decide the outcoming
tell one from the other. (c)/ No error.(d)
of your next encounter. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
Answer: B
Solution: replace ‘outcoming’ with the noun
Solution: replace the preposition ‘like’ with the ‘outcome (result)’ which makes a meaningful
adjective/adverb ‘alike’ which makes a meaningful sense.
sense.
16.
19.
Sometimes it appears as if they are deliberately (a)/
a baby could grow up to be anything at all, (a)/ but
limiting their chances of survival in order (b)/ to
with every step it takes, more (b)/ of those brilliant
observe some customary or taboo. (c)/ No error (d)
possibilities fall away. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: D
Answer: C
Solution: ‘customary’ is an adjective so replace it
with the noun ‘custom’ because after adjective
‘some’ we need a noun. 20.
Even if the previous encounter has (a)/ not been

very pleasant you can chose (b)/ to carry the best
part of it as a memory. (c)/ NO error. (d)
17.
Answer: B
The entry as a whole is intended to identity (a)/ the
main philosophical issues connected with (b)/ the
Solution: replace V2 ‘chose’ with V1 ‘choose’ Answer: B
because after the modal verb ‘can’ we need V1.
Solution: replace ‘before’ with ‘since’ which
SET-50 makes a meaningful sense.

4.
select the appropriate option. If a sentence is We all know about its positive (a)/ factor and useful
free from error, select ‘No Error’. but here (b)/ I am focusing on its dark effect. (c)/
NO error. (d)
Answer: B
1.
Solution: replace the adjective ‘useful’ in place of
There was no way he would have bought (a)/ those
the noun ‘usefulness’ because ‘(noun) factor and
shares, if someone in the company (b)/ would not
noun’ will be used.
tip him the wink. (c)/ NO error. (d)
Answer: C
5.
Solution: Sentence is conditional if clause will take
‘had not tipped’ because the other clause has When the deaths of children receive so much (a)/
‘would have V3’. more media attention than the deaths of adults (b)/
we may just assume that their live must count for
more. (c)/ NO error. (d)
2.
Answer: C
He handed him his jacket (a)/ than opened the door
Solution: use plural noun ‘lives’ of life in place of
(b)/ and asked him to leave. (c)/ No error.(d)
‘live’.
Answer: B
6.
Solution: replace ‘than’ with then‘ because there
The wreaths were so nearly alike (a)/ that none of
is no comparison we need here the conjunction.
those whom were (b)/ with the king could point out
any difference. (c)/ NO error. (d)
3. Answer: B
I haven't heard anything (a)/ from him before then, Solution: replace ‘whom’ with ‘who’ because here
I wonder (b)/ what he's doing in the world. (c)/ No we need subjective case of pronoun.
error.(d)
7. Solution: replace ‘then’ with ‘when’ which makes
a meaningful sense.
They may also additionally represent (a)/ much
more; they may indeed have (b)/ a highly
integrating social function. (c)/ NO error. (d)
11.
Answer: D
Politics is inseparable for political parties (a)/ as
Solution: There is no error in the sentence. they are the prime instruments for (b)/ the
execution of democracy in the country. (c)/ No
error. (d)
Answer: A
8.
Solution: preposition ‘from’ will be used after
She has none of those nervous habits (a)/ that are so ‘inseparable’.
noticeable and so (b)/ distressing in a blind
children. (c)/ NO error. (d)
12.
Answer: C
We humans were no more (a0/ of social animals but
Solution: delete article ‘a’ used for the plural
rather (b)/ isolated and quarantined ones. (c)/ No
countable noun ‘children’.
error. (d)
Answer: D
9.
I doubt that he had to sell (a)/ his car in ordered to
13.
raise money (b)/ for medical expenses. (C) No
error(D) We have a visitor right now (a)/ Would you mind
(b)/ awaiting for a while? (c)/ No error.(d)
Answer: B
Solution: replace ‘ordered’ with ‘order’ because

phrase ‘in order to’ will be used. Answer – C
Solution – replace ‘awaiting’ with ‘waiting’ which

is the correct word to use here.
10.
I can scarcely wait until (a)/ Thursday next then we

will (b)/ again be in one another's company.(C)/ No 14.
error
I found out that (a)/ Tom now has three citations
Answer: B (b)/ for drunk driving. (c)/ No error.(d)
Answer – C 18.
Solution – Use ‘drunken’ instead of ‘drunk’ Never I have seen an Italian with a (a)/ missing
because ‘drunken’ is past participle which works as button on their suit, a hem falling (b)/ down or
an adjective. sporting an unpressed outfit. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: A
15. Solution: When negative words like ‘never’ is used
at the starting of the sentence then helping verb is
When nations are young and when (a)/ they are
used before the subject so add ‘have’ before ‘I’.
poors, they usually focus (b)/ on two things: the
military and civil order. (c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: B 19.
Solution: poor is an adjective so we cannot That night she heard (a)/ the conversation and she
pluralize it so replace ‘poors’ with ‘poor’. felt sorry (b)/ for both of them, but not any longer.
(c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: B
16.
Solution: Use of ‘she’ after the conjunction ‘and’ is
The only difference was that (a)/ the Guides could
superfluous here because pronoun ‘she’ used in the
look forward to (b)/ return to comfortable homes.
first clause is common for both the clauses.
(c)/ No error. (d)
Answer: C
20.
Solution: after the phrase ‘look forward to’ gerund
is used so replace ‘return’ with ‘returning’. The man responsible for introducing (a)/ the fateful
legislation was none (b)/ any other than his father.
(c)/ no error.(d)
17.
I do only fondant cake because it provides (a)/ me

Answer - C
a bigger room for sugar work and (b)/ it's much
more beautiful and most stable. (c)/ No error. (d) Solution - delete ‘any’ because ‘none and any’
cannot be used together.
Answer: C
Solution: delete ‘most’ used before ‘stable’ because

it is connected with the conjunction ‘and’ and a
comparative degree, more is common for both.

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S10. Ans. (1) Q2. He is a (1)/ person of very (2)/ considerably

SET-4 Q11. A man can fail many times, (1)/but he isn't a

ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘An’ instead of ‘A’

ANSWERS Sol. Use ‘gave’ instead of ‘gives’

12. With planning and diligence, his business ANSWER

14. Answer - C Q3. Rarely does the spectacled student (1)/gets a

SET-12 8. A soft moan sounding nothing as her, reached

16. Answer- C 4. He was also employed to answer (a)/ the pope's

20. Answer - B Q8. I learned my lesson on military discipline

Sol. Use ‘separates’ Q2. In early childhood, (1)/the child’s brain

Sol. Remove ‘with’ Q4. We all reply to e-mails through (1)/the

S18. Ans. (3) Q6. An overburdened bureaucracy with

Q13. There needs to be trust within (1)/the ANSWERS

Sol. Use ‘requires’ Q5. Measurement is seen (1)/as a way to

S19. Ans. (2) Q8. If we want DIETs, block and community

Sol. Remove ‘not’ Q8. It is also unclear, as of now, (1)/whether the

S20. Ans. (2) Q9. No credit seems to be given to them who

S20. Ans. (2) Answer: A

Companies should protect (a)/ their intellect

Solution - replace “intellect (noun)” with

9. She feared to look round, it seemed (a)/ to hers that

Solution: Sentence is in interrogative form so

Solution: Sentence is in the present tense and 10.

Solution: replace the verb ‘requires’ with ‘require’

Solution: Plural pronoun ‘ones’ will be used

Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any 4.

Solution: replace the adverb ‘newly’ with the 6.

9. Solution: There is no error in the sentence.

He was evidently distressed, (a)/ and breathed

Solution: replace the adverb ‘simply’ with the

Solution – replace the possessive adjective ‘its’

Don't forget to spent (a)/ a little time looking over Answer: A

Solution – replace ‘spent’ with V1 ‘spend’ because 20.

Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any 4.

Solution: correct structure is ‘too adjective to V1’

Solution: replace ‘mothers’ with ‘mother’ because

Solution: when ‘only one of plural noun relative 11.

Solution: delete article ‘the’ used before the name

The philosophical investigation (a)/ of human death

India, a country of more than a billion (a)/

Solution: when any determiner or possessive

Solution: sentence is affirmative so there is no need

Solution: generally an adverb qualifies a verb but

When we have gold, (a)/ we are in fear; when we Answer: D

Solution: sentence is in the past tense so replace V1

None of us ever should (a)/ underestimate the

Solution: replace the pronoun ‘anyone’ with the

I am talking about one (a)/ of the most creatives and

Solution: replace ‘or’ with ‘and’ which is the

The argument is that they should be making (a)/ the

Even if the previous encounter has (a)/ not been

Direction (1-20):- In the following question, any

Solution: replace ‘ordered’ with ‘order’ because

Solution – replace ‘awaiting’ with ‘waiting’ which

I can scarcely wait until (a)/ Thursday next then we

I do only fondant cake because it provides (a)/ me

Solution: delete ‘most’ used before ‘stable’ because

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