Direction: Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (e).

Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).

1. (a) He knows it well/(b) that his success in life/(c) depends not on my advice/(d) but on somebody
else./(e) No error.

2. (a) She informed me/(b) that she had gone to/(c) one of the MLA’s residences/(d) and stayed there
all day./(e) No error.

3. (a) I visited/(b) Rajesh’s and Seema’s house/(c) twice but found/ (d) the couple absent./(e) No
error.

4. (a)The building’s roof/(b) needs repairing otherwise it /(c) may fall down and/(d) result into many
persons’ death./(e) No error.

5. (a) A gram’s weight/(b) is quite light for/(c) anyone to/(d) carry on his head./(e) No Error.

6. (a) I stopped/(b) her going out late at night/(c) because the situation/(d) in the town was very
tense./(e) No error.

7. (a) She did not approve/(b) of her son raising/(c) stupid questions and thereby/(d) annoying his
tutor. /(e) No error.

8. (a) India’s problems/(b) are however /(c) not so serious/(d) and awful as Pakistan./(e) No error.

9. (a) His tone of speaking/(b) as well as his friends/(c) is really extremely rude/(d) yet we never take
it seriously./(e) No error.

10. (a) The Defence Minister/(b) boasts of improving /(c) the military power of/(d) the country’s./(e)
No error.

11. (a) The life of the homeless people/(b) is not in many/ (c) ways as peaceful and luxurious/(d) as
that of the rich’s/(e) No error.

12. (a)The CEO of the company said/(b) that he appreciated/(c) his staffs coming on time/(d) and co-
operating him./(e) No error.

13. (a) As the students were told /(b) this idea of Mahatma Gandhi’s/(c) was totally valid in the/(d)
present condition of India./(e) No error.

14. (a) It is true/(b) that I met/(c) the Prime Minister/(d) at the house of one of my relative’s./(e) No
error.

15. (a) The priest said/(b) to his followers that one ought/(c) to work hard in order/(d) to attain one
goal./(e) No Error.

16. (a) Being sure of her/(b) success, she told her parents/(c) that she would never forget/(d) even
her enemies’s names./(e) No error.

17. (a) The plebiscite gives/(b) us much knowledge of the/(c) Public’s opinion/(d) on the matter of
rape./(e) No error.

18. (a) No soldier/(b) dared to turn/(c) a deaf ear to his/(d) commander’s-in-Chief orders./(e)No
Error.
19. (a) I appreciate she/(b) helping the destitute/(c) who are really the most ignored and completely
deprived/(d) section of our society./(e) No error.

20. (a)I have read/(b) many poems of Tagore’s /(c) who is also/(d) known as Gurudev./(e) No error.

21. (a) A friend of my wife /(b) came to me/(c) last week and asked me for/(d) some help./(e) No
error.

22. (a) Unfortunately for us/(b) the root cause of our frustration lies/ (c) in the Governments/(d)
ineffective policy/(e) No error.

23. (a) She suggested to me/(b) that I should go to the market/(c) to bring some beautiful/(d)
summer’s flowers./(e) No error.

24. (a) He came to his wits end/(b) when he found/(c) that his younger/(d) brother had slapped his
wife./(e) No error.

25. (a) When she arrived/(b) at the gate of his/(c) house, she found his/(d) locking up the door./(e)
No error.

26. (a) India and Pakistan’s present/(b) condition clearly indicate/(c) that both the countries/(d) will
face a lot of problems in the coming time./(e) No error.

27. (a) Keeping in view/(b)the public’s demands/(c ) the government has decided to introduce a new
policy to improve the quality and lower/(d) the prices of food grains./(e) No error.

28. (a) Many a citizen’s life is in danger/(b) if the Government does not take/(c) any serious action to/
(d) curb degradation of environment. /(e) No error.

29. (a) My brother/(b) has read/(c) pages after pages/(d) of the Ramayana./(e) No error.

30. (a) He went to/(b) the church with/(c) his parents, aunts/(d) and cousin sisters/(e) No error.

31. (a) She/(b) takes pain/(c) over her/(d) work. /(e) No error.

32. (a) Teacher told/(b) students that/(c) radiuses of a circle /(d) are always equal./(e) No error.

33. (a) I like/(b) the poetries/(c) of Rabindranath Tagore /(d) and Harivansh Rai Bachchan./(e) No
error

34. (a) The sceneries/(b) of Uttarakhand/(c) is very/(d) charming/ (e) No error.

35. (a) Whenever she goes/(b) to Mumbai/(c) she stays in/(d) World-classes hotels./(e) No error.

36. (a) She was advised /(b) to take/(c) two spoonsful of/(d) medicine twice a day./(e) No error.

37. (a) The police have received/(b) three important informations/(c) that helped them solve/ (d) the
robbery case/(e) No error.

38. (a) All his brother-in laws/(b) are extremely co-operative/(c) and she doesn’t miss her/(d) real
brothers at all./(e) No error.

39. (a) He will not/(b) go to party tonight/(c) since he has/(d) many works to complete./ (e) No error.

40. (a) He wears spectacle/(b) and so he was /(c) unable to see the burglar /(d) that attacked him last
month./(e) No error.
41. (a) Most of the furnitures were/(b) sold for a song/(c) as the seller was in a hurry/(d) to leave the
town./(e) No error.

42. (a) She left/(b) her luggages/(c) at home by mistake and / (d)went to the railway station./ (e) No
error.

43. (a) Sheila Dixit had/(b) been the administrator of Delhi/(c) for more/(d) than ten years./(e) No
error.

44. (a) I think this/(b) is not your car/(c) It is/(d) somebody’s else./ (e) No error.

45. (a) One should not put/(b) one’s sign /(c) on any paper/(d) that one hasn’t read./(e) No error.

46. (a) Towns after towns were/(b) conquered/ (c) by Alexander but/(d) he found no peace
anywhere./ (e) No error.

47. (a) Even after hours of discussion/ (b) the committee/(c) could not come/(d) to a final
conclusion./(e) No error.

48. (a) The cattle in the grazing ground/ (b) was terrified to hear/(c) the roar of a lion which/(d)
appeared to be wild with anger./(e) No error.

49. (a) This house/(b) is not built/(c) of stones/(d) but of love./(e) No error.

50. (a) I am looking/(b) for a lady tailor/(c) to stitch a dress/(d) for my daughter./(e) No error