DIRECTIONS (Qs. 61-70): In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
Q61. (a) John as well as
(b) his brother
(c) were
(d) present.
Answer: (c) Explanation: ‘As well as ‘is followed by a singular verb so it should be was present |
Q62. (a) Both the brothers
(b) are extremely
(c) fond of
(d) one another.
Answer: (d) Explanation: In case of ‘both ‘we use ‘each other’ in place of ‘one another’ |
Q63. (a) Of the two schemes
(b) put forward by the Government
(c) I think this is the one
(d) most likely to succeed.
Answer: (a) Explanation: It should be ‘out of the two schemes’. This is the one more likely. |
Q64. (a) The teacher asked
(b) the students
(c) that why many of them
(d) had come without book.
Answer: (c) Explanation: Remove ‘that’ before ‘why’ |
Q65. (a) My choice
(b) is quite
(c) different from
(d) yours.
Answer: (d) Explanation: Your’s or that of your. |
Q66. (a) Boys study in order
(b) that they could
(c) earn their
(d) livelihood.
Answer: (b) that replaced with to Explanation: It should be ‘in order to’ |
Q67. (a) The man
(b) who was
(c) killed he was
(d) my cousin.
Answer: (c) Explanation: ‘he’ is superflous, omit it. |
Q68. (a) I was promoted
(b) to the post of principal though
(c) I was junior than
(d) all the other members of the staff.
Answer: (c) Explanation: It should be ‘junior to’ |
Q69. (a) The manager of the bank
(b) together with his
(c) staff have
(d) resigned.
Answer: (c) Explanation: Use ‘has’ in place of ‘have’ |
Q70. (a) It is amazing
(b) that how people
(c) are aware of the value
(d) of solitude and contemplation.
Answer: (b) Explanation: ‘that’ to be avoided as double contraction are not used in a singular clause. |