Directions (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. Almost all woes being faced (A) / by businesses and traders under the four-month-old Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime (B) / would likely be resolved (C) / by the GST council at its December 10 meeting.(D) / No Error (E) (1)
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. D
- 5. E
2. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the Capital has (A) / ranged from ‘very unhealthy’ to ‘hazardous’ (B) / since the last few days with AQI (C) / crossing the 300 ‘danger’ mark at many places. (D) / No Error (E) (3)
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. D
- 5. E
3. Mr Kovind said, “I congratulate the four (A) / alumni of IIT-Delhi who are being honored (B) / today for their achievement (C) / in different walk of life. (D) / No Error (E) (4)
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. D
- 5. E
4. The VC wrote back saying the university (A) / appeared to have ‘no power’ (B) / to exclude students (C) / from given exams. (D) / No Error (E) (4)
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. D
- 5. E
5. Sunil was in need of money (A) / and sold his bicycle (B) / in five hundred rupees (C) / to one of his friends. (D) / No Error (E) (3)
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. D
- 5. E