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MCQs ON ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION
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Direction (Q. 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 (e)/(d). (Ignore error of punctuation, if any.)
1. No sooner did I open the door (a)/ when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in (b)/making us shiver from head to foot. (c)/ No error (d)
2. Be smart (a)/ not only in dress (b)/ and also in action. (c) / No error (d)
3. Hardly had I reached the airport (a)/ where I learnt (b)/ about the powerful bomb explosion. (c) / No error (d)
4. It is not (a)/ such good book (b)/ that I expected. (c) / No error (d)
5. The downfall of this kind (a)/ is to be attributed to (b)/ nothing else than pride. (c) / No error (d)
6. Unless he does not return (a) /all the library books (b)/ he will not be (c) / relieved from the service.(d)/No error (e)
7. You must either tell me (a)/ the whole story or, at least, (b)/ the first half of it. (c) / No error (d)
8. The old woman has had the best medical facilities available (a)/ bur she will not be cured (b)/ unless she does not have a strong desire to live. (c) / No error (d)
9. My book has been (a)/ missing from my room (b)/till yesterday. (c) / No error (d)
10. The manager of the bank was busy ; (a)/ so he asked them to come and (b)/ see him between two to three in the afternoon. (c) / No error (d)
ANSWERS
1. (b): Replace ‘when’ by ‘then’
2. (c): Replace ‘and’ by ‘but’
3. (b): Replace ‘where ’ by ‘when’
4. (c) Replace ‘that ‘by ‘as’
5. (c): Replace ‘than’ by ‘but’
6. (a): Replace ‘does not return’ by ‘returns’
7. (d):No error
8. (c): Replace ‘does not have’ by ‘has’
9. (c): Replace ‘till’ by ‘since’
10. (c): Replace ‘to’ by ‘and’[/expander_maker]
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