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MCQs ON ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION
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Directions: In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence has an error.
The error may be idiomatic or grammatical. If the sentence is correct, the answer is ‘No error’.
1. The widely publicized manifesto (a)/ the new party (b) / is not much different than ours. (c)/ No error (d)
2. I was taken with surprise (a)/ when I saw (b) / the glamorous Appu Ghar. (c)/ No error (d)
3. Man needs (a) / security and leisure (b) / of free thinking. (c)/ No error (d)
4. This watch (a) / is superior and (b) / more expensive than that. (c)/ No error (d)
5. It was apparent for everyone present (a)/ that if the patient did not receive (b) / medical attention fast (c)/ he would die. (d)/ No error (e)
6. He knows very well (a) / what is expected from him (b)/ but he is not able to fulfill all the expectations. (c)/ No error (d)
7. My brother (a)/ has ordered (b) / for a new book. (c)/ No error (d)
8. That Brutus, who was his trusted friend (a)/ had attacked on him (b)/ and caused heartbreak to Julius Caesar. (c)/ No error (d)
9. Rana Pratap was (a)/ blind with (b)/ one eye. (c)/ No error (d)
10. The doctor (a) / attended to the patient (b) / very quietly. (c)/ No error (d)
ANSWERS
1. (c) : The correct usage is ‘different from…………..’
2. (a) : Replace ‘with’ by ‘by’
3. (c) : Replace ‘of’ by ‘for’
4. (b) : Add ‘to’ after ‘superior’
Adjectives ending in —ior take ‘to’ after them
5. (a) : Replace ‘for’ by ‘to’
6. (b) : Replace ‘from’ by ‘of’
7. (c) : Remove ‘for’
The verb ‘Order’ does not take a preposition
8. (b) : Remove ‘on’
The verb ‘attack’ does not take a preposition
9. (b) :Replace ‘with ’ by ‘in’
10. (b) :Replace ‘to’ by ‘upon’
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