English Quiz – set 108

1. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Before he started out
b) he had collected all the
c) informations about the country
d) he was going to visit.
e) No error

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Answer c) informations about the country. Information is a collective noun which means items of knowledge. Collective nouns do not take a plural form. Hence, information is correct.

2. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) The first lesson I got
b) in my military days was that
c) one should love his country
d) better than anything else.
e) No error

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Answer c) one should love his country. ‘One’ should be followed by one or one’s only and not by ‘his’ “………..one should love one’s country……….”

3. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) I ordered for a cup of tea
b) but the bearer
c) brought it only
d) at the end of the tea-session.
e) No error

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Answer a) I ordered for a cup of tea. ‘Ordered’ means ‘called for’, therefore, ‘ordered for’ is not correct. No preposition is required after ‘ordered’.

4. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Hardly I have finished reading
b) when my sister
c) snatched the book
d) from me.
e) No error

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Answer a) Hardly I have finished reading. Hardly had I finished reading when……..Correct correlative conjunction.

5. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) No sooner did the train start
b) when there was
c) a great rush
d) into my compartment.
e) No error

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Answer b) when there was. ‘No sooner’ is followed by ‘than’ and not ‘when’.

6. The security forces fired at the ______________ who was armed to the teeth.
a) thief
b) culprit
c) criminal
d) dacoit
e) murderer

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Answer d) dacoit

7. The boy was ______ of cheating in the examination.
a) Condemned
b) accused
c) Charged
d) punished
e) Threatened

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Answer b) accused

8. No sooner did she ______________ me than she tried to run away.
a) watch
b) see
c) observe
d) notice
e) look

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Answer b) see

9. _________ politicians are always respected.
a) Conscious
b) Conscientious
c) Cautious
d) Carefree
e) Careful

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Answer b) Conscientious

10. Prices keep on going ______________ these days and never move downward.
a) above
b) higher
c) up
d) upwards
e) on

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Answer c) up

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