Directions (1-5): Read each sentence, divided into five parts, 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. Below each sentence you are provided with five options. The first three options suggest you the possible sequences of the correct parts of the sentence. Choose the sequence which consists of correct parts of the sentence. If there is no error in the sentence, choose option (d). If none of the options gives the correct sequence and if there is indeed an error in some part of the sentence, choose (e) as your option.

1. At a press conference staged at the Pakistan Foreign Office earlier in the day, (A)/Pakistan’s Addition Attorney General Ahmed Irfan said(B)/ the authorities had asked Jadhav to file a review petition and (C)/he instead opted to apply for a mercy petition. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

2. China wrote a letter to the Indian government(A)/ accusing Indian soldiers for stealing 800 sheep and 59 yaks. The Indian government obviously wrote back(B)/ denied the ludicrous charge but the response that Vajpayee, (C)/ then a 42-year-old Jan Sangh leader, gave left China fuming. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

3. Interestingly, under our Constitution a Hindu is defined as any other (A)/ person who is a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or follows the Brahmo Prathana(B)/ or Arya Samaj, or a Buddhist, a Jaina, or Sikh and (C)/that is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion, is a Hindu. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) B and D
b) A and D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

4. In the absence of such a framework, there have nevertheless been some constructive innovations (A)/in contractual approaches to sovereign debt. These address at least (B)/some of the collective-action problem of restructuring, (C)/ including opportunistic hold-out behavior. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

5. The government plans to order(A)/ 2 million reusable face masks plus 1 million single-use masks, (B)/which will distribute over the coming months – (C)/with vulnerable populations getting that first. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) C and D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

Answers:-

Sol.1 D The error is in part B and C
In Part B, “Additional” should be used at the place of “Addition”.
In Part C, “but” should be used at the place of “and”.

Sol.2 D The error is in part B and C
In Part B, “of” should be used at the place of “for”.
In Part C, “denying” should be used at the place of “denied”

Sol.3 B The error is in part A and D
In Part A, “other” should be removed after “any”.
In Part D, “that” should be replaced with “who”.

Sol.4 D The error is in part B and C
In Part B, “address” should be used at the place of “addresses”.
In Part C, “problems” should be used at the place of “problems”.

Sol.5 B The error is in part C and D
In Part D, “them” should be used at the place of “that”.
In Part C, “will be distributed” should be used at the place of “will distribute”