English Quiz

(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). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
 

 For the first time in recent years (a) / the Delhi University Students’ Union elections will be held (b) / on a Tuesday and not on a Friday (c) / as was the tradition. (d) / No error (e)

Sources said the accused was fired (a) / by the owner of the dhaba (b) / after he had a fight (c) / with the victim in kitchen. (d) / No error (e)
 

Resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital called in (a) / their strike over alleged assault (b) / of their colleague (c) / by a patient’s family.(d) / No error (e)

 Huawei aims to use the Kirin Chips (a) / to differentiate its phones between a vast sea of competitors, (b) / including Samsung, who overwhelmingly rely (c) / on rival Snapdragon chips from Qualcomm, the market leader. (d) / No error (e)

 Coal shortage has hit power plants (a) / after a gap of nearly three years, (b) / forcing some private power plants (c) / to shut or pare operations. (d) / No error (e)

 (6-10): In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To make the sentence grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold part with the correct alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give (e) as your answer (i.e. No correction required).

 It is nothing else than foolishness.
 

Children who have had good pre-school education are most likely to outdo other children at school.

Every man, woman and child is now aware of the terrible consequences of habit of smoking.

It was in pursuance of this policy of divide and rule that the Britishers got India parted onto two countries.

Long ago, when I was yet a student, I once went to Mussoorie, where I was charmed by natural beauty.

(11-15): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences given below .i.e. one of the sentences can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences. 

 The tunnel ………………. for extracting smoke and stale air and for infusing fresh air. It will have state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems for security.

When India’s largest political party pursues such a strategy and finds it electorally rewarding, it ……………….. by other political parties.

 The argument for a uniform civil code (UCC) ……………………….. in a modern nation state as long as it is rational, non-discriminatory and promotes social equality and gender justice.

The need ………………………………… how many cases should be listed per day cannot be stressed enough. It is not uncommon to see over 100 matters listed before a judge in a day.

 For courts in India………………………, there must be a change in leadership thought and the willingness to seek help where it is evidently required.

 (16-20): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided into five parts out of which last part is given bold and correct. There is no error in three out of four remaining parts and therefore only one of the parts is incorrect. You must choose the grammatically incorrect part as your answer. If no part is incorrect, choose option (e) as your answer .i.e. “No error”. 

 They tried to(A)/ escape but fall(B)/ as the men kicked(C)/ them and hit(D)/ them with clubs(E).

We have filed a case(A)/ of attempting to murder(B)/, unlawful assembly and rioting(C)/. Efforts are on to(D)/ track down the attackers(E).

The buses would be brought(A)/ under the system by November, while efforts(B)/ were under way to brought(C)/ KSRTC buses that operate in the(D)/ region too under its purview(E).

Selected bus stations in Kerala will be(A)/ upgraded as ‘busports’ that have(B)/ infrastructure to par with(C)/ airports, to woo people(D)/ to use public transport(E).

A fear-stricken girl however reportedly(A)/ informed her mother about(B)/ the happenings from four months(C)/ and about the boys who(D)/ were behind the assault(E).

 (21-25): Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and (III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., “No correction required” as the answer. 

 There could be some truth in these explanations, but the genesis of the current cash crisis is firmly root in the lack of system-wide thinking that went into the Centre’s big-bang note ban gambit.
(I) cash crisis is firmly rooted in the lack
(II) cash crisis is firmly rooted to the lack
(III) cash crisis was firmly rooting in the lack

 But it is important to separate short-term volatility in oil prices is owing to geopolitical tensions from longer-term trends in the oil market.
(I) was own to geopolitical tensions
(II) owing with geopolitical tensions
(III) owing to geopolitical tensions

 In the current situation, it appears that the government has only tie itself up in knots over the petroleum pricing policy, and with it, its reformist credentials.
(I) it appeared that the government will only tied
(II) it appears that the government has only tied
(III) it appearing that the government has only tied

The long-term challenge is to made the most of the rainfall that India gets, ranging from a few hundred millimetres or less in the northwest to more than a few thousand millimetres elsewhere.
(I) was to make the most of the rainfall
(II) is to making most of the rainfall
(III) is to make the most of the rainfall

 For the Commission, it is more critical to ensure that resources reach those who need them the most and that the genuinely needy are not deprived, wherever they may be.
(I) it is most critical to ensure that
(II) it was more critical to ensure that
(III) it is much more critical to ensure that

(26-30): In each of the following sentence, there is a blank space. Below each pair of sentences, there are five options and each blank is to be filled with the same word given below to make the sentence correct. Fill up the sentences with the correct word. 

  (I) If I receive ............ service in a restaurant, I generally will not return to that establishment. 
 (II) I hope the medicine is not causing you to be sleepy and ............ 

 (I) There are .......... passages in the system, but it is now rapidly becoming a major thoroughfare. 
(II) Though these reasons were very insufficient and ........., no one made any rejoinder. 

 (I) He had the imagination that invested with personal being and ethical qualities the most ......... notions. 
(II) This investigation was first published in 1824 and in ......... and difficult form, and afterwards (1826) more elaborately in the first volume of Crelle's Journal. 

 (I) Moreover, his attention was engaged on studies which ultimately led to his doctrine of ......... heat. 
(II) While possessing considerable gifts of mind and a ......... fund of energy, he seldom acted or reflected until the favorable moment had passed. 

(I) I'm sure God has forgiven their little transgressions and the two of them are ......... for their actions. 
(II) At the airport, the meter registers nine pounds, and of course he had said six or seven. I have a sense now of his feeling somewhat ........., or perhaps only abashed.