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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any 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 (5). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
1. The CIC has directed DU to allow inspection of records (1)/ related to all the students who has (2)/ passed BA degree in 1978, the year in which,(3)/ according to the Univ, PM had also cleared the examination. (4)/ No Error (5)
2. China has stepped up patrols in (1)/ the waters of the dispute islands (2)/ under the control of Japan in the East China Sea, (3)/ a move that could anger Tokyo. (4)/ No Error (5)
3. The group of people found itself (1)/ in competition with men who (2)/ were so good if not better (3)/ than them. (4)/ No Error (5)
4. The mission in his life is (1)/ to improve the lot of the economically deprived (2)/ and the socially oppressed people (3)/ of the society. (4)/ No Error (5)
5. She told me that she was promoted (1)/ to the post of the Senior Manager (2)/ though she was junior than all the other (3)/ members of the team. (4)/ No Error (5)
6. Everyone looked uneasy in the meeting(1)/ while Amit was trying to explain(2)/ why they ought to protest, but at the end(3)/ no one had any objection of it.(4)/ No Error (5)
7. EPFO is expected to launch online facility(1)/ for settling of claims, including EPF withdrawal(2)/ and pension fixation, by this year to put an end(3)/ to tedious paper work by its members.(4)/ No Error (5)
8. The Former Chief Justice of India once agreed(1)/ to fast-track the hearing of a case, after he overheard the lawyer(2)/ in question alludes to one of Ghalib’s couplets(3)/ during the court proceedings.(4)/ No Error (5)
9. Free speech is not meant only for those (1)/ who agree with a dominant view (2)/ it matters most when it comes to (3)/ unpopular, minority views. (4)/ No error (5)
10. The Supreme Court has pulled up(1)/ the Centre for making money at the cost(2)/ of citizens health by allowing dumping in India(3)/ of hazardously waste from foreign countries.(4)/ No Error (5)
ANSWERS :
1. Ans - (2) use ‘had’ instead of ‘has’
2. Ans - (2) use ‘disputed’ instead of ‘dispute’
3. Ans. (3) write ‘as good as’ in place of ‘so good’.
4. Ans. (1) Replace ‘in’ with ‘of’
5. Ans. (3) Replace ‘than’ with ‘to’
6. Ans. (4) Replace of with to
7. Ans. (2) Replace settling with settlement
8. Ans. (3) Replace alludes with alluding
9. Ans. (5) No error
10. Ans. (4) Replace hazardously with hazardous
