Spotting Error
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Pradeep choudhary
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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 (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. The policemen(1)who were on duty in this area(2) were discovered(3)two drug addicts(4)No Error.(5)
2.In case you apologise(1)for having broken your(2) promises you will(3)certainly be forgave(4)No Error. (5)
3.He is known (1)by the police because of(2) his previous(3) criminal record.(4)N.E(5)
4.She was annoyed to (1)discovering that her husband (2)had taken (3)her car keys.(4)N.E(5)
5.The merchant counted (1)/ the number of pearls (2) to make sure that (3) none of them were missing. (4)No error (5).
6. How is it that (1) neither your friend Mahesh (2)/ nor his brother Ramesh have protest (3)against this injustice? (4)/ No error (5).
7.. A higher house rent allowance would(1) have been immediately (2)stoked retail inflation, (3)which is already at a 21-month high(4)N.E(5)
8.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is confident (1)that the budget deficit will (2) contain within the 3.5 percent of GDP(3) target this financial year(4)N.e(5)
9.This is a relationship (1)that has been assiduously tended over(2) the years since (3)the mid-seventies (4)N.E(5)
10.However, an absence of friendship,(1) and the prevalence of suspicion (2)did not prevent the systematic development(3 of a management regime in our relations with China(4)N.E.(5)
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1.3
2.4
3.2
4.2
5.4
6.3
7.2
8.3
9.5
10.5
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