Complex Errors Quiz for IBPS PO/RRB
Directions (Q. 1-10): 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. 1) The number of students / 2) from India in the US / 3) have dropped for the / 4) second successive year. / 5) No error
2. 1) Ravindra Jadeja became / 2) one of the few Indians player / 3) to have scored two triple centuries / 4) in first-class cricket. / 5) No error
3. 1) It is a known fact that employees / 2) are the most precious assets of an organisation; / 3) therefore, it has become highly imperative to give / 4) them extra dose of engagement, fun and frolic. / 5) No error
4. 1) Noise and smoke pollution caused by / 2) the bursting crackers create / 3) health problems for / 4) the elder and the unwell. / 5) No error
5. 1) The court acquitted him from the charges / 2) of robbery dismissing the evidences as “unworthy of credence” / 3) but held him guilty / 4) of carrying stolen items. / 5) No error
6. 1) He succumbed to his injuries / 2) sustained during the police firing / 3) to control the agitating farmers, / 4) who reportedly torched a police motorcycle. / 5) No error
7. 1) The cost of education is increasing / 2) faster than most of those / 3) in other areas of life and / 4) shows no sign of slowness. / 5) No error
8. 1) Many a times, when we see / 2) volatility in the equity market, / 3) we tend to switch / 4) funds from equities to bonds. / 5) No error
9. 1) JRD Tata, in my view, is a borderline case / 2) while considering about the greatest Indian after Gandhi / 3) since he was born with a / 4) silver spoon into his month. / 5) No error
10. 1) The greatest Indian after Gandhi is / 2) yet to be born, / 3) few of our readers / 4) said acerbically. / 5) No error
Answers:
- 3; Replace ‘have’ with ‘has’
- 2; Indian players
- 2; Replace ‘assets’ with ‘asset’
- 4; Replace ‘elder’ with ‘elderly’
- 1; Replace ‘from’ with ‘of’
- 5
- 4; Replace ‘slowness’ with ‘slowing’
- 1; Replace ‘many a times’ with ‘many a time’
- 4; Replace ‘into’ with ‘in’
- 3; Replace ‘few’ with ‘a few’
