Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".
Answer: A
The error is in we are trying.
For the past two years reaches from the past to now, which takes the present perfect continuous: we have been trying.
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In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".
Answer: C
The error is in than I met.
Hardly pairs with when, not than: hardly had I entered the compartment when I met my friend.
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The economic disparity 1)/ has grown rapid 2)/ in the era of 3)/ globalization. 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: B
The error is in part 2.
Grown is a verb and needs an adverb: has grown rapidly. Rapid is the adjective.
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Either Ram 1)/ or Bhuvan forgot 2)/ to take 3)/ their pen. 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: D
The error is in part 4.
With either ... or the pronoun agrees with the nearer subject, which is Bhuvan, so it must be singular: his pen. Their has no plural antecedent.
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Can you 1)/ repair my 2)/ digital-camera until 3)/ Wednesday? 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: C
The error is in part 3.
Until marks a period continuing up to a point; by marks a deadline. The camera is to be ready by Wednesday, not repaired continuously until then.
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A free press is not 1)/ a privilege but the 2)/ organic necessity in 3)/ a free society. 4) No error 5)
Answer: B
The error is in part 2.
The parallel is with a privilege, which is indefinite, so the second term must match: but an organic necessity.
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Scarcely had 1)/ she gone 2)/ when an inspector 3)/ knocked at the door. 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: D
There is no error.
Scarcely pairs with when, the past perfect had gone correctly precedes the simple past knocked, and the inversion after scarcely is properly made.
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No sooner did 1)/ the nurse enter 2)/ the house 3)/ then the patient died. 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: D
The error is in part 4.
No sooner pairs with than, not then: no sooner did the nurse enter the house than the patient died.
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While flying over 1)/ India we had 2)/ glimpses of, 3)/ Ganges and Himalayas. 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: D
The error is in part 4.
Rivers and mountain ranges take the definite article: the Ganges and the Himalayas. The comma after glimpses of in part 3 is also stray.
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We cannot handle 1)/ this complicated case 2)/ unless full details 3)/ are not given to us. 4) No error 5)
Answer: D
The error is in part 4.
Unless is already negative, so not doubles it: unless full details are given to us.
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