Error correction in articles with Detailed Solutions

By | September 20, 2015
Today’s topic is Error correction in articles :-

1. The need to set up (a) / a good library in the locality (b) / has been in the minds of people (c) / for some time now (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option : C. Add ‘the’ before ‘people’

2. If you have faith in Almighty (a) / everything will turn out (b) / to be all right. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : a. Add ‘the’ before ‘Almighty’.

3. Our Housing Society comprises of (a) / eight blocks and (b) / forty three flats in an (c) / area of about thousand sq. metres. (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option d. Add ‘a’ before ‘thousand’. Here, ‘a’ is before ‘thousand’

4. According to the Bible (a) / it is meek and humble (b) / who shall inherit the earth. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : b. Add ‘the’ before ‘meek’.

5. I am not rich, (a) / so I cannot afford (b) / to buy a expensive car. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : c. Replace ‘a’ by ‘an’.

6. Praneetha opened a almirah (a) / full of books (b) / and took one of them (c) / for reading. (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option : E

7. No stronger (a) / a figure than his (b) / is prescribed in the history. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : C. Remove ‘the’

8. As I was to reach (a) / Bangalore early I left in aeroplane (b) / instead of (c) / going by train. (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option : B. Add ‘an’ before ‘aeroplane’

9. Most people would have (a) / attended the union meeting (b) / if they had (c) / had longer notice of it. (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option : d. Add ‘a’ before ‘longer’.

10. My father is (a) / in bad mood (b) / today. (c) / No error (d)

11. If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact (a) / with the best that has been thought and said in this world (b) / he will become simple and selfish. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : A. Remove ‘the’

12. With little patience (a) / you will be able to (b) / cross this hurdle. (c) / No error (d)

13. On my request (a) / Mohit introduced me (b) / to his friend (c) / who is a guitarist and singer. (d) / No error (e)

14. This town isn’t very well known (a) / and there isn’t much to see, (b) / so a few tourists come here. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : C. Remove ‘a’

15. He took to (a) / reading Times (b) / for better knowledge (c) / of the facts. (d) / No error (e).

16. The accelerating pace of life in our metropolitan city (a) / has had the tremendous effect (b) / on the culture and life-style of the people. (c) / No error (d).
Correct Option : B. Replace ‘the’ by ‘a’

17. Both the civilians (a) / and armymen (b) / joined the second World War. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : B. Add ‘the’ before ‘armymen’.

18. The hospital is (a) / within hundred meters (b) / from my house. (c) / No error (d)
Correct Option : B. Add ‘a’ before ‘hundred’. Here, ‘a’ is used for ‘one’.

19. The majority of the (a) / IT professionals recommends (b) / that effective measures (c) / should be taken against software piracy. (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option : A. The correct from is ‘A majority of the ….’

20. He obtained good marks (a) / not only in English essay (b) / but also in arithmetic which was (c) / full of complicated calculations. (d) / No error (e)
Correct Option : B. Add ‘the’ before ‘English essay’.