SPOT THE ERROR: In the following sentences, some segments of each sentence are
underlined. Your task is to identify that underlined segment of the sentence,
which contains the mistake that needs to be corrected. Fill the Circle
corresponding to that letter under the segment in the MCQ Response Form.
Q. 1 They did not (A)/ guess how closely (B)/ he had kept (C)/in touch with across (D)/ the road.
Q. 2 He proved (A)/that if only germs were (B)/excluded of wounds,(C)/inflammation (D)/ was averted.
Q. 3 The man felt his hair flutter (A)/ and the tissues of his body drew (B)/tight as if he
were standing (C)/at the Centre of a vacuum (D)/.
Q. 4 He came to the hurdles (A)/ that he remember, (B)/ over which once (C)/he had so easy (D) a victory.
Q. 5 What is meant (A)/by birth-rate and death-rate (B)/and how do (C)/they
effect the population?(D)/
Q. 6 She had left (A)/him with a calmness and a poise (B)/that accord (C)/well with his own
inward (D)/ emotions.
Q. 7 He is better than (A)/all the boys in the class, in studies as well as (B)/in sports, and bags (C)/big prizes in various fields.
Q. 8 One must not depend too much (A)/upon one’s hard work, (B)/ as provident (C)/also plays its part(D)/.
Q. 9 His first adventure (A)/was to go round (B)/through (C)/the world at minimum cost(D)/.
Q. 10 He has been working (A)/ in this department since (B)/the last five years (C)/without any break (D).
Q. 11 He reached at (A)/Lahore only a few (B)/days ago, on last Friday, to be exact,(C)/ and is going to stay (D)/here for some time.
Q. 12 There was a big rally (A)/on the Mall, but as the crowed disintegrated,(B)/chaos (C)/and confusion ruled (D)/everywhere.
Q. 13 Suddenly he stopped (A)/at the edge of the meadow, taking his pocket knife (B)/from his pocket,
(C)/ and wisp of alfalfa(D)/.
Q. 14 The study (A)/of population growth (B)/indicates one of the (C)/greatest paradox (D)/of our time.
Q. 15 Among the Western nations,(A)/ the decline in the death rate is followed (B)/after an interval by the reduction in the birth (C)/rate, so that the population is not now growing (D)/so fast.
Q. 16 In view of increasing hazards with (A)/our national security it is (B)/the duty of every citizen to keep (C)/a watch on his surroundings(D)/.
Q. 17 Thrifty housewives preserved their homegrown vegetables and fruits in (A)/canning, pickling or (B)/dying them for (C)/use during the (D)/cold weather.
Q. 18 When a low-wage (A)/category worker finds (B)/he has to maintain a large family,(C)/ his expenses may exceeds his income(D)/.
Q. 19 The patient’s (A)/blood analysis shows that there is a big number of (B)/amorphous cells which(C)/are quiet(D)/unidentifiable.
Q. 20 The Police, in their investigation, used coercive measure(A)/ to(B)/get favorable statement from(C)/the accused (D)/.
Q. 21 Your argument is(A)/simply abstruse as there is no clarity of(B)/thought and coherence in(C)/ideas and it also lack(D)/vision.
Q. 22 The workers were raising(A)/much (B)/hue and cry when their demands (C)/were turned away(D)/.
Q. 23 The disease is uncurable (A)/without (B)/the judicious(C)/use (D)/of antibiotics.
Q. 24 The younger sister hopes to (A)/emulate her elder sister’s (B)/sporting achievement (C)/as she is
putting up(D)/hectic efforts.
Q. 25 The theory was discarded (A)/as (B)/there(C)/was no corroborating evidence for(D)/its favour.
Q. 26 The workers were raising (A)/much(B)/hue and cry when their demands(C)/were turned away.
Q. 27 Aslam was badly cudgeled from(A)/his step-brother. He received many bruises(B)/and contusions. Thank (C)/God! No injury was (D)/serious.
Q.28 I extend a cordial invitation for (A)/you to (B)/visit our farm house. We have grown (C)/vegetable without chemical fertilizers over(D)/ there.
Q.29 Although he is not a close relative of me(A)/, yet I was greeted (B)/with a(C)/show of (D)/deep cordiality.
Q.30 This antibiotic destroys (A)/red corpuscles in (B)/the(C)/blood and cause (D)/pernicious anemia.
Q.31 Amjad was not conscious to(A)/the(B)/aberration he had committed in(C)/the public meeting. It
was disliked by (D)/all and sundry.
Q.32 Late Agha Shahi was an outstanding genius in (A)/the international affairs. He was gifted of (B)/the acumen to (C)/judge the future events, judge the future events in (D)/advance.
Q.33 The old man was sitting quite (A)/bamboozled when the swindler deprived him from (B)/his
pension money by (C)/his evil (D)/tricks.
Q.34 The prime minister fired a broadside at the opposition leaders. A few of (A)/his remarks were (B)/not up(C)/at (D)/the mark.
Q.35 Lucy is the diva which (A)/performance as(B)/an(C)/opera singer is peerless(D)/.
Q.36 We were (A)/ten miles up the(B)/highway when I happened to saw this (C)/classified
advertisement in the (D)/newspaper.
Q.36 “All is well what(A)/ends well”, said the (B)/father when he had (C)/finished the story(D)/.
Q.37 Rubber tubes upon which (A)/ children had swing (B)/ in backyards (C)/ hung suspended like
stopped clock pendulums in the (D)/ blazing air.
Q.38 The child was fully (A)/ dressed and sitting(B)/ in (C)/ her father’s lap near the kitchen table (D)/.
Q.39 The three (A)/ Abdal Rahman, like his (B)illustrious predecessor, was a (C)young man of twenty-
three when he (D)/took office.
Q.40 Enlarged and beautified by later (A)/ Caliphs, Al-Zahra become the (B)/ nucleus of a royal
suburb whose remain (C)/partly evacuated in and after (D)/1910, can still be seen.
Q.41 He picked up (A)/ one or two magazines and after a hurried (B)/ glance on (C)/the contents carefully replaced(D)/ them.
Q.42 His guests found it fun (A)/ to watch(B)/him to make (C)tea – mixing careful spoonful (D)from different caddies.
Q.43 You have put your life(A)/in his hands (B)/many a (C)/times(D)/.
Q.44 Chips, thinking it over a good many time,(A)/ always added to himself (B)/that Kathie would have approved (C)/ and also have been amused (D)/.
Q.45 But the men (A)/ate (B)/ their (C)/supper in (D)good appetites.
Q. A common sense of failure is a mistaken ambition of
the boys on the part of his parents. prep
A)
B) C) D)
Q. It showed that he was a man capable of looking
beneath the surface of things, a man not
A) B)
C)
dependent in paper manifestations. prep
D)
Q. When he was a child, every time he were
naughty his foster-mother used to threaten to send him
A) B) C)
D)
to
Timbuktu.
Q. I was faced with alternatively of either
evicting the books or else leaving them in sole, undisturbed
A) B) C)
tenancy and taking
rooms elsewhere for myself. noun
D)
Q. I remember going to the British museum one day to read
for the treatment for some slight ailment
A) B)
of which I had a touch-hay fever, I fancy it was. prep
C) D)
Q. The number of people in the world are rapidly
increasing rather like a gigantic snowball which not
A) B)
only gets bigger
as it rolls but goes faster as well. S.V agreement
C) D)
Q. It has been calculated that unless the growth is
checked, there will only be enough room on the
A) B)
C)
earth for people to stand
by. Prep
D)
Q. When Maulvi Abdul reached Shamim Ahmed’s new shop, he
found a crowd had already assembled
A) B)
there to watch the proceeding. Article
C) D)
Q. One of his hands was slipped into a pocket of
his overcoat while in other he held a short polished
A) B) C)
cane which every now
and then he twirled jauntily. Article
D)
Q. The finder is requested to return the purse to the
mayor office or to Mr. James the caretaker of this
A)
B) C) D)
Public hall. noun
Q. He told them how the glory of their country and of
its ancient throne would be increased if
A) B)
the post of court acrobat was created. prep
C) D)
Q. With this faith we will be able to hew out from
the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. prep
A) B)
C) D)
Q. If it was possible to get the necessities of life
from the heavens through prayers. Maulvi Abdul
A) B) C)
would have prayed to
Allah for a pair of shoes for his Umda.
D)
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