Directions: Read each sentence carefully to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it.The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, choose option (5) as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Many citizens are gravitating towards the nation's second-largest state because it offer ample job opportunities.
Many citizens are gravitating
towards the nation's
second-largest state because it offer
ample job opportunities.
No error
Answer: (c) second-largest state because it offerSolution: Here, "second-largest state because it offers" should be used instead of "second-largest state because it offer".
Most African nations were largely shielded from the 2008 financial crisis by China's insatiable demand for natural resources.
Most African nations were largely
shielded from the 2008 financial crisis
by China's insatiable demand
for natural resources.
No error
Answer: (b) shielded from the 2008 financial crisisSolution: Here, "shielded against the 2008 financial crisis" should be used instead of "shielded from the 2008 financial crisis".
Skeptics worries that the devaluation of the country's currency is a desperate move to bail out struggling exporters.
Skeptics worries that the devaluation
of the country's currency is
a desperate move to
bail out struggling exporters.
No error
Answer: (a) Skeptics worries that the devaluationSolution: Here, "Skeptics worry that the devaluation" or "Skeptic worries that the devaluation" should be used instead of "Skeptics worries that the devaluation".
Consumers are constantly been encouraged to take advantage of the lowered interest rates.
Consumers are constantly been
encouraged to take
advantage of the
lowered interest rates.
No error
Answer: (a) Consumers are constantly beenSolution: Here, "Consumers heve constantly been" should be used instead of "Consumers are constantly been".
Emerging economies are dominating the news but for all the wrong reasons.
Emerging economies are
dominating the news
but for
all the wrong reasons.
No error
Answer: (e) No errorSolution: No error
How serious is the country's economic problems, and how big an impact will these have on the world economies.
How serious is the country's
economic problems, and how
big an impact will these
have on the world economies.
No error
Answer: (a) How serious is the country'sSolution: Here, "How serious are the country's" should be used instead of "How serious is the country's".
Shuber, the taxi service provider, is growing like a weed spending millions of rupees to establish its roots in the country.
Shuber, the taxi service provider, is
growing like a weed
spending millions of rupees
to establish its roots in the country.
No error
Answer: (d) to establish its roots in the country.Solution: Here, "in establishing its roots in the country" should be used instead of "to establish its roots in the country".
The servey asked respondents from more than 50 countries to identify kinds of people they would want of neighbours.
The servey asked respondents
from more than 50 countries to
identify kinds of people
they would want of neighbours.
No error
Answer: (d) they would want of neighbours.Solution: Here, "they would want as neighbours" should be used instead of "they would want of neighbours".
The pace and scale of the country's economic transformation have no historical precedent.
The pace and scale of
the country's economic transformation
have no
historical precedent.
No error
Answer: (c) have noSolution: Here, "has no" should be used instead of "have no".
The countries most affected by the economic slowdown are likely to be those whose export raw materials.
The countries most
affected by the economic slowdown
are likely to be
those whose export raw materials.
No error
Answer: (d) those whose export raw materials.Solution: Here, "those which export raw materials" should be used instead of "those whose export raw materials".