A student was arrested for displaying an “indecently” art work in public. A. indecent B. unindecently C. the indecently D. any of indecently E. No correction is required
Answer: A
‘Art work’ is a noun phrase, before which an appropriate adjective should be used.
The underlined part ‘indecently’, which is an adverb, hence must be replaced with the adjective ‘indecent’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, the option A is correct.
He did not like “me to smoking” in the presence of our teacher yesterday. A. that I smoke B. my smoking C. me smoking D. smoking by me E. No correction is required
Answer: B
The underlined part ‘me to smoking’ must be replaced with ‘my smoking’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
As per the basic usage rules, ‘like’ is one of the verbs which are followed by a gerund e.g. swmming, dancing or travelling etc.
Since the gerund is a noun, it is logical to find it preceded by a possessive pronoun (his, her, your, my, our, etc) or a noun in the possessive form (Rohan’s, Mr. Sharma’s, etc)
Hence, the option B is correct.
The government has “granted permission to prosecute” the public servant. A. granted permission to prosecution B. sanction to prosecuting C. sanctioned permission to prosecute D. grant permission to prosecute E. No correction is required
Answer: E
The sentence is absolutely correct.
Hence, the option E is correct.
The scenery around the hill station of Himachal Pradesh is “quite picturesque and enjoyed“. A. quite picturesque and enjoyable B. quite picturesque and enjoyed C. quietly picturesque and enjoyed D. quietly picturesque and enjoyable E. No correction is required
Answer: A
The word ‘enjoyed’ must be replaced with the adjective ‘enjoyable’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, the optioin A is correct.
Within three years, he demonstrated “a dramatic improved” business performance. A. the dramatic improved B. the dramatically improved C. a dramatically improved D. a dramatic improvement E. No correction is required
Answer: C
In the sentence the word before the phrase ‘improved business performance’ must be an adverb as it has to add information to the adjective ‘improved’.
The underlined part ‘a dramatic improved’ hence must be replaced with ‘a dramatically improved’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, the option C is correct.
“If in case” you want to resign within one month, you will have to pay Rs 10,000. A. If the case B. If the case of C. If at all in case D. In case E. No correction is required
Answer: D
The idiom ‘in case’ means ‘if it happens’ and putting another ‘if’ before the idiom doesn’t make sense.
The underlined part ‘If in case’ hence must be replaced with ‘In case’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, the option D is correct.
He was visibly upset when he heard the sad news “of his debacle” in the election. A. of his debacle of B. of his being debacled in C. with his debacle in D. stating he debacled for E. no correction is required
Answer: E
The sentence is absolutely correct and hence no correction is is required.
“Had he been presented” there, he would have put an end to the happenings. A. If he has been presented B. If he had been present C. Had he presented D. If he had present E. No correction is required
Answer: B
In this sentence, which is a type 3 conditional sentence, adding ‘ed’ to the adjective ‘present’ is erroneous.
This sentence can be written in two ways:
“Had he been present there, he would have put an end to the happenings.” or “If he had been present there, he would have put an end the happenings.”
The option B, therefore, will make a right choice.
Your defence that you found the purse lying on the floor “cannot be trust“. A. cannot be trusted B. can hardly be trust C. can never be trust D. could not be trust E. No correction is required
Answer: A
The sentence is in passive voice and hence past particple (third form) of the verb ‘trust’ that is ‘trusted’ will be used to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
“Expeditiously completion” of the process will be appreciated by everyone involved. A. Expeditiously complete B. Expeditious complete C. Expeditious completion D. Expedite completion E. No correction is required
Answer: C
As completion is a noun, the word before it has to be an adjective adding information to it. The advrb ‘Expeditiously’ hence must be replaced with the adjective ‘Expeditious’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, the option C is correct.
