Error Correction Phrase in Bold

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31. The teenagers vandalized the ‘statue without thought’ about the repercussions.

A. statue without think

B. statue without had been thinking

C. statue without thinking

D. statue without a think

E. No error

The answer is C (statue without thinking)
There are some prepositions that are always followed by a gerund.
List of such prepositions:
about (in “how about”/ “what about”), after, apart from, because of, before, by, in, in spite of, instead of, on, without
Examples:
• He told the joke without laughing.
• In spite of studying a lot he didn’t pass the exams.

32. The ‘pilot fly the plane’ into the thick clouds, creating heavy turbulence.

A. pilot will fly the plane

B. pilot would have flown the plane

C. pilot flew the plane

D. No correction is required

E. None of the above

The answer is C (pilot flew the plane)
Parallelism is all about balance. The parallel structure shows that two or more items are equally important within a sentence. For a group of words or phrases to be parallel, they must have the same logical and grammatical structure.
Since the second part of the sentence is in the past tense, the first part should also be in the past indefinite tense.

33. Where policies fail, finances ‘may sometime succeed’.

A. Sometimes succeeds

B. Sometimes succeeds

C. May succeed sometimes

D. May be succeed

Answer is A
Sometime means “a period of time”—usually a long period of time. Sometimes means “occasionally.”
Here it means ‘occasionally succeed’, hence we use sometimes.

34. The employees hope that the management ‘would concede their’ demands.

A. would concede to their

B. will concede to its

C. will concede to their

D. will concede with their

E. No correction is required

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
When ‘hope’ is in the present tense, it is followed by ‘will’ and not ‘would’. ‘Concede’ is always followed by ‘to’ and not ‘with’. The employee is a plural noun indicated by the preposition ‘their’. Hence the correction is ‘the management will concede to their demands’.

35. Because of his efficiency, the Director ‘wanted him to’ work as his assistant.

A. wanted to him

B. wants him to be

C. wanted him to

D. wanted of him

E. No correction is required

Answer is E

36. Even less intelligent students can ‘be succeeded’ through hard work and perseverance.

A. get succession

B. be success

C. get success

D. gets succeeded

E. No correction is required

Answer is C

37. The Royal Club ‘has been extended’ financial and technical help to poor and deserving women.

A. has been extending

B. have been extending

C. is being extended

D. have been extended

E. No correction is required

Answer is A

38. Highly intelligent people ‘seldom tolerate any ambiguity’.

A. tolerate hardly any ambiguity

B. hardly tolerates ambiguous

C. tolerate any clarity whatsoever

D. hardly tolerates any lacuna

E. No correction is required

Answer is E

39. ‘Being toiled for’ two hours, he sat down to take some rest.

A. Have toiled for

B. Had toiled for

C. Having to be toiled at

D. Having toiled for

E. No correction is required

Answer is D

40. Some people ‘by naturally talk’ more than others.

A. by natural talk

B. naturally talk

C. nature by talking

D. naturally by talking

E. No correction is required

Answer is B

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