NTSE General English - Error Detection
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Radio is perhaps today
- (b)
the least transnationalised comrnunicarion medium,
- (c)
in both terms of
- (d)
ownership and programme flows.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The growth rates of
- (b)
Christian population has been
- (c)
declining over
- (d)
the last four decades
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The younger generation of upper castes
- (b)
can't be held responsible
- (c)
for the discrimination practised
- (d)
by people of previous generations
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
As for the asymmetry
- (b)
between the strong
- (c)
and the weak, the
- (d)
tables could turn anytime
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Not only the party president
- (b)
but also her colleagues
- (c)
was present during
- (d)
the inaugural ceremony.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Had he really wanted
- (b)
to bribe the voters
- (c)
he could have
- (d)
easily done stealthily
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Justice for Gujarat riot victims
- (b)
only will be complete
- (c)
when the state wins back
- (d)
the trust of its citizens
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
An opinion poll is
- (b)
as unconstitutional as
- (c)
asking for votes
- (d)
for the name of religion and caste
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Though most time
- (b)
opinion polls have proved wrong
- (c)
they have resulted in
- (d)
heated debates and quarrels.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The decision was regarded likely
- (b)
a political move, triggered by vote
- (c)
considerations and detrimerital to
- (d)
the growth of a healthy society.
- (e)
no error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
To preserve the unity of our people
- (b)
the tyranny of the caste system
- (c)
was given a nourishment
- (d)
by the Constitution makers
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The Indian vulnerability
- (b)
to secessionism and
- (c)
separatism should also
- (d)
not be lost sight of
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The biggest achievement of
- (b)
NATO is its winning
- (c)
of the Cold War
- (d)
against the Soviet Union.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The act is to be operative
- (b)
only in select districts
- (c)
with no guarantee
- (d)
of its expanding
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The tussle is nothing
- (b)
but a clash
- (c)
of egoes against
- (d)
the two brothers.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Whether it is the price rise
- (b)
or rallies, it is
- (c)
the common man who is
- (d)
over the receiving end.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Had security concerns been cited
- (b)
as the reason behind
- (c)
the decision, it had
- (d)
carried some weight
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The country should
- (b)
realise the justice machinery has
- (c)
to be organised immediately
- (d)
to deliver speedier justice
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Ethical concerning over human genes
- (b)
used in food, and the use of
- (c)
animal genes in plants
- (d)
will definitely raise alarm.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Consumer groups are not opposed us
- (b)
genetic engineering, but believe that caution
- (c)
must be applied until its impact is
- (d)
known and safeguards are in place
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
He cautioned his sons
- (b)
not to quarrel amongst
- (c)
themselves when he was dead
- (d)
but to remain united.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
While the government and the planners/
- (b)
continue to show
- (c)
their helplessness, farmers are
- (d)
being driven besides the wall
- (e)
No error.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The sharp decline in farm incomes
- (b)
is happening upon a time
- (c)
when incomes in the
- (d)
urban centres are increasing.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
The UNCTAD report not only
- (b)
substantiates though also goes
- (c)
much beyond the
- (d)
computation done by the government.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
Radiois perhaps today
- (b)
the least transnationalised communication medium
- (c)
in both terms for
- (d)
ownership and programme flows
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any
- (a)
The lacking of reading and writing skills
- (b)
drastically limits
- (c)
the expansion of a person's overall
- (d)
capacities and abilities
- (e)
No error.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
These external reverses were overshadowed
- (b)
with a tide of domestic disturbances sparked by the
- (c)
faltering economy and struggles between
- (d)
conservative hardliners and more liberal forces
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
It is not any
- (b)
exaggeration to state that
- (c)
this modest development
- (d)
revolutionised contemporary music making
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
There is a strong lesson to be learnt
- (b)
in taking for granted any
- (c)
retrospective view of the past
- (d)
including the recent past of business.
- (e)
No error
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
- (a)
I pick up the views and thoughts of
- (b)
people within my industry,
- (c)
but also from friends
- (d)
local politicians and educationalists.
- (e)
No error
