CONJUNCTION

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ENG BY VIKASH SIR
Directions: In the following sentences, certain parts 15. Hardly (1)/ had he learnt how (2)/ to ride a
marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 are underlined. One of the cycle, (3)/ when he fractured his leg. (4)/ No
underlined parts may contain an error or may not be error(5)
acceptable in standard written communication. You
have to identify the part containing an error. In some
1. (a) You are quite cynical/ (b) when you say that the
sentence there may not be any error, in such cases the
reason why we have/ (c) such a large turnout is because
answer will be ‘5’ (i.e. ‘No error’) we are serving refreshments./ (d) No error.
2. (a) That store/ (b) hadn’t hardly/ (c) any of those
1. Scarcely has (1)/ she finished (2)/ reading when
goods./ (d) No error.
(3)/ she fell asleep.(4)/No error(5) 3. (a) I needed that money/ (b) so desperately, it was/
2. No sooner did(1)/ they realize that they had (c) like manna from heaven when it arrived./ (d) No
made (2)/ a mistake that the (3)/company went error.
bankrupt.(4)/ No error(5) 4. (a) The period/ (b) between 1980 to 1990/ (c) was
3. Barely had the (1)/ won the match(2)/ that the very significant in my life./ (d) No error.
5. (a) No sooner had the hockey match started/ (b)
coach (3)/ had a heart attack.(4)/ No error(5)
when it began/ (c) to rain./ (d) No error.
4. Hardly had (1)/ I arrived(2)/ home when (3)/ the
6. (a) She is very/ (b) beautiful/ (c) but intelligent./ (d)
telephone rang.(4)/ No error (5) No error.
5. While (1)/ he might not have been successful, 7. (a) Your success in the IAS examinations depends not
(2)/ yet (3)/ I offered him the chance.(4)/ No only on/ (b) what papers you have selected/ (c) but on
error(5) how you have written them/ (d) No error.
6. Though (1)/ he is my friend, (2)/so I shall not 8. (a) No sooner had/ (b) he arrived then/ (c) he was
asked to leave again./ (d) No error.
(3)/ support his misdeeds. (4)/ No error(5)
9. (a) I haven’t been/ (b) to New York before and/ (c)
7. While(1)/ he often breaks (2)/ his promises,(3)/ neither my sister./ (d) No error.
I trust him.(4)/ No error(5) 10. (a) Scarcely had/ (b) I arrived than/ (c) the train left./
8. Though(1)/ he knows English very well, (2)/ yet I (d) No error.
shall not (3)/ hire him.(4)/ No error(5) 11. (a) The reason why/ (b) he was rejected/ (c) was
9. Though (1)/ he might not have(2)/ studied very because he was too young./ (d) No error.
well(3)/ yet he may pass the exams.(4)/ No 12. (a) Unless you do not give/ (b) the keys of the safe/
(c) you will be shot./ (d) No error.
error(5)
13. (a) None of the diplomats at the conference/ (b) was
10. Though (1)/ he did not permit(2)/ me to enter able either to/ (c) comprehend or solve the problem./
the hall, (3)/ since I am going to attend the (d) No error.
meeting. (4)/ No error(5) 14. (a) I have found that he is/ (b) neither willing/ (c) or
11. Scarcely(1)/ will he reach (2)/ the park, (3)/ capable./ (d) No error.
when he saw a snake.(4)/ No error(5) 15. (a) We are extremely pleased/(b) for excited as well
to invite you/(c) to attend the meeting./(d) No error.
12. Hardly did(1)/ I finished(2);/ my homework(3)/
16. (a) When her son got a job/ (b) then she was/ (c)
when my friends came to me for playing a
very happy./ (d) No error.
game. (4)/ No error(5) 17. (a) Bread and butter/ (b) is/ (c) all we want./ (d) No
13. No sooner did (1)/ they know (2)/ that they error.
were(3)/ wrong than they were arrested. (4)/ 18. (a) The cost of the new/ (b) machines is likely to/ (c)
No error(5) be so high as ten/ (d) times the existing ones./ (e) No
14. Barely (1)/ did they win (2)/ the game when (3) error.
19. (a) He walked as faster/ (b) as he could so that/ (c)
their appointments attacked them.(4)/ No
he would not miss the train to work./ (d) No error.
error(5)
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ENG BY VIKASH SIR
20. (a) She was running/ (b) a very high fever/(c) and 40. (a) I don’t know if any of the students/ (b) of our
thus her mother takes her to the doctor./(d) No error. school is going/ (c) to pay any heed to the principal’s
21. (a) No sooner the teacher/ (b) enter the class/ (c) order or not./ (d) No error.
than the students stood up./ (d) No error. 41. (a) This is not such a/ (b) complicated problem who
22. (a) Unless/ (b) you will work hard,/ (c) you cannot cannot be solved/ (c) with determination./ (d) No error.
pass./ (d) No error. 42. (a) Although these books/ (b) are not useful but the
23. (a) Keep him at an arm's length/ (b) lest you may not students buy them/ (C) because seniors did so./ (d) No
repent/(c) in the long run./ (d)No error. error.
24. (a) The briefing/ (b) will be held/ (c) between 2 P.M. 43. (a) He did not/ (b) succeed in the examination,/ (c)
to 3 P.M./ (d) No error. yet he had worked hard and had adopted the right
25. (a) Unless you do not meet/ (b) all the strategy./ (d) No error.
requirements/ (c) your application will be rejected./ (d) 44. (a) He has lots/ (b) of money and/ (c) he will not
No error. help any one/ (d) No error.
26. (a) How do you manage to speak/ (b) to her with/ 45. (a) Because he is intelligent,/ (b) therefore he gets
(c) so great patience./ (d) No error. good/ (c) marks in all the examinations./ (d) No error.
27. (a) No sooner she had realized/ (b) her blunder than 46. (a) Both the rich alongwith/ (b) the poor are
she began/ (c) to take corrective measures./ (d) No affected equally/ (c) when prices of petrol and diesel
error. increase./ (d) No error.
28. (a) She was not/ (b) so well versed in/ (c) English 47. (a) I cannot say/ (b) if he has paid/ (c) the fee or
that we had expected./ (d) No error. not./ (d) No error.
29. (a) Mr. Sinha, my friend, philosopher and guide not 48. (a) Ten years have passed/ (b) that I returned from/
only stopped coming/ (b) here but also going to any (c) America and settled in India./ (d) No error.
place/ (c) which is related to his wife’s life./ (d) No 49. (a) It was almost/ (b) ten years ago since he wrote/
error. (c) a letter to me enquiring about my well being/ (d) No
30. (a) Neither the doctor nor the nurses/ (b) were error.
asleep when/ (c) the injured was brought to the 50. (a) He would not/ (b) have died when you had/ (c)
hospital./ (d) No error. helped him in time./ (d) No error.
31. (a) As soon as the peon rings the bell, then all/ (b) 51. (a) Scarcely we had/ (b) reached the office/ (c) when
the students come to the assembly room/ (c) for it started raining cats and dogs./ (d) No error.
prayer./ (d) No error. 52. (a) The labourers/ (b) relax/ (c) between 4.00 p.m.
32. (a) Hardly had he come out of the bus/ (b) then the to 5. 00 p.m./ (d) No error.
bomb exploded/ (c) and shattered the bus into pieces./
(d) No error.
33. (a) Scarcely had I bought/ (b) the ticket when the
train/ (c) left the platform with a hissing sound./ (d) No
error.
34. (a) Many of the freedom fighters/ (b) are so
respectful as Gandhiji/ (c) if not more. / (d) No error.
35. (a) This is perhaps the same place who/ (b) was
chosen by us/ (c) for the picnic./ (d) No error.
36. (a) She asked me that why I was/ (b) not preparing
for the/ (c) Civil Service Examinations./ (d) No error.
37. A) Run fast/ (b) lest you will/ (c) lose the race/ (d)
No error.
38. (a) As Amir Khan is a perfectionist,/ (b) so he always
insists/ (c) on retakes till he is satisfied with the shot./
(d) No error.
39. (a) You must either/ (b) work hard/ (c) else be
prepared to lead a miserable life./ (d) No error.