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1000 Common Errors for Exam Success

The document introduces a book titled '1000+ Common Errors' by Vishal Parihar aimed at helping students prepare for competitive exams by focusing on high-frequency error detection questions. It includes a preface, dedication, and disclaimer, emphasizing the importance of quality study materials and the author's efforts to provide accurate information. Additionally, the document contains sample questions and answers related to grammatical errors commonly found in examinations.

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1000 Common Errors for Exam Success

The document introduces a book titled '1000+ Common Errors' by Vishal Parihar aimed at helping students prepare for competitive exams by focusing on high-frequency error detection questions. It includes a preface, dedication, and disclaimer, emphasizing the importance of quality study materials and the author's efforts to provide accurate information. Additionally, the document contains sample questions and answers related to grammatical errors commonly found in examinations.

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PREFACE

Dear Students,

In these times of immense competition, success is not something that’s easier to


achieve. You have to excel in the preparation and perform exceptionally well at various
stages. And to achieve you need the best material present out there.

With an initiative to provide you with the best, Vishal Parihar has come with this new
book ‘1000+ Common Errors’ for all competitive exams. The 1000+ Common Errors in this
series are the most useful in English. They were found by analysis of a collection of different
previous year papers from different competitive examinations like SBI, IBPS, CAT, MAT, and
various insurance examinations. Each question in this book is a high-frequency error
detection question. This means that the effort in solving the errors is well repaid by the
number of times learners have a chance to encounter or solve them. You can rely on this
book to improve error detection that will help you to achieve better scores in the
examinations.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our team (Bhavesh Patni, Aanchal
Singh, Rishika Jain) for their relentless efforts towards the design and the quality content of
the book.

Good Luck!

Vishal Parihar

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Dedication

I dedicate this book "my parents

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Disclaimer

The information you will find in this book and any publications or other study materials published by Vishal
Parihar is for information only, which is to be used for enhancing your knowledge in ‘Grammar ability’ domain.

Tips, strategies, methods of study, lessons and all the resources are only recommendations for the aspirants, and
reading any information in this book is provided ‘as is’.

The whole book is made keeping in mind, all the previous years questions asked in bank & other relevant exams
and expected to be asked in the upcoming exams. The author has made reasonable efforts to provide current
and accurate information to his readers. The author will not be held liable for any unintentional errors or
omissions that may be found.

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Directions (01-10): Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the
sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation,
if any.)

Q1. If you had not (a)/ reached so quickly, (b)/ we might well (c)/ have had a disaster. (d)/ No error (e)

Q2. Under the terms of the new deal a)/ the channel can broadcast b)/ the next cricket tournament to be c)/ played among India and Australia. d)/
No error e)

Q3. The company is in debt a)/ and has been unable b)/ to pay their employees’ salaries c)/ for the past six months. d)/ No error e)

Q4. Ashok is among the (a)/ few people in the world (b)/ which did not blindly follow (c)/the path of others. (d)/ No error (e)

Q5. If I shall pass the examination (1)/ I shall go to England (2)/ for further studies and (3)/ may not return at all. (4)/ No error (5)

Q6. Prof. Kulkarni, who is a (1)/ staff of our college since 1990, (2)/ is not only an excellent teacher (3)/ but also a great humanitarian. (4)/ No error (5)

Q7. The robber relieved him (1)/ with his purse when (2)/ he went for a walk (3)/ as a matter of his regular exercise. (4)/ No error (5)

Q8. Stone being readily available (1)/ in nature, it was used (2)/ extensively by the prehistoric man (3)/ in his daily life. (4)/ No error (5)

Q9. As he is (1)/ a pure vegetarian (2)/ the fish curry will not be (3)/ eaten by him. (4)/ No error (5)

Q10. Most people like (a)/to rest after a day’s work (b)/ but he seemed (c)/ to have an in exhaustive supply of energy. (d)/ No error. (e)

Direction (11-24): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic 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 errors of punctuation, if any.)
Q11. A document that The Hindu procured show (a) / that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter (b)/ jets from France instead
of the 126 pushed(c) /the price of each fully-fitted, combat-ready aircraft(d)

Q12. The information provided(a) / by the NCLT to the Income Tax Department(b) / officials are enough to seek information(c) / from any person, banks,
companies and other institutions(d)

Q13. India has recently promulgated (a) /a number of data localisation requirements(b) / that serves as significant barriers to digital(c) / trade between the
US and India(d)

Q14. Had they have (a) / any savings they didn't (b) / need, they would've (c) / re-paid their son's student loan (d)

Q15. Indian airlines are creating (a) / a lots of job opportunities (b) / in the US by (c) / placing orders for the Boeing flights (d)

Q16. A Women riding pillion on two-wheelers / (b) in the capital have to compulsorily / (c) wear helmets, according to the final notification / (d) issued by
Delhi government. / (e) No error

Q17. (a) Arun Jaitley's life has been full of dramatic loops, / (b) sudden upswings and a few downturn, / (c) till finally he's arrived at a job that / (d) has him
at the helm of the nation's economic affairs. / (e) No error

Q18. (a) Since the commencement of the Constitution in 1950, / (b) it is for the third time that governors —this time / (c) as much as nine — have had to
go / (d) following a change of guard at the Centre. / (e) No error
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Answers and Solutions
[Link].(e) There is no error in the statement.

[Link].(d) Substitute ‘between’ for ‘among’

[Link].(c) Substitute ‘its’ for ‘their’

[Link].(c) Use ‘who’ in place of ‘which’. For persons relative pronoun who is used.

[Link].(1) Instead of ‘I shall pass’ use ‘I pass’ will be used.

[Link].(1) Use ‘has been’ in place of ‘is’ as since + time is given.

[Link].(2) Use ‘of ‘ in place of ‘with’

[Link].(2) Remove ‘it’

[Link].(3) Remove ‘the’ from the sentence.

[Link].(c) Use ‘seems’ in place of ‘seemed’. Present Indefinite form of verb is required. It is a fact about nature.

[Link]. (a) A document is the subject thus “show” should be changed to “shows”.

[Link]. (c) The subject of the sentence is the information thus in part c, are should be replaced with “is”.

[Link]. (c) In part c the verb should be according to localization requirements, thus serves should be serve.

[Link]. (a) “have” should be replaced by “had” as after “had/have/ has” the verb is always is in its past participle (V3) form.

[Link]. (e) “a lots of” should be replaced by “a lot of” or “lots of” as both the phrases mean a large number or amount of (things, people, etc.)

However, “a lots of” is an incorrect idiom.

[Link]. (d) Insert ‘the’ before ‘Delhi’.

[Link]. (e) No error.

[Link]. (c) Replace ‘much’ with ‘many’

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