English Quiz – Fifty Four (Fill in the Blanks & Error Spotting)

1. _______________ I not informed you about this, you would have missed the opportunity.
a) If
b) Unless
c) Had
d) Provided
e) Have

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Answer c) Had

2. Many with __________ I have shared my thoughts have shown initial surprise.
a) whom
b) who
c) which
d) that
e) me

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Answer a) whom

3. Our present _________________ towards the environment contrasts quite sharply with our historical reverence for nature.
a) state
b) apathy
c) nature
d) disposition
e) appeal

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Answer b) apathy

4. Changing life-styles in India are causing many frustrations, ________ people to lash out at the weakest.
a) motivating
b) tempting
c) leading
d) killing
e) stressing

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Answer b) tempting

5. There was this new belief among people that they could be successful, and that there were opportunities here for the ___________.
a) Taking
b) All
c) Daringly
d) Granted
e) Grabbing

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Answer d) Granted

6) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Dr. Ambedkar faced much discrimination
b) and humiliation in India,
c) never did he once say he would
d) leave the country and go elsewhere
e) No error

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Answer c) never did he once say he would. Insert ‘but’ before ‘never’

7) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) A government believes
b) the public mood is in favour
c) of the GST Bill and this
d) will force the Congress to blink
e) No error

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Answer a) A government believes. Place ‘the’ in place of ‘a’

8) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Former PM Manmohan Singh, in a
b) gesture of respect,
c) personally presented
d) Padma Shri award to him in Japan
e) No error

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Answer c) personally presented. Insert ‘the’ after ‘presented’

9) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Paris terror attacks seem
b) to had challenged the
c) Foundational ideals that form
d) the basis of the EU, a project
e) No error

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Answer b) b) to had challenged the. Put ‘have’ in place of ‘had’

10) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) The government announced additional income tax incentives
b) for the domestic shipbuilding industry in
c) a bid to help Indian shipbuilders remain afloat at a time
d) when the global industry is going an extended slump
e) No error

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Answer d) when the global industry is going an extended slump. Insert’through’ after ‘going’