1. The new facts he has discovered “could not change” my opinion.
a) has not changed
b) could not be changed
c) cannot be changed
d) may not be changed
e) No correction required

2. On firm ground, the tent “had held in” place by pegs driven into the ground.
a) has been held at
b) was held in
c) was being held with
d) should be held at
e) No correction required

3. In the midst of his laborious work “came a stroke of” good fortune.
a) comes a strike of
b) came a strike of
c) a strike comes of
d) came a stroke for
e) No correction required

4. Tourists “have still come” to Egypt and are probably still inscribing their names on the old stones.
a) are still coming
b) have come still
c) still have come
d) will have still come
e) No correction required

5. There was a pause when we had finished and then a “strangely subdued” voice broke the silence.
a) the strange subduing
b) a strange subduing
c) the strange subdued
d) a stranged and subduing
e) No correction required

6. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Atul’s habit of
b) delaying his work
c) put his colleagues
d) to a lot of trouble.
e) No error

7. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) On my request
b) Jatin introduced me
c) to his friend
d) who is a singer and a scientist.
e) No error

9. Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Being a well-known
b) physicist, he was
c) invited to deliver
d) a lecture on laser technology.
e) No error

10.Find the error in the following sentence.
a) The man who is
b) perpetually hesitating
c) which of the two things
d) he will do first, will ultimately do either.
e) No error