COMMON ERRORS
848. The luxuries of the riches are    857. The Ph.D. degree was confide on       863. The kitchen need painting badly
     maintained by depriving the             him in the convocation.                     and I must get it done.
     poor of their dues.                     (1) The Ph.D. degree                        (1) need painting badly
     (1) The luxuries of the riches          (2) him in the convocation                  (2) The kitchen
     (2) the poor of their dues
                                             (3) was confide on                          (3) No error
     (3) are maintained by depriving
                                             (4) No error                                (4) and I must get it done
     (4) No error
                                            Directions (858-862) : In the fol-    864. If I will play my best I can win
849. They brought to themself this
                                       lowing questions, some parts of the               any day against anybody.
     disaster.
                                       sentences have errors and some are                (1) against anybody
     (1) No error
                                       correct. Find out which part of a sen-            (2) I can win any day
     (2) to themself
                                       tence has an error. The number of
     (3) this disaster                                                                   (3) No error
                                       that part is the answer. If a sentence
     (4) They brought                  is free from error, your answer is (4)            (4) If I will play my best
850. Everybody wants to enjoy habit-   i.e. No error.                             865. He finds fault at everything I do.
     ual peace in mind.                                                                  (1) No error
                                          (SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam, 30.08.2015)
     (1) peace in mind                                                                   (2) at everything
                                       858. After he was caught cheating he
     (2) No error
                                             was disqualified to appear at the           (3) I do
     (3) Everybody wants to                  examination.                                (4) He finds fault
     (4) enjoy habitual
                                             (1) After he was caught cheating          Directions (866-868) : In the
851. Orwell is one of those authors
                                             (2) he was disqualified              following questions, some parts of the
     who do his best to irritate the
     reader.                                 (3) to appear at the examination     sentences have errors and some are
     (1) Orwell is one of those              (4) No error                         correct. Find out which part of a
     (2) No error                      859. She stopped singing as soon as        sentence has an error. The number
                                             the telephone rings from across      of that part is the answer. If a
     (3) who do his best
                                             the hall.                            sentence is free from error, your
     (4) to irritate the reader
                                             (1) She stopped singing              answer is No error.
852. He was conferred to his bed by
     illness.                                (2) as soon as the telephone                                (SSC Constable (GD)
                                                                                              Exam, 04.10.2015, IInd Sitting)
     (1) by illness                          (3) rings from across the hall
     (2) to his bed                          (4) No error                         866. An idea was worth nothing if it
     (3) No error                      860. The old curtains were torn and               has no champion.
     (4) He was conferred                    they flapped in the light breeze.           (1) No error
853. The full moon appearing in the          (1) The old curtains were torn              (2) if it has no champion
     sky and its silvery light spread        (2) and they flapped                        (3) An idea
     across.                                 (3) in the light breeze                     (4) is worth nothing
     (1) The full moon appearing             (4) No error                         867. The camp beside ours has been
     (2) silvery light spread across   861. I do not know who you consider               built in 1966 by John’s brother.
     (3) No error                            to be the best dancer.                      (1) No error
     (4) in the sky and its                  (1) I do not know                           (2) by John’s brother
854. It began to rain as soon as we          (2) who you consider                        (3) The camp beside ours
     stepped out of the house.
                                             (3) to be the best dancer                   (4) was built in 1966
     (1) out of the house
     (2) as soon as we stepped               (4) No error                         868. I have been waiting for you since
     (3) No error                      862. So hoarse he was that he could               two hours.
     (4) It began to rain                    not make the speech.                        (1) for you
855. It is not good to breed over past       (1) So hoarse he was                        (2) No error
     failure.                                (2) that he could not make                  (3) I have been waiting
     (1) to breed over                       (3) the speech (4) No error                 (4) since two hours
     (2) It is not good                      Directions (863–865) : In the             Directions (869–888) : In the fol-
     (3) No error                      following questions, some parts of the     lowing questions, some parts of the
     (4) past failure                  sentences have errors and some are         sentences have errors and some are
856. Things in Nature die a tempo-     correct. Find out which part of a sen-     correct. Find out which part of a sen-
     rary deaths o nly to appear       tence has an error. The number of          tence has an error. The number of that
     again.                            that part is the answer. If a sentence     part is the answer. If a sentence is
     (1) only to appear again          is free from error, your answer is No      free from error, your answer is No er-
     (2) die a temporary death         error.                                     ror.
     (3) Things in Nature                                   (SSC Constable (GD)      (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam, 25.10.2015, TF
     (4) No error                                  Exam, 04.10.2015, Ist Sitting)                              No. 2148789)
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