English Questions : Sentence Correction Set – 72

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Directions (Q. 1- 10): In each of the following sentences four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part in each sentence is not accepted in standard English. Identify that part and mark its number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in your answers.

1. Humayun’s tomb used to get about 1 lakh visitors (mostly local morning walkers) annually; now it draws 2 million.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – E. 5
   Explanation : No correction required.
   
   
2. Yet the economic argument for monument conservation today cannot be ignore any longer.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – D. 4
   Explanation : it should be ignored any longer.
   
   
3. Tourism is rightly seen by the government as an focus area for generating employment.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – C. 3 
   Explanation : it should be as a focus area 
   
   
4. Considering monuments as economic rather than only cultural assets, is by far Nanda most provocative argument.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – C. 3
   Explanation : it should be is by far Nanda’s
   add apostrophe in possessive case.
   
   
5. AKTC’s conservation philosophy have been the topic of much sparring between us but we have never been unwilling to listen or concede.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – B. 2
   Explanation : it should be philosophy has been
   Philosophy is singular so has been will be appropriate.
   
   
6. Core Khalistani radicals started to support AAP presuming it would not be able to govern effectively and they stood a chance of reviving militancy.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  E. 5
   Explanation : No correction required.
   
   
7. The Congress success used the SYL canal issue to pin down Arvind Kejriwal, who remained an outsider.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – A. 1
   Explanation : it should be successfully
   instead of success.
   
   
8. Its overwhelming victory in Punjab shows the value of nurturing local leaders like and giving them a free hand in electoral and administrative organisation.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – E. 5
   Explanation : No correction required.
   
   
9. By presenting itself as the enemy of status quo, AAP would have been the election protagonist.
   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4
   E. 5 No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – C. 3
   Explanation : it should be AAP could have been
   Replace ‘would’ with ‘could’
   
   
10. It was a forgone conclusion that Akali Dal-BJP alliance was heading for a collapse on the hustings.
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No correction required.
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – D. 4
    Explanation : it should be at the hustings.
    Replace ‘on’ with ‘at’ at is used for specific place or things.