Directions (1-5): Read each sentence, divided into five parts, 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. Below each sentence you are provided with five options. The first three options suggest you the possible sequences of the correct parts of the sentence. Choose the sequence which consists of correct parts of the sentence. If there is no error in the sentence, choose option (d). If none of the options gives the correct sequence and if there is indeed an error in some part of the sentence, choose (e) as your option.

1. Women of PoK are caught between a rock and a hard place. (A)/ There is risk of life for staying at home(B)/ during the shelling and risk to honor for spending nights(C)/ in these coop-sized unlitted bunkers. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error

2. India today accused Pakistan of coercing former(A)/ Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav for not filing an appeal (B)/in the Islamabad High Court for(C)/ his death sentence by a military court. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

3. There was the time when China was itching for another territory expansion(A)/ by appropriating Sikkim, which was a kingdom under India’s protection. (B)/ It was also the time when India was busy fighting (C)/infiltrators from the Pakistan in Kashmir. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) C and D
c) A and D
d) B and D
e) No error

4. Every civilization had its core a system of belief and doctrine called a religion, (A)/ which was not merely an opinion, but was a doctrine (B)/or belief thought to conducive(C)/ to their spiritual well-being. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) only B
d) only C
e) No error

5. One of the excuses that China had used for a military confrontation (A)/from India in 1967 was the charge that Indian soldiers(B)/ had stolen their sheep and yaks. (C)/ China made this claim in August-September 1965. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A
b) only D
c) A and C
d) B and C
e) No error

Answers:-

Sol.1. D The error is in part B and D
In Part B, “to” should be used at the place of “of”.
In Part D, “unlitted” should be replaced with “unlit”

Sol.2. D The error is in part B and C
In Part B, “into” should be used at the place of “for”.
In Part C, “for” should be replaced with “against”.

Sol.3. C The error is in part A and D
In Part A, “territorial” should be used at the place of “territory”.
In Part D, “the” should be taken off before “Pakistan”.

Sol.4. D The error is in part C
In Part C, “be” should be used before “conducive”.

Sol.5. D The error is in part B and C
In Part B, “with” should be used at the place of “from”.
In Part C, “its” should be replaced with “their”.