Direction (1 - 10): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (E). Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).
1Q. (A) He knows it well/(B) that his success in life/(C) depends not on my advice/(D) but on somebody else./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: Apostrophe‘s’ ('s) should be added to else. i.e. 'else's' should be used in place of ‘else’ to show a relation’
2Q. (A) She informed me/(B) that she had gone to/(C) one of the MLA’s residences/(D) and stayed there all day./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘ Residence of one of the MLAs ’ should be used in place of ‘ one of the MLA's residences since the possession of nouns used with ‘one of’ is not denoted by apostrophe’s.
3Q. (A) I visited/(B) Rajesh’s and Seema’s house/(C) twice but found/ (D) the couple absent./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Rajesh and Seema’s’ should be used in place of ‘Rajesh’s and Seema’s’. When two nouns are closely related then apostrophe‘s’ is used only after the latter one.
4Q. (A)The building’s roof/(B) needs repairing otherwise it /(C) may fall down and/(D) result into many persons’ death./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘The building’s roof’ should be replaced with ‘The roof of the building’ since, apostrophe‘s’ is not used with non living things.
5Q. (A) A gram’s weight/(B) is quite light for/(C) anyone to/(D) carry on his head./(E) No Error.
Answer: Option (E)
Explanation: No error. ‘A ton’s/gram’s/kilo’s weight’ is correct usage.
6Q. (A) I stopped/(B) her going out late at night/(C) because the situation/(D) in the town was very tense./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (E)
7Q. (A) She did not approve/(B) of her son raising/(C) stupid questions and thereby/(D) annoying his tutor. /(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: Here ‘son’s’ should be used since gerunds are always preceded by possessive case.
8Q. (A) India’s problems/(B) are however /(C) not so serious/(D) and awful as Pakistan./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘Pakistan’s’ should be used in place of ‘Pakistan’ Since the problems Pakistan is having, have been compared with those of India and hence, apostrophe’s’ should be added to Pakistan.
9Q. (A) His tone of speaking/(B) as well as his friends,/(C) is really extremely rude/(D) yet we never take it seriously./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Friend’s’ should be used in place of ‘friends’ to show the possession of a quality (tone of speaking).
10Q. (A) The Defence Minister/(B) boasts of improving /(C) the military power of/(D) the country’s./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘Country’ should be used in place of ‘Country’s’ since the phrase ‘of the’ already shows the possession hence use of apostrophe’s’ is superfluous.

Direction (1 - 10): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (E). Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).
1Q. (A) The life of the homeless people/(B) is not in many/ (C) ways as peaceful and luxurious/(D) as that of the rich’s/(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘rich’ should be used in place of ‘rich’s’. Since, ‘that of’ shows ‘the life of poor’s’, hence, the use of apostrophe is superfluous.
2Q. (A)The CEO of the company said/(B) that he appreciated/(C) his staffs coming on time/(D) and co-operating him./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘ Staff’s ’ should be used in place of ‘staffs'.
3Q. (A) As the students were told /(B) this idea of Mahatma Gandhi’s/(C) was totally valid in the/(D) present condition of India./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Gandhi’ should be used in place of ‘Gandhi’s. Since the sentences with structure ‘This/That/These/Those of’ do not take possessive case after 'of'.
4Q. (A) It is true/(B) that I met/(C) the Prime Minister/(D) at the house of one of my relative’s./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘the house of one of my relative’ should be replaced with ‘the house of one of my relative's'.
5Q. (A) The priest said/(B) to his followers that one ought/(C) to work hard in order/(D) to attain one goal./(E) No Error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘One’s’ should be used in place of ‘one’.
6Q. (A) Being sure of her/(B) success, she told her parents/(C) that she would never forget/(D) even her enemies’s names./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: “enemies’ “ should be used in place of ‘enemies’s ’ since, we put an Apostrophe comma at the end of plurals formed by adding ‘s’ at the end like 'seniors', 'friends', 'Boys', etc.
7Q. (A) The plebiscite gives/(B) us much knowledge of the/(C) Public’s opinion/(D) on the matter of rape./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘Public opinion’ should be used in place of ‘public’s opinion‘ since ‘public’ has been used as adjective and generally, ‘s’ is not used with adjectives.
8Q. (A) No soldier/(B) dared to turn/(C) a deaf ear to his/(D) commander's-in-chief orders./(E)No Error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘commander-in-chief’s ‘ should be used in place of ‘commander’s- in-chiefs ‘. Since apostrophe is added only at the end of compound words.
9Q. (A) I appreciate she/(B) helping the destitute/(C) who are really the most ignored and completely deprived/(D) section of our society./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘her’ should be used in place of ‘she’ since gerunds are always preceded by possessive case.
10Q. (A)I have read/(B) many poems of Tagore’s /(C) who is also/(D) known as Gurudev./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Tagore ‘ should be used in place of ‘Tagore’s ’ since in sentences with structure “Many + noun + of + noun”, the latter noun does not take possessive case.

Direction (1 - 10): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (E). Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).
1Q. (A) A friend of my wife /(B) came to me/(C) last week and asked me for/(D) some help./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘wife’s’ should be used in places of ‘wife’ since in sentences with structures ‘A noun + of + noun’ ‘apostrophe’ is used with the latter noun.
2Q. (A) Unfortunately for us/(B) the root cause of our frustration lies/ (C) in the Governments/(D) ineffective policy/(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘Government’s ’ should be used in place of ‘Governments ’
3Q. (A) She suggested to me/(B) that I should go to the market/(C) to bring some beautiful/(D) summer’s flowers./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘Summer flower’ should be used in place of ‘summer’s flower’, since, ‘Apostrophe’s is not used with the names of seasons.
4Q. (A) He came to his wits end/(B) when he found/(C) that his younger/(D) brother had slapped his wife./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: At one’s wit’s end is correct idiomatic usage.
5Q. (A) When she arrived/(B) at the gate of his/(C) house, she found his/(D) locking up the door./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘him’ should be used in place of ‘his’ since ‘locking’ has been used as participle and not as gerund. Hence objective case should be used.
6Q. (A) India and Pakistan’s present/(B) condition clearly indicate/(C) that both the countries/(D) will face a lot of problems in the coming time./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘India’s ‘ should be used in place of ‘India’. When two nouns are joined with ‘and’ and denote two different possessions, then ‘apostrophe’ is used with each of them.
7Q. (A) Keeping in view/(B)the public’s demands/(C) the government has decided to introduce a new policy to improve the quality and lower/(D) the prices of food grains./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Public demand’ should be used in place of ‘Public’s demand’.
8Q. (A) Many a citizen’s life is in danger/(B) if the Government does not take/(C) any serious action to/ (D) curb degradation of environment. /(E) No error.
Answer: Option (E)
9Q. (A) My brother/(B) has read/(C) pages after pages/(D) of the Ramayana./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘Page after page’ should be used in place of ‘pages after pages’. Since, a noun in singular form in used on the either side of a preposition.
10Q. (A) He went to/(B) the church with/(C) his parents, aunts/(D) and cousin sisters/(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘Cousins’ should be used in place of ‘cousin sister'.

Direction (1 - 10): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (E). Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).
1Q. (A) She/(B) takes pain/(C) over her/(D) work. /(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘take pains’ is the correct idiomatic usage.
2Q. (A) Teacher told/(B) students that/(C) radiuses of a circle /(D) are always equal./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘Radii’ (not radiuses) is plural of ‘Radius’.
3Q. (A) I like/(B) the poetries/(C) of Rabindranath Tagore /(D) and Harivansh Rai Bachchan./(E) No error
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Poetry’ is an uncountable noun and hence, it does not have any plural form.
4Q. (A) The sceneries/(B) of Uttarakhand/(C) is very/(D) charming/ (E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘Scenery’ should be used in place of ‘Sceneries’, Since, scenery is an uncountable noun.
5Q. (A) Whenever she goes/(B) to Mumbai/(C) she stays in/(D) World-classes hotels./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘World-class’ should be used in place of ‘world-classes’ since, hyphenated nouns are always used in singular form.
6Q. (A) She was advised /(B) to take/(C) two spoonsful of/(D) medicine twice a day./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘Spoonfuls’ should be used in place of ‘spoonsful’
7Q. (A) The police have received/(B) three important informations/(C) that helped them solve/ (D) the robbery case/(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Information’ should be used in place of ‘informations’ since information is an uncountable noun. However, we can make it countable and plural by using ‘pieces of information’.
8Q. (A) All his brother-in laws/(B) are extremely co-operative/(C) and she doesn’t miss her/(D) real brothers at all./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘Brothers-in-law’ should be used in place of ‘Brother-in-laws’.
9Q. (A) He will not/(B) go to party tonight/(C) since he has/(D) many works to complete./ (E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘some work’ should be used in place of ‘many works’ since work is an uncountable noun. We can also use either ‘much’ in place of ‘many’ or ‘many pieces of work’ in place of ‘many works’.
10Q. (A) He wears spectacle/(B) and so he was /(C) unable to see the burglar /(D) that attacked him last month./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘Spectacle’ should be changed into ‘spectacles’.

Direction (1 - 10): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (E). Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).
1Q. (A) Most of the furnitures were/(B) sold for a song/(C) as the seller was in a hurry/(D) to leave the town./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘Furniture’ should be used in place of 'furnitures' since furniture. is an uncountable noun.
2Q. (A) She left/(B) her luggages/(C) at home by mistake and / (D)went to the railway station./ (E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘luggage’ should be used in place of ‘luggages’.
3Q. (A) Sheila Dixit had/(B) been the administrator of Delhi/(C) for more/(D) than ten years./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘administratrix’ should be used in place of ‘administrator’. Since ‘administratrix’ is the feminine form of administrator.
4Q. (A) I think this/(B) is not your car/(C) It is/(D) somebody’s else./ (E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: ‘Somebody else’s ‘ should be used in place of ‘somebody’s else ‘.
5Q. (A) One should not put/(B) one’s sign /(C) on any paper/(D) that one hasn’t read./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Signature’ should be used in place of ‘sign’. Since ‘sign’ is a verb and ‘signature’ is a noun.
6Q. (A) Towns after towns were/(B) conquered/ (C) by Alexander but/(D) he found no peace anywhere./ (E) No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation: ‘Town after Town’ should be used in place of ‘Towns after Towns’.
7Q. (A) Even after hours of discussion/ (B) the committee/(C) could not come/(D) to a final conclusion./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: Remove ‘final’ as conclusion is always final. Hence, usage of final is superfluous.
8Q. (A) The cattle in the grazing ground/ (B) was terrified to hear/(C) the roar of a lion which/(D) appeared to be wild with anger./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘were’ should be used in place of ‘was’ since ‘cattle’ is a plural noun.
9Q. (A) This house/(B) is not built/(C) of stones/(D) but of love./(E) No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation: ‘Stone’ should be used in place in place of ‘stones’.
10Q. (A) I am looking/(B) for a lady tailor/(C) to stitch a dress/(D) for my daughter./(E) No error
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation: ‘Tailoress’ should be used in place of ‘lady tailor’. Since ‘Tailoress’ is feminine of ‘tailor’.