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Grammar Rules: Articles Test 256
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    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as given, mark option E, i.e. "No error" as the answer. Ignore the errors of punctuation.

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    Removing seeds from (1)/ cotton plants was (2)/ a slowest job until (3)/ Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. (4)
    Solutions
    Article 'the' is used before the superlative degree of adjectives in order to specify the fact that there's only one (or one group) of the thing we are talking about. Hence, “the slowest job until” should be used here. So, the correct choice is option C.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is  ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    According to the Census Bureau,(1)/ India will have (2)/ a more population (3)/ than China by 2025. (4)

    Solutions
    The error is in third part. We need to remove indefinite article  ‘a’ as we never use 'a' or 'an' with a word that is plural or uncountable. So, the correct answer is option C.
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    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

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    Although she is the brilliant writer, (1)/ still an underlying (2)/ pessimism always prevails in (3)/all her novels. (4)
    Solutions
    There is an article related error. “A” should be used in place of “the”. Hence “Althougha brilliant writer” should be used in place of “Although the brilliant writer”. The sentence just introduces the writer, so the definite article cannot be used.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The prosecutors have decided to drop an year-long (1)/ investigation into an alleged crime committed by (2)/ Julian Assange, but the police have said that (3)/ he would still be arrested if he leaves the embassy. (4)
    Solutions
    The error is in the first part of the sentence.
    We need to replace 'an' with 'a'. The phonetic sound of the word 'year' is similar to that of a consonant. The rule is we use the article 'a' with word having a phonetic sound of a consonant and the article 'an' with word having a phonetic sound of a vowel.
    So, the correct answer is option A.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as No error. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

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    The problem is that by deflecting (1)/ the praise of a genuine compliment, (2)/ you don't acknowledge a person (3)/ who was nice enough to say something. (4)
    Solutions
    Here, we are talking about a specific person who is at the giving end of the mentioned compliment. Thus, the correct article to go with the aforementioned person will be “the”, not “a”.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is 'no error'. Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The unusual cooling of surface temperatures (1) / over the Arabian Sea by as much as 3 to (2) / 4 degrees before onset of monsoon (3) / is another curious phenomenon. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in part 3 of the sentence where the article ‘the’ is needed before the word ‘onset’ to make the sentence correct. ‘Onset of monsoon’ is something definite here so the article ‘the’ is mandatory. It should read as:’..before the onset of monsoon is..’
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Sixty years after independence, (1)/ possibly the greatest challenge (2)/ India faces now is the failure to, (3)/ educate its citizens, notably poor. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in part D of the sentence where the article 'the' before the word 'poor' is mandatory to express the correct meaning. Without the article it would not mean 'the poor people'.'The poor' is a term which refers to 'poor people' in general.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as No error. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

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    A large number of educational institutions lack (1)/ basic facilities because of paucity of the funds (2)/ but the department is making serious efforts (3)/ to improve the situation. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in part 2 of the sentence where the article 'the' is incorrect before the word 'funds' and needs to be omitted. It is not something specific and has not been mentioned earlier in the sentence, so there is no need of this article. Thus, option B is correct.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’ i.e. (5). Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Many a times it is seen that some undesirable elements (1)/ try to misuse the legal process to either circumvent justice (2)/ or to delay the process in such a way that delayed justice (3)/ only amounts to the denial of justice. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in part A of the sentence. The usage of the article ‘a’ implies that the noun following should be singular. There are two ways of reframing the first three words, either 'many times' should be used or 'many a time' should be used. 
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as 'No error'. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

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    Let judiciary (1)/ decide what shall (2)/ be the fate (3)/ of the thieves. (4)
    Solutions
    Before the names of the branches of the government, article “the” is used. Therefore, “the” should be added before “judiciary”.
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