Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
He identified the most important machines required (a)/ for modern life and worked in making a prototype (b)/ ‘do it yourself version of each because he believed that if people (c)/ could build these themselves, it would improve their way of life (d)/ No error (e).
Natural disasters will not turn into a catastrophe (a)/ if we invest in building infrastructure that (b)/ can withstand the devastating impacts of storm (c)/ which have became more severe (d)/ No error (e).
Many goods are being manufactured quickly without (a)/ any regard for quality and as consumers we must be (b)/ aware of our rights and the government (c)/ should penalise them who indulge in unscrupulous business practices (d)/ No error (e).
The European Central Bank has said that if all (a)/ Eurozone nation continue to carry out (b)/ economic reforms as Portugal and Ireland have (c)/ Central Bank will guarantee future bailouts (d)/ No error (e).
While farmers are struggling (a)/ to cope with severe drought (b)/ crop companies are researched (c)/ ways to breed crops that thrive in drought (d)/ No error (e).
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
One World Trade Centre is viewed as a statement of hope, a marvel of persistence and a miracle of logistics. As years passed after the tragedy at the site at which it was since constructed and the delays kept mounting. Americans began to _____1_____ what’s taking so long ? Have we lost the capacity to rebuild ? The answer in part was the sheer _____2_____ of the project – 10000 workers at-tempting one of the most difficult construction projects ever in one of the most densely populated cities on Earth _____3_____ the funds allotted for the project were estimated as $ 1.5 billion when he design was unveiled but the price tag just kept going up. Other _____4_____ included the weather in the harsh sun of summer the steel beams could reach temperatures that were not enough to singe skin added to which a hurricane _____5_____ the construction site. The monument may not be all things to all people, but its completion signifies that ambition coupled with determination of people in the face of odds is intact and will always win the day.
