ERROR FINDING
EXERCISE 4
Q 1. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided.
| Passage | Error | Correction | |
| The aircraft was for a routine training sortie when | for | on | |
| it crashed of the Goa coast around 10:30 AM, | (a) | ||
| he said. The pilot in the aircraft ejected | (b) | ||
| safe and has been recovered. | (c) | ||
| An enquiry has been ordered during the incident. | (d) | ||
| This information were given by the | (e) | ||
| official spokesperson in two separate tweet. | (f) |
Q 2. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided.
| Passage | Error | Correction | |
| Over 20 lakh college students are have to | are | will | |
| mandatorily volunteer for social causes by | (a) | ||
| the coming academic session. Clean their | (b) | ||
| campus or teaching slum children must fetch | (c) | ||
| students credit on the programme ‘Anandam’. | (d) | ||
| These students is required to engage in a | (e) | ||
| voluntary work or with a project purely made in | (f) | ||
| social cause in a group of upto 30 and | (g) | ||
| individually. They will get 2 credits in the work. | (h) |
Q 3. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided.
| Passage | Error | Correction | |
| The terminal 2 of the Jaipur airport was secured | was | has | |
| third position among cleanest and safest airport | (a) | ||
| category, handling more by 50 lakh passengers per | (b) | ||
| yearly. The survey was conducted by the ministry | (c) | ||
| in civil aviation. The airport authorities would | (d) | ||
| be getting a appreciation award in this regard. | (e) | ||
| Kolkata secured top slot when Chennai came | (f) | ||
| second. Cleanliness and safety aspects was | (g) | ||
| evaluated by a two members team in November | (h) |
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