Question 8 - Editing (with Past Year Questions) - Grammar

This question asked in [CBSE Delhi Set - I, 2018]

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along  with its correction in the space provided.

Error   Correction 

In the Prisoner’s Room a Candle is            is          was 

burning dimly. A Prisoner himself            1.    ___   ___ 

sat by the Table Only him back,              2.    ___   ___ 

the hair by his head, and his                   3.    ___   ___ 

hands are visible from outside                4.    ___   ___ 

through the Window. 

1.(A) an (B) The (C) two (D) None of these 

2.(A) his (B) her (C) their (D) he 

3.(A) of (B) on (C) near (D) off 

4. (A) were (B) was (C) is (D) have

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