This question asked in [CBSE Delhi Set - I, 2016]
The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the error and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
Error Correction
Research is an detailed study of a e.g. an a
subject undertaking on a systematic 1. ___ ___
basis in order to increase a Stock of 2. ___ ___
Knowledge, including Knowledge for man, 3. ___ ___
Culture and Society that the use of this Stock 4. ___ ___
of knowledge to devise new applications.
1.(A) undertake (B) undertakes (C) undertaken (D) undertook
2.(A) an (B) some (C) the (D) only
3.(A) in (B) of (C) near (D) on
4.(A) and (B) both (C) as (D) whether
Answer
| Error | Correction | |
| 1 | undertaking | (C) undertaken |
| 2 | a | (C) the |
| 3 | for | (B) of |
| 4 | that | (A) and |
Explanation:
- Undertaking- Ing’ is added at the end of a verb when we talk about it in continuous tense and the passage is not in continuous tense. So, the correct word is “undertaken”.
- A- “A” is used when we are talking about things in general and not when we are talking about a specific person/thing. So, the correct word is “the”.
- For- “For” is because and you do not increase knowledge because of the man. So, the correct word is “of”.
- That- “That” is not used to connect two sentences or to tell about two things occurring simultaneously. So, the correct word is “and”.
Thus, the correct paragraph is
Research is a detailed study of a
subject undertaken on a systematic
basis in order to increase the Stock of
Knowledge, including Knowledge of man,
Culture and Society and the use of this Stock
of knowledge to devise new applications.
