Question 14 - Editing (with Past Year Questions) - Grammar

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

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