Spot the Error - 28

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1. One of the assistant (A)/ was (B)/ Alfred. (C)/ No error. (D)/
2. Though George is a (A)/ honourable man (B)/ his activities arouse suspicion. (C)/ No error. (D)/
3. She told her teacher (A)/ that she could not be able (B)/ to attend the class the previous day because of heavy rains. (C)/ No error. (D)/
4. Coleridge as well as Wordsworth were (A)/ of the opinion that the opposite of poetry is (B)/ not prose but science. (C)/ No error. (D)/
5. He was courted arrest (A)/ in order to protest against (B)/ corruption among the government servants. (C)/ No error. (D)/
6. Mr. Joshi was, however, sure (A)/ that the idea would never work (B)/ in practice. (C)/ No error. (D)/
7. As I was leaving for Delhi, (A)/ he asked me whether (B)/ I could buy a tape recorder for him. (C)/ No error. (D)/
8. The boy’s parents (A)/ pleaded with the Principal (B)/ that they were too poor to pay his tuition fee. (C)/ No error. (D)/
9. For young Donald, (A)/ peace in Vietnam (B)/ was almost terrible as war. (C)/ No error. (D)/
10. That Brutus, who was his trusted friend (A)/ had attacked on him (B)/ caused heartbreak to Julius Caesar. (C)/ No error. (D)/

 

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1. One of the assistants was Alfred.

2. Though George is an honourable man his activities arouse suspicion.

3. She told her teacher that she was not be able to attend the class the previous day because of heavy rains.

4. Coleridge, as well as Wordsworth, was of the opinion that the opposite of poetry is not prose but science.

5. He courted arrest in order to protest against corruption among the government servants.

6. No error.

7. No error.

8. No error.

9. For young Donald, peace in Vietnam was almost as terrible as war.

10. That Brutus, who was his trusted friend had attacked him caused heartbreak to Julius Caesar.


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