Mastering Editing Exercises for Class 9 CBSE with Answers
EXERCISE-1
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line in which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer, sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done as an example.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done for you as an example. (4)
There is an error correction in your answer, sheet against correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. related to the use of prepositions in each line against which the blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the
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Megasthenes came to India into 302 B.C
(a)
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as an ambassador for Seleucos, the
(b)
…………
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representative in India from the Greek
(c)
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Prince Alexander. He took up office on the
(d)
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court of King Chandragupta. He has
described at detail the land, the people,
(e)
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the climate, the fertility for the soil etc.
(f)
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on his book Indica. He has praised
(g)
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the Indians and has shown respect of their wisdom.
(h)
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Answers.–
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(a)
into
in
(b)
for
of
(c)
from
of
(d)
on
in
(e)
at
in
(f)
for
in
(g)
on
in
(h)
of
for
EXERCISE-5
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
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Some animal activist are horrified
activist
activists
about the pitiable condition of the animals in the zoos. They demands
(a)
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ethical treatment from animals. According
(b)
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to them zoos are more then anima
(c)
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prisons maintaining for human
(d)
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amusement. There the animals are deprived from even basic
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
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In simple words ‘Welfare’ mean
e.g.
mean
means
state of well being and happy. Human
(a)
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welfare largely depends in the quality
(b)
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of the environment which surrounded
(c)
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him. Environment are of two types—
(d)
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the internal environment or the external
(e)
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environment. External environment include
(f)
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water, soil, air, plants, culture, income,
(g)
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relations, etc. Internal environment is direct relating to human health.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
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Once the traveller was standing on
eg.
the
a
the road under extremely heat sun.
(a)
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He started searching of a shade. A
(b)
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tree gave him shade and than the
(c)
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traveller felt very relaxed that he felt
(d)
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like staying with the tree. He thought of build
(e)
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a home near the tree. Now, he needs wood
(f)
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for his house. Then he begged for few wood
(g)
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from the tree to make his axe. The tree gave it. He cutted the tree
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which numbering is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
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Flamingoes flock in Kachchh every year.
e.g.
in
to
It come there firom various parts of the
(a)
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world a year to breed. Flamingo city
(b)
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is a island situated in the middle of the
(c)
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Rana of Kachchh, known to the biggest
(d)
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breeding ground for flamingoes, and today
(e)
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it is strewn in bodies of hundreds of chicks.
(f)
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The parents has fled the island due to lack
(g)
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of food, plankton, algae and small fish what are food for the flamingoes.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
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Developed on India over 5000 years
e.g.
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ago, ayurveda has gain worldwide
(a)
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recognition as a efficient healthcare
(b)
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system. It uses a system on analysis
(c)
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and physical examination where
(d)
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depends almost entire
(e)
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on observation for find out
(f)
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one’s origin nature and imbalances.
(g)
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Ayurveda takes into account the patient’s entire personality.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
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Nature made vegetation who is meant for all
e.g.
who
that
living being. But man felt that all the animals
(a)
……..
……..
are meant for them. tie killed elephant
(b)
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for his tusks, deer for its horns,
(c)
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the large number of animals for
(d)
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there hide for shoes, decoration and dresses.
(e)
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……..
He killed musk deers to have the musk from
(f)
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its stomach. Man kills a large numbers of
(g)
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……..
animals for his food. He feels that they were all meant to die for
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
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Budgies is commonly known as Lovebirds.
e.g.
is
are
Budgies stays near water when it is hot,
(a)
……..
……..
but when there are a lot of rain
(b)
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they spread out at far off places.
(c)
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They are sometimes see nestling on top
(d)
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……..
of tall eucalyptus tree. Though most
(e)
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……..
caged budgies cannot fly, a wild one fly
(f)
……..
……..
hundreds of kilometers in a speed of
(g)
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……..
about 50 km per hour for find food or water.
(h)
……..
……..
Answers–
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(a)
slays
stay
(b)
are
is
(c)
at
to
(d)
see
seen
(e)
tree
trees
(f)
fly
flies
(g)
in
at
(h)
for
to
Exercise-13
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
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In the last four decades, there have been a very
(a)
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………..
significant rise in the numbers of lower middle and
(b)
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middle class woman who seek employment to
(c)
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………..
supplemented their household income. While there
(d)
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little doubt that women from the lower rank of
(e)
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society have always had working in the fields or in petty
(f)
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been jobs to sustain themselves or their families, there
(g)
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………..
were strong objections and a marked reluctance between
(h)
………..
………..
the middle classes to allow women to step out of a
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
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But Minna know her mother. For all her brisk
e.g.
know
knew
manner she was soft from inside with a honey cake.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
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It all began with Isaac Newton, which, while
e.g.
which
who
propounding his universal law of gravitation, wonder
(a)
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……….
whether like all materials objects in the
(b)
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……….
universe, light is subject to gravitational attraction.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
