EDITING PASSAGE- EXERCISE-3
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)
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The border dispute had resulted | e.g. | had | has |
| in spoiling the relations among the | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| two nuclear neighbour. Kashmir | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| is the bigger challenge for | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| a political think-tanks. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | among | between |
| (b) | neighbour | neighbours |
| (c) | bigger | biggest |
| (d) | a | the |
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EDITING PASSAGE- EXERCISE-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
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Megasthenes came to India into 302 B.C | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| as an ambassador for Seleucos, the | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| representative in India from the Greek | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| Prince Alexander. He took up office on the | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| court of King Chandragupta. He has | |||
| described at detail the land, the people, | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| the climate, the fertility for the soil etc. | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| on his book Indica. He has praised | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| the Indians and has shown respect of their wisdom. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answers.–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | into | in |
| (b) | for | of |
| (c) | from | of |
| (d) | on | in |
| (e) | at | in |
| (f) | for | in |
| (g) | on | in |
| (h) | of | for |
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