PRONOUN NOTES

This Exercise will be very helpful while solving the questions of Spotting Errors and Fill in the blanks.

EXERCISE

1. It is the best / which the government can do / for the downtrodden. / No error.

2. Neither of the two friends / has got their money back / from the company. / No error.

3. This is the road / whose inauguration / was done by the President. / No error.

4. Many women /reconcile to the / demands of their in-laws. / No error.

5. Owing to me being a new comer/ I was unable/ to get a good house. / No error.

6. Centre should_______ministries whose functions_____________with the state ministries to save money, deliver efficiency and avoid duplication of work.

a)finish, differ   b)establish, contradict  c)constitute, matches    d)abolish, overlap

7. Government initiatives and participation of many industrial houses in_______loans to the villagers have led to the_________of the farmers.

a)providing, plight    b)disbursing, betterment    c)denying, revitalization  d)subsidizing, suffering

8. Indians will__________one-fourth of total work force in the next five years but India needs to introspect whether its education system is__________for these demographic dividends.

a)become, adequate   b)consist, incompetent  c) constitute, unequipped   d)comprise, prepared

9. Considering the______________of the city to chemical and industrial disasters, the State disaster management authority has decided to constitute an expert study group to analyze all possible threats and suggest____________to make the city ‘disaster-resilient’.

a) vulnerability, measures     b)propensity, sketches   c)volatility, plans     d)regularity, preparations

10. Despite the collapse of efforts to legislate a climate bill, the country has______________ international negotiators it remains___________to reducing carbon emissions over the next ten years.

a)entrusted, obligated   b)promised, averse     c)declared, ignorant  d)assured, committed

SOLUTION

1. It is the best that the government can do for the downtrodden.

Explanation – A superlative degree is followed by “that”.

2. Neither of the two friends has got his money back  from the company.

Explanation –  Neither of / either of/ each of  etc take plural noun or pronoun after them but verb / pronoun in the latter part of the sentence is always singular.

3.  This is the road the inauguration of which was done by the President.

Explanation – Whose is not used for non-living things.

4. Many women reconcile themselves to the demands of their in-laws.

Explanation – A Reflexive pronoun must follow reconcile. Add themselves after reconcile.

5. Owing to my being a new comer I was unable to get a good house.

Explanation –  Possesive case (my) before Gerund being.

6. abolish, overlap

7. disbursing, betterment

8. comprise, prepared

9. vulnerability, measures

10. assured, committed