A great part(a)/ of Arabia (b)/is desert (c)/No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

This is a simple present tense. A great part of Arabia is desert. No error

One of the most widely spread (a)/bad habits (b)/ is the use of tobacco(c)/ No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Use the before superlative deree ‘most’. One of the most widely spread bad habits is the use of tobacco.No error
Hence option4 is correct.

If you lend Mohan a pen(a)/ he will lend it to someone else(b)/ and never you will get it back (c)/No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Here Never is adverb of frequency so never will come after will. Between helping verb and main verb, if you lend mohan a pen he will lend it to someone else and you will never get it back.
Hence option3 is correct.

My brother goes(a)/to the coffee(b) five day week (c)/No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Replace ‘five day week’ with ‘Five days a week’.My brother goes to the coffee five days a week
Hence option3 is correct

If Ramesh will be promoted(a)/ he will get(b) a higher salary(c)/ No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

In conditional clause there is no use of future tense. If Ramesh is promoted he will get a higher salary.
Hence Option1 is correct

From thirty years(a)/ He devoted himself to public affairs(b)/ without taking a holiday(c)/ No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Replace ‘from’ with ‘for’. For thirty years he devoted himself to public affairs without taking a holiday.
Hence option1 is correct

The art of printing was introduced into England (a)/ during the reign of Edward IV (b)/By William Caxton, a native of Kent(c)/ No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Replace ‘into’ with ‘in’. The art of printing was introduced in England during the regin of Edward IV by William Caxton, a native of Kent.
Hence option1 is correct.

Rabindranath Tagore(a)/ a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem (b)/found Shantiniketan(c)./ No error.(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Replace found with founded. Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem, founded shantiniketan.
Hence option3 is correct.

He was my school-friend (a)/ but becoming a great man,(b)/he has grown proud enough to forget his old friends(c)/. No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

The given sentence tells about the past and then what happened afterwards. So preposition 'after should be inserted before 'becoming' in part B of the sentence.

Opening his letters (a)/ reading them carefully and sending for his clerk (b)/he dictated answers with them(c)./ No error(d)

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Explanation

Replace ‘with’ with ‘to’. Opening his letters, reading them carefully and sending for his clerk, he dictates answers to them. Hence option3 is correct.

By: Munesh Kumari