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1)(A) The two first to arrive / (B) were the lucky recipients / (C) of a surprise gift. /(D) No error

Ans- (a) ‘Two first’ should be converted to ‘first two’.

2)(A) Of the billions of stars in the galaxy, (B) how much are / (C) suitable for life? / (D) No error

Ans- (b) Change ‘much’ into ‘many’ as ‘stars’ come in countable noun. Stars are not uncountable but are rather countless.

3)(A) A few word of / (B) gratitude are enough / (C) to express your / (D) feelings sincerely.

Ans- (a) Change ‘word’ into ‘words’ because ‘a few’ is followed by plural countable noun.

4)(A) He feels his troubles / (B) as much or / (C) even more than they. / (D) No error

Ans- (b) Correct use is ‘as much as’. If both positive and comparative degree of an adjective are used in a single sentence, both ‘as....as’ & ‘than’ will be used.

5)(A) I like reading / (B) more than / (C) to play games. / (D) No error

Ans- (c) ‘Reading’ is in gerund form. Hence it must be compared with gerund. Change to ‘play’ into ‘playing’.

6)(A) The police arrived and discovered / (B) a large number of hoarded sugar/ (C) in his shop. / (D) No error

Ans- (a) ‘Sugar’ is an uncountable noun. Hence change ‘number’ into ‘quantity’

7)(A) As a dramatist / (B) Shaw is superior than / (C) any other twentieth century writer. / (D) No error

Ans- (b) ‘Superior’ is followed by ‘to’ and ‘not than’.

8)(A) Of the two great cities/ (B) the former is / (C) biggest. / (D) No error

Ans- (c) Change ‘biggest' to the ‘bigger’. When one is chosen out of two, a comparative degree is used.

9)(A) A non banking financial company is a / (B) financial institution similarly to a bank / (C) but it cannot issue cheque books to customers. / (D) No error

Ans- (b) ‘Similarly’ is an adverb, that qualifies a verb. ‘Similar’ must come here because an adjective qualifies to qualify a noun.

10)(A) Everyone agrees that / (B) the Ganga is the holiest / (C) of all other rivers of India. / (D) No error.

Ans- (c) Change ‘all other rivers’ into ‘all the rivers’.