Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1.(1) Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the leader of internationally recognised terror outfit / (2) Laskar-e-Taiba, which carried on horrific attack / (3) in Mumbai, was placed / (4) under house arrest in Lahore. / (5) No error. (2)
2.(1) The group of four emerging countries in terms of economy / (2) has set June 2015 as the next date / (3) by which a consensus / (4) could be arrived. / (5) No error. (3)
3.(1) With the Supreme Court declining to hear his plea / (2) to recall its non-bailable arrest warrant, / (3) Sahara Chief Subrata Roy surrendered to the Lucknow police / (4) and arrested in connection with the contempt case. / (5) No error. (4)
4.(1) Law Minister Kapil Sibal along with ministers Jairam Ramesh and V Narayan Swamy / (2) were called to the meeting / (3) chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi / (4) at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence / (5) No error. (2)
5.(1) Obama administration wants / (2) its own preferred candidate / (3) Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the leader of the Fatherland party, / (4) to lead Ukraine / (5) No error. (1)
