Question
Both my wife and me felt so much /happier after watching
this movie. Each of the following sentences is divided into three parts a, b, and c. Find out the part/parts that contain error/errors from the options given below. If the sentence is correct and there is no error, select c, ‘No error’ as the answer.Solution
Here, both my wife and me’ is incorrect. It should be ‘both my wife and I’ because it is used as the subject of the verb. ‘My wife and me” is correct when it is the object - direct or indirect - of a verb or when governed by a preposition: “This photograph shows my wife and me on our honeymoon”
- A basket contains x black balls, (x + 3) white balls and (x + 6) yellow balls. If probability of picking a white ball is 1/11 more than that of picking a b...
A box contains 7 blue and 7 green balls. The probability of drawing three balls of the same colour is
- The probability that Vipin passes the exam is (2/7) and the probability that Saloni fails the exam is (5/12). If both Vipin and Saloni give the exam then f...
Two dancers Seema and Reema appeared in audition of a dance competition. The probability that seema will be selected in this dance competition is 0.05 a...
- 25 defective watches got mixed with 175 non-defective watches. A buyer purchases one watch. What is the probability that the watch is defective?
In a box there are 6 red, 12 blue, and 18 yellow cards. One card is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither red nor yellow?
A bag contains 4 orange balls, 5 black balls, and 6 pink balls. If 3 balls are taken out randomly, what is the probability that all the three balls
- There are three people A, B and C who are competing in a 100-meter race. If A is 50% more likely to win as B and B is twice as likely to win as C then what...
Bag 1: 2 red, 3 blue. Bag 2: 4 red, 1 blue. One ball from Bag 1 is put into Bag 2, then one is drawn from Bag 2. Find probability it’s red.
- A bag contains ‘x’ white balls and 3 black balls. If the probability of getting a white ball is 4/5, then find the probability of getting different col...