Practice Test: Spotting Errors- 2

QUESTION: 1

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
The scientist must follow
B.
his hunches and his data
C.
wherever it may lead.
D.
No error.

Solution:

Whenever: Any time they may lead.
Wherever: Any place they may lead.
Correct Answer is : 'whenever they may lead'.

QUESTION: 2

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
The President had hardly spoken
B.
a few words
C.
when the microphone stopped functioning.
D.
No error.

Solution:

There is no error in the sentence.

QUESTION: 3

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
None of the students attending your class
B.
answered your questions
C.
did they?
D.
No error.

Solution:

'did one' or 'did any'

QUESTION: 4

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
An animal
B.
can be just as unhappy in a vast area
C.
or in a small one
D.
No error.

Solution:

as in a small one

QUESTION: 5

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
At the end of the year
B.
every student who had done adequate work
C.
was automatically promoted.
D.
No error

Solution:

There is no error in the sentence.

QUESTION: 6

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
The presumption that the average investor does not understand
B.
or take interest in the affairs of the company
C.
is not correct.
D.
No error.

Solution:

There is no grammatical error in the sentences .

QUESTION: 7

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Sheela has scored a first class
B.
in her final exams,
C.
isn't it?
D.
No error.

Solution:

hasn't she

QUESTION: 8

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Had I
B.
known it earlier
C.
I would contact you.
D.
No error.

Solution:

I would have contacted you

QUESTION: 9

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
She is
B.
five years
C.
senior than me.
D.
No error.

Solution:

senior to me

QUESTION: 10

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Locke's treatises on government toleration and education
B.
show a mind fully awake in
C.
the possibilities of social reconstruction.
D.
No error.

Solution:

show a mind fully alert to

QUESTION: 11

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
He is working in
B.
a bank in New Delhi
C.
for the past several months.
D.
No error.

Solution:

He has been working in

QUESTION: 12

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
At the moment the house
B.
was burgled the family
C.
attended a night party in the neighbourhood.
D.
No error.

Solution:

The moment the house

QUESTION: 13

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Since we are friends
B.
there should be no secret
C.
between you and I.
D.
No error.

Solution:

between you and me

QUESTION: 14

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
You will get
B.
all the information
C.
if you read this booklet carefully.
D.
No error.

Solution:

You can get

QUESTION: 15

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
The reason why
B.
he was rejected
C.
was because he was too young.
D.
No error.

Solution:

'was that he was too young'

QUESTION: 16

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Salim and Antony are such good friends
B.
that one won't go to the pictures
C.
without his coming too.
D.
No error.

Solution:

without the other's coming too

QUESTION: 17

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
If I will have the time
B.
I shall try and make it
C.
to the zoo this afternoon.
D.
No error.

Solution:

If I have the time

QUESTION: 18

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
The single biggest gainer in this process
B.
was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated
C.
to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year.
D.
No error.

Solution:

was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales of which are estimated' or 'whose sales are estimated.

QUESTION: 19

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Shanghai is
B.
bigger than any city
C.
of the world
D.
No error.

Solution:

bigger than any other city

QUESTION: 20

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
We are four brothers and sisters living in this house
B.
but neither of us is
C.
satisfied with it.
D.
No error.

Solution:

'Neither' is the term used in case of referring to two people. Also, 'is' can't be used in case of plural forms. So, the error is in sentence B.

QUESTION: 21

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
An Indian ship
B.
laden with merchandise
C.
got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
D.
No error.

Solution:

sank in the Pacific Ocean

QUESTION: 22

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
He asked me
B.
why did I call
C.
him a rogue.
D.
No error.

Solution:

why I called

QUESTION: 23

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Were you
B.
given a choice
C.
or you had to do it?
D.
No error.

Solution:

Had you been instead of Were you.

QUESTION: 24

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
A large scale exchange of nuclear weapons
B.
will produce unprecedented amounts of radiation
C.
that can penetrate into the biological tissue.
D.
No error.

Solution:

penetrate into the biological tissue ⇒ penetrate the biological tissue.

QUESTION: 25

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Not one of the hundreds
B.
of striking workers.
C.
were allowed to go near the factory.
D.
No error.

Solution:

was allowed to go near the factory

QUESTION: 26

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Each one of the boys
B.
have paid
C.
the tuition-fee.
D.
No error.

Solution:

has paid

QUESTION: 27

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
What does Professor Dhavan
B.
spend so many hours
C.
in the laboratory?
D.
No error.

Solution:

why does Professor Dhavan

QUESTION: 28

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry.
B.
is looking for a marketing manager
C.
to look up the marketing network of the company
D.
No error.

Solution:

to look after the marketing network of the company

QUESTION: 29

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains,
B.
travelling became very pleasant,
C.
especially during the summer season.
D.
No error.

Solution:

travelling has become very pleasant

QUESTION: 30

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A.
The person which was
B.
recommended for the position
C.
did not fulfil the prescribed qualifications.
D.
No error.

Solution:

The person who was

30 Questions MCQ Test Verbal Ability (VA) & Reading Comprehension (RC) | Practice Test: Spotting Errors- 2

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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

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