Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
We seldom (A)/ or ever (B)/ see those forsaken who trust in the Almighty. (C) / No error (D)
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5f337b6da19eae5979022ef3- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
Some members of the committee were opposed to use the club members’ money to redecorate the meeting hall.
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5efd6717196e681f76ecdf02- 1Some members of the committeefalse
- 2were opposed to usetrue
- 3the club members’ money to redecorate the meeting hall.false
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "were opposed to use"
Q:Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any 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, mark your answer as (5).
Many big foreign companies (1)/ have already being set up (2)/ their operations in the country by (3)/ partnering with Indian partners. (4)/ No Error (5)
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5e955f59ff83fe34897f7da9- 11false
- 22true
- 33false
- 44false
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Answer : 2. "2"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
A leader had ruled outer (A)/ the possibility of a tie-up with (B)/ another party.(C)/ No Error (D)
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6114ceb59e6642101a893fd3- 1Atrue
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- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
Q:Directions : In the following questions, a sentence is divided into five parts with one of the parts of each sentence is highlighted in bold suggesting the grammatically correct part of the sentence. Out of the four other parts, choose the part of the sentence which contains grammatical or contextual error in it. If the given sentence is both grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, choose option (E) i.e., “No error” as your answer.
All six writers (A)/ who made it to the finals (B)/ of the Booker’s prize (C)/ are from the UK, (D)/ the US, and Canada.
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5e904bddd646bd6677d0a2d0- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5No errortrue
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Answer : 5. "No error"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
Immediately the sympathies of the (A) police and (B) magistrates, some sections of the media and (C) public opinion swing towards the (D) perpetrator, not the victim.
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5fd07eda1ebe713f940202eb- 1A-Cfalse
- 2A-Btrue
- 3B-Dfalse
- 4B-Afalse
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Answer : 2. "A-B"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
The Central government is unable to provide the funds while Kerala has been stopped in its
(A) tracks from seeking resources from
(B) abroad, either from the Kerala
(c) diaspora or from friendly
(D) overseas governments.
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5fd07e902cbd2c3f9a3c9f28(A) tracks from seeking resources from
(B) abroad, either from the Kerala
(c) diaspora or from friendly
(D) overseas governments.
- 1C-Bfalse
- 2A-Dfalse
- 3B-Dtrue
- 4A-Bfalse
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Answer : 3. "B-D"
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.
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6482f384bf323e479a9ce141- 1on the governmentfalse
- 2If the economy failsfalse
- 3this year it reflect badlytrue
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "this year it reflect badly"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "If the economy fails this year, it reflects badly on the government." The verb "reflect" should be in the third-person singular form.

