Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
The postman travelled by the cycle, often wading through (1)/ swamps or passed through jungles (2)/in order to reach the villages (3)/ No error (4)
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Answer : 2. "2"
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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Answer : 2. "A-B"
Q:Directions : In the following question, four sentences are given which may be grammatically and contextually incorrect. You need to find the one which has no error and mark that as your answer. If all the given sentences are incorrect then mark option (e) i.e. ‘all are incorrect’ as your answer.
(a) Ratnakar Bank was rename as RBL Bank by the government.
(b) The government expects all the mergers of public sector banks, which were announced in 2019, to become effective from April 1.
(c) Analysts believe that lower gas prices would be bad with exploration
(d) The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation will be regulate the medical devices now.
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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).
No sooner did I finish (a)/ my speech, I was subjected (b)/ to a barrage of questions. (c)/ No error. (d)
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Answer : 2. "(b)"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
You must either tell me (1)/ the whole story or, at least (2)/ the first half of it. (3)/ No error. (4)
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Answer : 1. "1"
Explanation :
either will be used after tell me because either — or is the right pair of correlative Conjunction like neither — nor. It shows a relationship between two things or two situations. Either comes after the Verb when the two actions mentioned are similar (they share the same Verb) Either comes before the Verb when the two actions mentioned are different. Look at the examples given below : She wants to play either tennis or volleyball. She wants to either go shopping or relax in the park. Hence, you must tell me either is the right usage.
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).
He stayed in Delhi (A)/ for one and a half months (B)/ because I insisted on him doing that. (C)/No error (D)
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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).
Each of these students (A)/ have promised (B)/ to work for the abolition of illiteracy in India. (C)/No error (D).
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Answer : 2. "B"
Explanation :
Right answer is has promised
Q: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The Government is setting up a special surveillance cell for epidemic-prone diseases at flood-ravaged Bihar.
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