Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I,II and III. For each part a correction statement is also given, you have to determine which part requires correction and select it as your answer.
Competitive Hindutva has become the name of the game in the ongoing election season/, with the ostensibly secular Congress party trying desperately to/ demonstrate its Hindu credentials to cut from base of Hindu-nationalist BJP.
I. Competitive Hindutva has becoming the name of the game in the ongoing election season
II. with the ostensibly secular Congress party trying desperately to
III. demonstrate its Hindu credentials to cut into the base of Hindu-nationalist BJP
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5e871a98c08cf316ddc8f5acI. Competitive Hindutva has becoming the name of the game in the ongoing election season
II. with the ostensibly secular Congress party trying desperately to
III. demonstrate its Hindu credentials to cut into the base of Hindu-nationalist BJP
- 1IIfalse
- 2II,IIItrue
- 3I,IIIfalse
- 4Ifalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "II,III"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
If I had lots of money (1)/ I’d give some to anybody (2)/who asked for it. (3)/No error.(4)
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630cab2b2e7d080bd28207d4- 11false
- 22false
- 33false
- 44true
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q:In the following sentence found out whether there is any error in any part of the sentence. If there is error mark your answer letter corresponding to that part a,b,c or d.If there is no error mark your answer ‘e’.
Pratik was extremely (a) / happy when he (b) saw his favourite (c) / actor at near the mal. (d)/ No error (e)
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5e6b4896c34ec57f0d12b6b7- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dtrue
- 5efalse
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Answer : 4. "d"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
We have been staying at the hotel since the last ten days.
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5fa3cacb0d1e5327c47e8e70- 1since thetrue
- 2we have beenfalse
- 3last ten daysfalse
- 4staying at the hotelfalse
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Answer : 1. "since the"
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).
The vacancy was filled (a)/ by an old artisan (b)/ who had an extensible knowledge of ancient art and craft. (c)/ No error. (d)
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6020e0501c403b45dac8d3e8- 1(a)false
- 2(b)false
- 3(c)true
- 4(d)false
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Answer : 3. "(c)"
Q:The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
No one were / present when I / entered the hall.
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6482f6f851bf1947530a8ee7- 1present when Ifalse
- 2entered the hallfalse
- 3No one weretrue
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "No one were"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "No one was present when I entered the hall." The verb "were" should be replaced with "was."
Q: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an 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.
Aid workers have delivered vast quantities of food on the refugee camps.
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64198e35fb0ff69a8ee8b393Aid workers have delivered vast quantities of food on the refugee camps.
- 1No errorfalse
- 2vast quantities of foodfalse
- 3on the refugee campstrue
- 4Aid workers have deliveredfalse
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Answer : 3. "on the refugee camps "
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
There be a long queue for entry into the exhibition ground.
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5facf37a657f7635f3da20b7- 1for entry intofalse
- 2There be a long queuetrue
- 3No errorfalse
- 4the exhibition ground.false
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