Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
Apart from Germany, they also visited Italy and Austria during its business trip.
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642ac23832185cce371b6ecf- 1also visited Italy and Austriafalse
- 2during its business triptrue
- 3Apart from Germany, theyfalse
- 4No error.false
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Answer : 2. "during its business trip "
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The students / and the teachers / worked hardly / to make the event a success.
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6458e16513eb5908ae455d1f- 1and their teachersfalse
- 2worked hardlytrue
- 3The studentsfalse
- 4to make the event a successfalse
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Answer : 2. "worked hardly"
Q: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors select ‘No error’ as your answer.
One evening of each week (A) / was set apart by him (B) / for the reception of whomsoever (C) / chose to visit him. (D) / No error (E)
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64d4c735d02c5c746bdc9518- 1(A)false
- 2(B)false
- 3(C)true
- 4(D)false
- 5(E)false
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Answer : 3. "(C)"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A confluence is a place when two or more rivers meet.
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64c8e495a919c8488e22e7bf- 1rivers meetfalse
- 2A confluencefalse
- 3when two or moretrue
- 4is a placefalse
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Answer : 3. "when two or more"
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
We don't really / want a large house; / we are looking for some comfort / and some convenience on a moderate price.
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64901a32bf323e479ac4baa6- 1and some convenience on a moderate pricetrue
- 2want a large housefalse
- 3We don't reallyfalse
- 4we are looking for some comfortfalse
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Answer : 1. "and some convenience on a moderate price"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "and some convenience at a moderate price." The preposition "on" should be replaced with "at."
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
During an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
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6479de4d51bf194753ed0b3bDuring an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
- 1cover above a tabletrue
- 2During an earthquake,false
- 3it is advised to takefalse
- 4to save your life.false
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Answer : 1. "cover above a table"
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.
He is a university professor (1)/ but of his three sons (2)/ neither has any merit. (3)/ No error (4)
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6308b17b162483314a383e73- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
- 44false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Q: Read the following sentence and determine whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the sentence is error-free, then select ‘No Error’ as your answer.
Psychiatrists feel that having a knowledge of (A)/ the physical and mental changes that occurs in one's body (B)/ and the reasons behind them (C)/ have become essential for all teenagers. (D)
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64d4c505e0ce5574968b2225- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5No errorfalse
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