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.
Public agencies and nonprofit conservation groups is already working to promote conservation.
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64243c065bff3d098d1109e2- 1groups is already workingtrue
- 2Public agencies and nonprofit conservationfalse
- 3to promote conservationfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 1. "groups is already working "
Q: The following sentence has been divided into parts. 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.
I was at a party / with some off my / friends in Mumbai.
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64243da3b34a0b67fc111a5cI was at a party / with some off my / friends in Mumbai.
- 1friends in Mumbaifalse
- 2with some off mytrue
- 3No errorfalse
- 4I was at a partyfalse
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Answer : 2. "with some off my "
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She has been working with me on this project from two years.
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64c3aad9d3a6d4481ef24477- 1with mefalse
- 2on this projectfalse
- 3She has been workingfalse
- 4from two yearstrue
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Answer : 4. "from two years"
Q: The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
She didn’t thank you for your help, but she may have done it.
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643fc4656d6383d262917b57She didn’t thank you for your help, but she may have done it.
- 1but shefalse
- 2you for your helpfalse
- 3She didn’t thankfalse
- 4may have done ittrue
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Answer : 4. "may have done it"
Q:Direction: Three statements are given below at A, B and C. There may be some errors in the given statements. Mark the correct statement as the answer. If all the statements are incorrect, mark option E, i.e., "All are incorrect" as the answer.
(A) The minister took full responsibility on the disaster and resigned.
(B) The government have come under attack from all sides for cutting education spending.
(C) The Republicans are relying on their agricultural policies to deliver the farmers' votes.
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64d9ded690a003851df84e0e(B) The government have come under attack from all sides for cutting education spending.
(C) The Republicans are relying on their agricultural policies to deliver the farmers' votes.
- 1Only Afalse
- 2Only Bfalse
- 3Only Cfalse
- 4Both A and Cfalse
- 5All are incorrecttrue
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Answer : 5. "All are incorrect"
Q: Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
Has Gita any. previous knowledge of work with junior colleagues?
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64787a914e2d039e7bd311abHas Gita any. previous knowledge of work with junior colleagues?
- 1withfalse
- 2Hasfalse
- 3anyfalse
- 4worktrue
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Answer : 4. "work"
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.
Our new neighbours (1)/ had been living in Arizona (2)/ since ten years before moving to their present house. (3)/ No error. (4)
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652513b75db74b27f7cdebf0- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
- 44false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :
for will replace since because – for (Prep.) indicates a length of time Since (Prep.) indicates a past time until a later time, or until now Look at the examples given below : I have lived in Bangalore for twenty-five years. I had been living in Bangalore since 1964. Hence, for ten years before moving to their present house is the right usage.
Q:Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error
As long as there was corruption in India, there can be no progress.
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645a1a29f3e813edcc9f2386- 1there was corruptiontrue
- 2As long asfalse
- 3in Indiafalse
- 4there can be no progressfalse
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