Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 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: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.
No sooner (1)/ I had spoken, (2) than he left. (3)/ No error. (4)
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6527b3487181a63ef91088e5- 11false
- 22true
- 33false
- 44false
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Answer : 2. "2"
Explanation :
had I will replace I had because – When a negative Adverb/Adverbial Expression (no sooner, hardly/barely/scarcely), is used at the beginning of a clause; it is followed by Aux. Verb + Subject.
Look at the examples given below :
No sooner had he finished dinner
↓ ↓
Aux.V. Subject
than he started feeling sick.
Hardly had she arrived, when problems started.
↓ ↓
Aux. V. Subject
Hence, had I spoken is the right usage
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:Directions: In each of the questions given below, three words are given in bold. These three words may or may not be in their correct positions. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is, select '5' as your option.
It is mind (A) that people should keep in asserted (B) the importance of adherence to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour (C).
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64d37e2fa7983774471e339d- 1BACtrue
- 2CABfalse
- 3ABCfalse
- 4CBAfalse
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 1. "BAC"
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Each member / of the team / receive a memorabilia / after the match is over.
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64522b5d223d4c08a7dcdeb3Each member / of the team / receive a memorabilia / after the match is over.
- 1of the teamfalse
- 2Each memberfalse
- 3receive a memorabiliatrue
- 4after the match is overfalse
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Answer : 3. "receive a memorabilia"
Q: Read the sentence below to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors in punctuation if any)
Reports of researchers mysterious (A)/ falling ill at the Wuhan Institute in late 2019, (B) /and other reports of a researcher (C)/ who has reportedly gone missing. (D)/No Error (E)
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64d4cf90e0ce5574968b7543- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
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.
Ten kilometres (1)/ is (2)/ a long distance to walk. (3)/ No error (4)
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6527b6867181a63ef9109068- 11false
- 22false
- 33false
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Answer : 4. "4"
Explanation :
There are no error
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 supervisor charged his assistant of negligence towards duty.
(B) The report state that the project have been running on time.
(C) The government is heavily relying on the Atmanirbhar project to cope with the economic slump.
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64d9dd42d02c5c746bed52ab(B) The report state that the project have been running on time.
(C) The government is heavily relying on the Atmanirbhar project to cope with the economic slump.
- 1Only Afalse
- 2Only Bfalse
- 3Only Ctrue
- 4Both A and Cfalse
- 5All are incorrectfalse
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