Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
4 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: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: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 centre and the service has been under development for the last one and a half years.
(B) The centre will run on advanced technologies and AI / ML tools to mitigate potential threats.
(C) We will be continue to invest in the centre in all forms as the business expands.
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64d9dde5ebd5c374728a458e(B) The centre will run on advanced technologies and AI / ML tools to mitigate potential threats.
(C) We will be continue to invest in the centre in all forms as the business expands.
- 1Only Afalse
- 2Only Btrue
- 3Only Cfalse
- 4Both A and Cfalse
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Answer : 2. "Only B"
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.
The AstraZeneca company is going to vaccine (A) in Japan doses of the coronavirus produce (B) enough for 40 million people (C), the executive director of the Japanese department of the firm said.
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64d38057bd50dd8e2e0d818f- 1CABfalse
- 2ACBfalse
- 3ABCfalse
- 4BACtrue
- 5None of the abovefalse
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