Common Error Detection Set – 4 Multiple Choice Questions

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Question 1.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence:
If successful, the research could / pave the way towards / the prevention in untimely deaths / due to fatal illnesses.

A. If successful, the research could
B. pave the way towards
C. the prevention in untimely deaths
D. due to fatal illnesses
E. No error

Ans: D. due to fatal illnesses

Question 2.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence:
The teacher repeatedly warned / the students not to make / noise but students / did not obey.

A. The teacher repeatedly warned
B. the students not to make
C. noise but students
D. did not obey.
E. No error

Ans: C. noise but students

Question 3.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Because of the cricket tournament / organizational work hardly / I have had any / rest since one week.

A. Because of the cricket tournament
B. organizational work hardly
C. have had any
D. rest since one week.
E. No error

Ans: C. have had any

Question 4.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The fact of me/ being a stranger/ does not excuse his conduct.

A. The fact of me
B. being a stranger
C. does not excuse his conduct
D. No error

Ans: A. The fact of me

Question 5.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If I had known / this yesterday / I will have helped him

A. If I had known
B. this yesterday
C. I will have helped him
D. No error

Ans: C. I will have helped him

Question 6.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If you lend him a book / he will lend it to some one else / and never you will get it back.

A. If you lend him a book
B. he will lend it to some one else
C. and never you will get it back
D. No error

Ans: C. and never you will get it back

Question 7.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The students were / awaiting for / the arrival of the chief guest.

A. The students were
B. awaiting for
C. the arrival of the chief guest
D. No error

Ans: B. awaiting for

Question 8.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No sooner did I open the door / when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in / making us shiver from head to foot.

A. No sooner did I open the door
B. when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
C. making us shiver from head to foot
D. No error

Ans: B. when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in

Question 9.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence:
The Ministry has directed banks / to do away with their / separate promotion policies, a move / strongly opposed by the officers’ unions.

A. The Ministry has directed banks
B. to do away with their
C. separate promotion policies, a move
D. strongly opposed by the officers’ unions
E. No error

Ans: D. strongly opposed by the officers’ unions

Question 10.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence:
The education Council / is consisted of ten members / all of whom / are experienced men.

A. The education Council
B. is consisted of ten members
C. all of whom
D. are experienced men.
E. No error

Ans: B. is consisted of ten members

Question 11.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A property dealer was /shoot dead by four unidentified jacket clad men /while taking a morning walk /in a park.

A. A property dealer was
B. shoot dead by four unidentified jacket clad men
C. while taking a morning walk
D. in a park.

Ans: B. shoot dead by four unidentified jacket clad men


Question 12.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We discussed about the problem so thoroughly / on the eve of the examination / that I found it very easy to work it out.

A. We discussed about the problem so thoroughly
B. on the eve of the examination
C. that I found it very easy to work it out.
D. No error.

Ans: A. We discussed about the problem so thoroughly

Question 13.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A lot of travel delay is caused / due to the inefficiency and lack of good management / on behalf of the railways.

A. A lot of travel delay is caused
B. due to the inefficiency and lack of good management
C. on behalf of the railways
D. No error

Ans: C. on behalf of the railways

Question 14.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
According to the Bible / it is meek and humble / who shall inherit the earth.

A. According to the Bible
B. it is meek and humble
C. who shall inherit the earth
D. No error

Ans: B. it is meek and humble

Question 15.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Sixty miles / are / a good distance.

A. Sixty miles
B. are
C. a good distance
D. No error

Ans: B. are

Question 16.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact / with the best that has been thought and said in this world / he will become simple and unselfish.

A. If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact
B. with the best that has been thought and said in this world
C. he will become simple and unselfish
D. No error

Ans: A. If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

Question 17.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence:
After a complaint was filed, / police teams was given the photograph / of the accused from the CCTV footage / recorded at the hotel.

A. After a complaint was filed,
B. police teams was given the photograph
C. of the accused from the CCTV footage
D. recorded at the hotel
E. No error

Ans: B. police teams was given the photograph

Question 18.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence:
The woman who / has been perpetually hesitating / which of the two books / she will read first will probably read none and will suffer.

A. The woman who
B. has been perpetually hesitating
C. which of the two books
D. she will read first will probably read none and wi
E. No error

Ans: D. she will read first will probably read none and wi

Question 19.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The newer type of automatic machines/ wash/ the clothes faster.

A. The newer type of automatic machines
B. wash
C. the clothes faster
D. No error

Ans: A. The newer type of automatic machines

Question 20.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
An Indian ship / laden with merchandise / got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.

A. An Indian ship
B. laden with merchandise
C. got drowned in the Pacific Ocean
D. No error

Ans: C. got drowned in the Pacific Ocean

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