Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions : In the following question, four sentences are given which may be grammatically and contextually incorrect. You need to find the one which has no error and mark that as your answer. If all the given sentences are incorrect then mark option (e) i.e. ‘all are incorrect’ as your answer.
(a) Mahindra Renewables will sell its entire stake in 3 subsidiaries to CLP India, a part of Hong Kongbased CLP Group, as nearly ₹340 crore.
(b) The agreement will be signed to Doha city between Taliban representatives and U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.
(c) The U.S. intelligence community publicly concluded that Russia intervened in there security matters.
(d) The injured animal was nursed back to health by the zookeeper and then released back into the wild
(e) All are incorrect
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617f9d120f541c337735b126- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
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Answer : 4. "D"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The detective compared the forged signature to the original.
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6047114df4cbdc234859695e- 1the forged signaturefalse
- 2to the originaltrue
- 3The detective comparedfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "to the original"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
They have been living in Boston from ten years.
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5f1a65878ae6514e222bec67- 1in Bostonfalse
- 2been livingfalse
- 3They havefalse
- 4from ten yearstrue
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Answer : 4. "from ten years"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
If you will bring a letter of introduction, I will consider your request.
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60483ddaf4cbdc23485d505a- 1No substitutionfalse
- 2If you bringtrue
- 3If you will be bringingfalse
- 4If you bringsfalse
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Answer : 2. "If you bring"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Among the reasons cited by the employee for quitting the job were the pressure of work, the outstation duties and desiring to pursue her hobbies.
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60485fd8f4cbdc23485d96d9- 1Among the reasons cited by the employeefalse
- 2and desiring to pursue her hobbiestrue
- 3No errorfalse
- 4were the pressure of work, the outstation dutiesfalse
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Answer : 2. "and desiring to pursue her hobbies"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
No samples of the dead animals (A) /were sent (B) / for analysis. (C) / No error (D)
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5f3e223951e6542224f75ed1- 1Afalse
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- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 4. "D"
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The weather / is much / more warmer / than it was a few days before.
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649167a34e0960e0546ac66c- 1than it was a few days beforefalse
- 2is muchfalse
- 3The weatherfalse
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Answer : 4. "more warmer"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "is much warmer" or "is much more warm." "More warmer" is redundant, and either "more" or "much" should be used.
Q:Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence, the number of that part will be the answer. If there is ‘No error’ mark (5) as the answer (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
The journalist along with (1) / the camera crew were (2) / kidnapped by the (3) / militants last night. (4) No error (5)
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618a4506e3b7b740926165de- 11false
- 22true
- 33false
- 44false
- 55false
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