Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Directions: In the following sentence, 4 words are given in bold. Two or more of these words are incorrectly placed and need to be interchanged. If there is no need for interchanging then ‘No Error’ can be selected.
Vikram was very demolishing (A) with his handling of the chinaware (B), he ended up reckless (C) most of the pieces before they even turned up (D). No Error (E)
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64edc1f12bbb242750d5ae11- 1ABDCfalse
- 2BACDfalse
- 3CBADtrue
- 4DCBAfalse
- 5No Errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "CBAD"
Explanation :
From the context of the sentence, we can see that Vikram was a certain way because of which something happened to chinaware.
Let's look at the meaning of the words:
Now let's assume that the emboldened words in the passage are replaced by blanks:
The people of Hong Kong have expressed their _________over the _________laws ________on them by the ________country of China.
The second blank requires an adjective that can be used to describe the 'laws' that involve Hong Kong and China.
'Foisted' is a verb and is thus not a quality that can represent the characteristics of something.
The third blank requires a verb that can represent the action taken by the laws 'on' Hong Kong by China.
'Draconian' is an adjective and thus cannot act on the country of Hong Kong.
Thus, the terms 'draconian' and 'foisted' need to be interchanged in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Hence, the correct sentence will be: The people of Hong Kong have expressed their apprehension over the draconian laws foisted on them by the autocratic country of China.
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some 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 your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e., No error.
If you had told me(1) / I would have helped you (2) / solve the problem. (3)/ No error (4)
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63aad14dafa10611461fd4a6- 11false
- 22false
- 33false
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The reason for visiting Meerut was because my mother needed to be looked after.
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64c3aee429beb3482a3c69b0- 1to be looked afterfalse
- 2The reason for visitingfalse
- 3my mother neededfalse
- 4was becausetrue
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Answer : 4. "was because"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
After knowing truth, (1)/ they took the right decision (2)/ in the matter. (3)/ No error (4)
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6308b226162483314a384597- 11true
- 22false
- 33false
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Answer : 1. "1"
Q: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
We have more then 6 years of experience in field hockey.
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644a9b286842c5ce47cc1609- 1then 6 years oftrue
- 2We have morefalse
- 3experience in field hockey.false
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 1. "then 6 years of"
Q:Directions: In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I,II and III. For each part a correction statement is also given, you have to determine which part requires correction and select it as your answer.
The school bags have become more-talked about burden that rest on the shoulders of students/. The absence of a political will and social consensus is the reason why there could being no solution/. Parents and politicians should strive to find a solution before the next academic year begins.
I. The school bags have become much-talked about burden that rests on the shoulders of students.
II. The absence of a political will and social consensus is the reason why there is no solution.
III. Parents and politicians should have strived to find a solution before the next academic year begins.
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5e871a38f97f0716b098be7fI. The school bags have become much-talked about burden that rests on the shoulders of students.
II. The absence of a political will and social consensus is the reason why there is no solution.
III. Parents and politicians should have strived to find a solution before the next academic year begins.
- 1IIfalse
- 2I,IItrue
- 3IIfalse
- 4I,IIIfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "I,II"
Q: Which of the phrases given in the below sentence should replace the word/phrase that is underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, make ‘No Correction required’ as the answer.
Mary and me will be going to the movies after we're done with the marathon.
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64e48f8d60749cb6f2e1ce5b- 1Mary and me should be goingfalse
- 2I and Mary will be goingfalse
- 3Me and Mary will be goingfalse
- 4Mary and I will be goingtrue
- 5No Correction Requiredfalse
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Answer : 4. "Mary and I will be going"
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Four of earliest civilisations / of the world / were located / on the banks of or near large rivers.
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6490315de8d2170cb3c0d6c3- 1or near large riversfalse
- 2of the worldfalse
- 3Four of earliest civilisationstrue
- 4were located on the banks offalse
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Answer : 3. "Four of earliest civilisations"
Explanation :
Explanation: The correct phrasing should be "Four of the earliest civilizations." The error is in the placement of the article "the."