Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
During an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
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6479de4d51bf194753ed0b3bDuring an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
- 1cover above a tabletrue
- 2During an earthquake,false
- 3it is advised to takefalse
- 4to save your life.false
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Answer : 1. "cover above a table"
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She had resign / from the / post before / he apologised.
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6450db01223d4c08a7da4760She had resign / from the / post before / he apologised.
- 1She had resigntrue
- 2he apologisedfalse
- 3post beforefalse
- 4from thefalse
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Answer : 1. "She had resign"
Q: The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
Kalpana listens old Hindi film songs every evening at home.
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643fcb6f72ca731a993ff349Kalpana listens old Hindi film songs every evening at home.
- 1every eveningfalse
- 2film songsfalse
- 3Kalpana listens old Hinditrue
- 4at homefalse
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Answer : 3. "Kalpana listens old Hindi "
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He has been / excused by the teacher / by the time a formal complaint / for bullying was made.
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645cd83e0827e80a9f800b32He has been / excused by the teacher / by the time a formal complaint / for bullying was made.
- 1excused by the teacherfalse
- 2for bullying was madefalse
- 3by the time a formal complaintfalse
- 4He has beentrue
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Answer : 4. "He has been"
Q:Directions: The following question has four different sentences. Select the most preferable sentence with respect to grammar, meaning, and usage. If all four sentences are correct or all of them are incorrect, mark option 5" as your answer.
Select the most appropriate sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
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64d0daa252a85a5ad6da20d2- 1Around 64 per cent of land used for agriculture so food crops is at risk of pesticide pollutionfalse
- 2An erratic monsoon season can damage the economy and affect agricultural practicestrue
- 3The intensity of cyclones and hurricanes might increased in the next century due to global warmingfalse
- 4Robotics develop machines that can substitute for humans and replicate human actionsfalse
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 2. "An erratic monsoon season can damage the economy and affect agricultural practices"
Q: The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Residents should keep an / eye out for strangers / acting suspecting in their areas
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642ac8642b960e1a4193d423- 1eye out for strangersfalse
- 2No errorfalse
- 3Residents should keep anfalse
- 4acting suspecting in their areastrue
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Answer : 4. "acting suspecting in their areas"
Q: The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
They could be pass their exams if they studied harder.
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643d43a232185cce373f4a23- 1if theyfalse
- 2studied harderfalse
- 3They could betrue
- 4pass their examsfalse
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Answer : 3. "They could be"
Q:Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors, select 'No error' as your answer.
Neither the tunny nor the coral fishery are carried (A)/ on by the Sardinians themselves, who are not (B)/ sailors by nature; the former is in the hands of (C)/ Genoese and the latter of Neapolitans (D)/ No error (E)/.
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64e3446fba543fb757178175- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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