Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

91

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Day in and day out / he keep telling / his friends that / he wants to go abroad.

A) Day in and day out B) he keep telling C) his friends that D) he wants to go abroad E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

he keeps telling

92

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I was standing / at the bus stop / waiting for him / since eight o'clock.

A) I was standing B) at the bus stop C) waiting for him D) since eight o'clock E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

I had been standing

93

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The chairman welcomed / all the guests and / gave an outline of the / activities performing by the Company.

A) The chairman welcomed B) all the guests and C) gave an outline of the D) activities performing by the Company E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

activities performed by the company

94

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Reasonable ambition, if supported / at persistent efforts, / is likely to yield / the desired results.

A) Reasonable ambition, if supported B) at persistent efforts, C) is likely to yield D) the desired results E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

by persistent efforts

95

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Their only demand / for additional wages were / considered sympathetically / by the progressive management.

A) Their only demand B) for additional wages were C) considered sympathetically D) by the progressive management E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

for additional wages was

96

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
They have been / struggling with the management / from the past five years / but their demands are not considered.

A) They have been B) struggling with the management C) from the past five years D) but their demands are not considered E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

for the past five years

97

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Your machine would not have / given you so much trouble / if you had / maintained it proper.

A) Your machine would not have B) given you so much trouble C) if you had D) maintained it proper E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

maintained it properly

98

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Our system of assigning / different jobs to different people / should be based on / their strengths and weaknesses.

A) Our system of assigning B) different jobs to different people C) should be based on D) their strengths and weaknesses E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

Solution:

The sentence "Our system of assigning different jobs to different people should be based on their strengths and weaknesses." is grammatically correct. Here's why each part of the sentence is correct:

Option A: "Our system of assigning" introduces the subject and the action (assigning).
Option B: "different jobs to different people" is a noun phrase that acts as the object of the verb "assigning".
Option C: "should be based on" is a correct construction indicating what the system should rely upon.
Option D: "their strengths and weaknesses" correctly identifies whose strengths and weaknesses should inform the assignment of jobs.

Therefore, there are no grammatical errors in the sentence provided. The correct answer is Option E: No error.

99

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Even though it was / raining bad I / went out to / get some medicines.

A) Even though it was B) raining bad I C) went out to D) get some medicines E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

raining badly I

100

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The new facts he / has discovered and the new / arguments he has advanced / has not changed my opinion.

A) The new facts he B) has discovered and the new C) arguments he has advanced D) has not changed my opinion E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

have not changed my opinion