Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

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Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The President had hardly spoken / a few words / when the microphone stopped functioning.

A) The President had hardly spoken B) a few words C) when the microphone stopped functioning D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

The sentence "The President had hardly spoken a few words when the microphone stopped functioning" is grammatically correct.

The structure of the sentence properly uses the past perfect tense had hardly spoken to indicate an action that was interrupted by another past action.

The phrase a few words is correctly placed as the object of the verb spoken.

The clause when the microphone stopped functioning appropriately follows to describe the interruption.

12

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Locke's treatises on government toleration and education / show a mind fully awake in / the possibilities of social reconstruction.

A) Locke's treatises on government toleration and education B) show a mind fully awake in C) the possibilities of social reconstruction D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

show a mind fully alert to

13

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
You will get / all the information / if you read this booklet carefully.

A) You will get B) all the information C) if you read this booklet carefully D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

you can get

14

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
None of the students attending your class / answered your questions / did they?

A) None of the students attending your class B) answered your questions C) did they? D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

'did one' or 'did any'

15

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
An animal / can be just as unhappy in a vast area / or in a small one

A) An animal B) can be just as unhappy in a vast area C) or in a small one D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

as in a small one

16

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He is working in / a bank in New Delhi / for the past several months.

A) He is working in B) a bank in New Delhi C) for the past several months. D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

He has been working in

17

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The scientist must follow / his hunches and his data / wherever it may lead.

A) The scientist must follow B) his hunches and his data C) wherever it may lead D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

'whenever they may lead'

18

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Each one of the boys / have paid / the tuition-fee.

A) Each one of the boys B) have paid C) the tuition-fee D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

has paid

19

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A large scale exchange of nuclear weapons / will produce unprecedented amounts of radiation / that can penetrate into the biological tissue.

A) A large scale exchange of nuclear weapons B) will produce unprecedented amounts of radiation C) that can penetrate into the biological tissue D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

that can penetrate the biological tissue

20

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Had I / known it earlier / I would contact you.

A) Had I B) known it earlier C) I would contact you D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

I would have contacted you