Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

31

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A detailed inquiry / in the incident / has been initiated / by the Central Government.

A) A detailed inquiry B) in the incident C) has been initiated D) by the Central Government E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

into the incident

32

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
In the absence of / clear instuctions / one cannot be expected / to be functioned effectively.

A) In the absence of B) clear instuctions C) one cannot be expected D) to be functioned effectively E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

to be functionally effective

33

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
What is needed today is / a new breed of managers / with a new set of concepts / and a flexible way about thinking.

A) What is needed today is B) a new breed of managers C) with a new set of concepts D) and a flexible way about thinking E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

and a flexible way of thinking

34

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Rajesh won the case as / he argued very forcefully and / in such the intelligent way / that the judge changed his opinion.

A) Rajesh won the case as B) he argued very forcefully and C) in such the intelligent way D) that the judge changed his opinion E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

in such an intelligent way

35

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The minister's speech / has been reported / to the newspaper.

A) The minister's speech B) has been reported C) to the newspaper D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

in the newspaper

36

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Yesterday, a visitor to / the park was attacked / by a tiger and / had to hospitalise.

A) Yesterday, a visitor to B) the park was attacked C) by a tiger and D) had to hospitalise E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

had to be hospitalised

37

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
All of you will agree with me / that no problem faced by our society / is as grave and intractable / as this problem is

A) All of you will agree with me B) that no problem faced by our society C) is as grave and intractable D) as this problem is E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

that no other problem faced by our country

38

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The basket of apples / sent by the gardener / contained a number of / green mangoes also.

A) The basket of apples B) sent by the gardener C) contained a number of D) green mangoes also E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

To correct this error, you should rephrase it as:

"The basket of apples sent by the gardener contained not only green mangoes but also..."

So, the correct answer is Option D: green mangoes also.

39

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
In order to save petrol, / motorists must have to / be very cautious / while driving along the highways.

A) In order to save petrol, B) motorists must have to C) be very cautious D) while driving along the highways E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Motorists have to

40

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Even after requesting / him, he did not / tell us that how / he wolved the problem

A) Even after requesting B) him, he did not C) tell us that how D) he wolved the problem E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

tell us how