Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

41

My grandfather owns / fifty acre / of wet land.

A) My grandfather owns B) fifty acre C) of wet land D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Change, fifty acre → fifty acres.

42

Our history can be seen / as a long evolutionary dialectical development / in which there have been / a painstaking forgiving of rational and moral self.

A) Our history can be seen B) as a long evolutionary dialectical development C) in which there have been D) a painstaking forgiving of rational and moral self E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Change, in which there have been → in which there has been.

43

Our knowledge of history does not come to / Our help and some times we / even fail to remember / who invented America.

A) Our knowledge of history does not come to B) Our help and some times we C) even fail to remember D) who invented America E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

who discovered America

44

The Committee has made / significant changes in / the rules which / will help to banks.

A) The Committee has made B) significant change in C) the rules which D) will help to banks E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Help is a transitive verb. So, it should have an object. Here, TO doesn't require as help is transitive. Therefore, to should be replaced by The. Correct Sentence: The Committee has made significant changes in the rules which will help the banks.

45

This Project which is funded / by the united nations / has helped over four / lakh Indians overcome poverty.

A) This Project which is funded B) by the united nations C) has helped over four D) lakh Indians overcome poverty E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

lakh Indians to overcome poverty

46

The number of tourists / is expected to rise / from seven to ten percent / in the next ten years.

A) The number of tourists B) is expected to rise C) from seven to ten percent D) in the next ten years E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

The correct sentence is
The number of tourists is expected to rise seven to ten percent in the next ten years.

47

I enquired / of him / whether he would / accompany me to Dharmsala.

A) I enquired B) of him C) whether he would D) accompany me to Dharmsala E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

Solution:

Sentence is correct.

48

Being that my car is getting / its annual check up. / I will not be / able to pick you up tomorrow morning.

A) Being that my car is getting B) its annual check up. C) I will not be D) able to pick you up tomorrow morning E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Change, Being that my car is getting → As my car is getting.

49

We can't hardly believe that the / situation is so serious as / to justify such precautions / as you have taken.

A) We can't hardly believe that the B) situation is so serious as C) to justify such precautions D) as you have taken E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

change, We can't hardly believe that the → We can't believe that the

50

The third season of / the popular television show will ends / on a grand note with / celebrities dancing and having fun.

A) The third season of B) the popular television show will ends C) on a grand note with D) celebrities dancing and having fun E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Change, ends → end.
In future indefinite tense, the first form of verb is used