Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

41

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I have had to work / at the fountain for almost / ten hours before it could / start functioning well.

A) I have had to work B) at the fountain for almost C) ten hours before it could D) start functioning well E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

The sentence begins with present perfect tense in the phrase “I have had to work”, which indicates an action extending up to the present.

However, the clause “before it could start functioning well” uses past tense, which creates a tense inconsistency in the sentence.

For grammatical correctness, the verb should agree with the present perfect construction, and it should be “before it can start functioning well” instead of “could”.

Hence, the grammatical error lies in the part “ten hours before it could”, making Option C the correct answer.

42

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We admired the way / he had completed all his work / and appreciating the method / adopted by him.

A) We admired the way B) he had completed all his work C) and appreciating the method D) adopted by him E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

and appreciated the method

43

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Had I come / to know about / his difficulties / would have certainly helped.

A) Had I come B) to know about C) his difficulties D) would have certainly helped E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

would certainly have helped him

44

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Whatever he was / today is only because / of his mother who / was a renowned scientist.

A) Whatever he was B) today is only because C) of his mother who D) was a renowned scientist E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Whatever he is

45

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No girl / in her troupe is / so sprightly as / your daughter.

A) No girl B) in her troupe is C) so sprightly as D) your daughter E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

as sprightly as

46

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The Trust has succeeded / admirably in raising / money for / its future programmes.

A) The Trust has succeeded B) admirably in raising C) money for D) its future programmes E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

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47

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The committee is thankful to Shri Desai / for preparing not only the main report / but also for preparing / the agenda notes and minutes.

A) The committee is thankful to Shri Desai B) for preparing not only the main report C) but also for preparing D) the agenda notes and minutes E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

but also

48

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Motivating employees with / traditional authority and financial / incentives have become / increasingly difficult.

A) Motivating employees with B) traditional authority and financial C) incentives have become D) increasingly difficult E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

incentives has become

49

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We have observed that / many good programmes / suffer of shortage / of funds and other resources.

A) We have observed that B) many good programmes C) suffer of shortage D) of funds and other resources E) Error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

suffer for shortage

50

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If the teacher / is good the students / will respond / positively to them.

A) If the teacher B) is good the students C) will respond D) positively to them E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

positively to him