Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

51

The website, which does not / accept advertisement and is funded / entirely by donations, describes itself / as the fifth most popular website on the planet.

A) The website, which does not B) accept advertisement and is funded C) entirely by donations, describe itself D) as the fifth most popular website on the planet E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Change, as the fifth most popular website on the planet → as the fifth most popular website of the planet

52

As sharing crime statistics for / the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that / there had been an undue delay in / the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell.

A) As sharing crime statistics for B) the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that C) there had been an undue delay in D) the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

Solution:

Sentence is correct.

53

The Moon may be the best place / to look for aliens as their / footprints on their surface would / last far longer than radio signals.

A) The Moon may be the best place B) to look for aliens as their C) footprints on their surface would D) last far longer than radio signals E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

change, footprints on their surface would → footprints on its surface would

54

The judge advised the Government to / have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while / recounting his personal experience where an auto-rickshaw driver / made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100.

A) The judge advised the Government to B) have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while C) recounting his personal experience where an auto-r D) made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100 E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Delete to from,
made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100 → made him wait and also demanded Rs. 100

55

The company aims / to nearly double / its revenues on the back / of a strongest product pipeline.

A) The company aims B) to nearly double C) its revenues on the back D) of a strongest product pipeline E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Change, 'of a strongest product pipeline' TO 'of a strong product pipeline'

56

The woman that had / kidnapped a child has now / been apprehended and is being / held in the city's jail.

A) The woman that had B) kidnapped a child has now C) been apprehended and is being D) held in the city's jail E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Change, held in the city's jail → held in the city jail.

57

Rose growers in / the city are waking up / to the benefits / of collective action.

A) Rose growers in B) the city are waking up C) to the benefits D) of collective action E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Change, to the benefits → of the benefits.

58

The Minister will have / a tough task on his hand / where three different recommendations / for this year's rate reach his desk.

A) The Minister will have B) a tough task on his hand C) where three different recommendations D) for this year's rate reach his desk E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Change, a tough task on his hand → a tough task in his hand.

59

The current economic scenario / could possibly undo / the growth that followed / the economic liberalization of 1991.

A) The current economic scenario B) could possibly undo / the growth that followed C) the growth that followed D) the economic liberalization of 1991 E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

Solution:

Sentence is correct.

60

In a first of its kind study, / a team of scientist have tried to / 'grow' new stem cells in / the ear that get damage with age.

A) In a first of its kind study, B) a team of scientist have tried to C) 'grow' new stem cells in D) the ear that get damage with age E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Change, a team of scientist have tried to → a team of scientist hastried to.
Team is Singular so it takes singular verb.