Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

51

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
They / enjoyed thoroughly / at the party.

A) They B) enjoyed thoroughly C) at the party D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

thoroughly enjoyed themselves

52

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The method suggested in the lecture / enables a student to learn more quickly / and to have remembered for a longer period of time.

A) The method suggested in the lecture B) enables a student to learn more quickly C) and to have remembered for a longer period of time D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

and to remember for a longer period of time

53

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
My friend asked me / if I can lend him my Parker pen / for a few days.

A) My friend asked me B) if I can lend him my Parker pen C) for a few days D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

If I could lend him my Parker pen

54

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The test will not need / more than one and half hour / to finish.

A) The test will not need B) more than one and half hour C) to finish D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

more than one and a half hour

55

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The school is / within hundred yards / from the church.

A) The school is B) within hundred yards C) from the church D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

within a hundred yards

56

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
His father died of cholera / but his mother also, / though very weak, is out of danger.

A) His father died of cholera B) but his mother also, C) though very weak, is out of danger D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

but his mother

57

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The police broke upon the robbers / when they were in the lonely place / to divide their booty.

A) The police broke upon the robbers B) when they were in the lonely place C) to divide their booty D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

The police came upon the robbers

58

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Since it was his first election campaign, the candidate was confused; / none could clearly understand / either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised.

A) Since it was his first election campaign, the candidate was confused; B) none could clearly understand C) either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

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59

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Jayesh is getting / fatter because he / does not take exercise at all

A) Jayesh is getting B) fatter because he C) does not take exercise at all D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

fat because he

60

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He loved / none but / his neighbour's daughter.

A) He loved B) none but C) his neighbour's daughter D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

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