Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

51

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A group of friends / want to visit / the new plant as early as possible.

A) A group of friends B) want to visit C) the new plant as early as possible D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

wants to visit

52

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
After leaving his office / he went directly / to a restaurant.

A) After leaving his office B) he went directly C) to a restaurant D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

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53

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He was in a hurry / because he had an appointment / with the company's director.

A) He was in a hurry B) because he had an appointment C) with the company's director D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

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54

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A body of volunteers / have been organised / to spread the message of the saint.

A) A body of volunteers B) have been organised C) to spread the message of the saint D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

has been organised

55

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
When I get a cold / it takes me weeks / to shake it off.

A) When I get a cold B) it takes me weeks C) to shake it off D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

When I catch cold

56

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Another reason for pharmaceutical companies beefing up their / OTC (Over the Country) divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have been reached / the end of the their patent protection periodare

A) Another reason for pharmaceutical companies beefing up their B) OTC (Over the Country) divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have been reached C) the end of the their patent protection periodare D) allowed to be sold without a prescription. No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

OTC divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have reached

57

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
There is still / little tea / left in the cup.

A) There is still B) little tea C) left in the cup D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

'a little tea' or 'some tea'

58

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He says that / his car does / eight kilometers in a litre

A) He says that B) his car does C) eight kilometers in a litre D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

'eight kilometres per litre'

59

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
After opening the door / we entered into the room / next to the kitchen

A) After opening the door B) we entered into the room C) next to the kitchen D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

we entered the room

60

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Can I lend / your pencil / for a minute, please?

A) Can I lend B) your pencil C) for a minute, please? D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Can I borrow