Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

61

If successful, the research could / pave the way towards / the prevention in untimely deaths / due to fatal illnesses.

A) If successful, the research could B) pave the way towards C) the prevention in untimely deaths D) due to fatal illnesses E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Change, due to fatal illnesses → due to fatal illness.

62

The Ministry has directed banks / to do away with their / separate promotion policies, a move / strongly opposed by the officers' unions.

A) The Ministry has directed banks B) to do away with their C) separate promotion policies, a move D) strongly opposed by the officers' unions E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

Solution:

Option A: "The Ministry has directed banks"
This part is grammatically correct. The verb phrase "has directed" is correctly used in the present perfect tense, and "banks" functions as the object of the verb "directed".

Option B: "to do away with their"
This is also correct. The expression "do away with" means to abolish, remove, or eliminate something. The pronoun "their" correctly refers to the banks.

Option C: "separate promotion policies, a move"
This construction is grammatically correct. The phrase "a move" refers back to the action of directing banks to eliminate their separate promotion policies.

Option D: "strongly opposed by the officers' unions"
This is also correct. The phrase "strongly opposed by" is a reduced relative clause meaning "which is strongly opposed by". The possessive form "officers' unions" is also correctly used.

Therefore, there is no grammatical error in the sentence.

Final Answer: Option E — No error

63

After a complaint was filed, / police teams was given the photograph / of the accused from the CCTV footage / recorded at the hotel.

A) After a complaint was filed, B) police teams was given the photograph C) of the accused from the CCTV footage D) recorded at the hotel E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Change, police teams was given the photograph → police team was given the photograph

64

Activists opposing the rail project said / that the eleven new flyovers to be built / would practically ring / the death knell for the city.

A) Activists opposing the rail project said B) that the eleven new flyovers to be built C) would practically ring D) the death knell for the city E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option E

Solution:

Sentence is correct.

65

It is common / knowledge that each / of us / loves our home.

A) It is common B) knowledge that each C) of us D) loves our home E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Change, loves our home → loves his/her home.

The pronoun 'his/her' must correspond to the subject each of us, implying singular.

66

The teacher repeatedly warned / the students not to make / noise but students / did not obey.

A) The teacher repeatedly warned B) the students not to make C) noise but students D) did not obey. E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Change, noise but students → a noise but students.

Indefinite article missing.

67

The education Council / is consisted of ten members / all of whom / are experienced men.

A) The education Council B) is consisted of ten members C) all of whom D) are experienced men. E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Change, is consisted of ten members → consists of ten members.

The verb indicates present tense.

68

The woman who / has been perpetually hesitating / which of the two books / she will read first will probably read none and will suffer.

A) The woman who B) has been perpetually hesitating C) which of the two books D) she will read first will probably read none and wi E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Change, she will read first will probably read none and will suffer → she will read first will probably read neither and will suffer.

When the choice is between two persons or things, 'neither' is applicable, not 'none' which is used when there are many things.

69

Summons were / issued yesterday / by Sessions judge / against the suspected thief.

A) Summons were B) issued yesterday C) by Sessions judge D) against the suspected thief. E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Change, Summons were → Summons was. A summons was issued. The word Summons is singular and should carry a singular verb.

70

Teaching in this school / would certainly improve / if it had less boys / in all the high classes.

A) Teaching in this school B) would certainly improve C) if it had less boys D) in all the high classes. E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Change, If it had less boys → if it had fewer boys.

Less is used for quantity. Fewer is correct word when the reference is for numbers.