Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

61

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The criminal was / caught, convicted the hung / in a short period of time.

A) The criminal was B) caught, convicted the hung C) in a short period of time D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

within a short period of time

62

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I am thinking of / to go to Agra / for my cousin's marriage.

A) I am thinking of B) to go to Agra C) for my cousin's marriage D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

going to Agra

63

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
In management, as you rise higher, / the problems you face become more and more unstructured and you can't just fall back on / the tools you had been

A) In management, as you rise higher, B) the problems you face become more and more unstructured and you can't just fall back on C) the tools you had been D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

the problem you face become more and more unstructured and you can't afford to fall back upon

64

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Neeraj said / that he would rather fail than copying / in the examination

A) Neeraj said B) that he would rather fail than copying C) in the examination D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

he would rather fail than copy

65

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I had hoped to have met him yesterday / to discuss the matter with him / but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him.

A) I had hoped to have met him yesterday B) to discuss the matter with him C) but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

I had hoped to meet him yesterday

66

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
You will come / to my party tomorrow, / isn't it?

A) You will come B) to my party tomorrow, C) isn't it? D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

won't you

67

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I wonder / how am I / to do it

A) I wonder B) how am I C) to do it D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

how I am going

68

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He is not to blame / for what has happened / for he is in no way connected with it.

A) He is not to blame B) for what has happened C) for he is in no way connected with it D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

He is not to be blamed

69

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Had you not / reached in time / he would have lost all our belongings.

A) Had you not B) reached in time C) he would have lost all our belongings D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

we would have lost all our belongings

70

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The man told to her / that he had not brought his dog / out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain.

A) The man told to her B) that he had not brought his dog C) out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

The man told her