Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

1

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Since we are friends / there should be no secret / between you and I.

A) Since we are friends B) there should be no secret C) between you and I D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

between you and me

2

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains, / travelling became very pleasant, / especially during the summer season.

A) Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains, B) travelling became very pleasant, C) especially during the summer season D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

travelling has become very pleasant

3

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If I will have the time / I shall try and make it / to the zoo this afternoon.

A) If I will have the time B) I shall try and make it C) to the zoo this afternoon D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

If I have the time

4

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We are four brothers and sisters living in this house / but neither of us is / satisfied with it.

A) We are four brothers and sisters living in this house B) but neither of us is C) satisfied with it D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

but none of us are

5

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry / is looking for a marketing manager / to look up the marketing network of the company

A) A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry B) is looking for a marketing manager C) to look up the marketing network of the company D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

to look after the marketing network of the company

6

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Not one of the hundreds / of striking workers / were allowed to go near the factory.

A) Not one of the hundreds B) of striking workers C) were allowed to go near the factory D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

was allowed to go near the factory

7

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The single biggest gainer in this process / was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated / to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year.

A) The single biggest gainer in this process B) was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated C) to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales of which are estimated' or 'whose sales are estimated

8

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
They left / their luggages / at the railway station.

A) They left B) their luggages C) at the railway station D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

their luggage

9

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Salim and Antony are such good friends / that one won't go to the pictures / without his coming too.

A) Salim and Antony are such good friends B) that one won't go to the pictures C) without his coming too D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

without the other's coming too

10

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
She is / five years / senior than me.

A) She is B) five years C) senior than me D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

senior to me