Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

1

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Mahatma Gandhi did not solve / all the problems of the future / but he did solve / problems of his own age.

A) Mahatma Gandhi did not solve B) all the problems of the future C) but he did solve D) problems of his own age E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

the problems of the future

2

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We never thought / that Mahesh is / oldest than the other / players in the team.

A) We never thought B) that Mahesh is C) oldest than the other D) players in the team E) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Older than the other

3

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
One of the party / members were dismissed / for speaking against / the leader.

A) One of the party B) members were dismissed C) for speaking against D) the leader E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

members was dismissed

4

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No sooner the plane landed / at the airport than / a group of armed / commandos surrounded it.

A) No sooner the plane landed B) at the airport than C) a group of armed D) commandos surrounded it E) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

No sooner did the plane land

5

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The job is much worse than I expected / If I would have realised / how awful it was going to be / I would not have accepted it.

A) The job is much worse than I expected B) If I would have realised C) how awful it was going to be D) I would not have accepted it E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

If I had realised

6

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We have done everything / that could be done / to avert the storm / which is now coming on.

A) We have done everything B) that could be done C) to avert the storm D) which is now coming on E) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

We did everything

7

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Well, I spend six or seven years / after high school / trying to find a job for me / but could not succeed in it.

A) Well, I spend six or seven years B) after high school C) trying to find a job for me D) but could not succeed in it E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Well, I spent six or seven years

8

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
All renew licences / may be collected from / the cashier's counter after / paying the fees.

A) All renew licences B) may be collected from C) the cashier's counter after D) paying the fees E) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

All renewed licences

9

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
All his relatives / except his daughter / have gone on / a month's vacation tour.

A) All his relatives B) except his daughter C) have gone on D) a month's vacation tour E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

to have gone on

10

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No sooner did he / got up from bed / than he was sent / to the dairy.

A) No sooner did he B) got up from bed C) than he was sent D) to the dairy E) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

get up from bed