Spotting Errors problems
- 1. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- 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
Correct Answer: was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated
Explanation:
was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales of which are estimated' or 'whose sales are estimated
- 2. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. They left
- B. their luggages
- C. at the railway station.
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: their luggages
Explanation:
their luggage
- 3. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- 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
Correct Answer: without his coming too.
Explanation:
without the other's coming too
- 4. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. She is
- B. five years
- C. senior than me.
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: senior than me.
Explanation:
senior to me
- 5. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any). (solve as per the direction given)
Options- A. The President had hardly spoken
- B. a few words
- C. when the microphone stopped functioning.
- D. No error. Discuss
- Option A - The President had hardly spoken:
- This part is grammatically correct. "Had hardly spoken" is properly used in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred before another action in the past.
- Option B - a few words:
- This part is also correct. "A few words" is a proper noun phrase and fits logically with the verb "spoken."
- Option C - when the microphone stopped functioning:
- This part is correct. The use of "when" is appropriate here because it shows the time when the microphone stopped functioning, following the past perfect tense.
- Option D - No error:
- There are no grammatical errors in the sentence. All parts are correctly structured.
- Final Answer:
- The sentence is free of errors, so the correct answer is D. No error.
Correct Answer: No error.
Explanation:
The sentence reads: "The President had hardly spoken a few words when the microphone stopped functioning." Let's break it down to identify any grammatical error:
- 6. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. Locke's treatises on government toleration and education
- B. show a mind fully awake in
- C. the possibilities of social reconstruction.
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: show a mind fully awake in
Explanation:
show a mind fully alert to
- 7. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. You will get
- B. all the information
- C. if you read this booklet carefully.
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: You will get
Explanation:
you can get
- 8. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. None of the students attending your class
- B. answered your questions
- C. did they?
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: did they?
Explanation:
'did one' or 'did any'
- 9. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. An animal
- B. can be just as unhappy in a vast area
- C. or in a small one
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: or in a small one
Explanation:
as in a small one
- 10. (solve as per the direction given above)
Options- A. He is working in
- B. a bank in New Delhi
- C. for the past several months.
- D. No error. Discuss
Correct Answer: He is working in
Explanation:
He has been working in
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