Common Error Detection(English > Grammar ) Questions and answers for exam Preparation

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COMMON ERROR DETECTION MCQs

Common Errors, Spotting Errors, Error Spotting, Spot The Error, Spotting Of Error, Error Identification

Total Questions : 4030 | Page 402 of 403 pages

Question 4011. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The foremost criterion of selection we adopted / were the number of years of training / a dancer had received / under a particular guru.

The foremost criterion of selection we adopted
were the number of years of training
a dancer had received
under a particular guru
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> were the number of years of training
was the number of years of training

Question 4012. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He could succeed / in catching the ball / before it reaches / the boundary line.

He could succeed
in catching the ball
before it reaches
the boundary line
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> before it reaches
before it reached

Question 4013. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If you would have / gone to his house / before 10 a.m., you would have / got his autograph.

If you would have
gone to his house
before 10 a.m., you would have
got his autograph
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> If you would have
If you had

Question 4014. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Mohan has collected / all the necessary documents / and have written a good paper / for this conference.

Mohan has collected
all the necessary documents
and have written a good paper
for this conference
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> and have written a good paper
and has written a good paper

Question 4015. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I am trying to finish / this letter for the last one hour / I wish you would / go away or stop disturbing me.

I am trying to finish
this letter for the last one hour
I wish you would
go away or stop disturbing me
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> I am trying to finish
I have been trying to finish

Question 4016. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Scarcely had / he gone / when a policeman / knocked at the door.

Scarcely had
he gone
when a policeman
knocked at the door
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option E. -> No error

Question 4017. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He fixed a metal ladder / for the wall below his window / so as to be able to / escape if there was a fire.

He fixed a metal ladder
for the wall below his window
so as to be able to
escape if there was a fire
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> for the wall below his window
to the wall below his window

Question 4018. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No sooner did / the chairman begin speaking / some participants started / shouting slogans.

No sooner did
the chairman begin speaking
some participants started
shouting slogans
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> some participants started
than some participants started

Question 4019. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The recent study has / indicated that there is / perceptible change in / the attitudes of the people.

The recent study has
indicated that there is
perceptible change in
the attitudes of the people
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> perceptible change in
a perceptible change in

Question 4020. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Jayant told me / that Mihir expect / every friend to meet him / once in a week.