Common Errors(English ) Questions and answers for exam Preparation

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COMMON ERRORS MCQs

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Question 11. I was shocked to see how much my grand mother had aged since the last time we visited her.

I was shocked
to see how much my grand mother had aged
since the last time we visited her.
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> No error
Answer: (d)
No Error

Question 12. Speech was given to man to conseal his thoughts.

Speech was given
to man to
conseal his thoughts.
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> conseal his thoughts.
Answer: (c)
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes
Hence, conceal (hide)/disguise his thoughts ...... should be used here.

Question 13. The Management Committee was divided in their opinion.

The Management Committee
was divided
in their opinion.
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> was divided
Answer: (b)
According to their in the term in their opinion, plural verb i.e. were divided ...... should be used.

Question 14. My heart is so full for words.

My heart
is so full
for words.
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> is so full
Answer: (b)
My heart is too full for words = My heart is so full that I am out of words.
Too is used before adjectives and adverbs to say that something is more than is good, necessary etc.

Question 15. It is not such a pretty place that I had expected.

It is not
such a pretty place
that I had expected.
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> that I had expected.
Answer: (c)
Here Past Simple i.e. that I expected ..... should be used.

Question 16. Angered over the delay in giving compensation, (1)/ factory workers shouted (2)/ slogans against the president (3)/ when he reaches the office (4)/ No error (5)

when he reaches the office
factory workers shouted
Angered over the delay in giving compensation,
slogans against the president
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> when he reaches the office
Answer: (a)

Question 17. The author said during the press conference (1)/ that there were (2)/ two farther volumes to be published. (3)/ No error (4).

that there were
two farther volumes to be published.
The author said during the press conference
No error.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> two farther volumes to be published.
Answer: (b)Further = additional to what already existsFarther = at to or by a great distanceHence, two further (additional) volumes to be published .....should be used here.

Question 18. We have received many (1)/ of the letters from customers (2)/ asking us to extend (3)/ the deadline to repay their loans (4)/ No error (5)

the deadline to repay their loans
of the letters from customers
We have received many
asking us to extend
No error

Discuss Question

Answer: Option E. -> No error
Answer: (e)

Question 19. Whoever assumes his statement true is foolish

No error
Whoever assumes
his statement true
is foolish

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> is foolish
Answer: (d)Here, is a fool/is a foolish person is the right usage. fool is a Nounfoolish is an Adj.. So, it needs a Noun to be used with it.

Question 20. Since universities have more (1) / space on their campuses they(2)/have been asked to open fire detection control rooms (3)/as a mandatory measure (4)/No error (5)