Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-10

1. The number of tourists / is expected to rise / from seven to ten percent / in the next ten years.
a) The number of tourists
b) is expected to rise
c) from seven to ten percent
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: The correct sentence is
The number of tourists is expected to rise seven to ten percent in the next ten years.

2. I enquired / of him / whether he would / accompany me to Dharmsala.
a) of him
b) whether he would
c) accompany me to Dharmsala
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: Sentence is correct.

3. Being that my car is getting / its annual check up. / I will not be / able to pick you up tomorrow morning.
a) Being that my car is getting
b) its annual check up.
c) I will not be
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: Change, Being that my car is getting → As my car is getting.

4. We can't hardly believe that the / situation is so serious as / to justify such precautions / as you have taken.
a) We can't hardly believe that the
b) situation is so serious as
c) to justify such precautions
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: change, We can't hardly believe that the → We can't believe that the

5. The third season of / the popular television show will ends / on a grand note with / celebrities dancing and having fun.
a) The third season of
b) the popular television show will ends
c) on a grand note with
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: Change, ends → end.
In future indefinite tense, the first form of verb is used

6. The woman that had / kidnapped a child has now / been apprehended and is being / held in the city's jail.
a) kidnapped a child has now
b) been apprehended and is being
c) held in the city's jail
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: Change, held in the city's jail → held in the city jail.

7. Rose growers in / the city are waking up / to the benefits / of collective action.
a) Rose growers in
b) the city are waking up
c) to the benefits
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: Change, to the benefits → of the benefits.

8. The Minister will have / a tough task on his hand / where three different recommendations / for this year's rate reach his desk.
a) The Minister will have
b) a tough task on his hand
c) where three different recommendations
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: Change, a tough task on his hand → a tough task in his hand.

9. The current economic scenario / could possibly undo / the growth that followed / the economic liberalization of 1991.
a) could possibly undo / the growth that followed
b) the growth that followed
c) the economic liberalization of 1991
d) No Error

Answer: d
Explanation: Sentence is correct.

10. In a first of its kind study, / a team of scientist have tried to / 'grow' new stem cells in / the ear that get damage with age.
a) In a first of its kind study,
b) a team of scientist have tried to
c) grow' new stem cells in
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: Change, a team of scientist have tried to → a team of scientist has tried to.
Team is Singular so it takes singular verb.