Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-15

1. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The criminal was / caught, convicted the hung / in a short period of time.
a) The criminal was
b) caught, convicted the hung
c) in a short period of time.
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: within a short period of time

2. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I am thinking of / to go to Agra / for my cousin's marriage.
a) I am thinking of
b) to go to Agra
c) for my cousin's marriage.
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: going to Agra

3. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
In management, as you rise higher, / the problems you face become more and more unstructured and you can't just fall back on / the tools you had been
a) In management, as you rise higher
b) the problems you face become more and more unstructured and you can't just fall back on
c) the tools you had been
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: the problem you face become more and more unstructured and you can't afford to fall back upon

4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Neeraj said / that he would rather fail than copying / in the examination
a) Neeraj said
b) that he would rather fail than copying
c) in the examination
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: he would rather fail than copy

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I had hoped to have met him yesterday / to discuss the matter with him / but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him
a) I had hoped to have met him yesterday
b) to discuss the matter with him
c) but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him
d) No Error

Answer: a
Explanation: I had hoped to meet him yesterday

6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Since we are friends / there should be no secret / between you and I.
a) Since we are friends
b) there should be no secret
c) between you and I.
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: between you and me

7. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains, / travelling became very pleasant, / especially during the summer season.
a) Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains,
b) travelling became very pleasant
c) especially during the summer season.
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: travelling has become very pleasant

8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If I will have the time / I shall try and make it / to the zoo this afternoon.
a) If I will have the time
b) I shall try and make it
c) to the zoo this afternoon.
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: If I have the time

9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We are four brothers and sisters living in this house / but neither of us is / satisfied with it.
a) We are four brothers and sisters living in this house
b) but neither of us is
c) satisfied with it.
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: but none of us are

10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry / is looking for a marketing manager / to look up the marketing network of the company
a) A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry
b) is looking for a marketing manager
c) to look up the marketing network of the company
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: to look after the marketing network of the company