Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-17

1. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The teacher promised / that he will explain it / if they come / before school the following day.
a) The teacher promised
b) that he will explain it
c) if they come
d) before school the following day

Answer: b
Explanation: that he would explain it

2. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
After toiling very hard / over a long period / he found / he had hardly made no profit at all.
a) After toiling very hard
b) over a long period
c) he found
d) he had hardly made no profit at all

Answer: d
Explanation: he had hardly made any profit at all

3. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Scarcely had / he gone a few steps / that he was told / that his mother was no more.
a) Scarcely had
b) he gone a few steps
c) that he was told
d) that his mother was no more

Answer: c
Explanation: When he was told

4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The observers felt that / the stronger team had to face / defeat because the players / didn't play whole hearted.
a) The observers felt that
b) the stronger team had to face
c) defeat because the players
d) didn't play whole hearted

Answer: d
Explanation: didn't play whole heartedly

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
One of the objective / of the meeting which / of the meeting which / elect new office-bearers.
a) One of the objective
b) of the meeting which
c) of the meeting which
d) elect new office-bearers

Answer: a
Explanation: One of the objectives

6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Mahatma Gandhi did not solve / all the problems of the future / but he did solve / problems of his own age
a) Mahatma Gandhi did not solve
b) all the problems of the future
c) but he did solve
d) problems of his own age

Answer: b
Explanation: the problems of the future

7. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We never thought / that Mahesh is / oldest than the other / players in the team.
a) We never thought
b) that Mahesh is
c) oldest than the other
d) players in the team.

Answer: c
Explanation: Older than the other

8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
One of the party / members were dismissed / for speaking against / the leader.
a) One of the party
b) members were dismissed
c) for speaking against
d) the leader.

Answer: b
Explanation: members was dismissed

9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No sooner the plane landed / at the airport than / a group of armed / commandos surrounded it.
a) No sooner the plane landed
b) at the airport than
c) a group of armed
d) No Error

Answer: a
Explanation: No sooner did the plane land

10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The job is much worse than I expected / If I would have realised / how awful it was going to be / I would not have accepted it.
a) The job is much worse than I expected
b) If I would have realised
c) how awful it was going to be
d) I would not have accepted it.

Answer: b
Explanation: If I had realised