Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-23

1.Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
No sooner the / clock strike six than / all the employees / rushed out of office.
a) No sooner the
b) clock strike six than
c) all the employees
d) rushed out of office

Answer: a
Explanation: No sooner did the

2. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We play / tennis together / every morning / since last June.
a) We play
b) tennis together
c) every morning
d) since last June.

Answer: a
Explanation: We have been playing

3. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Don't go by his appearance; / he is capable at / doing any work / without any hesitation
a) Don't go by his appearance;
b) he is capable at
c) doing any work
d) without any hesitation

Answer: b
Explanation: he is capable of

4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Even at the planning stage / Rajesh was quite sure, / that the scheme was / binding to fail.
a) Even at the planning stage
b) Rajesh was quite sure,
c) that the scheme was
d) binding to fail.

Answer: d
Explanation: bound to fail

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Our school is making / every possible effort / to provide best facilities / and personal attention for each child.
a) Our school is making
b) every possible effort
c) to provide best facilities
d) and personal attention for each child.

Answer: d
Explanation: and personal attention to each child

6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
It is the newspaper / that exposes us to the widest range / of human experiences and behaviour.
a) It is the newspaper
b) that exposes us to the widest range
c) of human experiences and behaviour.
d) No Error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

7. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A small baby breathes about / 45 times per minute while / a child of about six years breathes about 25 times per minute.
a) A small baby breathes about
b) 45 times per minute while
c) a child of about six years breathes about 25 times per minute
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I have read / too many books / by R . K . Narayan.
a) I have read
b) too many books
c) by R . K . Narayan
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: so many books

9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He was sure / that he should / win the Prize.
a) He was sure
b) that he should
c) win the Prize.
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: that he would

10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He is / too intelligent / to make a mistake
a) He is
b) too intelligent
c) to make a mistake
d) No Error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error