Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-27

1. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Last month we celebrated / the wedding of our sister for whom / we have been looking for a suitable alliance for three years.
a) Last month we celebrated
b) the wedding of our sister for whom
c) we have been looking for a suitable alliance for three years
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: we had been looking for a suitable alliance for three years.

2.Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
In an English paper / examiners should give as much weightage to language / as they give to contents
a) In an English paper
b) examiners should give as much weightage to language
c) as they give to contents
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

3. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I am hearing / a lot about / the problem of AIDS these days.
a) I am hearing
b) a lot about
c) the problem of AIDS these days
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: I hear

4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Unless you stop to make noise at once / I will have no option but to / bring the matter to the attention of the police.
a) Unless you stop to make noise at once
b) I will have no option but to
c) bring the matter to the attention of the police
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: 'Unless you stop making noise at once'

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He is generally / more hungry / than she is
a) He is generally
b) more hungry
c) than she is
d) No Error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Even though the shirt is rather expensive / but I wish to / purchase it with my own money.
a) Even though the shirt is rather expensive
b) but I wish to
c) purchase it with my own money.
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: I wish to

7. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He enquired me / why I had not seen him the previous day / as I had promised to do.
a) He enquired me
b) why I had not seen him the previous day
c) as I had promised to do
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: why I could not see him the previous day

8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I was there / many a time / in the past
a) I was there
b) many a time
c) in the past
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: 'I have been there'

9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
All the four sons / of the old man / quarrelled between themselves.
a) All the four sons
b) of the old man
c) quarrelled between themselves
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: quarrelled among themselves

10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He wanted to work all night / but we saw that he was completely worn out
a) He wanted to work all night
b) but we saw that he was completely worn out
c) and so we persuaded him to stop
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: but we saw that he had completely been worn out