Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-28

1. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Another reason for pharmaceutical companies beefing up their / OTC (Over the Country) divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have been reached / the end of the their patent protection periodare
a) Another reason for pharmaceutical companies beefing up their
b) OTC (Over the Country) divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have been reached
c) the end of the their patent protection periodare
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: OTC divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have reached

2. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
There is still / little tea / left in the cup.
a) There is still
b) little tea
c) left in the cup
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: 'a little tea' or 'some tea'

3. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He says that / his car does / eight kilometers in a litre
a) He says that
b) his car does
c) eight kilometers in a litre
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: 'eight kilometres per litre'

4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
After opening the door / we entered into the room / next to the kitchen
a) After opening the door
b) we entered into the room
c) next to the kitchen
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: we entered the room

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Can I lend / your pencil / for a minute, please?
a) Can I lend
b) your pencil
c) for a minute, please?
d) No Error

Answer: a
Explanation: Can I borrow

6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Shanghai is / bigger than any city / of the world
a) Shanghai is
b) bigger than any city
c) of the world
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: bigger than any other city

7.Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Sheela has scored a first class / in her final exams, / isn't it?
a) Sheela has scored a first class
b) in her final exams,
c) isn't it?
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: hasn't she

8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
At the moment the house / was burgled the family / attended a night party in the neighbourhood.
a) At the moment the house
b) was burgled the family
c) attended a night party in the neighbourhood.
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: The moment the house

9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Scarcely had / I arrived than / the train left.
a) Scarcely had
b) I arrived than
c) the train left.
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation:'I arrived when'

10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case, / the facts made it very clear / that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife
a) Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case,
b) the facts made it very clear
c) that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: that he had involved in the cruel murder of his wife.