Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-29

1. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A group of friends / want to visit / the new plant as early as possible.
a) A group of friends
b) want to visit
c) the new plant as early as possible.
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: wants to visit

2. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
After leaving his office / he went directly / to a restaurant.
a) After leaving his office
b) he went directly
c) to a restaurant.
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

3. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He was in a hurry / because he had an appointment / with the company's director.
a) He was in a hurry
b) because he had an appointment
c) with the company's director.
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A body of volunteers / have been organised / to spread the message of the saint.
a) A body of volunteers
b) have been organised
c) to spread the message of the saint
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: has been organised

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
When I get a cold / it takes me weeks / to shake it off.
a) When I get a cold
b) it takes me weeks
c) to shake it off.
d) No Error

Answer: a
Explanation: When I catch cold

6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The President had hardly spoken / a few words / when the microphone stopped functioning
a) The President had hardly spoken
b) a few words
c) when the microphone stopped functioning
d) No Error

Answer: d
Explanation: No error

7. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Locke's treatises on government toleration and education / show a mind fully awake in / the possibilities of social reconstruction.
a) Locke's treatises on government toleration and education
b) show a mind fully awake in
c) the possibilities of social reconstruction
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: show a mind fully alert to

8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
You will get / all the information / if you read this booklet carefully.
a) You will get
b) all the information
c) if you read this booklet carefully.
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: you can get

9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
None of the students attending your class / answered your questions / did they?
a) None of the students attending your class
b) answered your questions
c) did they?
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: 'did one' or 'did any'

10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
An animal / can be just as unhappy in a vast area / or in a small one
a) An animal
b) can be just as unhappy in a vast area
c) or in a small one
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: as in a small one