Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-7

1. Ram was / senior to / Sam in college.
a) Ram was
b) senior to
c) Sam in college
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: The adjectives inferior, superior, senior, junior, prior etc. take the preposition to, not than. E.g.

She always felt inferior to her younger sister.
This material is superior to that.

2. It was him / who came / running / into the classroom.
a) It was him
b) who came
c) running
d) No error

Answer: a
Explanation: Change, It was him into It was he
As complement of the Copulative verb is Nominative case.

3. The capital of Yemen / is situating / 2190 meters above / the sea level.
a) The capital of Yemen
b) is situating
c) 2190 meters above
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: Change, is situating → is situated

4. The captain along with his team / are practicing very hard / for the / forth coming matches.
a) The captain along with his team
b) are practicing very hard
c) for the
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: Replace, are practicing very hard → is practicing very hard
Subject of the verb must agree in number with verb.

5. Supposing if / it rains / what shall / we do?
a) Supposing if
b) it rains
c) what shall
d) No Error

Answer: a
Explanation: Delete 'if'

Supposing it rains what shall we do?

6. The website, which does not / accept advertisement and is funded / entirely by donations, describes itself / as the fifth most popular website on the planet.
a) The website, which does not
b) accept advertisement and is funded
c) entirely by donations, describe itself
d) as the fifth most popular website on the planet

Answer: d
Explanation: Change, as the fifth most popular website on the planet → as the fifth most popular website of the planet

7. As sharing crime statistics for / the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that / there had been an undue delay in / the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell.
a) As sharing crime statistics for
b) the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that
c) there had been an undue delay in
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: Sentence is correct.

8. The Moon may be the best place / to look for aliens as their / footprints on their surface would / last far longer than radio signals.
a) The Moon may be the best place
b) to look for aliens as their
c) footprints on their surface would
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: change, footprints on their surface would → footprints on its surface would

9. The judge advised the Government to / have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while / recounting his personal experience where an auto-rickshaw driver / made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100.
a) The judge advised the Government to
b) have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while
c) recounting his personal experience where an auto-r
d) made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100

Answer: d
Explanation: Delete to from,
made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100 → made him wait and also demanded Rs. 100

10. The company aims / to nearly double / its revenues on the back / of a strongest product pipeline.
a) The company aims
b) to nearly double
c) its revenues on the back
d) of a strongest product pipeline

Answer: d
Explanation: Change, 'of a strongest product pipeline' TO 'of a strong product pipeline'