Common Error Detection Questions and Answers Part-9

1. If successful, the research could / pave the way towards / the prevention in untimely deaths / due to fatal illnesses.
a) pave the way towards
b) the prevention in untimely deaths
c) due to fatal illnesses
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: Change, due to fatal illnesses → due to fatal illness.

2. The Ministry has directed banks / to do away with their / separate promotion policies, a move / strongly opposed by the officers' unions.
a) to do away with their
b) separate promotion policies, a move
c) strongly opposed by the officers' unions
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: Change, strongly opposed by the officers' unions → strongly opposed by the officers' union.

3. After a complaint was filed, / police teams was given the photograph / of the accused from the CCTV footage / recorded at the hotel.
a) After a complaint was filed,
b) police teams was given the photograph
c) of the accused from the CCTV footage
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: Change, police teams was given the photograph → police team was given the photograph

4. Activists opposing the rail project said / that the eleven new flyovers to be built / would practically ring / the death knell for the city.
a) Activists opposing the rail project said
b) would practically ring
c) the death knell for the city
d) No error

Answer: d
Explanation: Sentence is correct.

5. It is common / knowledge that each / of us / loves our home.
a) knowledge that each
b) of us
c) loves our home
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation: Change, loves our home → loves his/her home.

The pronoun 'his/her' must correspond to the subject each of us, implying singular.

6. Everyone of the students / has bought / his / identity card.
a) Everyone of the students
b) has bought
c) his
d) No Error

Answer: a
Explanation: Change, everyone → each one

When the number is limited or is implied to be limited 'each one' will be better usage than 'everyone'.

7. The doctor said / that patient / should not have wasted / before coming for help.
a) The doctor said
b) that patient
c) should not have wasted
d) No error

Answer: b
Explanation: Change, patient → the patient

Since, there is emphasis on the word patient.

8. In my youth / I used to / visit / Sharma's and Chawla's company.
a) I used to
b) visit
c) Sharma's and Chawla's company
d) No error

Answer: c
Explanation: Change, Sharma's → Sharma.

When two nouns are closely connected the apostrophe's is added only to second.

9. As he stood / below the shower / the sharp jets of / ice cold water revived his spirit.
a) As he stood
b) the sharp jets of
c) ice cold water revived his spirit
d) No Error

Answer: c
Explanation:

Change, spirit ==> spirits

Normally, Spirit is noun which means soul or non physical part of a man or person (Sometimes, it also used as an adjective.). In other hand, Often Spirits is a person's mood or attitude. So, in above given sentence, revival of the mood of a person is quite suitable.

See these examples:

1. The warm weather lifted everyone's spirits.
2. He confessed in a spirit of self-respect.


10. Many a person / have lost / their life / and all property in the riots.
a) Many a person
b) have lost
c) their life
d) No Error

Answer: b
Explanation: Many a takes a singular noun, which is followed by a singular verb.