Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
A leader had ruled outer (A)/ the possibility of a tie-up with (B)/ another party.(C)/ No Error (D)
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Answer : 1. "A"
Q:Directions : In the following question, four sentences are given which may be grammatically and contextually incorrect. You need to find the one which has no error and mark that as your answer. If all the given sentences are incorrect then mark option (e) i.e. ‘all are incorrect’ as your answer.
(a) Ratnakar Bank was rename as RBL Bank by the government.
(b) The government expects all the mergers of public sector banks, which were announced in 2019, to become effective from April 1.
(c) Analysts believe that lower gas prices would be bad with exploration
(d) The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation will be regulate the medical devices now.
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I shall buy this book if you like it or not.
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64b658fb88d5e4f52dd607de- 1this bookfalse
- 2or nottrue
- 3I shall buyfalse
- 4if you like itfalse
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Answer : 2. "or not"
Explanation :
The correct form is "I shall buy this book whether you like it or not" instead of "if you like it or not."
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
The case (A) / does not require (B) / that he is present. (C) / No error (D)
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:Direction: In these questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct as they are. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, write (d) as the answer.
A free press is not a privilege (a) / but the organic necessity (b) / in a free society (c) / No error (d)
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Answer : 2. "b"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Aanya’s class teacher and her friends congratulates her warmly when she won the inter school debate and brought the trophy to the school.
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5f1ffacf0540cb2ffb054eab- 1when she wonfalse
- 2congratulates hertrue
- 3and her friendsfalse
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Answer : 2. "congratulates her"
Q: Such was the education / of the Spartans with regard to / one of the greatest of there king
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644906699b03af93b70c902f- 1No errorfalse
- 2one of the greatest of there kings.true
- 3Such was the educationfalse
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Answer : 2. "one of the greatest of there kings."
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.
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6482f384bf323e479a9ce141- 1on the governmentfalse
- 2If the economy failsfalse
- 3this year it reflect badlytrue
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "this year it reflect badly"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "If the economy fails this year, it reflects badly on the government." The verb "reflect" should be in the third-person singular form.

