Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Four of earliest civilisations / of the world / were located / on the banks of or near large rivers.
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6490315de8d2170cb3c0d6c3- 1or near large riversfalse
- 2of the worldfalse
- 3Four of earliest civilisationstrue
- 4were located on the banks offalse
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Answer : 3. "Four of earliest civilisations"
Explanation :
Explanation: The correct phrasing should be "Four of the earliest civilizations." The error is in the placement of the article "the."
Q:Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence, the number of that part will be the answer. If there is ‘No error’ mark (5) as the answer (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
The number of flu cases (1) / is decreasing slowly, (2) / thanks to the (3) / timely governmental efforts. (4) No error (5)
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Answer : 5. "5"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Among the reasons cited by the employee for quitting the job were the pressure of work, the outstation duties and desiring to pursue her hobbies.
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60485fd8f4cbdc23485d96d9- 1Among the reasons cited by the employeefalse
- 2and desiring to pursue her hobbiestrue
- 3No errorfalse
- 4were the pressure of work, the outstation dutiesfalse
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Answer : 2. "and desiring to pursue her hobbies"
Q:Directions (Q .121 - 125 ): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any . grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ' No error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any).
His teacher was pleasantly ( 1 ) / surprised when she learned ( 2 ) / that despite the all problems ( 3 ) / he participated . (4) / No error ( 5 )
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5da419b77919e54a8e3d339b- 11false
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q: Directions: In the following sentence, 4 words are given in bold. Two or more of these words are incorrectly placed and need to be interchanged. If there is no need for interchanging then ‘No Error’ can be selected.
Vikram was very demolishing (A) with his handling of the chinaware (B), he ended up reckless (C) most of the pieces before they even turned up (D). No Error (E)
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64edc1f12bbb242750d5ae11- 1ABDCfalse
- 2BACDfalse
- 3CBADtrue
- 4DCBAfalse
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Answer : 3. "CBAD"
Explanation :
From the context of the sentence, we can see that Vikram was a certain way because of which something happened to chinaware.
Let's look at the meaning of the words:

Now let's assume that the emboldened words in the passage are replaced by blanks:
The people of Hong Kong have expressed their _________over the _________laws ________on them by the ________country of China.
The second blank requires an adjective that can be used to describe the 'laws' that involve Hong Kong and China.
'Foisted' is a verb and is thus not a quality that can represent the characteristics of something.
The third blank requires a verb that can represent the action taken by the laws 'on' Hong Kong by China.
'Draconian' is an adjective and thus cannot act on the country of Hong Kong.
Thus, the terms 'draconian' and 'foisted' need to be interchanged in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Hence, the correct sentence will be: The people of Hong Kong have expressed their apprehension over the draconian laws foisted on them by the autocratic country of China.
Q:Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
WPI might have turned negative primarily (1)/ due to a steep decline in the prices (2)/ of non - food articles (3)/ raising vegetable prices keep food articles firm during this month. (4) / No error (5).
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Answer : 4. "4"
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) Mahindra Renewables will sell its entire stake in 3 subsidiaries to CLP India, a part of Hong Kongbased CLP Group, as nearly ₹340 crore.
(b) The agreement will be signed to Doha city between Taliban representatives and U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.
(c) The U.S. intelligence community publicly concluded that Russia intervened in there security matters.
(d) The injured animal was nursed back to health by the zookeeper and then released back into the wild
(e) All are incorrect
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Answer : 4. "D"
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Scientists believe / that many animals have / a unique languages / of their own.
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- 2Scientists believefalse
- 3a unique languagestrue
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