Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction : Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
The strategy of human lockdown is being unprecedented in human history and the World Health Organisation has called it the most “aggressive disease containment effort in history”.
i. Was unprecedented in human history.
ii. Was unprecedented during human history.
iii. Was unprecedented in the history of human beings.
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61a9c20e5e08c72fe68abacei. Was unprecedented in human history.
ii. Was unprecedented during human history.
iii. Was unprecedented in the history of human beings.
- 1Only ifalse
- 2Only iifalse
- 3Only iiifalse
- 4Both i and iiitrue
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 4. "Both i and iii"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e., No error.
If you had told me(1) / I would have helped you (2) / solve the problem. (3)/ No error (4)
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63aad14dafa10611461fd4a6- 11false
- 22false
- 33false
- 44true
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q:Directions : In the following question, a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given which is divided into five parts, (A),(B),(C),(D) and (E). Part (E) is fixed and highlighted in BOLD. You have to arrange the other four parts to make a contextually and grammatically meaningful sentence (the meaning can be different from the one given in the question). If no such rearrangement is possible mark (e) as your answer i.e. 'No rearrangement is possible'.
represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, (A) / while Mr. Venugopal said he did not (B) /on Mr. Bhushan, the government, (C)/ want the court to impose any punishment (D) /was of the opposite opinion. (E)
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5fd1a2324ae2934b44f47d47- 1DABCEfalse
- 2BDCAEtrue
- 3CDABEfalse
- 4ABCDEfalse
- 5CDBAEfalse
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Answer : 2. "BDCAE"
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
There is a barrier among the egghead and (1)/ the hoipolloi and it would be lazy (2)/ idealism to ignore it. (3)/ No error (4)
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6018024e6d6bae40a6329103- 11true
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- 33false
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Answer : 1. "1"
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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6411bfcc67ad957a9775d25e- 1that many animals havefalse
- 2Scientists believefalse
- 3a unique languagestrue
- 4of their ownfalse
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Answer : 3. "a unique languages"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
No sooner had Kavya started her online class that the web connection was lost.
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64b77944568e7ff594b806af- 1was losttrue
- 2that the web connectionfalse
- 3No sooner had Kavyafalse
- 4started her online classfalse
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Answer : 1. "was lost"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The monsoon have, in the past five days, retreated from most parts of the country.
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604860dd4d11fa23aeaa2371- 1The monsoon havetrue
- 2in the past five daysfalse
- 3No errorfalse
- 4retreated from most partsfalse
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Answer : 1. "The monsoon have"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Most of the fresh water lake in India are in the Himalayan region.
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60c1f4c7590e633a7d3cc26e- 1Most of thefalse
- 2in Indiafalse
- 3are infalse
- 4freshwater laketrue
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