Error Detection Quiz

English

Q1. It was being hard to believe(A)/that my brother could be(B)/involved in anything so sinister. (C)/No error(D)
(a) A
(b) C
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(a)
“Being” should be removed because two forms of “be” in a complement should not be used.

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Q2. The average age at which (A)/people die of heart diseases(B)/are decreasing. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer :Ans.(c)
When we talk about “age” and if we need to talk about the context related to lessening, the word “reduce” should be used.

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Q3. Hardly had I stepped (A)/out of my house when (B)/I saw them coming towards my house. (C)/No error(D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(d)
No Error

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Q4. The last Mughal emperor was (A)/send into exile (B)/by the British. (C)/ No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(b)
As the sentence is in passive and in passive voice structured sentence, we use “be + v3” and the 3rd form of “send” is “sent” thus “sent” should be used in place of “send”.

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Q5. Being a sunny day (A)/I decided to stay at home (B)/ and take a nap. (C)/ No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(a)
“It” should be used before “being”. “I” is the subject of reference thus “I” will be treated as the subject of the first clause also but it will be contextually incorrect as a human can’t be a sunny day, thus a temporary subject ‘It’ should be introduced.

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Q6. I asked two persons (A)/the way to the school (B) but neither of them knew it. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(d)
No Error.

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Q7. We had to return because (A)/when we reached the railway (B)/station the train left. (C)/No error(D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(c)
“had left” should be used because first the train had left the station then they reached the station..

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Q8. One of the state (A)/in which there was a severe drought (B)/last year is Maharashtra. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(a)
Use ‘states’ in place of ‘state’. The rule to be followed here is “One of the + Plural Noun/ Pronoun + Singular Verb +……..”

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Q9. The stock was (A)/divided among (B)/the two brothers. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(b)
As the thing is divided into two brothers thus use ‘between’ in place of ‘among’.

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Q10. To improve your vocabulary(A)/one thing that you should do (B)/is to read Times of India(C)/ No error(D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(c)
Sol. Article ‘the’ is used when referring to the names of newspapers and journals. Hence use article ‘The’ before ‘Times of India’.

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Q11. She took the hint but wondered (A)/who had hurt him so badly that (B)/ he still bore a grudge thousands of years later. (C)/ No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer :Ans.(d)
No Error

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Q12. Sairat is one of the latest (A)/in the list of contemporary Marathi movies (B)/which appeared in recent times. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(c)
Use ‘have’ after ‘which’. Plural Subject ‘Marathi movies’ following the relative pronoun ‘which’ will associate plural verb with it according to the subject-verb agreement rule.

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Q13. I am better (A)/adapted to the (B)/climate than you. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(d)
No Error

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Q14. “If I can see you (A)/I am sure you would (B)/be looking beautiful,”Naina said. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(a)
Replace ‘can’ with ‘could’ as the subsequent part of the sentence implies the usage of past tense. “Could” is used to express possibility or past ability.

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Q15. I’ve been trying (A)/to catch you as (B)/ you left college. (C) /No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : Ans.(b)
Replace ‘as’ with ‘since’. ‘Since’ is used to introduce an action or event at a point of time in the past.

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