Error Spotting Test

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Question 1
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The number of tourists / is expected to rise / from seven to ten percent / in the next ten years.

A
The number of tourists

B
is expected to rise

C
from seven to ten percent

D
in the next ten years

Solution

The correct sentence is
The number of tourists is expected to rise seven to ten percent in the next ten years.
Question 2
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The Minister will have / a tough task on his hand / where three different recommendations / for this year's rate reach his desk.

A
The Minister will have

B
a tough task on his hand

C
where three different recommendations

D
for this year's rate reach his desk

Solution

Change, a tough task on his hand → a tough task in his hand.
Question 3
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
Being that my car is getting / its annual check up. / I will not be / able to pick you up tomorrow morning.

A
Being that my car is getting

B
its annual check up

C
I will not be

D
able to pick you up tomorrow morning

Solution

Change, Being that my car is getting → As my car is getting.
Question 4
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The woman that had / kidnapped a child has now / been apprehended and is being / held in the city's jail.

A
The woman that had

B
kidnapped a child has now

C
been apprehended and is being

D
held in the city's jail

Solution

Change, held in the city's jail → held in the city jail.
Question 5
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The current economic scenario / could possibly undo / the growth that followed / the economic liberalization of 1991.

A
The current economic scenario

B
could possibly undo / the growth that followed

C
the growth that followed

D
No error

Solution

Sentence is correct.
Question 6
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The website, which does not / accept advertisement and is funded / entirely by donations, describes itself / as the fifth most popular website on the planet.

A
The website, which does not

B
accept advertisement and is funded

C
entirely by donations, describe itself

D
as the fifth most popular website on the planet

Solution

Change, as the fifth most popular website on the planet → as the fifth most popular website of the planet.
Question 7
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
I enquired / of him / whether he would / accompany me to Dharmsala.

A
I enquired

B
of him

C
whether he would

D
No error

Solution

Sentence is correct.
Question 8
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The judge advised the Government to / have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while / recounting his personal experience where an auto-rickshaw driver / made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100.

A
The judge advised the Government to

B
have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while

C
recounting his personal experience where an auto-rickshaw driver

D
made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100

Solution

Delete to from, made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100 → made him wait and also demanded Rs. 100.
Question 9
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The Moon may be the best place / to look for aliens as their / footprints on their surface would / last far longer than radio signals.

A
The Moon may be the best place

B
to look for aliens as their

C
footprints on their surface would

D
last far longer than radio signals

Solution

change, footprints on their surface would → footprints on its surface would
Question 10
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
Rose growers in / the city are waking up / to the benefits / of collective action.

A
Rose growers in

B
the city are waking up

C
to the benefits

D
of collective action

Solution

Change, to the benefits → of the benefits.
Question 11
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
In a first of its kind study, / a team of scientist have tried to / 'grow' new stem cells in / the ear that get damage with age.

A
In a first of its kind study,

B
a team of scientist have tried to

C
'grow' new stem cells in

D
the ear that get damage with age

Solution

Change, a team of scientist have tried to → a team of scientist has tried to.
Team is Singular so it takes singular verb.
Question 12
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The third season of / the popular television show will ends / on a grand note with / celebrities dancing and having fun.

A
The third season of

B
the popular television show will ends

C
on a grand note with

D
celebrities dancing and having fun

Solution

Change, ends → end.
In future indefinite tense, the first form of verb is used
Question 13
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
As sharing crime statistics for / the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that / there had been an undue delay in / the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell.

A
As sharing crime statistics for

B
the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that

C
there had been an undue delay in

D
No error

Solution

Sentence is correct.
Question 14
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
The company aims / to nearly double / its revenues on the back / of a strongest product pipeline.

A
The company aims

B
to nearly double

C
its revenues on the back

D
of a strongest product pipeline

Solution

Change, 'of a strongest product pipeline' TO 'of a strong product pipeline'
Question 15
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Direction: 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. Choose the part of sentence which contains error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
We can't hardly believe that the / situation is so serious as / to justify such precautions / as you have taken.

A
We can't hardly believe that the

B
situation is so serious as

C
to justify such precautions

D
as you have taken

Solution

change, We can't hardly believe that the → We can't believe that the

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Error Spotting Test - 4

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Question 1

The number of tourists

is expected to rise

from seven to ten percent

in the next ten years

Solution

Question 2

The Minister will have

a tough task on his hand

where three different recommendations

for this year's rate reach his desk

Solution

Question 3

Being that my car is getting

its annual check up

I will not be

able to pick you up tomorrow morning

Solution

Question 4

The woman that had

kidnapped a child has now

been apprehended and is being

held in the city's jail

Solution

Question 5

The current economic scenario

could possibly undo / the growth that followed

the growth that followed

No error

Solution

Question 6

The website, which does not

accept advertisement and is funded

entirely by donations, describe itself

as the fifth most popular website on the planet

Solution

Question 7

I enquired

of him

whether he would

No error

Solution

Question 8

The judge advised the Government to

have metered auto-rickshaw across the state while

recounting his personal experience where an auto-rickshaw driver

made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100

Solution

Question 9

The Moon may be the best place

to look for aliens as their

footprints on their surface would

last far longer than radio signals

Solution

Question 10

Rose growers in

the city are waking up

to the benefits

of collective action

Solution

Question 11

In a first of its kind study,

a team of scientist have tried to

'grow' new stem cells in

the ear that get damage with age

Solution

Question 12

The third season of

the popular television show will ends

on a grand note with

celebrities dancing and having fun

Solution