Common Error Detection MCQs

Question 1

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. At the end of the year / every student who had done adequate work / was automatically promoted.

Accepted Answer

No error

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At the end of the year

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every student who had done adequate work

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was automatically promoted.

Question 2

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. The reason why / he was rejected / was because he was too young.

Accepted Answer

was because he was too young.

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The reason why

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he was rejected

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No error

Question 3

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Since we are friends / there should be no secret / between you and I.

Accepted Answer

between you and I

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Since we are friends

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there should be no secret

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No error

Question 4

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains, / travelling became very pleasant, / especially during the summer season.

Accepted Answer

travelling became very pleasant,

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Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains,

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especially during the summer season

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No error

Question 5

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. If I will have the time / I shall try and make it / to the zoo this afternoon.

Accepted Answer

If I will have the time

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I shall try and make it

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to the zoo this afternoon

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No error

Question 6

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. We are four brothers and sisters living in this house / but neither of us is / satisfied with it.

Accepted Answer

but neither of us is

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We are four brothers and sisters living in this house

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satisfied with it

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No error

Question 7

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry / is looking for a marketing manager / to look up the marketing network of the company

Accepted Answer

to look up the marketing network of the company

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A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry

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is looking for a marketing manager

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No error

Question 8

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Not one of the hundreds / of striking workers / were allowed to go near the factory.

Accepted Answer

were allowed to go near the factory

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Not one of the hundreds

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of striking workers

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No error

Question 9

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. The single biggest gainer in this process / was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated / to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year.

Accepted Answer

was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated

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The single biggest gainer in this process

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to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year

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No error