Common Error Detection MCQs

Question 1

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Shanghai is / bigger than any city / of the world

Accepted Answer

bigger than any city

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Shanghai is

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of the world

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No error

Question 2

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Sheela has scored a first class / in her final exams, / isn't it?

Accepted Answer

isn't it?

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Sheela has scored a first class

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in her final exams,

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No error

Question 3

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. At the moment the house / was burgled the family / attended a night party in the neighbourhood.

Accepted Answer

At the moment the house

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was burgled the family

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attended a night party in the neighbourhood.

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No error

Question 4

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Scarcely had / I arrived than / the train left.

Accepted Answer

I arrived than

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Scarcely had

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the train left

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No error

Question 5

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case, / the facts made it very clear / that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife.

Accepted Answer

that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife

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Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case,

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the facts made it very clear

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No error

Question 6

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. One of my favourite actor / is acting / in this play also.

Accepted Answer

One of my favourite actor

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is acting

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in this play also

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No error

Question 7

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Emphasis on equality of life ensures / for the health and happiness / of every individual.

Accepted Answer

for the health and happiness

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Emphasis on equality of life ensures

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of every individual

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No error

Question 8

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. There was very heavy rain last night, / and the rivers have overflown their banks / causing severe hardship to the people living by them.

Accepted Answer

and the rivers have overflown their banks

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There was very heavy rain last night,

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causing severe hardship to the people living by them

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No error

Question 9

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Every motorist knows / road signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy / that neither the spoken nor the written word can match.

Accepted Answer

No error

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Every motorist knows

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road signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy

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that neither the spoken nor the written word can match