Take English Error Detection MCQs for Entrance Exams (Verbal Ability) – Practice Test 2
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Question 1 of 20
1. Question
5 points
The meeting adjourned abruptly (a)/ by the Director after (b)/ about two hours of deliberation. (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) ‘The meeting was adjourned abruptly’ is the correct sentence
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(a) ‘The meeting was adjourned abruptly’ is the correct sentence”
Question 2 of 20
2. Question
5 points
Emphasis on equality of life ensures (a) for the health and happiness (b)/ of every individual. (c)/ No error (d)
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(b) the verb ‘ensures’ does not take ‘for’ after it, so it has to be removed.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(b) the verb ‘ensures’ does not take ‘for’ after it, so it has to be removed”
Question 3 of 20
3. Question
5 points
Unless you stop to make noise at once, (a) I will have no option but to (b)/ bring the matter to the principal. (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) Unless you stop making noise at once is better expression
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(a) Unless you stop making noise at once is better expression”
Question 4 of 20
4. Question
5 points
You will come (a)/ to my birthday party tomorrow, (b)/ isn’t it? (c) No error (d)
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(c) ‘Isn’t it’ is wrong as it should be ‘won’t you’?
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(c) ‘Isn’t it’ is wrong as it should be ‘won’t you’?”
Question 5 of 20
5. Question
5 points
If I had known (a) about her condition earlier (b)/ I will have helped her. (c)/ No error (d)
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(c) the sentence is an imaginative sentence in past, so ‘will’ has to be replaced by ‘would’.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(c) the sentence is an imaginative sentence in past, so ‘will’ has to be replaced by ‘would’.”
Question 6 of 20
6. Question
5 points
No sooner did I open the window (a)/ when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushes in (b)/ making us shiver from head to toe. (c) No error (d)
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(b) in this part only ‘when’ should be replaced with ‘than’
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(b) in this part only ‘when’ should be replaced with ‘than’”
Question 7 of 20
7. Question
5 points
Hardly had kunal entered into the classroom (a)/ and taken his seat, (b)/ when the girls began to giggle. (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) use of ‘into’ is not required here as we know that ‘enter’ agrees with no preposition.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (a) use of ‘into’ is not required here as we know that ‘enter’ agrees with no preposition. “
Question 8 of 20
8. Question
5 points
Either Sunil (a)/ or I (b)/ are wrong. (c)/ No error (d)
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(c) ‘am wrong’ is to be used instead of ‘are wrong’
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is (c) ‘am wrong’ is to be used instead of ‘are wrong’
Question 9 of 20
9. Question
5 points
Suppose, you were left alone (a)/ to live on a desert island (b)/ what would you do? (c)/ No error (d)
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(d) No error
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (d) No error “
Question 10 of 20
10. Question
5 points
Roa has been teaching (a)/ the same lesson (b)/ since five days. (c)/ No error (d)
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(c) Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’
Incorrect
Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (c) Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’
Question 11 of 20
11. Question
5 points
I see Geeta (a)/ most weekends (b)/ but not very often between.(c) No error (d)
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(c) Use ‘in between’ in place of ‘between’
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (c) Use ‘in between’ in place of ‘between”
Question 12 of 20
12. Question
5 points
I and Sohan (a)/ went to the meeting (b)/ together, (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) it would be ‘Sohan and I’
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Your Answer is incorrect and the right answer is (a) it would be ‘Sohan and I’
Question 13 of 20
13. Question
5 points
He told his friends that (a)/ each of them (b)/ should be able to carry out the task oneself. (c)/ No error (d)
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(c) it would be ‘himself’ in place of ‘oneself’.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(c) it would be ‘himself’ in place of ‘oneself’.
Question 14 of 20
14. Question
5 points
The National Flag is risen in the morning (a)/ and taken down a night (b)/ by the guards. (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) Replace ‘is’ with ‘was’. The hosting of flag was in the past here.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(a) Replace ‘is’ with ‘was’. The hosting of flag was in the past here.”
Question 15 of 20
15. Question
5 points
Neither Ram nor his brother (a)/ is a good student (b)/ but both are good players. (c)/ No error (d)
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(d) No error
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(d) No error”
Question 16 of 20
16. Question
5 points
Though we drove fast, the train left (a)/ before we could reach (b)/ the station. (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) it would be ‘the train had left’. The first incident comes in past prefect when second is in past indefinite.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (a) it would be ‘the train had left’. The first incident comes in past prefect when second is in past indefinite.”
Question 17 of 20
17. Question
5 points
He applied for an employment (a)/ in (b)/ the government office. (c)/ No error (d)
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(a) it should be ‘a job’ in place of ‘an employment’. Employment is a state of being in a job.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (a) it should be ‘a job’ in place of ‘an employment’. Employment is a state of being in a job.”
Question 18 of 20
18. Question
5 points
As soon as the film started (a)/ I developed (b)/ an stomachache (c)/ No error (d)
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(d) No error
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is “(d) No error”
Question 19 of 20
19. Question
5 points
The oxygen content of Mars is not (a)/ sufficient enough to support life (b)/ as we know it. (c)/ No error (d)
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(b) ‘Enough’ should be removed as enough and sufficient both have same meaning.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is ” (b) ‘Enough’ should be removed as enough and sufficient both have same meaning.”
Question 20 of 20
20. Question
5 points
The vice chancellor (a)/ was present (b)/ on both occasions. (c)/ No error (d)
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(c) use ‘at’ in place of ‘on’.
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Your answer is incorrect and the right answer is (c) use ‘at’ in place of ‘on’.
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