spotting errors verbal ability questions

Directions to Solve

Read the 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. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘D’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

16.

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A.     Sixty miles    B.     are
C.     a good distance.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Sixty miles is a good distance.
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17.

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A.     They have been     B.     very close friends
C.     until they quarrelled.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

‘They had been’
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18.

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A.     When the dentist came in
B.     my tooth was stopped aching
C.     out of fear that I might lose my tooth.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

my tooth stopped aching
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19.

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A.     It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost
B.     to defend the hardly-won
C.     freedom of the country.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

to defend the hard-won
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20.

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A.     No sooner did I open the door
B.     when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
C.     making us shiver from head to foot
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
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21.

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A.     If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact
B.     with the best that has been thought and said in this world
C.     he will become simple and unselfish.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If a man diligently seeks to come into contact
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22.

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A.     You must    B.     remember me
C.     to post this letter.    D.     No error.
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23.

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A.     I shall certainly     B.     write you
C.     when I shall reach NewDelhi.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

when I reach New Delhi
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24.

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A.     On the busy Ring Road    B.     we witnessed a collusion
C.     between a truck and an auto.     D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

we witnessed a collision
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25.

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A.     Mr.Praful Patel     B.     is not attending his office
C.     for the last one month.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

has not been attending his office
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26.

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A.     He couldn’t but help
B.     shedding tears at the plight of the villagers
C.     rendered homeless by a devastating cyclone.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

He couldn’t help
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27.

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A.     He will certainly help you    B.     if you will ask him
C.     in a pleasant manner.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

if you ask him
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28.

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A.     The brand propositon now therefore had to be that Keokarpin Antiseptic Cream is more effective
B.     because it penetrates deepdown (beinglight and non-sticky) and works from within
C.     (because of its ayurvedic ingredients) to keep skin blemish, free and helps cope with cuts nicks, burns and nappy rash.
D.     No error
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The brand proposition now therefore is
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29.

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A.     Will you please buy     B.     some jaggery for me
C.     if you go to the market?    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.
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30.

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A.     Most of the members at the meeting felt
B.     that the group appointed for investigating the case
C.     were not competent to do the job efficiently.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

was not competent to do the job efficiently

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