spotting errors verbal ability questions

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).

121.

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A.     With little patience    B.     you will be able to
C.     cross this hurdle    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

with a little patience
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122.

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A.     She was told
B.     to give the award to whosoever
C.     she thought has done the most for the downtrodden.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

she thought had done the most for the downtrodden
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123.

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A.     At the end of the year
B.     every student who had done adequate work
C.     was automatically promoted.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.
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124.

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A.     The reason why
B.     he was rejected
C.     was because he was too young.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

‘was that he was too young’
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125.

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A.     Since we are friends     B.     there should be no secret
C.     between you and I.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

between you and me
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126.

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A.     Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains,
B.     travelling became very pleasant,
C.     especially during the summer season.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

travelling has become very pleasant
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127.

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A.     If I will have the time     B.     I shall try and make it
C.     to the zoo this afternoon.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If I have the time
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128.

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A.     We are four brothers and sisters living in this house
B.     but neither of us is
C.     satisfied with it.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

but none of us are
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129.

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A.     A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry.
B.     is looking for a marketing manager
C.     to look up the marketing network of the company
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

to look after the marketing network of the company
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130.

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A.     Not one of the hundreds
B.     of striking workers.
C.     were allowed to go near the factory.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

was allowed to go near the factory
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131.

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A.     The single biggest gainer in this process
B.     was ITC’s Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated
C.     to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

was ITC’s Gold Flake Kings sales of which are estimated’ or ‘whose sales are estimated
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132.

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A.     They left    B.     their luggages
C.     at the railway station.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

their luggage
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133.

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A.     Salim and Antony are such good friends
B.     that one won’t go to the pictures.
C.     without his coming too.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

without the other’s coming too
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134.

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A.     She is     B.     five years
C.     senior than me.    D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

senior to me
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135.

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A.     The President had hardly spoken
B.     a few words
C.     when the microphone stopped functioning.
D.     No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

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