Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Common Error Detection
1. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We now look forward for / some great achievements / which to some extent / can restore the country's prestige once again.
- (A) We now look forward for
- (B) some great achievements
- (C) which to some extent
- (D) can restore the country's prestige once again
2. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Since I meet / Dinesh last Saturday / he has been contacting me / everyday over phone.
- (A) Since I meet
- (B) Dinesh last Saturday
- (C) he has been contacting me
- (D) everyday over phone
3. 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.
- (A) We are four brothers and sisters living in this house
- (B) but neither of us is
- (C) satisfied with it
- (D) No error
4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Rajdeep always introduces / himself by his / first name and never mentions / his family name.
- (A) Rajdeep always introduces
- (B) himself by his
- (C) first name and never mentions
- (D) his family name
5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Our conception of / what should a science of mental life be / has changed considerably since James' time.
- (A) Our conception of
- (B) what should a science of mental life be
- (C) has changed considerably since James' time
- (D) No error
6. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
After toiling very hard / over a long period / he found / he had hardly made no profit at all.
- (A) After toiling very hard
- (B) over a long period
- (C) he found
- (D) he had hardly made no profit at all
7. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
As much as I admire him for his sterling qualities / I cannot excuse him for / being unfair to his friends.
- (A) As much as I admire him for his sterling qualities
- (B) I cannot excuse him for
- (C) being unfair to his friends
- (D) No error
8. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Jayesh loved his Guru immensely / and gave him fullest loyalty, / yet he had his own / independent way of thinking.
- (A) Jayesh loved his Guru immensely
- (B) and gave him fullest loyalty
- (C) yet he had his own
- (D) independent way of thinking
9. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
If you lend him a book / he will lend it to some one else / and never you will get it back.
- (A) If you lend him a book
- (B) he will lend it to some one else
- (C) and never you will get it back
- (D) No error
10. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Most of the members at the meeting felt / that the group appointed for investigating the case / were not competent to do the job efficiently.
- (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