Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Common Error Detection

151. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I am hearing / a lot about / the problem of AIDS these days.

  • (A) I am hearing
  • (B) a lot about
  • (C) the problem of AIDS these days
  • (D) No error

152. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
A small baby breathes about / 45 times per minute while / a child of about six years breathes about 25 times per minute.

  • (A) A small baby breathes about
  • (B) 45 times per minute while
  • (C) a child of about six years breathes about 25 times per minute
  • (D) No error

153. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
It is easy to see that / a lawyer's demeanor in court / may be prejudicial against the interests of his client.

  • (A) It is easy to see that
  • (B) a lawyer's demeanour in court
  • (C) may be prejudicial against the interests of his client
  • (D) No error

154. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Mahatma Gandhi did not solve / all the problems of the future / but he did solve / problems of his own age.

  • (A) Mahatma Gandhi did not solve
  • (B) all the problems of the future
  • (C) but he did solve
  • (D) problems of his own age

155. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I was being astonished / when I heard that / he had left the country / without informing anyone of us.

  • (A) I was being astonished
  • (B) when I heard that
  • (C) he had left the country
  • (D) without informing anyone of us

156. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Not only the judges acquited / him of all the charges / levelled against him, but / also commended all his actions.

  • (A) Not only the judges acquited
  • (B) him of all the charges
  • (C) levelled against him, but
  • (D) also commended all his actions

157. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Because of the emergency help / that the patient received / he would have died

  • (A) Because of the emergency help
  • (B) that the patient received
  • (C) he would have died
  • (D) No error

158. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
We are trying / to locate the / historical city for / the past two years.

  • (A) We are trying
  • (B) to locate the
  • (C) historical city for
  • (D) the past two years

159. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Kamala's fountain-pen / is as expensive / as Shyama.

  • (A) Kamala's fountain-pen
  • (B) is as expensive
  • (C) as Shyama
  • (D) No error

160. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
I shall be able / to complete the work in / stipulated time provide / you do not disturb me.

  • (A) I shall be able
  • (B) to complete the work in
  • (C) stipulated time provide
  • (D) you do not disturb me