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Verbal Ability :: Spotting Errors

Directions To Solve

Read 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 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. (solve as per the direction given above)

  2. A.

    The minister's speech

    B.

    has been reported

    C.

    to the newspaper

    D.

    No mistake

    E.

    No error

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  4. A.

    Yesterday, a visitor to

    B.

    the park was attacked

    C.

    by a tiger and

    D.

    had to hospitalise.

    E.

    No error.

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  6. A.

    All of you will agree with me

    B.

    that no problem faced by our society

    C.

    is as grave and intractable

    D.

    as this problem is

    E.

    No error.

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  8. A.

    The basket of apples

    B.

    sent by the gardener

    C.

    contained a number of

    D.

    green mangoes also.

    E.

    No error.

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  10. A.

    In order to save petrol,

    B.

    motorists must have to

    C.

    be very cautious

    D.

    while driving along the highways.

    E.

    No error.

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  12. A.

    Even after requesting

    B.

    him, he did not

    C.

    tell us that how

    D.

    he solved the problem

    E.

    No error.

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  14. A.

    Every animal in the zoo

    B.

    is fed regularly

    C.

    and attended to

    D.

    very promptly.

    E.

    No error.

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  16. A.

    Since it was a memory test

    B.

    the students were instructed

    C.

    to learn the

    D.

    passage with heart.

    E.

    No error.

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  18. A.

    This is one of

    B.

    the most interesting book

    C.

    I have

    D.

    ever read.

    E.

    No error

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  20. A.

    Neither the earthquake

    B.

    nor the subsequent fire

    C.

    was able to dampen

    D.

    the spirit of the residents.

    E.

    No error.

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