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

  1. (solve as per the direction given above)

  2. A.

    Locke's treatises on government toleration and education

    B.

    show a mind fully awake in

    C.

    the possibilities of social reconstruction.

    D.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    You will get

    B.

    all the information

    C.

    if you read this booklet carefully.

    D.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    None of the students attending your class

    B.

    answered your questions

    C.

    did they?

    D.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    An animal

    B.

    can be just as unhappy in a vast area

    C.

    or in a small one

    D.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    He is working in

    B.

    a bank in New Delhi

    C.

    for the past several months.

    D.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    The scientist must follow

    B.

    his hunches and his data

    C.

    wherever it may lead.

    D.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    Each one of the boys

    B.

    have paid

    C.

    the tuition-fee.

    D.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    A large scale exchange of nuclear weapons

    B.

    will produce unprecedented amounts of radiation

    C.

    that can penetrate into the biological tissue.

    D.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    Had I

    B.

    known it earlier

    C.

    I would contact you.

    D.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    He asked me

    B.

    why did I call

    C.

    him a rogue.

    D.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    Were you

    B.

    given a choice

    C.

    or you had to do it?

    D.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    The person which was

    B.

    recommended for the position

    C.

    did not fulfill the prescribed qualifications.

    D.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    What does Professor Dhavan

    B.

    spend so many hours

    C.

    in the laboratory?

    D.

    No error.


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    The presumption that the average investor does not understand

    B.

    or take interest in the affairs of the company

    C.

    is not correct.

    D.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    Shanghai is

    B.

    bigger than any city

    C.

    of the world

    D.

    No error.