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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.

    The method suggested in the lecture

    B.

    enables a student to learn more quickly

    C.

    and to have remembered for a longer period of time.

    D.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    My friend asked me

    B.

    if I can lend him my Parker pen

    C.

    for a few days.

    D.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    The test will not need

    B.

    more than one and half hour

    C.

    to finish.

    D.

    No error


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    The school is

    B.

    within hundred yards

    C.

    from the church.

    D.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    His father died of cholera

    B.

    but his mother also,

    C.

    though very weak, is out of danger.

    D.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    The police broke upon the robbers

    B.

    when they were in the lonely place

    C.

    to divide their booty.

    D.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    Since it was his first election campaign, the candidate was confused;

    B.

    none could clearly understand

    C.

    either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised.

    D.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    Jayesh is getting

    B.

    fatter because he

    C.

    does not take exercise at all

    D.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    He loved

    B.

    none but

    C.

    his neighbour's daughter.

    D.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    The criminal was

    B.

    caught, convicted the hung

    C.

    in a short period of time.

    D.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    I am thinking of

    B.

    to go to Agra

    C.

    for my cousin's marriage.

    D.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    In management, as you rise higher,

    B.

    the problems you face becomemore and more unstructured and you can't just fall back on

    C.

    the tools you had been

    D.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    Neeraj said

    B.

    that he would rather fail than copying

    C.

    in the examination

    D.

    No error.


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    I had hoped to have met him yesterday

    B.

    to discuss the matter with him

    C.

    but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him.

    D.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    You will come

    B.

    to my party tomorrow,

    C.

    isn't it?

    D.

    No error.