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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 foremost criterion of selection we adopted

    B.

    were the number of years of training

    C.

    a dancer had received

    D.

    under a particular guru.

    E.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    If you would have

    B.

    gone to his house

    C.

    before 10 a.m., you would have

    D.

    got his autograph.

    E.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    If the by-stander had not been

    B.

    familiar with first-aid techniques

    C.

    the driver which had met

    D.

    with the accident would have died.

    E.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    the five-member committee were

    B.

    of the view that the present service conditions

    C.

    of the employees of this company

    D.

    are quite good.

    E.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    The man

    B.

    is

    C.

    a

    D.

    social animal.

    E.

    No error


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    Jayesh loved his Guru immensely

    B.

    and gave him fullest loyalty,

    C.

    yet he had his own

    D.

    independent way of thinking.

    E.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    We fail to understand

    B.

    why do most educated people

    C.

    lose their temper even

    D.

    without any apparent reason.

    E.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    Day in and day out

    B.

    he keep telling

    C.

    his friends that

    D.

    he wants to go abroad.

    E.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    I was standing

    B.

    at the bus stop

    C.

    waiting for him

    D.

    since eight o'clock.

    E.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    The chairman welcomed

    B.

    all the guests and

    C.

    gave an outline of the

    D.

    activities performing by the Company.

    E.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    Reasonable ambition, if supported

    B.

    at persistent efforts,

    C.

    is likely to yield

    D.

    the desired results.

    E.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    Their only demand

    B.

    for additional wages were

    C.

    considered sympathetically

    D.

    by the progressive management.

    E.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    They have been

    B.

    struggling with the management

    C.

    from the past five years

    D.

    but their demands are not considered.

    E.

    No error.


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    Your machine would not have

    B.

    given you so much trouble

    C.

    if you had

    D.

    maintained it proper.

    E.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    Our system of assigning

    B.

    different jobs to different people

    C.

    should be based on

    D.

    their strengths and weaknesses.

    E.

    No error.


  31. (solve as per the direction given above)

  32. A.

    Even though it was

    B.

    raining bad I

    C.

    went out to

    D.

    get some medicines.

    E.

    No error.


  33. (solve as per the direction given above)

  34. A.

    The new facts he

    B.

    has discovered and the new

    C.

    arguments he has advanced

    D.

    has not changed my opinion.

    E.

    No error.