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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.

    Generally, people have not receptive

    B.

    and fail to notice the

    C.

    irrelevant answers they

    D.

    get for straight questions.

    E.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    Pramod said that

    B.

    he prefers a white shirt

    C.

    to coloured one

    D.

    on any festival occasion.

    E.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    A high level meeting

    B.

    of officials is reporting

    C.

    to have discussed

    D.

    the issue in great detail.

    E.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    Whatever work

    B.

    that which you undertake

    C.

    put your best

    D.

    efforts in it.

    E.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    I personally feel that

    B.

    cleanliness in the city

    C.

    is one proof of the

    D.

    efficiently civic administration.

    E.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    If you cannot

    B.

    sympathy with the poor,

    C.

    how will you be

    D.

    able to do social work?

    E.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    While going

    B.

    through the report

    C.

    yesterday I find

    D.

    several factual mistakes.

    E.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    The majority of the

    B.

    computer professionals recommends

    C.

    that effective measures

    D.

    should be taken against software piracy

    E.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    The photograph will give

    B.

    the reader a far better

    C.

    notion of the structure

    D.

    than any verbal description.

    E.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    One of the most effective

    B.

    solutions is that

    C.

    she should work on Sunday

    D.

    and complete the assignment.

    E.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    On resuming his duty,

    B.

    he asked his Superiors

    C.

    that whether he would be

    D.

    permitted to leave early.

    E.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    Very few employees

    B.

    in our company are

    C.

    so dedicated as

    D.

    Mahesh will.

    E.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    Each cigarette

    B.

    a person smoke

    C.

    does some harm and eventually

    D.

    it may cause a serious disease.

    E.

    No error.


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    A detailed inquiry

    B.

    in the incident

    C.

    has been initiated

    D.

    by the Central Government.

    E.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    In the absence of

    B.

    clear instuctions

    C.

    one cannot be expected

    D.

    to be functioned effectively.

    E.

    No error.


  31. (solve as per the direction given above)

  32. A.

    What is needed today is

    B.

    a new breed of managers

    C.

    with a new set of concepts

    D.

    and a flexible way about thinking.

    E.

    No error.


  33. (solve as per the direction given above)

  34. A.

    Rajesh won the case as

    B.

    he argued very forcefully and

    C.

    in such the intelligent way

    D.

    that the judge changed his opinion.

    E.

    No error.