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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.

    Sixty miles

    B.

    are

    C.

    a good distance.

    D.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    They have been

    B.

    very close friends

    C.

    until they quarrelled.

    D.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    When the dentist came in

    B.

    my tooth was stopped aching

    C.

    out of fear that I might lose my tooth.

    D.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost

    B.

    to defend the hardly-won

    C.

    freedom of the country.

    D.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    No sooner did I open the door

    B.

    when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in

    C.

    making us shiver from head to foot

    D.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

    B.

    with the best that has been thought and said in this world

    C.

    he will become simple and unselfish.

    D.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    You must

    B.

    remember me

    C.

    to post this letter.

    D.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    I shall certainly

    B.

    write you

    C.

    when I shall reach NewDelhi.

    D.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    On the busy Ring Road

    B.

    we witnessed a collusion

    C.

    between a truck and an auto.

    D.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    Mr.Praful Patel

    B.

    is not attending his office

    C.

    for the last one month.

    D.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    He couldn't but help

    B.

    shedding tears at the plight of the villagers

    C.

    rendered homeless by a devastating cyclone.

    D.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    He will certainly help you

    B.

    if you will ask him

    C.

    in a pleasant manner.

    D.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    The brand propositon now therefore had to be that Keokarpin Antiseptic Cream is more effective

    B.

    because it penetrates deepdown (beinglight and non-sticky) and works from within

    C.

    (because of its ayurvedic ingredients) to keep skin blemish, free and helps cope with cuts nicks, burns and nappy rash.

    D.

    No error


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    Will you please buy

    B.

    some jaggery for me

    C.

    if you go to the market?

    D.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    Most of the members at the meeting felt

    B.

    that the group appointed for investigating the case

    C.

    were not competent to do the job efficiently.

    D.

    No error.