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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.

    With little patience

    B.

    you will be able to

    C.

    cross this hurdle

    D.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    She was told

    B.

    to give the award to whosoever

    C.

    she thought has done the most for the downtrodden.

    D.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    At the end of the year

    B.

    every student who had done adequate work

    C.

    was automatically promoted.

    D.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    The reason why

    B.

    he was rejected

    C.

    was because he was too young.

    D.

    No error


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    Since we are friends

    B.

    there should be no secret

    C.

    between you and I.

    D.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains,

    B.

    travelling became very pleasant,

    C.

    especially during the summer season.

    D.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    If I will have the time

    B.

    I shall try and make it

    C.

    to the zoo this afternoon

    D.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    We are four brothers and sisters living in this house

    B.

    but neither of us is

    C.

    satisfied with it.

    D.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry.

    B.

    is looking for a marketing manager

    C.

    to look up the marketing network of the company

    D.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    Not one of the hundreds

    B.

    of striking workers

    C.

    were allowed to go near the factory.

    D.

    No error


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    The single biggest gainer in this process

    B.

    was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated

    C.

    to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year.

    D.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    They left

    B.

    their luggages

    C.

    at the railway station.

    D.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    Salim and Antony are such good friends

    B.

    that one won't go to the pictures.

    C.

    without his coming too.

    D.

    No error.


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    She is

    B.

    five years

    C.

    senior than me.

    D.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    The President had hardly spoken

    B.

    a few words

    C.

    when the microphone stopped functioning.

    D.

    No error.