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- Question 1 of 25
1. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
The cruel king believed (a)/ in punishing the prisoners (b)/ until they did not (c)/ confessed their crime. (d)
Hint
“It should be “until they” in place of “until they did not” because two negatives are not used together. Both until and did not are negatives.
- Question 2 of 25
2. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
As soon as the CEO (a)/ entered the office, the (b)/ union leaders approached him (c)/and report the matter to him. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘reported’ in place of ‘report’ in the fourth part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.
- Question 3 of 25
3. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Instead of being a clear winner (a)/ he was not given (b)/ the best employee (c)/ of the year award. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘inspite’ in place of ‘instead’ in the first part of the sentence.
- Question 4 of 25
4. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Having been found (a)/ guilty of the theft (b)/ Sunny was sentenced (c)/ to five year’s imprisonment. (d)
Hint
No error
- Question 5 of 25
5. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Instead of laying off (a)/ the workers, the company (b)/ decided to ask them (c)/ to avail voluntary retirement. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘avail of’ in place of ‘avail’ in the fourth part of the sentence
- Question 6 of 25
6. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Sheela had to travel all the way back (a)/ when she remembered that (b)/ she had forgot to take (c)/ important document with her. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘forgotten’ in place of ‘forgot’ in the third part of the sentence because have, has or had is folowed by the past participle form of verb.
- Question 7 of 25
7. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
The party is holding a meeting (a)/ in order to begin the (b)/ painful and difficult process (c)/of rethink its political strategy. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘rethinking’ in place of ‘rethink’ in the fourth part of the sentence.
- Question 8 of 25
8. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
The only bad thing about (a)/ these flowers are the (b)/ pollen which causes (c)/ allergy in many people. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘is’ in place of ‘are’ in the second part of the sentence because the subject ‘The only bad thing’ is a singular subject.
- Question 9 of 25
9. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Nobody in the bus (a)/ offered to give their seat (b)/ to the elderly lady who had to (c)/ travel a long distance. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘his’ in place of ‘their’ in the second part of the sentence because ‘Nobody’ is a singular subject.
- Question 10 of 25
10. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
This is the only organization (a)/ which could somehow continue (b)/ to making profits (c)/ in the face of recession. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘make’ in place of ‘making’ in the third part of the sentence because infinitive ‘to’ is followed by the first form of verb.
- Question 11 of 25
11. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Many more would have died (a)/ if they hadn’t received (b)/ the timely helping from (c)/ the relief team. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘help’ in place of ‘helping’ in the third part of the sentence.
- Question 12 of 25
12. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
A man along with (a)/ his wife and two children (b)/ were rescued with the help (c)/ of an army helicopter. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘was’ in place of ‘were’ in the third part of the sentence because the subject is singular.
- Question 13 of 25
13. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
In the past two decades, (a)/ preventive measures have (b)/ drastically reduced the (c)/ occurrence of polio in children. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘had’ in place of ‘have’ in the second part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.
- Question 14 of 25
14. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Neither the ministers (a)/ nor the intelligence sources (b)/ was aware of the coup (c)/ being planned in the country. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘were’ in place of ‘was’ in the third part of the sentence because the subject is plural.
- Question 15 of 25
15. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Certain amounts of stress (a)/ at work is natural but (b)/ it is important that one learns (c)/ to keep it in the right proportion. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘amount’ in place of ‘amounts’ in the first part of the sentence.
- Question 16 of 25
16. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
The government has (a)/ launched many creative schemes (b)/ to make banking services (c)/ available to everyone. (d)
Hint
No error
- Question 17 of 25
17. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
We have received many (a)/ of the letters from customers (b)/ asking us to extend (c)/ the deadline to repay their loans. (d)
Hint
The use of “of the” in the second part of the sentence is superfluous. It should be deleted.
- Question 18 of 25
18. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Under the terms of the new deal (a)/ the channel can broadcast (b)/ the next cricket tournament to be (c)/ played among India and Australia. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘between’ in place of ‘among’ in the fourth part of the sentence. ‘Among’ is used when the comparison is made in more than two.
- Question 19 of 25
19. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
This is turned out to be (a)/ one of our most successful projects (b)/ and we have made quite (c)/ a large profit from it. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘turning’ in place of ‘turned’ in the first part of the sentence because the sentence is in present tense.
- Question 20 of 25
20. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
A non-banking financial company is a (a)/ financial institution similarly to a bank (b)/ but it cannot issue (c)/ checkbooks to customers. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘similar’ in place of ‘similarly’ in the second part of the sentence.
- Question 21 of 25
21. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
He has taken care to (a)/ compliance with the norms (b)/ so he expects the proposal (c)/ to be approved without delay. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘comply’ in place of ‘compliance’ in the second part of the sentence because ‘to’ is followed by first form of verb.
- Question 22 of 25
22. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Since I had lived there (a)/ for many years the villagers (b)/ were very comfortable talked (c)/ to me about their problems. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘comfortably’ in place of ‘comfortable’ in the third part of sentence. An adverb is used to modify a verb. Here ‘talked’ is a verb.
- Question 23 of 25
23. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
Our equipment gets damage (a)/ very often in summer (b)/ because there are (c)/ frequent power cuts. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘damaged’ in place of ‘damage’ in the first part of the sentence.
- Question 24 of 25
24. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
We have been under (a)/ a lot of pressure to (b)/ open fifty new stores (c)/ by the ending of the year. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘end’ in place of ‘ending’ in the fourth part of the sentence.
- Question 25 of 25
25. Question
Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?
The company is in debt (a)/ and has been unable (b)/ to pay their employees’ salaries (c)/ for the past six months. (d)
Hint
It should be ‘its’ in place of ‘their’ in the third part of the sentence because the subject company is singular. So the object must also be singular.