Error Detection Test 2

Welcome to your Error Detection Test 2

1. In the following question, a sentence has been broken into parts. Identify the parts, which are correct in terms of grammar, spelling and logical consistency. Then choose the most appropriate answer.

1. (A) The worse attack on this peacekeeping. (B) mission is a tragic reminder. (C) of how this conflict is. (D) spiralling out of control.

2. In the following questions, two related sentences I and II are given. There may be an error in the sentence(s). You have to find the error and then select the correct option from those given after the sentences.

I. He expected that i would eventually delegate myself to running our home and rearing our children, much the way Louis childs did.
II. It was a strange fact , however, that talent and skill, if spent for too long , cease to dazzle.

3. In the following question, a sentence has been broken into parts. Identify the parts, which are correct in terms of grammar, spelling and logical consistency. Then choose the most appropriate answer.

I. The Amazon River is the artery for the largest rainforest in the world.
II. It is the largest river in the world by discharge and one of the larger one by length.

4. Read the sentence to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with parts with no error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer .

Having been promised (A) a steak dinner,(B) she looked less than impressed (C) with her Happy meal(D).

5. Read the sentence to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with parts with no error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer .

William bonac managed (A) reach the top (B) of the hill before sunset (C) on the beautiful mountain peak (D).

6. Select the sentence which is error- free.

Directions(7-27). Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.

7. Rani said (a)/ that her father (b)/ 1 had allowed her to sleep over (c)/ at my house today night. (d)/ No error (e)

8. All the doctors were (a)/ puzzled on the (b)/strange symptoms (c)/reported by the patient. (d)/ No error (e)

9. The team were unanimous (a)/ in its choice of (b)/ the lead actress in the school play(c)/ to be held in a month.(d)/ No error (e)

10. Marie is about to say (a)/something else, where (b)/ Paul spots(c)/ the final two paintings in the series.(d)/ No error (e)

11. Many organisations have been offering (a)/ attractive incentives to (b)/ their employee in an attempt(c)/ to boosting employee retention.(d)/No error (e)

12. Mr. Katju quit on Friday evening ostensible on (a)/ being unable to get elected to the Uttarakhand Assembly (b)/ within the constitutionally stipulated (c)/ deadline of six months from the date he took over. (d)/ No error (e)

13. There is but one law for all, (a)/ namely, that law which govern all law, the law of our creator (b)/ the law of humanity, justice and equity (c)/ the law of nature and of nations. (d)/ No error (e)

14. . Students are not allowed (a)/ to handle these chemicals (B)/ unless they are not under (c)/ the supervision of a teacher. (d) /No error (e)

15. My parents were (a)/ economists who (b)/ worked to improve conditions (c)/ of the marginalised in the developing world (d)/ No error (e)

16. Everybody are (a)/ concentrating on (b)/ the political aspect (c)/ of the case (d)/ No error (e)

17. The balancing act forced her (a)/ to do much of her (b) own work from midnight (c)/ to five in the morning (d) / No error (e)

18. Many an employees have (a)/ decided to quit their jobs because (b)/ they have decided to participate in a social cause (c)/ that adds some value to people’s lives.(d)/ No error

19. All the traffic was (a) jammed because (b)/ three cows were laying in the (c)/ middle of the road/(d)No error

20. Having acquired some experience(a)/ she is no longer one of those(b)/ who believe every explanation(c)/ they are given./ (d) No error

21. We should never forget that(a)/ we have right to criticize but (b)/at the same time each of us (c)/have to remember the duty also.(d)/ No error

22. In my opinion, you should take(a)/ these medicines only (b)/by the supervision(c)/ of a doctor.(d)/ No error.

23. The best way to overcoming (a)/ depression is to stop (b)/ comparing your possessions (c)/ with those of your peers.(d)/ no error

24. This Prime Minister has built (A) / a personal position of great possibilities (B) /, and his international approaches (C) / shows the imagination and (D) / dexterity needed for national greatness (E).

25. Five months within the government claimed the (A) / victory of quite diplomacy to bring the stand-off (B) / between Indian and Chinese troops on Doklam to (C) / an end, the contours of the actual agreement and events (D) / that have followed remain a mystery (E).

26. When the scale is debatable, border crossings (A) / into Assam and West Bengal are a reality, and (B) / political parties are to blame for turning (C) / a blind eye to the situation over the (D) / decades in order to cultivate vote banks (E).

27. A federal shutdown occurs when lawmakers (A) / fail to agree to a spending bill, and cannot even (B) / sign off on a stopgap funding measure(C) / that might keep the government machinery (D) / humming for a few more months (E).

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