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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.

    We discussed about the problem so thoroughly

    B.

    on the eve of the examination

    C.

    that I found it very easy to work it out.

    D.

    No error.


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    An Indian ship

    B.

    laden with merchandise

    C.

    got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.

    D.

    No error.


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    I could not put up in a hotel

    B.

    because the boarding and lodging charges

    C.

    were exorbitant.

    D.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    The Indian radio

    B.

    which was previously controlled by the British rulers

    C.

    is free now from the narrow vested interests.

    D.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    If I had known

    B.

    this yesterday

    C.

    I will have helped him.

    D.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    A lot of travel delay is caused

    B.

    due to the inefficiency and lack of good management

    C.

    on behalf of the railways.

    D.

    No error.


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    One of the members

    B.

    expressed doubt if

    C.

    the Minister was an atheist.

    D.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    I have got

    B.

    my M.Sc. degree

    C.

    in 1988.

    D.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    Having received your letter

    B.

    this morning, we are writing

    C.

    to thank you for the same.

    D.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    If you lend him a book

    B.

    he will lend it to some one else

    C.

    and never you will get it back.

    D.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    According to the Bible

    B.

    it is meek and humble

    C.

    who shall inherit the earth.

    D.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    Do the roses in your garden smell

    B.

    more sweetly

    C.

    than those in ours?

    D.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    Block of Residential flats

    B.

    are coming up

    C.

    near our house.

    D.

    No error


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    You can get

    B.

    all the information that you want

    C.

    in this book.

    D.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    The students were

    B.

    awaiting for

    C.

    the arrival of the chief guest.

    D.

    No error.