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Error Identification

Test of English language - An Objective Type Test to Improve your Knowledge in Spotting Errors and how to solve them

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts, marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out the error, if any. If there is no error, mark (d).

Dealing with people (a) who are aggressive and angry (b) require a great deal of patience and tact. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: A sentence has been divided into four parts lettered (a), (b), (c), and (d). Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark it as your anwer. If there as no error mark (d) as your answer.

Six years before (a)/ Alice, a French woman, left her job (b)/ and accompained her husband to India. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If there is no error, mark (d).

Tata Motors has entered (a)/ into a definitive agreement with Ford on March 26 to acquire the two British luxury brands, (b)/ Jaguar and Land Rover, at an estimated 2.3 billion dollars. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
After moving to India, Alice decided to do something different from (a) / what she is doing (b) / and started teaching blind children in the age group of two to five years. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).

Finance Minister said that the country's economy was growing (a) / at the slowest pace in four years in the next 12 months (b) / as a result of a global slowdown. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

Alice not only volunteers with her own services, (a) / she e-mails other French nationals in Mumbai and (b) / gets them involved with the activities of the school. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).

According to the scientists, black carbon, (a) / emitting from biomass burning, (b) / diesel engine exhaust and cooking fires, has a warming effect in the atmosphere (c)/ three to four times greater than prevailing estimates. No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
The US space shuttle Endeavour has been landing (a) / successfully in Florida after the longest mission (b) / of its kind to the International Space Station. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
During their 16-day mission, (a) / the space shuttle's crew was installing (b) / the first part of a Japanese research laboratory and assembled a Canadian robot. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism market (a) / with a two-seater rocket ship capable (b) / to making flights to heights (c)/ more than 60 kilometres above the Earth. No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).

It seems India is all set (a) / to becoming the second largest cell user (b) / in the world after China. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
Employees at a growing number of organizations today start and end (a) / their days by pressing a hand or finger to a scanner (b) / that is recording the precise time of their arrival and departure. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
Universities across the country may (a) / soon will have their own (b) / on-campus Kendriya Vidyalayas. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If there is no error, mark (d).

Among biometric verification technologies, fingerprint scanning is probably the best (a)/ as it is delivering good performance (b)/ and is affordable in terms of price. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
Fingerprint readers come with software (a) / that enable them to do (b) / what they are supposed to. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

Glaciers are usually found in high altitudes (a) / and latitudes where large amounts (b) / of snow build up and freeze into ice. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If there is no error, mark (d).

Kosovo, a former territory of Serbia, (a)/ has declared itself (b)/ a sovereign and independent state on February 2008. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
The amplifier in a radio strengthens the radio waves it receives, (a) / and the speaker changes them back into the original sound waves (b) / going into the microphone in the studio. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
During the Ottoman rule, Christian Serbs in Kosovo emigrated (a) / and the region was growing (b) / increasingly more populated by Albanians who were largely Muslim. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
The banking sector today requires (a) / a lot of technical and administrative (b) / staff to farther expand their operations. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there is no error mark (d).
Investment banking is (a) / as far as the (b) / most coveted job option in banking. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
In yet another attempt to deter people from lighting up in public (a) / and reduce the risk of passive smoking, the Union Health Ministry is planning to penalize (b) / organizations which allow its employees to smoke. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
If you would have told me (a) / that you were in Mumbai, (b) / I would have certainly contacted you. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
The supervisors reprimanded (a) / the typists whom (b) / he believed had made careless errors. (c) / No errors (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark (a), (b), (c) as anwer. If there as no error mark (d).
The receptionist must answer (a) / politely the questions (b) / what are asked by the callers. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
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