Spotting Errors

Directions: Choose the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

(1) The black ladies purse, (2) which is on sale, has (3) a very beautiful pattern (4) carved on it. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

People are (1) not such (2) fools (3) that to believe (4) the loud talk of politicians. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

(1) The nine-men committee (2) had (3) a two-hour long deliberation on (4) disinvestment issue this morning. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

There (1) was (2) such a great rush (3) for the ticket (4) that I was not able to buy one. (5) No error

Directions: Choose the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

(1) The agitating (2) opposition members (3) were demanding for resignation (4) of the defence minister. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

(1) He urgently asked the retailer (2) to give him (3) a half kilo sugar and (4) a bottle of cola. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

(1) On my son’s achievements (2) I said to him that (3) I was too proud (4) to be his father. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Thousands gathered (2) to listen (3) to the prime minister in the field (4) amidst continuous rain. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

Today, street fights (1) seem (2) more orderly (3) as compared to the bedlam in parliament and in state legislatures in (4) the name of democracy. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

The world in spite of its rivalries, hatreds (1) and inner conflict, (2) moves (3) invariably towards (4) closer cooperation. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

Not withstanding (1) my hurry, I (2) must have the conviction, (3) impressed on my imagination that it (4) was a painting of medieval ages. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

The failure of the peace process has triggered off (1) a sort of hostility (2) in a time when more people (3) were about to be brought (4) on to the negotiating table. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

If the country (1) has to prosper in the 21^st century, then the countrymen, specifically politicians, (2) had better (3) to take a course on what real politics is (4) all about. (5) No error

Directions: Choose the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

They had to (1) break-up (2) in the middle of (3) their argument when someone (4) came into the room. (5) No error

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Without hardly (2) any delay, (3) the government machinery began to provide (4) succour to quake victims. (5) No error