Error Spotting Questions with Answers
61.
(a) We are not
(b) to abuse
(c) our hardly won
(d) liberty.
Answer: (c) Use adj. form, hard in place of adverbial form ‘hardly’.
62.
(a) My boss is
(b) much angry
(c) with me
(d) these days.
Answer: (b) Instead of ‘much angry’ it should be ‘very angry.
63.
(a) I want a
(b) better and
(c) efficient
(d) servant
Answer: (c) It should ‘more efficient’ both the adj. should be in comparative degree.
64.
(a) He walks
(b) as though
(c) he was drink.
(d) No error.
Answer: (c) It should be ‘as though he were drunk’, because he was not drunk in the real sense.
65.
(a) Transport has been arranged
(b) to facilitate
(c) the students
(d) in visiting the exhibition.
Answer: (d) It should be ‘for visiting instead of ‘in visiting’ the exhibition.
66.
(a) I have seen
(b) my friend outside
(c) the cinema house
(d) last night.
Answer: (a) It should be either “I had’ or ‘I saw’.
67.
(a) Unless
(b) you have no objection
(c) I will come
(d) tomorrow.
Answer: (b) ‘No’ should not be used, because the word ‘unless’ itself is giving a negative sense.
68.
(a) No less than
(b) four thousand People
(c) lost their lives
(d) in the recent earthquakes.
Answer: (a) It should be ‘no fewer’, no less is used for quantity.
69.
(a) It is amazing
(b) that how people
(c) are aware of the value
(d) of solitude and contemplation.
Answer: (b) ‘that’ to be avoided as double contraction are not used in a singular clause.
71.
(a) An unit is an abstract idea,
(b) defined either by reference to
(c) a randomly chosen material standard or to a natural phenomenon.
Answer: (a) In the following question the use of article ‘an’ before ‘unit’ is wrong; so (a) is the correct answer.
The reason being ‘an’ is used before singular countable nouns which begin with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u). The vowel ‘u’ in unit sound like ‘you’ i.e. this word sounds as if it begins with the consonant ‘y’. So we use ‘a’ before them.
72.
(a) A major contribution of Mathura sculptors
(b) of that period were the creation and popularization
(c) of the Buddha’s image in human form.
Answer: (b) The word ‘were’ is wrongly used, therefore, (b) is the correct answer.
The correct form would be ‘ of that period was the creation and popularization’ the reason being the subject of ‘were’ in the sentence is ‘A major contribution’, which is singular. So, ‘was’ should be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.
73.
(a) The two books are the same
(b) except for the fact that his
(c) has an answer in the back.
Answer: (c) The preposition ‘in’ is wrongly used, therefore, (c) is the correct answer.
The correct form will be – “has an answer at the back”.
74.
(a) The Prime Minister’s good looks won him
(b) the election but he has still to prove
(c) that he’s not a just pretty face.
Answer: (c) The error lies in part (c) of the sentence, therefore, (c) is the correct answer.
The correct form will be – that he’s not just a pretty face”.
75.
(a) There is a beautiful moon out tonight
(b) and Neeta and I are going for a stroll
(c) would you like to come along with she and I ?
Answer: (c) In this particular question, the phrase ‘she and I’ it wrongly used, therefore, (c) is the correct answer.
The correct sentence will be. “There is beautiful moon out tonight and Neeta and I are going for a stroll would you like to come along with us?”
76.
(a) Some women admit that
(b) their principle goal in life
(c) is to marry a wealthy man.
Answer: (b) Here word ‘principle’ in option (b) need to be replaced by ‘principal’ since, this principal indicates main aim which suggests the right meaning of the sentence.
77.
(a) Take two spoonsful
(b) of this medicine
(c) every three hours.
Answer: (a) Here ‘spoonsful’ word need to be replaced with ‘spoonfuls’. Since there is no word like spoonsful, it does not make any sense in the sentence.
78.
(a) Credit cards have
(b) brought about a revolutions
(c) in people’s spending habits.
Answer: (b) revolutions should be replaced with revolution.
79.
(a) I informed the principal
(b) that I was running temperature
(c) and therefore could not attend the meeting.
Answer: (b) It should be ‘that I was running a temperature’.
80.
(a) The farmer is irrigating
(b) his fields
(c) since morning.
Answer: (a) It should be ‘has been irrigating’ in present perfect continuous tense.