Verbal Ability

Spotting Errors - 1

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)
A. One of the members
B. expressed doubt if
C. the Minister was an atheist.
D. No error.
2.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Do the roses in your garden smell
B. more sweetly
C. than those in ours?
D. No error.
3.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. My papa is
B. in bad mood
C. today
D. No error.
4.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. The students were
B. awaiting for
C. the arrival of the chief guest.
D. No error.
5.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Block of Residential flats
B. are coming up
C. near our house.
D. No error
6.  (solve as per the direction given above)
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.
7.  (solve as per the direction given above)
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.
8.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. The warden
B. forbade the student
C. from leaving the hostel.
D. No error.
9.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. If I had known
B. this yesterday
C. I will have helped him.
D. No error.
10.  (solve as per the direction given above)
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.

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