Verbal Ability

Spotting Errors - 2

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 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

1.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. The minister's speech
B. has been reported
C. to the newspaper
D. No mistake
E. No error
2.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Neither the earthquake
B. nor the subsequent fire
C. was able to dampen
D. the spirit of the residents.
E. No error.
3.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. The basket of apples
B. sent by the gardener
C. contained a number of
D. green mangoes also.
E. No error.
4.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. This is one of
B. the most interesting book
C. I have
D. ever read.
E. No error
5.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Even after requesting
B. him, he did not
C. tell us that how
D. he wolved the problem
E. No error.
6.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. All of you will agree with me
B. that no problem faced by our society
C. is as grave and intractable
D. as this problem is
E. No error.
7.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Yesterday, a visitor to
B. the park was attacked
C. by a tiger and
D. had to hospitalise.
E. No error.
8.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. In order to save petrol,
B. motorists must have to
C. be very cautious
D. while driving along the highways.
E. No error.
9.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Every animal in the zoo
B. is fed regularly
C. and attended to
D. very promptly.
E. No error.
10.  (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Since it was a memory test
B. the students were instructed
C. to learn the
D. passage with heart.
E. No error.

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