Error detection

Direction: Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if

there is no error, answer is (e). Avoid punctuation mistake (if any).

1. (a) Our team's performance / (b) in the last few domestic and
international games / (c) is fairly ordinary / (d) and below our
stature/ (e) No error

2. They have (a)/fairly standard accounting procedures (b)/that are on

the line (c)/with the internationally accepted norms.(d)/ No error(e)

3. (a) The actor is negotiating / (b) new merchandise launches / (c) at

nearby / (d) half the cost / (e) No error

4. (a) The Company directors have been met / (b) heads of commercial
Banks later this week / (c) to get their views on the credit limit / (d)and
growth in deposits. / (e) No error

5. (a) Indian scientists are making waves / (b) throughout the world;
their ideas (b) / (c) and inventions are yielded / (d) unprecedented
growth in income and employment. / (e) No error

6. (a) The petrol prices had already / (b) been increased twice in /
(c)the last 15 months and the Ministry of Petroleum had also / (d)
levied additional monthly charges to consumers. / (e) No error

7. (a) Despite of curfew / (b) in some areas, minor / (c) communal

incidents were reported / (d) from different areas of the walled city./
(e) No error

8. These politicians have been asked (a)/to furnish their financial

details (b)/and information about (c)/his property. (d)/No error (e)
9. (a) The construction of stadium which will be made functional / (b)
within the next two years / (c) require an additional investment /(d) of
one hundred crores. / (e) No error

10. (a) We have taken on / (b) the responsibility of / (c) arranging the
required material / (d) and assembling the machine. / (e) No error

11. (a) Witnessed the young boy's ability / (b) to solve the difficult
questions / (c) his Mathematics teacher pushed him / (d) to participate
in the All India Mathematics Olympiad / (e) No error

12. (a) It is all well known that / (b) children are generally in favour
of/light topics like jokes and expressions (c)/that causing laughter all
around. (d)/No error (e)

13. (a) The evening breeze / (b) won't carrying the poetry / (c) of peace
beyond / (d) the school building. / (e) No error

14. (a) We are bring in the idea that / (b) European rehabilitation
focused / (c) on a multi-disciplinary approach / (d) towards chronic
pain /(e) No error

15. (a) If students are able to / (b) realise the potential / (c) that they
possess, the / (d) next challenge will be to channel it in the productive
avenues / (e) No error

16. (a) Automated metal detectors are / (b) ensuring that on the time
audience / (c) enter the plane their / (d) baggage is already scanned
without opening the same. / (e) No error

17. (a) Delhi Metro's underground / (b) tunnels and stations will / (c)be
constructed / (d) next heritage structures. / (e) No error
18. (a) He said that the performance of the Indian athletes / (b) was
satisfactory at the Asian Games / (c) and that they learnt a lot from/ (d)
watching top seeded players through action at the grand slam./ (e) No
error

19. (a) Watching the exponential / (b) talent of world cricket / (c) was
the best things / (d) to happen to him. / (e) No error

20. (a) The meeting of the board of directors took place a week after
/(b) the company held a meeting with project financers / (c) to
evaluate funds that being needed to / (d) ensure that the project is not
halted./ (e) No error

21. (a) The process of / (b) revising the figures of taxes / (c) to
getadditional revenue / (d) hasbegan. / (e) No error

22. (a) Farmers who grow the crop (a)/are the worse hit, as the
investment (b)/they make on a crop is (c)/huge as compared to
theprofit. (d)/No error(e)

23. (a) The school is made it / (b) mandatory for parents to send /
(c)their children along with / (d) the report card signed by them. /
(e)No error

24. (a) While these organisations have / (b) a strong traditional

hold,the reasons for / (c) forming a consortium in Asia is to encourage
/(d) cultural diversity for their organisations. / (e) No error

25. (a) The Government soon will make / (b) it mandatory for all
privateschools / (c) to notify infections cases / (d) as soon as they
aredetected. / (e) No error
26. (a) The judge advised the government to / (b) have metered
Taxisacross the state while / (c) recounting his personal experience
wherea Taxi driver / (d) made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100.
/(e) No error

27. (a) The firm aims / (b) to nearly double / (c) its revenues on the
back/ (d) of a strongest product pipeline. / (e) No error

28. (a) In a first – of – its – kind study / (b) a team of researchers

havetried to / (c) 'grow' new stem cells in / (d) the ear that gets
damagedwith age. / (e) No error

29. (a) If successful, the research could / (b) pave the way towards /
(c)the prevention in untimely deaths / (d) due to fatal diseases. / (e)No
error

30. (a) After a complaint was filed, / (b) the police teams was given
thephotograph / (c) of the accused from the CCTV footage / (d)
recordedat the hotel. / (e) No error

31. (a) On the second day of the competition / (b) contestants does
asituational analysis of the state / (c) and spoke about their plan
ofaction / (d) for implementing the Act. / (e) No error

32. (a) The NGT has warned / (b) that air pollution from vehicles
andpower stations / (c) is reducing life expectancy in the country / (d)in
an average of 6 months / (e) No error(e)

33. (a) A new research has shown that kids / (b) who have a high
bodymass index are / (c) more likelier to have high blood
pressure,cholesterol and blood insulin levels / (d) by the time they
reachadolescence. / (e) No error
34. (a) The Consumer Forum directed the Mobile company to /
(b)compensate a complainant for the inconvenience / (c) and
mentalagony who he had to suffer / (d) because of their support
staff'sirresponsible attitude / (e) No error

35. (a) People whose performance peaks in the morning / (b) are
betterposition for career success / (c) because they are more proactive
/(d) than people who are at theirs in the evening / (e) No error

36. (a) The economic structure of slum areas / (b) is such that
children,especially girls / (c) are required to help in the household work
/ (d)and also perform their chores. / (e) No error

37. (a) Either Rohan or his friend / (b) were going / (c) to the party /
(d)yesterday / (e) No error

38. (a) Even after so much years of independence / (b) the poor in
Indiacontinue to suffer / (c) socially as well as economically / (d)
atdifferent levels and in different forms. / (e) No error

39. (a) Whether or not to convict / (b) them for their role / (c) in
therobbery is a decision / (d) which is yet to take. / (e) No error

40. (a) According to government estimates / (b) at least four

milliontones of sugar / (c) will have to be imported / (d) this year
becauseof a poor monsoon. / (e) No error

41. (a) At present China is the / (b) world's leader manufacture / (c)
ofenvironment friendly products / (d) such as electric cars and
bicycles./ (e) No error
42. (a) Over 90% from us / (b) feel that if government had taken /
(c)some corrective measures earlier / (d) the epidemic could have been
averted. / (e) No error

43. (a) With the mortality rates in this / (b) region as high as 70% /
(c)we need to encourage the / (d) local people to build hospitals. /
(e)No error

44. (a) An economy relies / (b) on access / (c) to dependable / (d)

andaffordable sources energy. / (e) No error

45. (a) Such a situation / (b) is neither feasable / (c) nor desirable / (d)in
democratic country like ours. / (e) No error
46. (a) If all goes well / (b) the examination scheduled for next week
/(c) is all set to be completely free / (d) form annexes power cuts
anddisruptions. / (e) No error

47. (a) Aggression in some teenage boys / (b) may be linkage to overly/
(c) large gland in their brains, / (d) a new study has found. / (e)No error

48. (a) The actor believes in / (b) being fit and feels that there / (c)
aretoo much hype around size zero / (d) in the entertainment world.
/(e) No error

49. (a) With this initiative, the Government / (b) hopes to assure
thepublic that / (c) it is confident of providing good service / (d)
andrenewing their faith with the public transport system. / (e) No error

50. (a) Seema along with her friends / (b) are watching movie / (c)
atthe cinema hall / (d) near her office / (e) No error
51. (a) When two-vowel / (b) sounds occurs in direct succession, /
(c)the transition between them / (d) is often difficult to make. / (e)
Noerror

52. (a) The whole nation is / (b) being painted red with / (c) the
JNUcrisis as if it / (d) is a bread-and-butter issue. / (e) No error

53. (a) Everybody know / (b) that his failure can / (c) be attributed
only/ (d) to his lack of practice. / (e) No error

54. (a) You must warn him / (b) saying that you / (c) would beat him if/
(d) he is talking against you again. / (e) No error

55. (a) Teena wanted to / (b) become a doctor / (c) and worked
veryhardly / (d) to achieve this. / (e) No error

56. (a) The significance / (b) of the detection of / (c) gravitational

waves/ (d) should not be lost on us. / (e) No error

57. (a) Despite of their best efforts / (b) they failed to retain / (c)
thecontract due to / (d) unwanted political interference. / (e) No error

58. (a) When he had been / (b) walked along the road / (c) a wild
andferocious dog / (d) hit him hard and knocked him down. / (e)
Noerror

59. (a) One has to have a / (b) good political network / (c) if
he/shewants / (d) to be honoured. / (e) No error

60. (a) If I leave now / (b) I will not be able / (c) to return back /
(d)before 9 p.m. / (e) No error
61. (a) If your jogging clothes / (b) were not made of / (c) permeable
fabric you will drown / (d) in your sweat. / (e) No error (5)

62. (a) This is a strange world / (b) where each one pursues their /
(c)own golden bubble / (d) and laughs at others for doing the same.
/(e) No error

63. (a) She immediately quit / (b) the job in which / (c) neither skill nor/
(d) knowledge were required. / (e) No error
64. (a) A hot and / (b) a cold spring / (c) was found near / (d) eachother
/ (e) No error

65. (a) People who come to our / (b) concerts know what they / (c)
aregoing to listen and they have enjoyed it / (d) before and they enjoyit
now / (e) No error

66. (a) Unless / (b) he will not understand / (c) the concept he will
notbe / (d) able to solve the questions / (e) No error

67. (a) Everyone considered / (b) him as a brave man / (c) but he
fledfrom / (d) the battlefield / (e) No error

68. (a) All his sister-in-laws / (b) are extremely co-operative / (c) andshe
doesn't miss her / (d) real sisters at all / (e) No error

69. (a) Governments and business houses / (b) must reduce its
ownenergy / (c) use and promote conservation to / (d) their
citizensand employees / (e) No error

70. (a) I have been a / (b) fortunate enough to / (c) visit Nepal a couple/
(d) of times in my childhood / (e) No error

71. (a) To me it appears / (b) that Anthropology is / (c) the more

interesting / (d) of all the subjects / (e) No error

72. (a) Both the rich along with / (b) the poor are / (c) affected
equallywhen / (d) prices of petrol and diesel increase / (e) No error

73. (a) We seldom or ever / (b) go out these / (c) days because it / (d)is
too hot now-a-days / (e) No error

74. (a) A number of students / (b) has qualified / (c) for the
clericalposts / (d) in the SBI exam / (e) No error

75. (a) That day when they brought / (b) her back for the last time /
(c)there was many old-timers / (d) who were shocked and fearful /
(e)No error

76. (a) The objective of facebook might / (b) be fair but there are /
(c)certain unintended consequences / (d) of what are disguised
asfreebies / (e) No error

77. (a) When the thief broke / (b) into their house they / (c) raised a
hueand cry and the / (d) thief caught immediately by the people /
(e)No error

78. (a) Many of the stresses to / (b) our own Constitution stem /
(c)from gaps in governance and / (d) weak imposition of the rule oflaw
/ (e) No error

79. (a) He is one of those few post-colonial / (b) writer who

believesthat this talk about / (c) colonialism has gone too far / (d) and
hasturned into a cliché / (e) No error

80. (a) Had the river / (b) overflown its / (c) bank, flood would / (d)have
come / (e) No error
81. (a) My father does / (b) not mind to be / (c) disturbed while he /
(d)is reading the newspaper / (e) No error

82. (a) A really good constitution / (b) holds up the mirror to

government/ (c) and enables the public as well as / (d) leadership to
identifyshortfalls / (e) No error

83. (a) If I would have realized / (b) what a bad driver you were / (c)
Iwould not have / (d) come with you / (e) No error

84. (a) He confidently asked the crowd / (b) if they thought that / (c)
hewas right / (d) and the crowd shouted that they do / (e) No error

85. (a) The father told his son / (b) that he was a lazy boy / (c) and
thathe has done / (d) his work very badly / (e) No error

86. (a) If you have a way with words / (b) a good sense design
andadministration / (c) ability you may enjoy working in / (d)
highpressure world of advertising / (e) No error

87. (a) The Congress Party stood for / (b) implementation of the /
(c)Nuclear Liability Bill and was ready / (d) to stake their
politicalexistence / (e) No error

88. (a) He is the most / (b) intelligent and also / (c) the very talented
/(d) student of the college / (e) No error

89. (a) The soul of a constitution lies / (b) in its vision of the kind of /
(c)society that the country will seek / (d) to build through its
institution/ (e) No error
90. (a) No sooner the / (b) teacher enter the / (c) class than the /
(d)students stood up / (e) No error

91. (a) He should refrain to / (b) associating himself with / (c) any
partybecause people / (d) have faith in his integrity / (e) No error

92. (a) I did not know / (b) hardly anyone in / (c) the college and so felt/
(d) lonely all the time / (e) No error

93. (a) The right to speech / (b) is tempered with / (c) a responsibility
to/ (d) use it judiciously / (e) No error

94. (a) Knowledge of / (b) atleast two languages / (c) are required
topass / (d) the examination / (e) No error

95. (a) If I were the / (b) Prime Minister of India / (c) I will work for the/
(d) welfare of the poor / (e) No error.

96. (a) Even after sixty / (b) years of independence / (c) lakhs of
peopledo not / (d) have beds to sleep / (e) No error

97. (a) They left their / (b) luggages at home / (c) by mistake and went/
(d) to railway station / (e) No error

98. (a) It is saddening that / (b) the government is / (c) trying hard
tolabel a group / (d) of students as anti-national / (e) No error

99. (a) The anti-Vietnam war / (b) protests were spontaneous / (c)
unlikethe politically orchestrated / (d) student activism in India / (e)
Noerror

100. (a) The Ganga is a / (b) river whose origin / (c) has always been a
/(d) matter of speculation / (e) No error
Ans key:
 Answer key

1. (c); Replace 'is' by 'has been' to make the syntax correct.

2. (c); 'On' should be replaced by 'in'.
3. (c); 'Nearby' is superflous usage. 'Negotiating' gives the idea of
theprocess of bargain itself.
4. (a); Remove 'been' that is inappropriate to use in active voice
sentence.
5. (c); The first clause is in progressive form and therefore the
secondclause should also be in from to express the idea of
continuity.Use 'are yielding'
6. (d); 'Levy' is followed by preposition 'on'.
7. (a); 'of' is not used with 'despite'.
8. (d); As 'politicians' is a plural subject, so 'its' possessive should also
beplural. So 'his' should be replaced by 'their'.
9. (c); Use 'requires' in place of 'require' as the subject is singular here.
10. (e); No error.
11. (a); 'Witnessed' should be replaced by the term 'witnessing' to
makethe syntax correct/
12. (d); Use 'cause' in place of 'causing' in part (d) to make it correct.
13. (b); With modals, we use 'V1'. So, 'carrying' should be replaced
by'carry'.
14. (a); 'are Bring' should be replaced by 'brought' as the preceding
clauseis in past tense.
15. (e); No error.
16. (b); There is a prepositional error. 'On' should be replaced by 'at' as
itis related to time reference.
17. (d); Here positional reference is given. So, we should use 'next
toheritage structures'.
18. (d); 'Players through action' should be replaced by 'players in
action'to make the sentence correct.
19. (c); 'Things' is wrong usage. Use 'thing' in that place as 'the best'
canonly be used with a singular noun.
20. (c); Use 'are' after connector 'that'
21. (d); With 'has' we use V3. So, 'Began' should be replaced by 'begun'.
22. (b); The sentence seeks a reason. Therefore, 'as' should make way
for'because'.
23. (a); 'Is' should be replaced by 'has' for it is actively doing
somethinginstead of something is done upon.
24. (d); 'Their' is inappropriate usage. We should use 'these'. There is
nomentioning of a pronoun whose possessive case is needed.
25. (a); Placing of 'soon' is wrong. The sentence should start with
'soon'.
26. (d); The correct expression will be 'made him wait'.
27. (d); 'Strongest' should be replaced by the word 'stronger' that gives
usthe idea of an improvised product.
28. (b); 'A team of …..' is a phrase that with agree to a singular verb.
Hence,'have' should be replaced with 'has'.
29. (c); 'Prevention' is followed by 'from'.
30. (b); 'Police' is a plural noun. Hence, Plural verb 'were' should be
usedhere.
31. (b); The event is already done. With time being mentioned in it,
Weshould use the simple past form of tense. Use 'did' in place of'does'.
32. (d); 'On an average' is the correct expression to be used here in
placeof 'in an average'.
33. (c); 'Likelier' is the wrong usage. It is correct to use 'likely' here.
34. (c); 'Who' is not suitable to use. 'Which' should be used when
personsare not meant.
35. (b); The expression should read out as 'are better positioned for'
whichwill make the syntax correct.
36. (d); 'Their' should be replaced by 'Other'. 'Their' is not in sync with
themeaning.
37. (b); Use 'was going' in place of 'were going'.
38. (a); With countable nouns we should use 'many' not 'much'.
39. (d); 'To take' is to be replaced by 'to be taken' as the sentence
indicatespassivity in it.
40. (a); 'Estimate' can be used as noun/verb both. Here, noun
form'estimate' is to be used.
41. (b); Expression should be 'world's leading manufacturer' as it fits
themeaning.
42. (a); 'Per cent' should be followed by 'of'.
43. (a); 'Mortality rate' is the correct expression to be used in the
sentence.
44. (e); No error.
45. (b); No error
46. (b); Article 'the' is left out before 'next' we have to use 'the'.
47. (b); 'Linkage' should be replaced by 'linked' that will make the
syntaxcorrect.
48. (c); 'Are' should be replaced with 'is' to make the agreement with
thesubject.
49. (d); 'With' should be replaced by 'in'. 'faith in' is the correct
expression.
50. (b); Use 'is watching movie'. In the case of 'along with' verb is
usedaccording to first subject.
51. (b); Replace 'occurs' with 'occur'. Here the subject (when two
vowelsounds) is plural. Hence, it will take a plural verb.
52. (e); No error.
53. (a); 'Everybody' is a singular noun. Hence the correct verb should
be'knows', not 'know'.
54. (d); A conditional clause starting with 'if' should normally be in
presentindefinite tense. Therefore 'talking against' should be
replacedwith 'talks against'.
55. (c); Replace 'hardly' with 'hard' because 'hard' means a 'tough
work','hardly' means 'rarely' or 'not very often'.
56. (e); No error.
57. (a); Delete 'of' after 'despite'. The word 'despite' takes no
preposition.
We use either 'despite' or 'in spite of'. We never use 'of' after
'despite'.
58. (b); Replace 'walked' with 'walking'. The structure of past
perfectcontinuous is – Subject + had been + V4
(verb + ing )…..
59. (e); No error.
60. (c); Remove 'back'. The word 'back' makes 'return' superfluous.
61. (c); Change 'will' into 'would' as the sentence is in past tense.
62. (b); 'Each one' is singular and hence will take singular pronoun 'his'.
63. (d); Change 'were' into 'was'. When two subjects are joined by
'neither…. nor', the verb agrees with the nearest subject.
64. (c); Change 'was' with 'were'. If two subjects are joined by 'and'
andif article is used before both the subjects, plural verb will be used.
65. (e); No error.
66. (b); Change 'he will not understand' with 'he understands'. 'Not'
and'will' do not come after 'unless'.
67. (b); Remove 'as'. 'Considered' is not followed by 'as'.
68. (a); 'Sisters-in-law' is the correct plural form of 'sister-in-law'.
69. (b); Change 'its' into 'their'. Government and business houses
beingplural will take plural adjective 'their'.
70. (e); No error.
71. (c); Use superlative degree 'most'.
72. (a); 'Both' is followed by 'and' and not 'along with'.
73. (a); 'Seldom or never' is correct phrase.
74. (b); 'A number of'... this expression takes plural verb. Use
'havequalified'.
75. (c); Use plural verb 'were' with 'many old timers'.
76. (e); No error
77. (d); Change 'thief caught' into 'thief was caught'. 'Thief caught'
means'thief is the doer of the action'.
78. (e); No error
79. (b); 'One of' will be followed by a plural noun. Hence 'writers'
willreplace 'writer'. Verb will follow the antecedent (writers) to
therelative pronoun (who). Change 'believes' into 'believe'.
80. (b); V2 of 'overflow' is 'overflowed'
81. (b); 'Gerund' will come after 'mind'. Change 'be' into 'being'.
82. (e); No error.
83. (a); Change 'would have' to 'had'.Formula: If+ Past Perfect, Sub+
would+ have + V3
84. (d); Change 'do' to 'did' as sentence starting in the past should stay
inthe past.
85. (c); Change 'has' to 'had' as sentence starting in past should stay
inpast.
86. (b); 'Administration' is a noun. We need an adjective from here
whichis 'administrative'.
87. (c); Change 'their' into 'its'. 'Congress Party' is singular and will
takesingular adjective 'its'.
88. (c); Change 'very' into 'most'. If two adjectives are joined by
aconjunction, both the adjectives should be in the same degree.Hence,
use 'most intelligent' with 'most talented'.
89. (e); No error.
90. (a); 'No sooner' is followed by a 'helping verb' and then the 'sub'.
'Nosooner did the teacher enter' will be the correct way of writingthis
sentence.
91. (a); Refrain is followed by 'from' and not 'to'.
92. (b); Remove 'Hardly'. Hardly cannot take 'not' with it.
93. (e); No error.
94. (c); Here 'Languages' is not the main subject. Rather 'knowledge'
isthe main subject. Hence verb used must agree with 'knowledge'.Use
'is' in place of 'are'.
95. (c); Change 'will' to 'would'. The sentence is in past.
96. (c); Add 'in' after 'sleep'. If 'infinitive' is used after 'noun'
thenappropriate preposition should follow 'infinitive'.
97. (b); Change 'luggages' into 'luggage'
98. (e); No error.
99. (e); No error.
100.(b); Change 'whose origin' into 'the origin of which' because
'whose' is not used for 'non-living things.’