English Grammar Error Detection Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL, IBPS, SBI Bank PO & Clerk and all Competitive Exams. Identify the grammatical error MCQs Practice set for the preparation of upcoming examinations.
Grammatical error detection Questions Practice Set
Q.1: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
During an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
1. cover above a table
2. During an earthquake,
3. it is advised to take
4. to save your life.
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Q.2: Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.
It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.
1. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.
2. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.
3. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.
4. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.
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Q.3: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I had walked / for most of the day / to Kanpur and then / get on the train by Mumbai.
1. I had walked
2. to Kanpur and then
3. get on the train by Mumbai
4. for most of the day
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Q.4: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He used to reply / that the only place / for which he went / was the town library.
1.was the town library
2. for which he went
3. He used to reply
4. that the only place
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Q.5: The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them my contain an error. Select the part that error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
The child was / gazing longingly / at the toy.
1.gazing longingly
2. at the toy
3. No error
4. The child was
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Q.6: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Amla juice/ is rich with / Vitamin C. / no error
1. Vitamin C.
2. Amla juice
3. No error
4. is rich with
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Q.7: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Rehan and Ronit are / good friends and / it don’t matter to them / as to who is wealthier.
1. good friends and
2. it don’t matter to them
3. Rehan and Ronit are
4. as to who is wealthier
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Q.8: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
One can never imagine / how hot it gets in Delhi / unless one doesn’t go / there in person.
1. One can never imagine
2. unless one doesn’t go
3. how hot it gets in Delhi
4. there in person
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Q.9: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Neither the doctors nor / the nurse were present / when the patient / reached the hospital
1. Neither the doctors nor
2. the nurse were present
3. when the patient
4. reached the hospital
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Q.10: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
They will go to bed / early since they / have to get up / at five on the morning.
1. have to get up
2. at five on the morning
3. They will go to bed
4. early since they
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Q.11: Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.
I have never played any game of side this track during the season.
1. I have never played any game off side this track during the season
2. I have never played any game of side this track during the season.
3. I have never played any game off side this track during the season.
4. I have never played any game off side this track during the season.
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Q.12: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
There is a whole world / out there that / is invisible from / the naked eye.
1. the naked eye
2. is invisible from
3. There is a whole world
4.out there that
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Q.13: Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.
There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
1. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
2. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
3. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
4. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
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Q.14: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The manager told her / she should be a bit more / careful while executed the / orders of the company.
1. The manager told her that
2. she should be a bit more
3. orders of the company
4. careful while executed the
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Q.15: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error.
The newspaper reported / that it was a mystery / how the thieves enter / into the house.
1. into the house
2. how the thieves enter
3. that it was a mystery
4. The newspaper reported
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Q.16: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that
contains a grammatical error.
When the train pulled in / at the station, it take / Joseph some time / to get off.
1. When the train pulled in
2. at the station, it take
3. Joseph some time
4. to get off
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Q.17: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that
contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
I am having trouble / deciding in / a gift for them. / no error
1. a gift for them
2. No error
3. I am having trouble
4. deciding in
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Q.18: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that
contains a grammatical error.
The jury was not happy with the performance / and was quite harsh. / The singer took / their criticism in heart.
1. The jury was not happy with the performance
2. The singer took
3. their criticism in heart.
4. and was quite harsh.
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Q.19: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
There are some monkeys / on the roof of the / carriage but Madhav / did not see them.
1. on the roof of the
2. There are some monkeys
3. carriage but Madhav
4. did not see them.
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Q.20: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He will make mistakes, but he will learn / by making mistakes. So, dear parents, / once you put the money in your / children’s little pockets, forget all on it.
1. children’s little pockets, forget all on it
2. once you put the money in your
3. by making mistakes. So, dear parents.
4. He will make mistakes, but he will learn
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