Spotting Errors Questions and Answers

Q: Read each sentence comprising of (a), (b), (c) and (d) to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. Find out the incorrect option from amongst the sentences given below.(a) Regretfully, profits earned by your company(b) fell by 20 per cent last year(c) despite higher sales.(d) No error.

The error is in part (a): Regretfully should be Regrettably.Regretfully means 'with regret' and describes how a person feels or acts: 'She regretfully declined.' Regrettably means 'unfortunately' and comments on a whole situation. Profits cannot feel regret, so the sentence needs: 'Regrettably, profits earned by your company fell by 20 per cent last year despite higher sales.'Parts (b) and (c) are correct: 'fell by 20 per cent' and 'despite higher sales' are idiomatic.

Q: Find out which part of the sentence has error.When he entered the classroom the lecture already was beginning.

The error is in the part Already was beginning.The adverb already goes between the auxiliary and the main verb, not before the auxiliary: was already beginning. Since the lecture had started before he entered, the past perfect is better still: When he entered the classroom, the lecture had already begun.The other parts are correct. When he entered and the classroom the lecture (the end of one clause and the subject of the next) need no change, so 'No error' does not apply.

Q: No sooner did 1)/ the nurse enter 2)/ the house 3)/ then the patient died. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 4.No sooner pairs with than, not then: no sooner did the nurse enter the house than the patient died.

Q: She was taken with (1) / surprise when she saw (2) / the famous (3) / Taj Mahal. (4) / No Error (5)

The error is in part 1.The idiom is taken by surprise. Taken with means charmed by, which is a different expression altogether.

Q: The first portion 1)/ of the book was dull, 2)/ the later part 3)/ was interesting. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 3.Later refers to time; latter refers to the second of two things. The sentence contrasts the first portion with the second, so it needs the latter part.

Q: Either Ram 1)/ or Bhuvan forgot 2)/ to take 3)/ their pen. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 4.With either ... or the pronoun agrees with the nearer subject, which is Bhuvan, so it must be singular: his pen. Their has no plural antecedent.

Q: We cannot handle 1)/ this complicated case 2)/ unless full details 3)/ are not given to us. 4) No error 5)

The error is in part 4.Unless is already negative, so not doubles it: unless full details are given to us.

Q: A free press is not 1)/ a privilege but the 2)/ organic necessity in 3)/ a free society. 4) No error 5)

The error is in part 2.The parallel is with a privilege, which is indefinite, so the second term must match: but an organic necessity.

Q: Scarcely had 1)/ she gone 2)/ when an inspector 3)/ knocked at the door. 4)/ No error 5)

There is no error.Scarcely pairs with when, the past perfect had gone correctly precedes the simple past knocked, and the inversion after scarcely is properly made.

Q: While flying over 1)/ India we had 2)/ glimpses of, 3)/ Ganges and Himalayas. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 4.Rivers and mountain ranges take the definite article: the Ganges and the Himalayas. The comma after glimpses of in part 3 is also stray.

431.

Read each sentence comprising of (a), (b), (c) and (d) to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. Find out the incorrect option from amongst the sentences given below.

(a) Regretfully, profits earned by your company
(b) fell by 20 per cent last year
(c) despite higher sales.
(d) No error.

A.Regretfully, profits earned by your company
B.fell by 20 per cent last year
C.despite higher sales.
D.No error.

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Tripura Public Service Commission - 2019,

Answer: A

The error is in part (a): Regretfully should be Regrettably.

Regretfully means 'with regret' and describes how a person feels or acts: 'She regretfully declined.' Regrettably means 'unfortunately' and comments on a whole situation. Profits cannot feel regret, so the sentence needs: 'Regrettably, profits earned by your company fell by 20 per cent last year despite higher sales.'

Parts (b) and (c) are correct: 'fell by 20 per cent' and 'despite higher sales' are idiomatic.

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432.

Find out which part of the sentence has error.

When he entered the classroom the lecture already was beginning.

A.When he entered
B.Already was beginning
C.No error
D.The classroom the lecture

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: B

The error is in the part Already was beginning.

The adverb already goes between the auxiliary and the main verb, not before the auxiliary: was already beginning. Since the lecture had started before he entered, the past perfect is better still: When he entered the classroom, the lecture had already begun.

The other parts are correct. When he entered and the classroom the lecture (the end of one clause and the subject of the next) need no change, so 'No error' does not apply.

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433.

No sooner did 1)/ the nurse enter 2)/ the house 3)/ then the patient died. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

No sooner pairs with than, not then: no sooner did the nurse enter the house than the patient died.

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434.

She was taken with (1) / surprise when she saw (2) / the famous (3) / Taj Mahal. (4) / No Error (5)

Answer: A

The error is in part 1.

The idiom is taken by surprise. Taken with means charmed by, which is a different expression altogether.

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435.

The first portion 1)/ of the book was dull, 2)/ the later part 3)/ was interesting. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: C

The error is in part 3.

Later refers to time; latter refers to the second of two things. The sentence contrasts the first portion with the second, so it needs the latter part.

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436.

Either Ram 1)/ or Bhuvan forgot 2)/ to take 3)/ their pen. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

With either ... or the pronoun agrees with the nearer subject, which is Bhuvan, so it must be singular: his pen. Their has no plural antecedent.

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437.

We cannot handle 1)/ this complicated case 2)/ unless full details 3)/ are not given to us. 4) No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

Unless is already negative, so not doubles it: unless full details are given to us.

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438.

A free press is not 1)/ a privilege but the 2)/ organic necessity in 3)/ a free society. 4) No error 5)

Answer: B

The error is in part 2.

The parallel is with a privilege, which is indefinite, so the second term must match: but an organic necessity.

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439.

Scarcely had 1)/ she gone 2)/ when an inspector 3)/ knocked at the door. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

There is no error.

Scarcely pairs with when, the past perfect had gone correctly precedes the simple past knocked, and the inversion after scarcely is properly made.

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440.

While flying over 1)/ India we had 2)/ glimpses of, 3)/ Ganges and Himalayas. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

Rivers and mountain ranges take the definite article: the Ganges and the Himalayas. The comma after glimpses of in part 3 is also stray.

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