Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.What is needed today is / a new breed of managers/ with a new set of concepts / and a flexible way about thinking.

nd a flexible way about thinking

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Immediately after boarding the bus, / Mahesh asked the conductor / that if he knew / where the museum was.

mmediately after boarding the bus

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Are you aware for along time that / by making me waiting / for a long time / my schedule is getting upset?

re you aware for along time that

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He has in / his possession a / price collection of very old coins / and some ancient paintings.

rice collection of very old coins

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I would have lost / my luggage and other belongings / if I would have left the compartment / and gone out to fetch drinking water

nd gone out to fetch drinking water

f I would have left the compartment

nd gone out to fetch drinking water

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Scarcely had I / finished washing the car / than the master came / and asked me to clean the floor of the house

nd asked me to clean the floor of the house

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He fell from a running train / and would have died / if the villagers did not get him admitted in the nearby hospital immediately.

f the villagers did not get him admitted in the nearby hospital immediately

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.It is the newspaper / that exposes us to the widest range / of human experiences and behaviour.

hat exposes us to the widest range

f human experiences and behaviour

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I could not convince them / because they persisted to suggest / that I was lying.

ecause they persisted to suggest

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The party chief made it a point to state that / the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister should also come / and they see what his party men had seen.

he party chief made it a point to state that

he Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister should also come

nd they see what his party men had seen

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.A body of volunteers / have been organised / to spread the message of the saint.

o spread the message of the saint

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.A group of friends / want to visit / the new plant as early as possible.

he new plant as early as possible

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The ability to plan, / organise and coordinate work is all fundamental / to working within deadline.

rganise and coordinate work is all fundamental

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Few scientists changed / people's ideas as much as / Darwin with his Theory of Evolution.

arwin with his Theory of Evolution

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The company has put up an advertisement / in newspapers / all over the country.

he company has put up an advertisement

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The meeting adjourned abruptly / by the Chairman after / about three hours of deliberation.

bout three hours of deliberation

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Every motorist knows / road signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy / that neither the spoken nor the written word can match.

oad signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy

hat neither the spoken nor the written word can match

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.There was very heavy rain last night, / and the rivers have overflown their banks / causing severe hardship to the people living by them.

ausing severe hardship to the people living by them

here was very heavy rain last night,

nd the rivers have overflown their banks

ausing severe hardship to the people living by them

272 + Mcqs in Common Error Detection in Competitive English Page 1 McqOptions

1.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The minister's speech / has been reported / to the newspaper.
A.	he minister's speech
B.	as been reported
C.	o the newspaper
D.	o error
Answer» D. o error

Discussion

2.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.What is needed today is / a new breed of managers/ with a new set of concepts / and a flexible way about thinking.
A.	hat is needed today is
B.	new breed of managers
C.	ith a new set of concepts
D.	nd a flexible way about thinking
E.	o error
Answer» E. o error

Discussion

3.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The future is / yet to come / but you have to learn / a lot from us in future.
A.	he future is
B.	et to come
C.	ut you have to learn
D.	lot from us in future
E.	o error
Answer» B. et to come

Discussion

4.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Pramod said that / he prefers a white shirt / to coloured one / on any festival occasion
A.	ramod said that
B.	e prefers a white shirt
C.	o coloured one
D.	n any festival occasion
E.	o error
Answer» C. o coloured one

Discussion

5.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Immediately after boarding the bus, / Mahesh asked the conductor / that if he knew / where the museum was.
A.	mmediately after boarding the bus
B.	ahesh asked the conductor
C.	hat if he knew
D.	here the museum was
E.	o error
Answer» D. here the museum was

Discussion

6.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Neither the earthquake / nor the subsequent fire / was able to dampen / the spirit of the residents.
A.	either the earthquake
B.	or the subsequent fire
C.	as able to dampen
D.	he spirit of the residents
E.	o error
Answer» D. he spirit of the residents

Discussion

7.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Are you aware for along time that / by making me waiting / for a long time / my schedule is getting upset?
A.	re you aware for along time that
B.	y making me waiting
C.	or a long time
D.	y schedule is getting upset?
E.	o error
Answer» C. or a long time

Discussion

8.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He has in / his possession a / price collection of very old coins / and some ancient paintings.
A.	e has in
B.	is possession a
C.	rice collection of very old coins
D.	nd some ancient paintings
E.	o error
Answer» D. nd some ancient paintings

Discussion

9.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He being the eldest son, / his father expects him / to take care of several things / besides his regular studies
A.	e being the eldest son,
B.	is father expects him
C.	o take care of several things
D.	esides his regular studies
E.	o error
Answer» F.

Discussion

10.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.No sooner / we reached there / than it started raining.
A.	o sooner
B.	e reached there
C.	han it started raining
D.	o error
Answer» C. han it started raining

Discussion

11.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I do not recall / exactly what he said to me / but when I was quiet / he said something to me.
A.	do not recall
B.	xactly what he said to me
C.	ut when I was quiet
D.	e said something to me
E.	o error
Answer» C. ut when I was quiet

Discussion

12.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Why did people get / so much annoyed / even with little provocation / is a matter of investigation.
A.	hy did people get
B.	o much annoyed
C.	ven with little provocation
D.	s a matter of investigation
E.	o error
Answer» B. o much annoyed

Discussion

13.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I believe that / next time when you / will be coming to Mumbai / you will bring my book
A.	believe that
B.	ext time when you
C.	ill be coming to Mumbai
D.	ou will bring my book
E.	o error
Answer» D. ou will bring my book

Discussion

14.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I would have lost / my luggage and other belongings / if I would have left the compartment / and gone out to fetch drinking water
A.	would have lost
B.	y luggage and other belongings
C.	f I would have left the compartment
D.	nd gone out to fetch drinking water
E.	o error
Answer» D. nd gone out to fetch drinking water

Discussion

15.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The Head of the Department / advised all the staff / to not to / indulge in gossip
A.	he Head of the Department
B.	dvised all the staff
C.	o not to
D.	ndulge in gossip
E.	o error
Answer» D. ndulge in gossip

Discussion

16.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Scarcely had I / finished washing the car / than the master came / and asked me to clean the floor of the house
A.	carcely had I
B.	inished washing the car
C.	han the master came
D.	nd asked me to clean the floor of the house
E.	o error
Answer» D. nd asked me to clean the floor of the house

Discussion

17.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.We are happy / to know that / the project completed / strictly as per the schedule
A.	e are happy
B.	o know that
C.	he project completed
D.	trictly as per the schedule
E.	o error
Answer» D. trictly as per the schedule

Discussion

18.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I shall be able / to complete the work in / stipulated time provide / you do not disturb me.
A.	shall be able
B.	o complete the work in
C.	tipulated time provide
D.	ou do not disturb me
Answer» D. ou do not disturb me

Discussion

19.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He fell from a running train / and would have died / if the villagers did not get him admitted in the nearby hospital immediately.
A.	e fell from a running train
B.	nd would have died
C.	f the villagers did not get him admitted in the nearby hospital immediately
D.	o error
Answer» D. o error

Discussion

20.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He is / too intelligent / to make a mistake.
A.	e is
B.	oo intelligent
C.	o make a mistake
D.	o error
Answer» E.

Discussion

21.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He was sure / that he should / win the Prize.
A.	e was sure
B.	hat he should
C.	in the Prize
D.	o error
Answer» C. in the Prize

Discussion

22.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.It is the newspaper / that exposes us to the widest range / of human experiences and behaviour.
A.	t is the newspaper
B.	hat exposes us to the widest range
C.	f human experiences and behaviour
D.	o error
Answer» E.

Discussion

23.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Myself and Gopal / will take care of / the function on sunday.
A.	yself and Gopal
B.	ill take care of
C.	he function on sunday
D.	o error
Answer» B. ill take care of

Discussion

24.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The customer handed over / a hundred-rupees note / to the shopkeeper.
A.	he customer handed over
B.	hundred-rupees note
C.	o the shopkeeper
D.	o error
Answer» C. o the shopkeeper

Discussion

25.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.It is difficult / for anyone / to past time thus.
A.	t is difficult
B.	or anyone
C.	o past time thus
D.	o error
Answer» D. o error

Discussion

26.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I could not convince them / because they persisted to suggest / that I was lying.
A.	could not convince them
B.	ecause they persisted to suggest
C.	hat I was lying
D.	o error
Answer» C. hat I was lying

Discussion

27.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Were he / to see you, / he would have been surprised.
A.	ere he
B.	o see you
C.	e would have been surprised
D.	o error
Answer» B. o see you

Discussion

28.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.She walked in / the room where the murder / had taken place.
A.	he walked in
B.	he room where the murder
C.	ad taken place
D.	o error
Answer» B. he room where the murder

Discussion

29.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He is wiring / for the / last four hours
A.	e is wiring
B.	or the
C.	ast four hours
D.	o error
Answer» B. or the

Discussion

30.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The party chief made it a point to state that / the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister should also come / and they see what his party men had seen.
A.	he party chief made it a point to state that
B.	he Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister should also come
C.	nd they see what his party men had seen
D.	o error
Answer» D. o error

Discussion

31.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.When I get a cold / it takes me weeks / to shake it off.
A.	hen I get a cold
B.	t takes me weeks
C.	o shake it off
D.	o error
Answer» B. t takes me weeks

Discussion

32.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.A body of volunteers / have been organised / to spread the message of the saint.
A.	body of volunteers
B.	ave been organised
C.	o spread the message of the saint
D.	o error
Answer» C. o spread the message of the saint

Discussion

33.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He was in a hurry / because he had an appointment / with the company's director.
A.	e was in a hurry
B.	ecause he had an appointment
C.	ith the company's director
D.	o error
Answer» E.

Discussion

34.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.A group of friends / want to visit / the new plant as early as possible.
A.	group of friends
B.	ant to visit
C.	he new plant as early as possible
D.	o error
Answer» C. he new plant as early as possible

Discussion

35.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The ability to plan, / organise and coordinate work is all fundamental / to working within deadline.
A.	he ability to plan,
B.	rganise and coordinate work is all fundamental
C.	o working within deadline
D.	o error
Answer» D. o error

Discussion

36.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.My wife has got / a new job / a month ago.
A.	y wife has got
B.	new job
C.	month ago
D.	o error
Answer» B. new job

Discussion

37.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The Sharmas / are living in this colony / for the last eight years.
A.	he Sharmas
B.	re living in this colony
C.	or the last eight years
D.	o error
Answer» C. or the last eight years

Discussion

38.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Will you lend me / little money / to tide over this crisis.
A.	ill you lend me
B.	ittle money
C.	o tide over this crisis
D.	o error
Answer» C. o tide over this crisis

Discussion

39.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Few scientists changed / people's ideas as much as / Darwin with his Theory of Evolution.
A.	ew scientists changed
B.	eople's ideas as much as
C.	arwin with his Theory of Evolution
D.	o error
Answer» B. eople's ideas as much as

Discussion

40.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Do you know / to play / the guitar?
A.	o you know
B.	o play
C.	he guitar?
D.	o error
Answer» C. he guitar?

Discussion

41.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Will you be / at Board meeting / on next Wednesday?
A.	ill you be
B.	t Board meeting
C.	n next Wednesday?
D.	o error
Answer» D. o error

Discussion

42.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Because of the emergency help / that the patient received / he would have died
A.	ecause of the emergency help
B.	hat the patient received
C.	e would have died
D.	o error
Answer» B. hat the patient received

Discussion

43.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The company has put up an advertisement / in newspapers / all over the country.
A.	he company has put up an advertisement
B.	n newspapers
C.	ll over the country
D.	o error
Answer» B. n newspapers

Discussion

44.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The meeting adjourned abruptly / by the Chairman after / about three hours of deliberation.
A.	he meeting adjourned abruptly
B.	y the Chairman after
C.	bout three hours of deliberation
D.	o error
Answer» B. y the Chairman after

Discussion

45.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The eminent speaker's speech / was broadcasted over / all the major radio-stations.
A.	he eminent speaker's speech
B.	as broadcasted over
C.	ll the major radio-stations
D.	o error
Answer» C. ll the major radio-stations

Discussion

46.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The course provide / not only theoretical inputs / but also practical training
A.	he course provide
B.	ot only theoretical inputs
C.	ut also practical training
D.	o error
Answer» B. ot only theoretical inputs

Discussion

47.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Supposing if / there is no bus / how will you get there?
A.	upposing if
B.	here is no bus
C.	ow will you get there?
D.	o error
Answer» B. here is no bus

Discussion

48.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Every motorist knows / road signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy / that neither the spoken nor the written word can match.
A.	very motorist knows
B.	oad signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy
C.	hat neither the spoken nor the written word can match
D.	o error
Answer» E.

Discussion

49.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.There was very heavy rain last night, / and the rivers have overflown their banks / causing severe hardship to the people living by them.
A.	here was very heavy rain last night,
B.	nd the rivers have overflown their banks
C.	ausing severe hardship to the people living by them
D.	o error
Answer» C. ausing severe hardship to the people living by them

Discussion

50.	Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.One of my favourite actor / is acting / in this play also.
A.	ne of my favourite actor
B.	s acting
C.	n this play also
D.	o error
Answer» B. s acting

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Competitive English.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The minister's speech / has been reported / to the newspaper.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.What is needed today is / a new breed of managers/ with a new set of concepts / and a flexible way about thinking.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The future is / yet to come / but you have to learn / a lot from us in future.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Pramod said that / he prefers a white shirt / to coloured one / on any festival occasion

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Immediately after boarding the bus, / Mahesh asked the conductor / that if he knew / where the museum was.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Neither the earthquake / nor the subsequent fire / was able to dampen / the spirit of the residents.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Are you aware for along time that / by making me waiting / for a long time / my schedule is getting upset?

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He has in / his possession a / price collection of very old coins / and some ancient paintings.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He being the eldest son, / his father expects him / to take care of several things / besides his regular studies

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.No sooner / we reached there / than it started raining.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I do not recall / exactly what he said to me / but when I was quiet / he said something to me.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Why did people get / so much annoyed / even with little provocation / is a matter of investigation.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I believe that / next time when you / will be coming to Mumbai / you will bring my book

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I would have lost / my luggage and other belongings / if I would have left the compartment / and gone out to fetch drinking water

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The Head of the Department / advised all the staff / to not to / indulge in gossip

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Scarcely had I / finished washing the car / than the master came / and asked me to clean the floor of the house

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.We are happy / to know that / the project completed / strictly as per the schedule

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I shall be able / to complete the work in / stipulated time provide / you do not disturb me.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He fell from a running train / and would have died / if the villagers did not get him admitted in the nearby hospital immediately.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He is / too intelligent / to make a mistake.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He was sure / that he should / win the Prize.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.It is the newspaper / that exposes us to the widest range / of human experiences and behaviour.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Myself and Gopal / will take care of / the function on sunday.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The customer handed over / a hundred-rupees note / to the shopkeeper.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.It is difficult / for anyone / to past time thus.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.I could not convince them / because they persisted to suggest / that I was lying.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Were he / to see you, / he would have been surprised.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.She walked in / the room where the murder / had taken place.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He is wiring / for the / last four hours

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The party chief made it a point to state that / the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister should also come / and they see what his party men had seen.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.When I get a cold / it takes me weeks / to shake it off.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.A body of volunteers / have been organised / to spread the message of the saint.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.He was in a hurry / because he had an appointment / with the company's director.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.A group of friends / want to visit / the new plant as early as possible.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The ability to plan, / organise and coordinate work is all fundamental / to working within deadline.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.My wife has got / a new job / a month ago.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The Sharmas / are living in this colony / for the last eight years.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Will you lend me / little money / to tide over this crisis.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Few scientists changed / people's ideas as much as / Darwin with his Theory of Evolution.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Do you know / to play / the guitar?

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Will you be / at Board meeting / on next Wednesday?

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Because of the emergency help / that the patient received / he would have died

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The company has put up an advertisement / in newspapers / all over the country.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The meeting adjourned abruptly / by the Chairman after / about three hours of deliberation.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The eminent speaker's speech / was broadcasted over / all the major radio-stations.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.The course provide / not only theoretical inputs / but also practical training

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Supposing if / there is no bus / how will you get there?

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.Every motorist knows / road signs---whether symbols or colour codes--- have an immediacy / that neither the spoken nor the written word can match.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.There was very heavy rain last night, / and the rivers have overflown their banks / causing severe hardship to the people living by them.

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.One of my favourite actor / is acting / in this play also.