Common Error Detection — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Change, fifty acre → fifty acres.

Change, in which there have been → in which there has been.

who discovered America

Help is a transitive verb. So, it should have an object. Here, TO doesn't require as help is transitive. Therefore, to should be replaced by The. Correct Sentence: The Committee has made significant changes in the rules which will help the banks.

lakh Indians to overcome poverty

The correct sentence is The number of tourists is expected to rise seven to ten percent in the next ten years.

Sentence is correct.

Change, Being that my car is getting → As my car is getting.

change, We can't hardly believe that the → We can't believe that the

Change, ends → end. In future indefinite tense, the first form of verb is used

Change, as the fifth most popular website on the planet → as the fifth most popular website of the planet

Sentence is correct.

change, footprints on their surface would → footprints on its surface would

Delete to from, made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100 → made him wait and also demanded Rs. 100

Change, 'of a strongest product pipeline' TO 'of a strong product pipeline'

Change, held in the city's jail → held in the city jail.

Change, to the benefits → of the benefits.

Change, a tough task on his hand → a tough task in his hand.

Sentence is correct.

Change, a team of scientist have tried to → a team of scientist has tried to. Team is Singular so it takes singular verb.

Change, due to fatal illnesses → due to fatal illness.

Option A: "The Ministry has directed banks" This part is grammatically correct. The verb phrase "has directed" is correctly used in the present perfect tense, and "banks" functions as the object of the verb "directed". Option B: "to do away with their" This is also correct. The expression "do away with" means to abolish, remove, or eliminate something. The pronoun "their" correctly refers to the banks. Option C: "separate promotion policies, a move" This construction is grammatically correct. The phrase "a move" refers back to the action of directing banks to eliminate their separate promotion policies. Option D: "strongly opposed by the officers' unions" This is also correct. The phrase "strongly opposed by" is a reduced relative clause meaning "which is strongly opposed by" . The possessive form "officers' unions" is also correctly used. Therefore, there is no grammatical error in the sentence. Final Answer: Option E — No error

Change, police teams was given the photograph → police team was given the photograph

Sentence is correct.

Change, loves our home → loves his/her home. The pronoun 'his/her' must correspond to the subject each of us, implying singular.

Change, noise but students → a noise but students. Indefinite article missing.

Change, is consisted of ten members → consists of ten members. The verb indicates present tense.

Change, she will read first will probably read none and will suffer → she will read first will probably read neither and will suffer. When the choice is between two persons or things, 'neither' is applicable, not 'none' which is used when there are many things.

Change, Summons were → Summons was. A summons was issued. The word Summons is singular and should carry a singular verb.

Change, If it had less boys → if it had fewer boys . Less is used for quantity. Fewer is correct word when the reference is for numbers.

The phrase "rest since one week" is incorrect. Correct usage should be "rest for one week" or "rest since last week." The word "since" is used to refer to a specific point in time, while "for" is used to refer to a duration of time. Therefore, the sentence should be corrected to: "Because of the cricket tournament organizational work, I have had hardly any rest for one week."

The sentence is in the passive voice so the main verb should be in 3rd form of the verb. Thus, Shoot should be replaced by SHOT. Correct Sentence: A property dealer was shot dead by four unidentified jacket clad men while taking a morning walk in a park.

It is not proper to use comparative Degree here. Hence, " the new/ latest type of automatic machines " will be correct usage.

Here past Perfect should be used. Hence," the show was already begun "Â should be replaced by " the show had already begun ".

Sentence is correct.

Here, Objective Case should be replaced by Possessive Case, Hence, the fact of my being, will be the correct sentence.

We discussed the problem so thoroughly

sank in the Pacific Ocean

'I could not put up at a hotel'

is now free from the narrow vested interests.