Common Error

Directions : in question, some of the sentences have errors are correct. Find out
which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the rectangle corresponding to
the appropriate letter (A,B,B). if a sentence is free form errors, blacken the rectangle
corresponding to (D) in the answer sheet.
1. She is one of the
A) / Best Mothers B) / that has ever lived. C) / No Error
D)
2. John, AI AND HARI
A) / Have Finished B) / Our Studies
C) / No Error
D)
3. Neither the mouse
A) / Nor the lion
B) / were caurght.
C) / No Error
D)
4. After you will returns
A) / From New Delhi
B) / I will Meet You
C) / No Error
D)
5. When I was young
A) / I used to collect stamps
B) / as a hobby
C) / No Error
D)
6. On last Sunday
A) / I met my friend
B) / accidentally.
C) / No Error
D)
7. He thinks
A) / Himself
B) / as a great scholar
C) / No Error
D)
8. I like
A) / The Poetries
B) / of Byron and shelley C) / No Error
D)
9. Unless
A) / You will study hard
B) / You Cannot pass.
C) / No Error
D)
10.The Principal and the staff
A) / are awaiting for
B) / the chief guest.
C) / No Error
D)
11.He Asked
A) / that how long B) / you would be absent.
C) / No Error
D)
12.He ate
A) / Nothing
B) / Since Yesterday
C) / No Error
D)
13.She
A) / is working here
B) / Since 1983.
C) / No Error
D)
14.Madhuri Dixit is having
A) / a large
B) / Fan Following
C) / No Error
D)
15.I remember
A) / meet him
B) / five years ago
C) / No Error
D)
16.Judge in him
A) /Prevailed upon the father
B) / and he sentenced his son to death.
C) / No Error D)
17.Nine Tenths
A) / of the pillar
B) / have rotted awary
C) / No Error
D)
18.One major reason
A) / for the popularity of television is B) / that most people like to stay at

home
C) / No Error
D)
19.Our efforts are aimed
A) / to bring about B) / a Reconciliation
C) / No Error
D)
20.Three conditions critical
A) / for growing plants are
B) / Soil, Temperature, Chemical Balance or
amount of moisture C) / No Error
D)
21.The College
A) / is running a computer course
B) / Since 2007
C) / No Error
D)
22.Neither Ramesh nor Rajendra
A) / Has Done
B) / their work Properly
C) / No Error
D)
23.The two sisters shouted
A) / at one another B) / in Public
C) / No Error
D)
24.With a good line and height ,
A) / Have Finished B) / Our Studies
C) / No Error
D)
25.Gita doesnt usually
A) / Wear Jewellery but yesterday
B) / she wore ring C) / No Error D)
26.Mrs. Doral Would never
A) / Spend a quiet evening
B) / than attending a party.
C) / No Error
D)
27.The boss took strict measures
A) / With a view to ensuring punctuality
B) / on the part of his
subordinates
C) / No Error
D)
28.Being idle sometimes is agreeable,
A) / but being idle all the times B) / might become monotonous. C) / No Error
D)
29.People prefer to be indentified
A) / by their caste community or religion first B) / rather to be known as
indians first
C) / No Error
D)
30.Though there is hourly bus service on this route,
A) / a number of people are still suffering
B) / as there is no bus shelter
here.
C) / No Error
D)
31.Japan now has
A) / the male heir
B) / to the throne .
C) / No Error
D)
32.Of the two films
A) / in which he started B) / I think the first is the best C) / No Error
D)
33.The secretary finds it difficult
A) / to cope up with
B) / her managers hectic schedule. C) / No
Error D)

34.The teacher
A) / Promised to the boys B) / a holiday.
C) / No Error
D)
35.He is
A) / Rich enough
B) / for buying a car.
C) / No Error
D)
36.This
A) / is
B) / the best of the two books
C) / No Error D)
37.I will not return
A) / the bike to my friend B) / if he asks for it
C) / No Error D)
38.He repented
A) / for his laziness B) / after getting the results
C) / No Error D)
39.It is high time
A) / you repair
B) / the air-conditioner
C) / No Error
D)
40.Rita is smarter
A) / Than anybody B) / in her class
C) / No Error D)
41.We saw
A) / Sand Sculptures
B) / in the beach
C) / No Error D)
42.Everybody in the office
A) / has left early, B) / havent they?
C) / No Error D)
43.The teacher told that
A) / the students should have gone to the library
B) / Instead of having
wasted their time, C) / No Error
D)
44.He is
A) / one of the tallest boy B) / in the class
C) / No Error
D)
45.He was awarded
A) / with a doctorate degree
B) / for his new invention, C) / No Error
D)
46.Being
A) / a rainy day
B) / I could not go out
C) / No Error
D)
47.He is
A) / Capable to do this work
B) / with in the stipulated C) / No Error
D)
48.Ill send my servant
A) / but I cant insure
B) / that hell reach there in time, C) / No Error
D)
49.The Lawyer asked the complaint
A) / to put his sign B) / on the paper
C) / No Error
D)
50.When you have gone through the papers,
A) / Kindly return them
B) / to us.
C) / No Error
D)
51.You could be better off these days
A) / and this enables
B) / to have little more fun,
C) / No Error
D)
52.In that wholesale shop,
A) / they do not sell
B) / fewer than tan bags of rice C) / No Error
D)

53.The period
A) / between 1980 to 1990
B) / was very significant C) / No Error
D)
54.He isnt the faster bowler
A) / Have Finished B) / Our Studies
C) / No Error
D)
55.I went into
A) / the bank and B) / withdrew some money
C) / No Error
D)
56.If the worst
A) / come to wrost, B) / I will have to bid good bye to my studies and join my
family business.
C) / No Error
D)
57.The interim report does not
A) / analyse thoroughly the principle causes B) / of the disaster
C) / No Error
D)
58.The items I liked most
A) / were the rosewood carvings
B) / and the teak wood furnitures of
dutch design
C) / No Error
D)
59.A part of the training
A) / their
B) / real good.
C) / No Error
D)
60.The soil was moist as
A) / there was little rain B) / the day before
C) / No Error
D)
61.The manager wanted to know who had arrived
A) / early that day B) / the cashier or the accountant
C) / No Error
D)
62.They are a politically important family;
A) / one of his sister is a minister
B) / and another is married to a
minister.
C) / No Error
D)
63.Supposing that the information
A) / proves to be totally reliable.
B) / should we still have to recast the
plans?
C) / No Error
D)
64.Though its gloss can
A) / fool few unwary customers, B) / it wouldnt be difficult for the clever ones
to judge
C) / No Error
D)
65.She pretends as if she has
A) / never in her life
B) / told a lie, isnt it ?
C) / No Error
D)
66.Even today
A) / it is incredulous to think
B) / that men have walked on the moon.
C) / No Error
D)
67.The firemen wore
A) / inflammable clothing B) / for protection C) / No Error D)
68.Beside food,
A) / the pilgrims carried
B) / some medicines.
C) / No Error D)

69.Adults suffering chicken pox

A) / Can Develop
B) / all kinds of complications. C) / No Error D)
70.The well known pianist
A) / had to practice for several hours a day B) / even after he rose to fame.
C) / No Error
D)
71.The prime minister was asked
A) / to write forward
B) / to the book.
C) / No Error
D)
72.I must complement you
A) / on your good manners
B) / and your impeccable C) / No Error
D)
73.The sweets
A) / were shared
B) / between the four girls
C) / No Error D)
74.The long-distance train
A) / Which met with an accident B) / was carrying some army behavior.
C) / No Error
D)
75.The young men from japan
A) / found the assent of the mountain B) / hard going. C) / No Error
D)
76.He Was
A) / bent upon
B) / to murder him.
C) / No Error
D)
77.You will
A) / see the match tomorrow.
B) / isnt it? C) / No Error
D)
78.I made him
A) / to apologize
B) / only after
C) / No Error
D)
79.We can decide it
A) / only after
B) / farther investigation.
C) / No Error
D)
80. I am hearing that
A) / the meeting is B) / likely to be postponed
C) / No Error
D)
81.Two hours have passed
A) / since
B) / he had fallen asleep C) / No Errors
D)
82.Having broken down
A) / the driver sent the car
B) / to the garage. C) / No Error
D)
83.He is one of those writers
A) / who was won acclaim B) / the world over.
C) / No Error
D)
84.The mason will not
A) / do the work
B) / expect give the order .
C) / No Error D)