Spotting Error Verbal MCQs with Answer - Exercise II


Ques 1 Spotting Error

Choose the one which has some or any grammatical error in it:
  a) The government has significantly weakened the critical duty imposed by the law on patentees/licensees to disclose patent working information.
  b) Too much of strong leadership has robbed India of its democratic exuberance and constitutional dynamism.
  c) Core sectors recorded yet another contraction in November, with cement and steel slipping back after a minor uptick.
  d) Many of his pieces have designs incised or in relief, and others are skilful decorated with gold and silver.


d is the correct option
The sentence with a grammatical error is:
d) Many of his pieces have designs incised or in relief, and others are skilful decorated with gold and silver.
Correction: The word "skilful" should be "skilfully" to correctly modify the verb "decorated."
So the corrected sentence is: "Many of his pieces have designs incised or in relief, and others are skilfully decorated with gold and silver."




Ques 2 Spotting Error

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

The Committee agreed / that small businesses / has been adversely affected / by COVID19.
  a) that small businesses
  b) has been adversely affected
  c) by COVID-19
  d) The Committee agreed


b is the correct option
The part that contains the error is:
b) has been adversely affected
Correction: The verb should be "have been" instead of "has been" because "small businesses" is plural.
So, the corrected sentence is: "The Committee agreed that small businesses have been adversely affected by COVID-19."