- These tests are a check for your learning and are meant to serve as tools for assessment.
- The test is designed to check your current understanding of the language and whether you are able to use the rules of grammar to identify errors in sentences
- Direction for Individual Question Each sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer.
Common Errors: Test-27
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Inspite that organizations are aware | |
of the importance of IT | |
they often do not know | |
how to deploy it effectively. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
The problem is with the first part of the sentence. The correct terminology would be ’In spite of the fact that ..’ or ‘Despite the fact that..’.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Although Interlinking of rivers will | |
help tackle drought, the government | |
has not paid much | |
attention to this project. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
No error.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The rise in prices of food items is | |
likely the cause of inflation | |
to exceed eight percent | |
during the next quarter. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
Instead of ‘likely the cause of inflation’, the sentence should be ‘likely to cause of inflation’.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Many people believe that | |
the nationalization of banks in | |
the 1960s have protected India | |
from the current financial crisis. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
Has is used with third person singular whereas have is generally used for plural nouns. Hence, in the third part of the sentence, we would use ‘has’.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
These recently upgraded branch offices | |
have been fully computerized | |
and are connected to headquarters | |
to ensure proper monitoring. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
The problem is with the third part of the sentence. ‘are’ is not required and has no purpose. It needs to be omitted. That is the only error.
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