Error Detection 1000+ MCQ with answer for CTET

1. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is no error, your answer is (d).
A. Having lived
B. in Kerala for ten years,
C. my friend is used to speak Malayalam with his friends.
D. No Error
Answer : C

2. In the following questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
A. ocassion
B. occassion
C. occasion
D. occation
Answer : C

3. In the followoing questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
A. assendency
B. ascendency
C. ascendancy
D. ascendensy
Answer : C

4. Yestarday I met / a man / who was blind / with the right eye.
A. Yestarday I met
B. a man
C. who was blind
D. with the right eye
Answer : C

5. In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. In 1906 a earthquake
B. destroyed much
C. of San Francisco.
D. No error.
Answer : A

6. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. The teacher as well as his students,
B. all left
C. for the trip.
D. No error.
Answer : B

7. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Nalini found it difficult
B. to manage single-handedly the three children
C. who were always quarrelling
D. between themselves
Answer : D

8. In the following questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
A. milennium
B. millenium
C. milleneum
D. millennium
Answer : D

9. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. The sum and substance
B. of his speech
C. were essentially anti-establishment
D. No error
Answer : C

10. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Did he say he will
B. bring the book tomorrow?
C. He has been promising so
D. for the past seven days
Answer : A

11. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. I will try to put over
B. some feelers to gauge
C. peoples reactions to our proposal.
D. No error
Answer : C

12. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. If I knew all the facts,
B. I would not have stood bail for him
C. and defended him to my friends who
D. had warned me to keep away from him
Answer : A

13. Four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Dysentary
B. Dysantery
C. Dysentry
D. Dysentery
Answer : D

14. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. John as well as
B. his brother
C. were
D. present.
Answer : C

15. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. Let us congratulate him
B. for his success
C. in the examination
D. No error
Answer : B

16. This shirt is / comparatively better / than that /we saw in corner shop yestarday.
A. This shirt is
B. comparatively better
C. than that
D. we saw in corner shop yestarday
Answer : B

17. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. I think
B. every one of
C. these men are
D. incompetent. br>Answer : C

18. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. The film was so disjointed
B. that I could not tell you
C. what the story was about.
D. No error
Answer : B

19. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from errors blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the answer sheet.
A. Neither of the girls,
B. were willing to,
C. accept the proposal
D. No error
Answer : B

20. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. Pooja went to her friends house at the appointed hour; but
B. she was told
C. that her friend left half an hour earlier
D. No error
Answer : C

21. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Unless
B. you have no objection
C. I will come
D. tomorrow.
Answer : B

22. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. The Prime Minister declared emphatically
B. in Parliament last week that
C. his Government will not tolerate indiscipline
D. in any public sector undertaking
Answer : C

23. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. He walks
B. as though
C. he was drink.
D. No error.
Answer : C

24. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. His both hands
B. have been injured
C. so he
D. cannot work
Answer : A

25. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is no error, your answer is (d).
A. The lady approached me timidly
B. and trembling slightly
C. she sat down besides me.
D. No error
Answer : C

26. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. The cost of food grains have increased
B. so rapidly during the last two years
C. that salaried classes find it difficult
D. to save any part of their income
Answer : A

27. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. India was the country whom
B. everyone thought would win the hockey cup
C. but, to the surprise of all,
D. it was eliminated in the first round
Answer : A

28. In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. The college library is
B. not only equipped with
C. very good books but also with the latest journals.
D. No error.
Answer : D

29. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. I had no particular fancy for tea
B. or coffee; so, when given a choice
C. I opted for a cold drink which
D. I am fond of
Answer : C

30. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Psychiatrists claim that the dream process
B. can offer insights into
C. how the brain has worked, though
D. it cannot be taken as the final evidence
Answer : C

31. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. Kalidas is
B. a Shakespeare
C. of India.
D. No error.
Answer : B

32. He was sleeping / in his room when a thief / entered into his house / and took away a lot of things.
A. He was sleeping
B. in his room when a thief
C. entered into his house
D. and took away a lot of things
Answer : C

33. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. When he was arriving
B. the party was
C. in full swing.
D. No error
Answer : A