Error Detection 1000+ MCQ with answer for GRE

1. 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. In order to identify a bird
B. you must note its peculiar marking
C. and then refer to a guide book
D. and match them with those of different birds
Answer : B

2. 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 data on
B. the divorce case is
C. on the judges desk.
D. No error
Answer : B

3. 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

4. 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

5. Four words are given ineach question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Sentimantalist
B. Sentimentelist
C. Sentimentalist
D. Santimentalist
Answer : C

6. Now a days / the weather / is getting more cold / and colder.
A. Now a days
B. the weather
C. is getting more cold
D. and colder
Answer : C

7. 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. A cogent remark
B. compels acceptance because
C. of their sense and logic.
D. No error
Answer : C

8. 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. I and him
B. are
C. very good friends.
D. No error.
Answer : A

9. 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. Since banks usually give gifts
B. to customers who deposited large amounts,
C. it is worthwhile that you bargain with them
D. before you choose a particular bank
Answer : B

10. In the following questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
A. exilarate
B. exhilerate
C. exsilarate
D. exhilarate
Answer : D

11. 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. Men are wanted
B. for the army,
C. and the navy, and the air force,
D. No error.
Answer : C

12. 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. One should
B. look after
C. their parents.
D. No error.
Answer : C

13. 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. More you
B. think of it,
C. the worse it becomes.
D. No error.
Answer : A

14. Ramesh is smarter / enough to get / selected for this / post, without any recommendations.
A. Ramesh is smarter
B. enough to ge
C. selected for this
D. post, without any recommendations
Answer : A

15. 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 lovers walked
B. besides each other
C. in silence.
D. No error.
Answer : B

16. 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. Both the brothers
B. are extremely
C. fond of
D. one another.
Answer : D

17. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and mared 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. Since neither my wife nor me
B. was willing to go to the movie with her
C. my daughter had to sit at home
D. and just watch the TV
Answer : A

18. 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

19. A lots of book / on English grammar are / available with me but / this one is the best.
A. A lots of book
B. on English grammar are
C. available with me but
D. this one is the best
Answer : A

20. 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 speaker gave a lucid exposition of
B. the butterfly, its evolution
C. its growth, its varieties
D. and how it is used to eat
Answer : D

21. In her concluding speech / she said almost nothing / worth listening to.
A. In her concluding speech
B. she said
C. almost nothing
D. worth listening to
Answer : D

22. 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. He would not listen to us at all
B. and it was quite apparent that
C. he had other different sources of information
D. than what we were relying on
Answer : C

23. There are four words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word :
A. Venerable
B. Vanerable
C. Veneruble
D. Venarable
Answer : A

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. The manager of the bank
B. together with his
C. staff have
D. resigned.
Answer : C

25. 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. He is such a fool
B. who will talk any
C. nonsense.
D. No error.
Answer : B

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. Neither the warning of his father
B. nor the punishment by his teacher
C. have had any effect on Ramu, who
D. continues to be absent from classes frequently
Answer : C

27. 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

28. 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. Is it true, I would like to know
B. that less persons die of snake-bites
C. than of traffic accidents
D. in this country at present
Answer : B

29. 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. She placed
B. the offering
C. to God in the altar.
D. No error.
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. We were not worried about being late
B. since we knew that our other friends
C. would have been caught in a worse traffic jam
D. than us
Answer : D

31. There are four words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word :
A. Manoeuvre
B. Manueover
C. Manuovere
D. Maneouvre
Answer : A

32. 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 next generation of commercial airplanes
B. are expected to be faster
C. less fuel-thirsty and
D. more fully computerized than the present one
Answer : B

33. Four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly pelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Massacer
B. Massecre
C. Masacre
D. Massacre
Answer : D

34. As and when you are needing / my help, I am / always there to help / you whole heartedly.
A. As and when you are needing
B. my help, I am
C. always there to help
D. you whole heartedly
Answer : A

35. 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 man
B. who was
C. killed he was
D. my cousin.
Answer : C

36. 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. You should be cautious
B. and make a few discrete enquires about
C. the firm before you sign anything.
D. No error
Answer : B

37. 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 only I would have studied that one chapter
B. just on the eve of the examination
C. I could have answered all the questions
D. and obtained over eighty percent marks
Answer : A

38. 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. Whenever I see a movie that
B. has a tragic ending,
C. I feel badly for at least two more days
D. and so I avoid them
Answer : C

39. 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. If one reads the newspaper regularly
B. you will be surprised at the improvement
C. in your overall reading skills
D. day by day
Answer : A

40. In the following questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
A. marquee
B. markue
C. marquei
D. marquie
Answer : A

41. 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. Have you gone through
B. either of these three chapters
C. that have been included in this volume?
D. No error
Answer : B

42. 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. My father gave me
B. a pair of binocular
C. on my birthday.
D. No error.
Answer : B

43. 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 music was so loud
B. that we had bellow over each
C. other to be heard.
D. No error
Answer : B

44. 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. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (d). i.e., No error.
A. When one hears of the incident
B. about the plane crash
C. he feels very sorry.
D. No error
Answer : B

45. 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. She stood off
B. from the crowd
C. because of her height and flaming red hair.
D. No error
Answer : A

46. 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. Although politicians may be dishonest
B. in their professional life
C. it is probably unfair to brand them
D. as dishonest in their private dealings too
Answer : B

47. In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word. [SSC Multi tasking 2013]
A. calender
B. calandar
C. colendar
D. calendar
Answer : D

48. 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 is so versatile
B. that he is capable of beating
C. all his other classmates
D. both in studies, public speaking and sports
Answer : D

49. The guests / whom we were talking / about have arrived / are my relatives.
A. The guests
B. whom we were talking
C. about have arrived
D. are my relatives
Answer : B

50. 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. Unless the government does not revise its policy of liberalization
B. the growth of the indigenous technology
C. will be adversely affected
D. No error
Answer : A