Error Detection MCQ Solved Paper for DRDO

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. Unless
B. you have no objection
C. I will come
D. tomorrow.
Answer : B

2. I know that Ravi plan / to work with a multinational / company as it / pays very high.
A. I know that Ravi plan
B. to work with a multinational
C. company as it
D. pays very high
Answer : A

3. 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

4. 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 company has
B. set off itself some stiff production
C. goals for this year
D. No error
Answer : B

5. 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

6. He introduced / to the chairman as / the president of the / workers association.
A. He introduced
B. to the chairman as
C. the president of the
D. workers association
Answer : A

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. The salesman gave us
B. a big spiel about why
C. we should buy his product.
D. No error
Answer : B

8. 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. What other steps can be taken
B. to expedite the recovery of loans
C. are being discussed by the Bank Chairman
D. at their meeting in Bombay
Answer : C

9. 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

10. There were / five active workers / and three lazy one / in the factory.
A. There were
B. five active workers
C. and three lazy one
D. in the factory
Answer : C

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. 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

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. 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

13. In the following questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
A. Air pollution,
B. together with littering,
C. are causing many problemsbin our cities.
D. No error
Answer : B

14. All the books / were indeed interesting / but that one was / the more interesting.
A. All the books
B. were indeed interesting
C. but that one was
D. the more interesting.
Answer : D

15. 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. I shall always be
B. thinking of you
C. wherever
D. I will go.
Answer : D

16. 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. Amphibians are creatures which
B. live equally effortlessly
C. in water and land are found
D. in all the continents of the world
Answer : C

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. He always took
B. Pride of
C. the high standard
D. of his work.
Answer : B

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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. Emphetic
B. Emphattic
C. Emphatick
D. Emphatic
Answer : D

22. 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. Rekha is
B. enough old
C. to get married
D. No error
Answer : B

23. 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. What kind
B. of a man
C. are you?
D. No error.
Answer : B

24. 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

25. 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 of my friend
B. is returning
C. to India from the U.S.A.
D. No error.
Answer : A

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. Excessive eating
B. is injurious
C. for health.
D. No error
Answer : C

27. 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

28. 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 will find it difficult
B. to explain of your use
C. of such offensive language
D. No error
Answer : B

29. 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 tropical climate, it is necessary
B. that a person drink
C. several cups of water daily
D. if he wishes to remain healthy
Answer : A

30. 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

31. 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 never has
B. and never
C. will play
D. at cards.
Answer : D

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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 short story
B. should not exceed
C. more than
D. two hundred words
Answer : C

35. 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. Ineffectual
B. Iniffectual
C. Inefecttual
D. Inefictual
Answer : A

36. 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. We shall wait
B. till you
C. will finish your lunch.
D. No error.
Answer : C

37. If you would have  /  toiled hard you  /  would not have had  /  to suffer this much.
A. If you would have
B. toiled hard you
C. would not have had
D. to suffer this much
Answer : A

38. 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. The reason for the train being late
B. was because
C. the train was involved
D. in an accident.
Answer : B

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. After the option to study French was abolished,
B. the college attracted less students
C. and the strength of our class
D. is just thirty now
Answer : B

40. 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 newspapers they admit that
B. advertising sometimes
C. influences their editorial policy.
D. No error.
Answer : A

41. 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.
Answer : C

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. In the following questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
A. The accused refuseda to answer
B. to the policeman
C. on duty
D. No error
Answer : B

46. 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. In India
B. there are
C. many poors
D. No error
Answer : C

47. 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

48. 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

49. Everyone was surprised to note / that Rahim married agirl / who was more beautiful and more tall / than he.
A. Everyone was surprised to note
B. that Rahim married agirl
C. who was more beautiful and more tall
D. than he
Answer : C

50. 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