English: Error Spotting for Upcoming Exam – Set 181

Directions(1-10): In each of the following questions there are sentences. There is error in one of the parts. Mark the option which contains error parts as your answer. If no part contains error mark option E as your answer.

1. The club has lost / a lot of business / because of poor / maintained facilities. / No error
   The club has lost
   a lot of business
   because of poor
   maintained facilities.
   No error
   Option C
   Change ‘poor’ to ‘poorly’, as an adverb is needed for the adjective, i.e, maintained.

    

2. The principle that/ a pen is mightier / then a sword / was known to early Greeks. / No error
   The principle that
   a pen is mightier
   then a sword
   was known to early Greeks.
   No error
   Option C
   Change ‘then’ to ‘than’, as the sentence is showing comparison here.

    

3. Having managed the / team of two / years, he knew / his players well. / No error
   Having managed the
   team of two
   years, he knew
   his players well.
   No error
   Option B
   Replace ‘of’ with ‘for’, as it shows a time duration.

    

4. I have finally managed / to convince my parents / to allow myself / to study abroad. / No error
   I have finally managed
   to convince my parents
   to allow myself
   to study abroad.
   No error
   Option C
   Replace ‘myself’ with ‘me’.

    

5. Our team has spent / the night entirely / awake trying to decide / what strategy to adopt./ No error
   Our team has spent
   the night entirely
   awake trying to decide
   what strategy to adopt.
   No error
   Option B
   Replace ‘the night entirely’ with ‘the entire night’ .

    

6. If you decide to hold / the function in Kolkata / not much of us / will be able to attend./ No error
   If you decide to hold
   the function in Kolkata
   not much of us
   will be able to attend.
   No error
   Option C
   Replace ‘much’ with ‘many’ , as subject is countable.

    

7. Majority of the banks / today uses technology / to reach out to those / living in rural areas./ No error
   Majority of the banks
   today uses technology
   to reach out to those
   living in rural areas.
   No error
   Option B
   Replace ‘uses’ with ‘use’, as Subject is in plural, i.e, Majority.

    

8. There is a / tax benefit for / the income of / senior citizens./ No error
   There is a
   tax benefit for
   the income of
   senior citizens.
   No error
   Option B
   Replace ‘for’ with ‘on’.

   Benefit+on+something

    

9. He was a / well-known economist / who usual wrote / for international journals./ No error
   He was a
   well-known economist
   who usual wrote
   for international journals.
   No error
   Option C
   Replace ‘usual’ with ‘usually’, as the sentence needs an adverb before verb, i.e, wrote.

    

10. His proposal had / to be send to / the President of the company / for her approval./ No error
    His proposal had
    to be send to
    the President of the company
    for her approval.
    No error
    Option B
    Replace ‘send’ with ‘sent’ , as the sentence is in Passive voice.