Explanation/ Important formulas:
Instruction:
- In order to solve questions on spotting errors, the first step you should take is to read the complete sentence carefully. In most of the cases, you will be able to detect the error in the first go itself.While reading the entire sentence, you must carefully check the subject-verb agreement.
- The next step is to carefully check all spellings. Many a times, an error can be spotted in spellings.
- If you can still not detect the error or you are still unsure of the correct answer, then you must read each individual part of the sentence and closely examine which part consists of an error.
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Click on the option (A, B, C or D) to figure out the right answer.
You can answer multiple times till you get the right answer.
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Test - Spotting Errors
Spotting Errors - Question and Answers
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Question 1
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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The minister's speech
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has been reported
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to the newspaper
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No mistake
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No error
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Question 2
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Yesterday, a visitor to
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the park was attacked
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by a tiger and
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had to hospitalise.
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No error
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Question 3
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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All of you will agree with me
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that no problem faced by our society
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is as grave and intractable
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as this problem is
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No error
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Question 4
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
(solve as per the direction given above)
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The basket of apples
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sent by the gardener
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contained a number of
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green mangoes also
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No error
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Question 5
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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In order to save petrol,
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motorists must have to
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be very cautious
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while driving along the highways
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No error.
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Question 6
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Even after requesting
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him, he did not
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tell us that how
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he wolved the problem
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No error
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Question 7
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Every animal in the zoo
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is fed regularly
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and attended to
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very promptly.
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No error
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Question 8
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Since it was a memory test
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the students were instructed
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to learn the
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passage with heart
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No error.
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Question 9
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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This is one of
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the most interesting book
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I have
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ever read.
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No error
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Question 10
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Neither the earthquake
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nor the subsequent fire
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was able to dampen
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the spirit of the residents.
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No error.
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Question 11
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Generally, people have not receptive
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and fail to notice the
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irrelevant answers they
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get for straight questions.
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No error.
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Question 12
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Pramod said that
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he prefers a white shirt
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to coloured one
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on any festival occasion.
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No error.
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Question 13
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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A high level meeting
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of officials is reporting
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to have discussed
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the issue in great detail.
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No error
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Question 14
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Whatever work
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that which you undertake
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put your best
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efforts in it.
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Question 15
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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I personally feel that
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cleanliness in the city
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is one proof of the
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efficiently civic administration.
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No error.
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Question 16
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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If you cannot
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sympathy with the poor,
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how will you be
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able todo social work?
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No error.
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Question 17
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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While going
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through the report
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yesterday I find
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several factual mistakes.
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No error.
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Question 18
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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The majority of the
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computer professionals recommends
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that effective measures
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should be taken against software piracy.
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No error
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Question 19
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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The photograph will give
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the reader a far better
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notion of the structure
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than any verbal description.
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No error.
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Question 20
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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On resuming his duty,
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he asked his Superiors
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that whether he would be
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permitted to leave early.
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No error.
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Question 21
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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The foremost criterion of selection we adopted
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were the number of years of training
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a dancer had received
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under a particular guru.
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No error.
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Question 22
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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If you would have
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gone to his house
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before 10 a.m., you would have
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got his autograph.
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No error.
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Question 23
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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If the by-stander had not been
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familiar with first-aid techniques
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the driver which had met
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with the accident would have died.
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No error.
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Question 24
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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the five-member committee were
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of the view that the present service conditions
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of the employees of this company
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are quite good.
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No error.
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Question 25
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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The man
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is
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a
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social animal.
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No error
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Question 26
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Jayesh loved his Guru immensely
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and gave him fullest loyalty,
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yet he had his own
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independent way of thinking.
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No error.
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Question 27
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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We fail to understand
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why do most educated people
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lose their temper even
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without any apparent reason.
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No error.
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Question 28
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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Day in and day out
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he keep telling
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his friends that
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he wants to go abroad.
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No error.
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Question 29
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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I was standing
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at the bus stop
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waiting for him
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since eight o'clock.
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No error.
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Question 30
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Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
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The chairman welcomed
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all the guests and
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gave an outline of the
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activities performing by the Company.
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No error.
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