Spotting Errors - Verbal Ability Questions and Answers Part 5

Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. If there is no error choose option (5) as your answer.

24. The police could (1) / prove that the jail inmate (2) / died from a overdose (3) / of the antidepressant. (4) / No error (5)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Answer: c. 3

Explanation: 'An' should replace 'a' before overdose.


25. I could not (1) / put up at my friend (2) / because his house is (3) / far away from my office. (4) / No error (5)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Answer: b. 2

Explanation: 'With' must be used in place of 'at'.


26. The brethrens (1) / of this town are always (2) / supportive of the measures (3) / taken for development of society. (4) / No error (5)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Answer: a. 1

Explanation: 'Brethren' must be used instead of brethrens; Brethren itself is a plural noun.


27. The flexible of rubber (1) / makes it a perfect (2) /material to be molded (3) / into tyres. (4) / No error (5)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Answer: a. 1

Explanation: 'Flexibility' would be the correct word to be used in the sentence.


28. Laughing (1) / is (2) / the best (3) / medicine. (4) / No error (5)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Answer: a. 1

Explanation: Instead of 'laughing', it should be 'laughter'.


29. Teachers and law makers (1) / are the people who (2) / carves the future (3) / of the country. (4) / No error (5)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Answer: c. 3

Explanation: 'carve' should replace 'carves', for the verb to agree with the subject.

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