English Quiz for All Competitive Exams | Spot the Error Test -6 Solution

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Spot the Error Test - 6 Solution

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⏰Quiz - 6⏰

Explanation

1) (A) My father/ (B) deals/ (C)with garments/ (D) No error.

Ans- (c) ‘Deal in’ means ‘to trade’.

2)(A) The driver showed / (B) great talent in keeping / (C) the damaged car under control./ (D) No error 

Ans- (b) Change ‘talent’ into ‘skill’. ‘Talent' is the natural ability to do something. ‘Skill’ requires special training and knowledge.

3) (A)  Our history can be seen as a long evolutionary dialectical development/(B)   in which there have been/ (C)  a painstaking forging of rational and moral self./(D)  No error

Ans-(b) 'A painstaking forging' is singular. Hence 'has' will replace 'have'

4) (A)  Since the trip home/ (B)  was expensive I/ (C)  did not went home/ (D)  during the holidays./ (e) No error

Ans-(c) 'did not' is followed by V1 Use 'go' in place of went

5)(A) Now-a-days, / (B) the weather / (C) is getting cold and colder. / (D) No error

Ans-(c) Change ‘cold’ to ‘colder’. To show a gradual, we use adjectives in comparative degree.

6)(A) He said/ (B) that / (C) he will come. / (D) No error

Ans-(c) Change ‘will' into ‘would’ . Said (reporting verb) is in past. Hence the reported speech in also in Past.

7) (A) He will tell you/ (B) about it when/ (C) he will come back/ (D) No error.

Ans-(c) Change ‘he will come’ into he ‘comes’.

8)(A) He is/ (B) the best worker/ (C) of the factory but unfortunately least paid./ (D) No error.

Ans-(c) Add ‘the’ before least, Article ‘the’ comes before superlative degree of an adjective.

9)(A)The ship sank / (B) and everyone / (C) aboard drowned./(D) No error.

Ans-(c) Add ‘was' before 'drowned'.

10)(A) He is not one of those/ (B) who will help every Tom, Dick and Harry/ (C) whom he meets/ (D) No error.

Ans- (c)  Change ‘he meets’ into ‘they meet’. ‘Those’ will take ‘they’ and not ‘he’.