This Multiple Choice Question Quiz contains 10 questions in ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Pl. try to answer them by noting answers on a piece of paper. Then compare your answers to standard answers and explanations by clicking the following link.
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1911. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The ruling parties all over the world while away their elected tenure in intra-party rivalries and squabbles over sharing the power and pelf.
a) Use of conjunction 'while' as verb b) Use of the compound word 'intra-party' instead of 'inter-party' c) Incorrect preposition 'over' d) No error.
1912. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The politicians and poets have one thing in common: the initial letter 'P'; they preach like angels and live like criminals. .
a) Superfluous colon;
b) Superfluous semicolon;
c) Too many principal verbs
d) Inappropriate use of coordinate conjunction instead of the contextually more meaningful subordinating conjunction 'but'.
1913. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The President of US may ignore the recommendations of the Congress, if he finds that such recommendations are not congenial to good governance. Can he .
a) Erroneous auxiliary in the principal clause
b) Erroneous auxiliary in the tag question
c) Incorrect simple present tense in the condition
d) No error.
1914. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
I do not think, Obama can be able to win the election in 2008.
a) Erroneous comma splice omitting 'that'
b) Tautology 'can' and 'able to'
c) Omission of definite article before '2008'
d) No error.
1915. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The Prime Minister congratulated the Chess Maestro on him comfortably annexing the World Chess Crown..
a) Omission of present perfect tense
b) Use of 'maestro' instead of the word 'master'
c) Use of third person pronoun in objective case of the third person pronoun instead of possessive case
d) No error.
1916. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The Fiat running at its full throttle, can scarcely overtake a BMW running on a diesel engine.
a) Erroneous gerund
b) Erroneous participle
c) Tautology
d) No error.
1917. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
God willing, I shall participate in the forthcoming Vintage Car Ralley and bring laurels to my country. .
a) Incorrect form of participal adjective
b) Erroneous gerund
c) Inappropriate auxiliary
d) No error.
1918. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The polished manners of the Presidential aspirants definitely do contribute to their ability to garner more votes.
a)Incorrect form of participal adjective
b)Tautology in affirmation
c) Superfluous infinitive
d) No error.
1919. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
At that time, he was erecting a power transmission tower in Oregon for the past 6 months .
a)Use of past perfect continuous tense;
b) Use of demonstrative pronoun instead of the definite article
c) Use of a single digit number instead of expressing the numeral in words
d) No error.
1920. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The Courts do not distinguish between verbal evidence by mouth and documentary evidence as long as there are corroborative circumstances.
a) NOt using better phrase'oral evidence'
b) Not comma splicing 'as long as'
c) Incorrect tense
d) No error.
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