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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CLARIFICATION
Some friends asked me: "Why are you calling for identification of the nature of error, instead of seeking the reader to correct the sentence? What is required, is applied grammar and not pedantic theoretical jargon!"
Reply: To trace errors in a sentence, a person should know what to search for! If he uses the terminology of grammar, rarely will he miss the target. If any discussion becomes necessary when the error is committed by some other person, the person tracing the error should be able to convince the other person with reasoning. Using grammatical terminology helps in carrying out logical work methods in grammar check.
1921. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
There is little hope of his survival, as doctors say that he may not recover.
a)Inappropriate adjective 'little' b) Use of 'may' instead of 'might' c) Use of inappropriate conjunction 'as' instead of 'since' d) No error.
1922. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
Breakfast over, we went on a sight-seeing tour of the City, without delay.
a)Dangling participle b) Impersonl attribute c) Split infinitive d) No error.
1923. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The entry of French colonialists into North-West Africa, is a fatal event in Algerian History.
a) Unnecessary definite article at the beginning of sentence b) Erroneous preposition 'into' c) Erroneous adjective 'fatal'. d) No error.
1924. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
Many train services on the route will have to be suspended, if the torrential rains continue for want of fuel.
a)Unnecessary future perfect tense 'will have to be' b) Superfluous definite article after 'if' c) Inappropriate word order of adverbal phrase complement d) No error.
1925. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The opposition leaders made apposite remarks against the vicissitudes of the British Foreign Policy of the last month.
a) Erroneous modifier 'apposite' b) Erroneous conjunction 'against' c) Superflous Capitalisation of 'British Foreign Policy' d) No error.
1926. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The soldiers of the first legion have borne the brunt of the invasion by the Chinese Armed Forces in 1958, amidst hostile climatic conditions.
a) Inappropriate present perfect tense instead of simple past tense b) Incorrect spelling of the word 'borne' c)Incorrect use of the adjective 'hostile' as adverb d) No error.
1927. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The Prime Minister is so tongue-tied, he could not repel the wild accusations made by the Opposition in the Parliament.
a) Omission of the subordinating conjunction 'that' b)Incorrect sequence of tenses c) Superfluous definite article in the place adverb d) No error.
1928. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The reason that our inflation rate fell, is because our Central Bank had kept the lending rates low.
a) Omission of past perfect tense in principal clause b) Superfluous past perfect tense in the subordinate clause c) Use of tautology in 'reason is' and 'because' d) No error.
1929. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
I die that France may live.
a) Use of that as subordinating conjunction, to introduce adverb clause of time b) Use of 'that' instead of the phrase 'in order that' c) Omission of auxiliary 'shall' d) No error.
1930. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The party is too eager to join the United Front, only it has no representation in Parliament.
a) Use of only in the meaning of but b) Superfluous adverb 'too' c) Omission of definite article before 'Parliament' d) No error.
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