Spotting Errors Questions Answers

• 15. Spotting errors in English

  1. An Indian ship
  2. laden with merchandise
  3. got drowned
  4. in the Pacific Ocean

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : An Indian ship laden with merchandise sank in the Pacific Ocean.
  
  Replace "got drowned" with "sank" in option C

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• 16. Spotting errors in English

  1. The students were
  2. awaiting for
  3. the arrival
  4. of the chief guest

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B

  Explanation:

  Correct : The students awaiting the arrival of the chief guest
  
  Replace "awaiting for" for "awaiting" in option B

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• 17. Spotting errors in English

  1. The minister's speech
  2. has been reported
  3. to the newspaper
  4. No error

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : The minister's speech has been reported in the newspaper.
  
  Replace "to the newspaper" with "in the newspaper" in option C

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• 18. Spotting errors in English

  1. The gentleman
  2. together with his wife
  3. and children were
  4. there.

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : The gentleman together with his wife and children was there.
  
  Replace "were" with "was" in option C

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• 19. Spotting errors in English

  1. Hardly had
  2. I left the house
  3. than it began
  4. to rain.

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : Hardly had I left the house when it began to rain.
  
  Replace "than" with "when" in option C

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• 20. Spotting errors in English

  1. Entering the crowded store
  2. I saw
  3. two vaguely familiar faces.
  4. No Error

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Explanation:

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• 21. Spotting errors in English

  1. More widely popular
  2. than the hunting of deer or fox
  3. were the pursuit of the hare.
  4. No Error

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : More widely popular than the hunting of deer or fox was the pursuit of the hare.
  
  Replace "were" with "was" in option C

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