Common Errors Online Quiz 1 for SSC, Banking & Railway Exams – Practice Now

Solution: 

Option C has the grammatically incorrect part.

• The error is in the infinitive structure.
• Many verbs are followed by the infinitive with to. The infinitive is the base form of a verb.
• It is used to show the purpose of something or someone's opinion about something.e.g. She came to collect her paycheque.
• Thus, replace “regulates” with “regulate” (the base form) to make the sentence grammatically sound.

Thus, the correct sentence will be: Various high courts have nudged state governments to regulate the virtual gaming landscape.

Solution: 

Option B has the grammatically incorrect part.

• The error is in the use of the adverb “crucially”.
• We need an adjective to describe the noun “phase”. But we have used an adverb in its place in the sentence given.
• Thus, replace the adverb “crucially” with its adjective form “crucial” to make the sentence grammatically sound.

Thus, the correct sentence will be: The world is at a crucial phase in its fight against the virus.

Solution: 

Option A has the grammatically incorrect part.

• "It's" is a contraction, meaning a shorter or "contracted" form of "it is" or "it has."e.g. It is going to rain today.
• "Its" is a possessive pronoun (dependent) meaning, "belonging to it," or a "quality of it".e.g. The carrier lost its license.
• In the given sentence, we need a possessive pronoun (dependent) for the noun "house".
• Thus, replace "it's" with "its" to make the sentence grammatically sound.

Thus, the correct sentence will be:The idea was to modernize various aspects of the house without changing its essential character.

Solution:

The sentence is grammatically and contextually correct.
Hence,option Dis the correct answer.

Solution: 

The sentence is grammatically incorrect, andthe error lies in option C.

• The error is related to conditional sentence.

• To make a sentence in the third conditional, we use, If + past perfect, would/wouldn't have + past participle.
  • E.g.:- If you had told me about the meeting, I would have come.
• Thus, replace 'miss' with 'missed' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Thus, the correct sentence becomes :Had Rajani not taken a cab to the station she would have definitely missed the train.

Solution: 

Option A has the grammatically incorrect part.

• "Instead" is used to introduce an alternative or substitute.e.g. There's no coffee - would you like a cup of tea instead?
• Whereas "in spite of/despite" is used to say 'although or even though' (express a contrast between two things).e.g. In spite of his injury, Ricardo will play in Saturday's match.

  e.g. I still enjoyed the week despite the weather.

• The sentence implies that even though everyone knew that he was a winner, he was not awarded.
• Therefore, replace 'instead' with "in spite of" or "despite" to make the sentence grammatically sound.

Thus, the correct sentence will be: In spite of being a clear winner, he was not given the best employee of the year award.

or

Despite being a clear winner, he was not given the best employee of the year award.

Solution:

The sentence is grammatically incorrect andthe error lies in option C.

• the verb “decided” will take an adverb to modify it and not an adjective (eventual).
  • E.g. :- He slowly entered the room.

• 'Eventually' is an adverb which means in the end, especially after a long time or a lot of effort, problems, etc.

• Thus, replace “eventual” with “eventually” to make the sentence grammatically incorrect.

The correct sentence is :-Jane spent a long time looking at houses before she bought one, but eventually decided upon one near her office.

Solution:

Option A has the grammatically incorrect part.

• The word "since" when used as a conjunction can be used for two meanings:a) at a time in the past after or later than

  b) in view of the fact that; because

• "Since" doesn't fit in the sentence as it doesn't impart correct sense to it.
• The conjunction "if" is used to mean: on condition that; in the event that.
• The first part of the sentence states that we can sell junk and still make a fortune out of it. The condition on which this whole thing depends is given in the second part, i.e. if we call it antiques.
• Thus, the use of the conjunction "if", to show that condition, is appropriate here.
• Replace "since" with "if" to make the sentence grammatically sound.

Thus, the correct sentence will be: You can make a fortune out of junk if you call it antiques.

Solution:

Option B has the grammatically incorrect part.

• Here, the article 'an' will not be placed before 'electricity' as electricity is an uncountable noun.
• We do not usually use the indefinite article ‘a/an’ with uncountable nouns.
• Thus, remove the article ‘an’ before electricity.

The correct sentence will be: Can you imagine what our life would be like without electricity?

Solution: 

The sentence is grammatically incorrect and the error lies in option B.

• Parallelism uses similar words, phrases, or clauses to show that ideas have the same level of importance.
• It is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning.

• When using correlative conjunction, the words, phrases, or clauses following each part should be parallel. The correct correlative conjunction is "not only...but also". Thus, add "also" in the answer too.

• In this sentence, ‘stole' is in the past tense while ‘smash' is in the present tense.

• It should be replaced with ‘smashed' to form a parallel sentence.

• Thus, replace 'smash' with 'smashed' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence is :- The thieves not only stole the jewels but also smashed up most of the valuable furniture in the room.