Common Errors Online Quiz 2 for SSC, Banking & Railway Exams – Practice Now

Solution:The correct answer is option c.
The error lies in part (c) of the sentence.
Replace `Thousands’ with `Thousand’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Units of counting – pair, dozen, gross, hundred, thousand, score etc when used after numbers retain their singular form.

Solution:

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

• Here, the error lies in the usage of an adjective.
• “Due to” is most preferably used after a form of the verb to ensure that it always serves as an adjective.
  • E.g. :- The cancellation was due to bad weather" (due to modifies the noun cancellation).

• We will use preposition 'owing to' in place of it.
• 'Owing to' means because of.
  • E.g. :- The concert has been cancelled owing to lack of interest.
• Thus, replace 'due to' with 'owing to' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence is :- Owing to lack of time, we cannot do more than what we have done.

Solution: 

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

• Here, the error lies in incorrect usage of noun.

• When ‘people’ means a group of persons it acts as plural without taking ‘s’ with it.

• But, when ‘people’ is used in the sense of a country or a race then it takes ‘s’ with it to make a plural formation.

• Thus, replace 'people' with 'peoples' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence is :- India, china and Pakistan are peoples of Asia.

Solution:The correct answer is option a.
The error lies in part (a) of the sentence. Replace ‘Are’ with ‘Is’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Army means a group of soldiers. It is a collective noun. When a group is considered as a single unit, the collective noun is used with a singular verb and singular pronoun.

Solution:The correct answer is option b.
The error lies in part b of the sentence. Remove `Had’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Solution:The correct answer is option a.
The error lies in part (a) of the sentence. Remove ‘Of’ after ‘Despite’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Despite – It is a prepositional expression. It means, “Without being influenced or prevented by something”. It expresses a contrast between two things.
‘Despite’ is never followed by 'Of'.
For example - The game continued despite the rain.

Solution:The correct answer is option c.
The error lies in part (c) of the sentence. Replace ‘Was’ with ‘Were’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
‘A great many’ is followed by the plural noun and plural verb.
A great many – It is used, “To emphasize that you are referring to a large number of things or people”.
For example - There have been a great many books written about sports injuries.

Solution:The correct answer is option a. The error lies in part a of the sentence.
Remove ‘To’ after tell. Usage of ‘To’ is redundant after “Tell”.

Solution:The correct answer is option b.
The error lies in part (b) of the sentence. Replace ‘Successfully’ with ‘Successful’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Successful is an adjective which means resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect
For example – Arun was successful in his job, so the boss promoted him
Successfully - It is an adverb which means in a successful manner; with success; without failing.
For example - Arun did his job successfully, so the boss promoted him.
In the given sentence, ‘Survival’ is a noun to qualify which we need an adjective. Hence, usage of ‘Successful’ (adjective) is appropriate.

Solution:The correct answer is option b.
The error lies in part (b) of the sentence. Replace ‘One another’ with ‘Each other’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Each other – It is used for two persons.
One another -It is used for more than two persons.