Spotting Errors Questions & Answers - Page 94

466.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

An Indian ship laden with merchandise got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.

A.

An Indian ship

B.

laden with merchandise

C.

got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is C

sank in the Pacific Ocean

467.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

We discussed about the problem so thoroughly on the eve of the examination that I found it very easy to work it out.

A.

We discussed about the problem so thoroughly

B.

on the eve of the examination

C.

that I found it very easy to work it out.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is A

We discussed the problem so thoroughly

468.

In the sentence given below, a word is printed in bold. Below it, four choices are given. Pick the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printed in bold and can replace it without altering the meaning of the sentence.

That the plan is both inhuman and preposterous needs no further proof.

A.

heartless

B.

impractical

C.

absurd

D.

abnormal

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.