REASONING | VERBAL | SPOTTING THE ERRORS | EXAMPLES 2

DIRECTIONS : Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.
( Disregard punctuation errors if any)
6.     Identify the Errors in the given sentences
A.  I believe    
B.  that respect
C.  is more preferable than
 D.  money
 Ans : C. 'preferable to ' in place of 'more preferable than' . ' preferable ' is word indicating a comparative sense and thus is more superflous. Secondly ' prefer ' is followed by  'to'.

   7.     Identify the Errors in the given sentences
    A. I never have
    B. visited   
    C. or intend to visit   
    D. foreign countries
   Ans: C. undefined

8.     Identify the Errors in the given sentences
      A.  In this way nuclear fission    
      B.  or the splitting
      C.  of the atom  
      D.  have been achieved
    Ans : D. ' Has been ' in place of ' have been ' . when two subjects are joned by 'or' . It is treated as   singular.

 9.     Identify the Errors in the given sentences
      A.  Modern film techniques    
      B.  are far superior
      C.  than that   
      D.  employed in the past
     Ans :C. To those ' in place of ' than that' , superioris followed by 'to' . Techniques is a plural subject  and thus the pronoun for it must be plural . Thus ' those' in place of 'that.

10.     Identify the Errors in the given sentences
     A.  No sooner the news appeared in the paper   
     B.  than
     C.  there was a rush
      D.  there was a rush A
Ans : A. No sooner had the news appeared' in place of ' No sooner the news  appeared'. 'No sooner' is used in 2 forms