Spotting The Error Topic-Noun Quiz

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1. (a) My sister / (b) has read / (c) pages after pages of the Bible./ (d) No error
(c) when we see a preposition which has noun before and after it. then this noun must be singular. so page after page is correct. similarly vehicle after vehicle, door to door, step by step. all are correct.

2. (a) I went to the temple / (b) with my parents, aunts / (c) and cousin sisters. / (d) No
error
(c) 'Cousin sisters' or 'Cousin Brothers' both are incorrect, either brothers, sisters or cousin So Cousins we will use cousins. Similarly




3. (a) He / (b) takes pain / (c) over his work./ (d) No error


(b) 'takes pains ' means work hard so takes pain is wrong.

4. (a) The Manager put forward / (b) a number of criterions / (c) for the post./ (d) No
error
(b) 'Criterion' it's plural is 'Criteria' not criterions. So in place of criterions criteria will be used.
Some words and their plurals... 



5. (a) I like / (b) the poetries / (c) of Byron and Shelley./ (d) No error
 (b) 'Poetry' is uncountable noun it can't be pluralise. AND ARTICLE A/AN ALSO CANNOT BE USED BEFORE IT.
other words like this are, 

Scenery, Poetry, Furniture, Advice, Information, Hair, Business, Mischief, Bread,
Stationery, Crockery, Luggage, Baggage, Postage, Knowledge, Wastage,
Jewellery, Breakage, Equipment,Work (Works का अर्थ है साहित्य लेख), Evidence,
Word (जब 'word' का अर्थ वाद, संदेश या परिचर्चा हो), Fuel एवं Cost.

 
6. (a) The beautiful / (b) surrounding of the place / (c) enchanted me./ (d) No error
(b) Here surrounding is ing' form of surround and here correct use will be 'surroundings'.
Scissors, tongs (चिमटा), pliers, pincers (चिमटी), bellows (फूकनी), trousers, pants, pajamas,
shorts, gallows (फॉसी का फंदा), fangs (डंक ), spectacles, goggles,binoculars (दूरबीन),
eyeglasses, Alms (भीख), amends (संशोधन), archives (ऐतहासिक दस्तावेज), arrears,
auspices, congratulations, embers (राख), fireworks, lodgings, outskirts,
particulars, proceeds, regards, riches, remains, savings, shambles, surroundings,
tidings, troops, tactics, thanks, valuables, wages,belongings etc.

7. (a) No Porter being available/ (b) he carried / (c) all his luggages himself./ (d) No
error
(c) 'Luggage' can't be pluralise. so luggages is wrong. luggage is right.

8. (a) The table’s legs / (b) have been / (c) elaborately carved./ (d) No error
(a) generally we dont make possesive noun of NON LIVING THINGS So in place of table's legs use of  'Legs of table' is correct.

9. (a) The sceneries / (b) of Kashmir / (c) is very charming./ (d) No error
(a) 'Scenery' is uncountable. so  we cant pluralise it.

10. (a) The driver showed / (b) great talent in keeping / (c) the damaged car under
control./ (d) No error
(b) Use 'skill' in place of talent becoz
'TALENT'- natural ability to do something i.e. inborn
'SKILL'-'type of activity that requires special training and knowledge'.Driving
skill is correct.

11. (a) When I entered the bedroom / (b) I saw a snake crawling / (c) on the ground./ (d)
No error
(c)Here,
GROUND- UPPER SURFACE OF LAND OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

FLOOR> BOTTOM SURFACE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

So use of floor is correct.

12. (a) Alms / (b) are given/ (c) to the poors./ (d) No error
(c) 'The Poor' is already plural comman noun. means it's denoting a group. So 'The Poors' is incorrect.

13. (a) Lasers are / (b) indispensable tools / (c) for the delicate eyes surgery./ (d) No
error
(c) 'eyes surgery' eyes is a noun and playing a role of adjective . so it must be singular. So here Eye Surgery is right.

14. (a) If you have a way with words / (b) a good sense of design and administration
ability / (c) you may enjoy working in high pressure world of advertising./ (d) No
error
(b) ADMINISTRATION IS NOUN. AND BEFORE ABILITY WE NEED ADJECTIVE FORM OF THIS. SO ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY IS RIGHT.

15. (a) Last week’s sharp hike in the wholesale price of beef / (b) is a strong indication
for / (c) higher meat costs to come./ (d) No error
(c) COST IS UNCOUNTABLE NOUN AND IT CANT BE PLURALISED.

16. (a) Whenever he goes to Mumbai / (b) he stays in/ (c) five-stars hotels./ (d) No error
(c) HYPHENATED NOUN MUST BE SINGULAR. SO FIVE STAR HOTEL IS CORRECT.

17. (a) The company has ordered / (b) some / (c) new equipments./ (d) No error
(c) EQUIPMENT IS UNCOUNTABLE NOUN AND IT CANT BE PLURALISED.

18. (a) A strong breeze / (b) blew his / (c) cap off./ (d) No error.
(a) BREEZE MEANS GENTLE WIND. AND HERE USE STRONG WIND IN PLACE OF STRONG BREEZE.

19. (a) One of her firmest belief among the Hindus is that/ (b) Karma affects their / (c)
life and also the life after death./ (d) No error
(a) Noun which comes after 'ONE OF' it must be plural. So FIRMEST BELIEFS.

20. (a) He was advised to take/ (b) two spoonsful of / (c) medicine times a day./ (d) No
error
(b) SPOONFULS IS RIGHT.

21. (a) It is a big blunder/(b) but we had /(c) to ignore it/(d)No error
(a) BLUNDER  means 'BIG MISTAKE'. So BLUNDER ONLY.

22. (A) The police have received / (b) two important informations / (c) that can help
them solve the triple murder case (E) No error
(b) we can't pluralise information like informations . TO PLURALISE IT USE 'A PIECE OF INFORMATION'.

23. (a) The sheafs / (b) of the wheat plants were too heavy / (c) for the weak farmer to
carry them on his head./ (d) No error
(a) PLURAL OF 'SHEAF' IS 'SHEAVES'

24. (a) The population of India /(b) is divided into two classes- / (c) Haves and Haves
not./ (d) No error
(c) 'HAVE NOTS' IS RIGHT.

25. (a) All his sister-in laws /(b) are extremely co- operative / (c) and she doesn’t miss
her real sisters at all./ (d) No error
(a) correct plural is SISTERS-IN-LAW.

26. (a) Envy strikes a woman / (b)when she sees her husband / (c) talking to another
woman./ (d) No error
(a) जो हमारा है और उसे खाने के डर से हमें ईष्या होती है तो Jealousy का प्रयोग किया जाता है। जब उस वस्तु
के लिए ईष्या हो जो हमारा नहीं तो envy का प्रयोग किया जाता है।

27. (a) Two summons have been issued by the court / (b) but he has not / (c) yet
appeared before the court./ (d) No error
(a) SUMMONS IS SINGULAR AND IT'S PLURAL IS SUMMONSES.

28. (a) The Vaidya's / (b) have been living here / (c) for about a decade./ (d) No error.
(a) USE VAIDYAS. REMOVE APOSTROPHE FROM IT.

29. (a) You are among those/ (b) man who earned name and fame not by / (c) chance
but by hard work ./ (d) No error
(b) man will be plural with 'those'. so MEN is correct.

30. (a) Children are playing / (b) and making mischiefs/ (c) as their holidays have
started./ (d) No error.
(b) MISCHIEF IS UNCOUNTABLE TO IT CAN'T BE PLURALISED
.
31. (a) Sheeps are economically useful/ (b) and so they are reared/ (c) for wool and meat./
(d) No error.
(a) SHEEP- SINGULAR AND PLURAL SAME=SHEEP. HERE WE NEED PLURAL SO SHEEP IS WILL BE USED.

32. (a) I read the letter/ (b) and made him aware/ (c) of its content./ (d) No error.
(c) 'Contents'- 'things contained in something'. SO CONTENTS IS CORRECT.

33. (a) I shall not go to party tonight/ (b) since I have many works to complete/ (c)
before I give presentation tomorrow./ (d) No error.
(b) WORK IS UNCOUNTABLE AND CORRECT PLURAL IS 'MANY PIECES OF WORK'







34. (a) One must be always/ (b) true to one's words/ (c) if one wants to get respect from
everyone./ (d) No error.
(b) CORRECT USE 'TRUE TO ONE'S WORD'- WHO REMAINS ON HIS WORDS

35. (a) Even after the enactment of several Acts and Provisions /(b) we can see five
years old boys/ (c) working in hazardous factories./ (d) No error.
(b)

36. (a) The fan’s blade / (b) has broken/ (c) and we must buy a new fan before disposing it
of./ (d) No error.
(a)

37. (a) She wears spectacle/ (b) and so she was unable to see the gansgter/ (c) that
attacked her last night./ (d) No error.
(a)

38. (a) All the furnitures have been/ (b) sold for a song/ (c) as we were in a hurry to
leave the town./ (d) No error.
(a) furnitures is wrong. CORRECT USE IS 'MANY KINDS OF FURNITURE'.

39. (a) The angry mob/ (b) attacked the police officers/ (c) when they came to raze the
illegal construction./ (d) No error.
(a) 'MOB' means UGRA BHEED. so angry mob is WRONG.

40. (a) They left/ (b) their luggages/ (c) at home by mistake and went to the railway
station./ (d) No error.
(b)

41. (a) The car could not/ (b) ascend the steep hill/ (c) because it was in the wrong
gears./ (d) No error.
(c) use WRONG GEARS. becoz car can't be in two gears at the same time.

42. (a) The ticket window/ (b) remained closed / (c)throughout the day./ (d) No error.
(a) TICKET COUNTER IS CORRECT.

43. (a) Satyajit Ray, who conceived, co-authored / (b) and directed a number of good
films, was/ (c) one of India’s most talented film maker./ (d) No error.
(c) AFTER 'ONE OF' will be plural so FIL MAKERS.

44. (a) I think this/ (b) is not your book. / (c) It is some body’s else./ (d) No error.
(c) USE APOSTROPHY AFTER ELSE. IF IT COMES AFTER WORDS LIKE SOMEBODY, EVERBODY, ANYBODY ETC.

45. (a) You should not put/ (b) your sign on any paper / (c) that you haven’t read./ (d) No
error.
(b) SIGN IS VERB. AND AFTER 'YOUR' WE NEED A NOUN. WHICH WILL BE 'SIGNATURE'

46. (a) Towns after towns were/ (b) conquered / (c) by him but he found no peace./ (d)
No error.
(a)

47. (a) When we reached the fair/ (b) we found that there / (c) was no place to stand./
(d) No error.
(c) use NO ROOM in place of 'no place',,, Room means 'enough empty
space for people or things to be fitted in'.

48. (a) All the evidences were/ (b) against him and he was / (c) held guilty./ (d) No
error.
(a) evidence is uncountable. cant be pluralised.

49. (a) My cousin brother is a cheater/ (b) and he / (c) cheats his family members and
friends too./ (d) No error.
(a)USE CHEAT AND COUSIN.

50. (a) The committee/ (b) could not come to/ (c) a final conclusion./ (d) No error.
(b) CONCLUTION IS ALREADY FINAL. SO REMOVE FINAL.

51. (a) The cattle in the meadow/ (b) was terrified to hear/ (c) the roar of a lion which
appeared to be wild with anger./ (d) No error.
(b) CATTLE IS PLURAL SO VERB MUST BE PLURAL.

52. (a) There should be/ (b) no furnitures/ (c) in my room./ (d) No error.
(b) REMOVE 'S' FROM 'FURNITURES'.

53. (a) That house/ (b) is built of/ (c) stones./ (d) No error.
(c) CHANGE STONES TO STONE. WHICH MEANS A MATERIAL.

54. (a) Santosh lives/ (b) by the principals/ (c) he professes./ (d) No error.
(b) PRINCIPALS- HEADMASTER OF SCHOOL/COLLEGE.
     PRINCIPLES-WE CAN SE RULES.

55. (a) The astronomer/ (b) who predicts the future/ (c) has arrived./ (d) No error.
(a) ASTRONOMER- WHICH IS RELATED TO SKY.
     ASTROLOGER- THE ONE WHO PREDICTS FUTURE. SO USE 'ASTROLOGER'.

56. (a) He told me that/ (b) it was/ (c) his friend’s Sankar’s house./ (d) No error.
(c) DONT USE DOUBLE POSSESIVES(MEANS DOUBLE APOSTROPHE). SO 'HIS FRIEND SANKAR'S HOUSE' IS CORRECT.

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