Common Error Detection - Study Mode

[#286] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Generally, people have not receptive / and fail to notice the / irrelevant answers they / get for straight questions.
Correct Answer

(A) Generally, people have not receptive

Explanation

Solution: The grammatical error is in the phrase "have not receptive". The word "receptive" is an adjective, but it is used incorrectly here. The correct form should be the adjective "receptive" followed by the preposition "to", forming the phrase "receptive to". Therefore, the correct phrase should be "have not been receptive to". So, the correct sentence should be: Generally, people have not been receptive to Therefore, the grammatically correct version of the sentence is obtained by replacing Option A with the corrected phrase.

[#287] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Pramod said that / he prefers a white shirt / to coloured one / on any festival occasion
Correct Answer

(B) he prefers a white shirt

Explanation

Solution: he preferred a white shirt

[#288] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. A high level meeting / of officials is reporting / to have discussed / the issue in great detail.
Correct Answer

(B) of officials is reporting

Explanation

Solution: of officials is reported

[#289] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. If I had known / this yesterday / I will have helped him
Correct Answer

(C) I will have helped him

Explanation

Solution: I would have helped him

[#290] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. A lot of travel delay is caused / due to the inefficiency and lack of good management / on behalf of the railways.
Correct Answer

(C) on behalf of the railways

Explanation

Solution: on the part of the railways