Common Error Detection - Study Mode

[#366] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Most of the members at the meeting felt / that the group appointed for investigating the case / were not competent to do the job efficiently.
Correct Answer

(C) were not competent to do the job efficiently

Explanation

Solution: was not competent to do the job efficiently

[#367] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. In these days of inflation / a ten rupee's note will not buy you / even an ordinary meal.
Correct Answer

(B) a ten rupee's note will not buy you

Explanation

Solution: a ten rupee note will not buy you

[#368] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. He persisted / to do it / in spite of my advice.
Correct Answer

(B) to do it

Explanation

Solution: in doing it

[#369] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. The long-awaited moment at last came, / and we set out for the station / as merry a band of children as I have ever seen before or since.
Correct Answer

(C) as merry a band of children as I have ever seen before or since

Explanation

Solution: as merry a band of children as I have ever seen since or before

[#370] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Our conception of / what should a science of mental life be / has changed considerably since James' time.
Correct Answer

(B) what should a science of mental life be

Explanation

Solution: what a science of mental life should be