Spotting Error Set -51

Direction: In each of the question given below,  You have to identify the error.

Q1.My mother is working (1)/ in a bank and (2)/ my sister studies (3)/ in a college. (4)
A) 1            B) 2           C) 3          D) 4          E) No Error

Answers

 Option A
Explanation
: My mother works; [Here present continuous tense should not be used,use simple resent for routine action. ]

Q2. When Suresh reached (1)/ his village, he found that (2)/ the news about (3)/ him preceded him. (4)
A) 1             B) 2              C) 3            D) 4         E) No Error

Answers

 Option D
Explanation
: him had preceded him. [Past Perfect]

Q3. Although I am playing (1)/ football for more than (2)/ two years I have not been able (3)/ to score a single goal. (4)
A) 1             B) 2              C) 3            D) 4              E) No Error

Answers

 Option A
Explanation
: I am => I have been [Present Perfect Continous]

Q4. I am going (1)/ to buy a (2)/ Laptop when the (3)/ prices comes down. (4)
A) 1           B) 2           C) 3              D) 4          E) No Error

Answers

 Option D
Explanation
: prices=> price

Q5. Only some unwritten rule (1)/ forbade men from not (2)/ expressing their feelings (3)/ with a flood of tears. (4)
A) 1         B) 2         C) 3            D) 4           E) No Error

Answers

 Option B
Explanation
: remove not; forbade means refuse to allow

Q6. I realized that (1)/ even though I wanted (2)/ to eat, I does not (3)/ have enough time. (4)
A) 1             B) 2             C) 3              D) 4             E) No Error

Answers

 Option C
Explanation
: does not=> did not

Q7. He said that (1)/ he was going to hospital (2)/ and wanted to know (3)/ that I could accompany him. (4)
A) 1             B) 2              C) 3              D) 4              E) No Error

Answers

 Option D
Explanation
: that=> if

Q8. The appeal of the victims (1)/ for the transfer of the cases (2)/ related to riots to some other (3)/ States have been accepted. (4)
A) 1            B) 2             C) 3           D) 4               E) No Error

Answers

 Option D
Explanation
: have=> has [Subject- appeal]

Q9. Shraddha and Siddharth both (1)/ wanted to go to Goa, (2)/ but neither of them could (3)/ get the time off. (4)
A) 1               B) 2               C) 3             D) 4             E) No Error

Answers

 Option E
Explanation
: Sentence is Error Free

Q10. Were you to peruse NASA’s satellite data (1)/ on the average rise and fall in sea levels, (2)/ it shows that the seas on average has risen (3)/ 85 mm since 1993, adding about 3.5 mm annually. (4)
A) 1          B) 2             C) 3            D) 4             E) No Error

Answers

 Option C
Explanation
: seas on average has=> seas on average have

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