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Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors

Exercise : Spotting Errors - Section 1
Directions to Solve

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

16.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Sixty miles
are
a good distance.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Sixty miles is a good distance.
17.

(solve as per the direction given above)

They have been
very close friends
until they quarrelled.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
'They had been'
18.

(solve as per the direction given above)

When the dentist came in
my tooth was stopped aching
out of fear that I might lose my tooth.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
my tooth stopped aching
19.

(solve as per the direction given above)

It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost
to defend the hardly-won
freedom of the country.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
to defend the hard-won
20.

(solve as per the direction given above)

No sooner did I open the door
when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
making us shiver from head to foot
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
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