System.Collections.Generic.List MVC Error - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I want to view the table in Edit.cshtml
I was using the Html.Action to get the table from SurveyQuestionController but it shows the error as below:
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List``1[System.String]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[SurveyTool.Models.SurveyQuestionModel]'.
Anything that i'm wrong??
Edit.cshtml:
#model SurveyTool.Models.SurveyModel
<div>
<h2>Link</h2>
#Html.Action("QuestionLink", "SurveyQuestion", new { id = Model.SurveyID })
</div>
SurveyQuestionController.cs:
public ActionResult QuestionLink(string SurveyID)
{
var query = (from r in db.SurveyQuestionModels
where r.SurveyId == SurveyID
select r.QuestionLink).Distinct();
return PartialView(query.ToList());
}
QuestionLink.cshtml :
#model IEnumerable<SurveyTool.Models.SurveyQuestionModel>
<br />
<table class="strip">
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>#Html.DisplayFor(modelitem => item.QuestionLink)</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
SurveyQuestionModel.cs :
namespace SurveyTool.Models
{
public class SurveyQuestionModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string QuestionLink { get; set; }
}
}

Answer 1

You query is selecting only the QuestionLink property of SurveyQuestionModel (by you use select r.QuestionLink) which is typeof string, hence your returning List<string> to the view, when the view expects List<SurveyQuestionModel>
Change the query to return a collection of SurveyQuestionModel
public ActionResult QuestionLink(string SurveyID)
{
var query = (from r in db.SurveyQuestionModels
where r.SurveyId == SurveyID
select r);
return PartialView(query.ToList());
}
or change the view so the model is List<string>
#model List<string>
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
#Html.DisplayFor(modelitem => item)
}