Important Error Detection Questions For SSC

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Dear Students,

English section is an integral part of SSC Exams.This is also a section that is feared by most of the candidates.Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. SSC CPO Exam is to be held from the month of June where English Language Section holds 50 questions containing 5 questions from each topic according to new SSC CPO Pattern . Also SSC CGL 2020 is the new target in the loop.

You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Useful Error Detection Questions With Detailed Solutions. To make you learn grammar rules and vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.

Directions (1-15): In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letter. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.

Q1. This town isn’t very well known and there is not much to see so a few tourists come here.
(a) This town isn’t very well known
(b) and there isn’t much to see
(c) so a few tourists come here
(d) No error

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S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Remove ‘a’ before ‘few’.
‘few’ ⇒ negligible

Q2. Both the civilians and army men joined the First World War.
(a) Both the civilians
(b) and army men
(c) joined the First World War
(d) No error

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S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Place ‘the’ before army men. As they denote a separate class.

Q3. My brother-in-laws who live in Mumbai have come to stay with us.
(a) My brother-in-laws
(b) who live in Mumbai
(c) have come to stay with us
(d) No error

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S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Brothers-in-law will replace brother-in-laws.

Q4. A person I met in the theatre was the playwright himself.
(a) A person I met
(b) in the theatre
(c) was the playwright himself
(d) No error

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S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace ‘A’ by ‘The’. The is used before specified objects.

Q5. Satyajit Ray, who conceived, co-authored and directed a number of good films, was one of India’s most talented film maker.
(a) Satyajit Ray, who conceived, co-authored
(b) and directed a number of good films, was
(c) one of India’s most talented film maker
(d) No error

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S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘maker’ by ‘makers’. One of the/Many/Most of the + Plural Noun + ….

Q6. Some of the richest business magnate live in Mumbai.
(a) Some of the richest
(b) business magnet
(c) live in Mumbai
(d) No error

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S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Magnate→ a person who is rich, powerful and successful especially in business.
Here, subject some is plural. Hence business magnet should be used.

Q7. In spite of the doctor’s stern warning, he continued taking sugar in his tea.
(a) Inspite of the doctor’s stern warning,
(b) he continued taking
(c) sugar in his tea
(d) No error

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S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Remove ‘his’ after ‘in’. As its use is superfluous or redundant here and impertinent at the same time.

Q8. I was shocked to hear that his father died of an accident.
(a) I was shocked to hear
(b) that his father
(c) died of an accident.
(d) No error

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S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Died in an accident’ is the correct usage. While ‘died of malaria’ is the right context.

Q9. I do not understand why he is so angry at me.
(a) I do not understand
(b) why he is
(c) so angry at me.
(d) No error

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S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘at’ by ‘with’. ‘Angry with a person’ while ‘angry at a thing/decision’ are the correct usage.

Q10. Most of Uttar Pradesh is an extremely fertile plain between which the river Ganga flows.
(a) Most of Uttar Pradesh
(b) is an extremely fertile plain
(c) between which the river Ganga flows.
(d) No error

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S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘between’ by ‘through’.
between → at, into, or across the space separating (two objects or regions).
through → moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location).

Q11. The engineer came out to a novel solution which may even reduce daily energy consumption.
(a) The engineer came out
(b) to a novel solution
(c) which may even reduce daily energy consumption.
(d) No error

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S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘to’ by ‘with’.

Q12. They walked besides each other in silence.

(a) They walked besides
(b) each other
(c) in silence.
(d) No error

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S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace ‘besides’ by ‘beside’.
Beside → at the side of; next to
Besides → in addition to; apart from.

Q13. Please put away the candle before you leave.
(a) Please put away
(b) the candle before
(c) you leave.
(d) No error

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S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace ‘put away’ by ‘put out’.
Put out → to make a fire stop burning.

Q14. Such natural imagery suggests that the killings were akin with a natural disaster and not a matter of individual responsibility.
(a) Such natural imagery suggests that
(b) the killings were akin with
(c) a natural disaster and not a matter
(d) of individual responsibility.

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S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Akin takes proposition ‘to’ with it.
Hence replace ‘Akin with’ with ‘akin to’.

Q15. Some animals are much more capable than humans for perceiving certain kinds of stimuli which may precede earthquakes.
(a) Some animals are much more capable
(b) than humans for perceiving certain kinds of
(c) stimuli which may precede earthquakes.
(d) No error

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S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘for’ with ‘of’ as capable is followed by ‘of’ not ‘for’.