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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 for SSC CGL 2024 is part of SSC CGL English Previous Year Papers (Topic-wise) preparation. The SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 questions and answers have been prepared according to the SSC CGL exam syllabus.The SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 MCQs are made for SSC CGL 2024 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, notes, meanings, examples, exercises, MCQs and online tests for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 below.
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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 1
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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark "No error" as your answer.  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015]

He can be a basketball player since he is tall like a mule.

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 1

A mule is not the right animal to be considered tall. The correct simile is ‘as tall as a giraffe’ Thus, the sentence should be rephrased using ‘since, he is as tall as a giraffe’.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark "No error" as your answer.  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015]

Who do you think I met?

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 2

‘Who’ should be replaced with 'whom' as it signifies the objective case of 'who.'

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Directions: In the following Questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark option (d) i.e. 'No error' as your answer.  [SSC CGL 2015]

I shall look forward to being with you sometime next month.

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 3

This part of the sentence should be 'to be with you.'

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Directions: In the following Questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark option (d) i.e. 'No error' as your answer.  [SSC CGL 2015]

I really do regret not to learn to play the violin when I had so many opportunities to learn the practice in school.
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‘I really do regret not having learnt to play the violin’ should be the correct structure.

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Directions: In the following Questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark option (d) i.e. 'No error' as your answer.  [SSC CGL 2015]

The government granted relief payments of ₹5,000 each to those who were injured in the fire accident.
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It should be - ‘relief of ₹5000 each’.

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Directions: In the following Questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark option (d) i.e. 'No error' as your answer.  [SSC CGL 2015]

By May next year, I have been working in this college for twenty years.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 6

'I shall have been working in this college' is the right construction.

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Directions: In the following Questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark option (d) i.e. 'No error' as your answer.  [SSC CGL 2015]

Everyone of us should realize that any act of negligence will cause a great harm to our country's security.
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No error.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

When the weather is pleasant,(a) / it is nice (b) / to go for a picnic. (c) / No error. (d)
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When the weather is pleasant, it is nice to go on a picnic.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

Many passer-bys (a) / stopped at (b) / the place of accident. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 9

Many passersby stopped at the place of accident. 'passer-bys' is an incorrect word.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

The batsman completed (a) / his century (b) / on minimum number of balls. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 10

‘The batsman completed his century in minimum number of balls’, should be the correct sentence.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

The accident was fatal (a) / as the truck had a head-on collision (b) / against a van (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 11

The accident was fatal as the truck had a head on collision with a van. ‘With’ is used to indicate ‘being together or being involved’.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

A real brave person is not he (a) / who does not feel afraid (b) / and one who conquers that fear. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 12

A real brave person is not one who does not feel afraid and one who conquers that fear. As a pronoun, ‘one’ can also function in an impersonal, objective manner, standing for the writer or for all people who are like the writer or for the average person or for all people who belong to a class.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

It's not proper (a) / to talk loudly (b) / over the telephone (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 13

No error.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

I have known her (a) / since three years (b) / now. (c) / No error. (d)
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I have known her for three years now.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

I am happy (a) / because I had paid off (b) / my bank loan. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 15

I am happy because I have paid off my bank loan. The sentence is present participle and thus have should be used instead of had because the action is completed before 'now' the present.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

They blamed their teachers (a) / of their poor performance (b) / in the Board examination. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 16

They blamed their teachers for their poor performance in the Board examination. ‘For’ is used to mean ‘because of’.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) as your answer.  [SSC Multitasking 2014]

Read the instructions with care (a) / lest you may (b) / misunderstand the questions. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 17

No error.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from errors, mark (d).  [SSC CHSL 2014]

I worked (a) / as medical representative (b) / for eight months (c) / No error (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 18

No error.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from errors, mark (d).  [SSC CHSL 2014]

Shakespeare has written (a) / many plays (b) / as well as some poetries (c) / No error (d)
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Shakespeare has written many plays as well as few poetry. [Poetry is an Uncountable Noun or Mass Noun; which means a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form.]

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from errors, mark (d).  [SSC CHSL 2014]

Neither of the girls (a) / were willing to (b) / accept the  proposal. (c) / No error (d)
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Neither of the girls is willing to accept the proposal.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from errors, mark (d).  [SSC CHSL 2014]

A interesting book (a) / 'A Tale of two (b) / cities' was written by Alexander Dumas (c) / No error /(d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 21

The correct sentence should be- 'An interesting book ' A tale of two cities' was written by Alexander Dumas. Article 'a' in the first part should be replaced by 'an' because it is followed by a vowel sound.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from errors, mark (d).  [SSC CHSL 2014]

In India (a) / there are (b) / many poors (c) / No error (d)/
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 22

In India, there are many poor. [Poors is no word. Poor refer to all the poor people.]

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Directions: In the following questions below, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) as your answer.  [SSC SI 2014]

In 1906, a earthquake (a) / destroyed much (b) / of San Francisco. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 23

Instead of 'a' before earthquake, article 'an' should be used because it is followed by a vowel letter.

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Directions: In the following questions below, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) as your answer.  [SSC SI 2014]

His parents does not (a) / approve of (b) / his business (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 24

His parents don't approve of his business. In English, don't is used when speaking in the first and second person plural and singular and the third person plural ("I," "you," "we," and "they"). Doesn't, on the other hand, is used when speaking in the third person singular only ("he," "she," and "it").

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Directions: In the following questions below, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) as your answer.  [SSC SI 2014]

The college library is (a) / not only equipped with (b) / very good books but also with the latest journals. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 25

No error.

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Directions: In the following questions below, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) as your answer.  [SSC SI 2014]

The lovers walked (a) / besides each other (b) / in silence. (c) / No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 26

The lovers walked beside each other in silence. (the preposition besides means in addition to, whereas beside means next to).

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Directions: In the following questions below, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) as your answer.  [SSC SI 2014]
Men are wanted (a) / for the army, (b) / and the navy, and the air force (c) / No error. (d)
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Men are wanted for the army, the navy and the air force.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, mark (d). [SSC CGL 2014]

If I would have realised (a) / what a bad shape our library is in (b) / I would have done something, to arrest the deterioration. (c) / No error (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 28

It will be as 'If I had realized'. The Past perfect tense suits here and it denotes the sentence to be in Active voice.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, mark (d). [SSC CGL 2014]

He has been (a) / enhanced in position (b) / as a result of his diligence and integrity. (c) / No error (d)
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The word 'enhanced' given here is wrong. The correct word that will suit the statement is 'elevated'. Correct application of word enriches the meaning of the sentence.

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Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, mark (d). [SSC CGL 2014]

It is I (a) / who is responsible (b) / for the delay. (c) / No error (d)
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors - 5 - Question 30

The correct form of sentence is 'It is I who am responsible for the delay'.

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