Test: SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Spotting Errors (2023-18) -1 - SSC CGL MCQ

‘A man’ is already mentioned as a subject of this sentence. We cannot use ‘he’ in the sentence as it becomes the case of superfluousness(not necessary). Therefore, ‘he’ must be removed from the sentence. Hence, ‘in an earlier job, will never be’ is the most appropriate answer.

Each pronoun has its own possessive adjective. For example - (I/my), (he/his), (she/her), (one/one’s). Hence, option (b) is the correct sentence.

‘Whom’ must be replaced with ‘which’. ‘Whom’ is used for a person whereas ‘which’ is used for things (book). Hence, ‘which I’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Happily’ is an adverb that will be used before the adjective ‘married’ to modify its meaning. Hence, ‘happily married’ is the most appropriate answer

‘Aging’ must be replaced with ‘ages’. ‘Of all ages’ is a phrase which means people belonging to all age groups. Hence, ‘tourists of all ages’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Move’ must be replaced with ‘moved’. The given sentence is in Past Tense, so the verb must be used in the past form(moved). Hence, ‘and I moved there’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Break’ must be replaced with ‘broke’. The given sentence is in Past Tense, so the verb will be used in the past form (broke). Hence, ‘when a tree branch broke the living room window’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘An noise’ must be replaced with ‘a noise’. Article ‘A’ is used before the words starting from a consonant sound - (a conversation, a story). Hence, ‘not make a noise’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘We have being’ must be replaced with ‘We have’. The given sentence is in Present Perfect Tense and ‘Plural Sub. + have + V 3 (arranged)’ is the correct grammatical structure for it. Hence, ‘We have’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Have been know’ must be replaced with ‘have known’. Future Perfect Tense is used when the time of completion of an event is given using the preposition ‘by’. ‘Will have + V₃ ’ is the correct grammatical structure for this sentence. Hence, ‘have known(V₃ ) the result’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Are’ must be replaced with ‘is’. According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement Rule”, a singular subject always takes a singular verb and a plural subject always takes a plural verb. In the given sentence, ‘he’ is a singular subject that will take ‘is’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘He is very thirsty’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Simple Present Tense (Singular Sub. + V 1 -s/es + obj )’ will be used in the given sentence as it is used to state a habitual or repeated action. Hence, ‘forgets’ is the most appropriate answer

Article ‘an’ must be replaced with article ‘the’ as we generally use article ‘the’ with the name of the countries that are plural like The U.S.A, The Philippines etc. Hence, ‘to the United Kingdom’ is the most appropriate answer.

(a) Earlier, he was feeling better, but things took a turn for the worst.(Correct)
(b) Earlier, he was feeling good , but things took a turn for the bad.(Incorrect Word)
(c) Earlier, he was feeling well , but things took a turn for the ill.(Incorrect Degree)
(d) Earlier, he was feeling better, but things took a turn for the ill .(Incorrect Word)

Article ‘a’ must be used before ‘lonely prospect’ as the adjective ‘lonely’ describes a noun and we need to use an article before the adjective to indicate that it's a singular, countable noun. Hence, ‘can be a lonely prospect’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘A world’ must be replaced with ‘the world’ as we generally use article ‘the’ with a specific place or thing. Hence, ‘the world was’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘The last’ must be replaced with ‘the latter’ as the wor ‘latter’ is used to refer to the second of two things or people. Hence, ‘the latter’ is the most appropriate answer.

Present Perfect Tense(Has/Have + V₃ ) is used when something happens for the first time in the present. Hence, ‘I have eaten(V₃ ) such’ is the most appropriate answer.

Article ‘A’ is used before the words starting from a consonant sound - (a conversation, a story). Whereas, the article ‘An’ is used before the words starting from a vowel sound(an imminent danger, an apple). Hence, ‘an old woman’ is the most appropriate answer.

Adjective ‘Meaningless’ must be replaced with the noun ‘meaning’ as we need to use a noun to refer to the concept or state of existence. Hence, ‘on pondering the meaning of existence’ is the most appropriate answer.

Article ‘A’ is used before the words starting from a consonant sound - (a conversation, a story). Similarly, in the given sentence, ‘safari’ starts with a consonant. Hence, ‘on a safari tour’ is the most appropriate answer.

Preposition 'At' is usually used to indicate a particular skill or ability. Preposition 'In' is used to indicate being inside something or during a period of time. Hence, 'at playing' is the most appropriate answer.

According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement Rule”, a singular subject always takes a singular verb. Similarly, ‘kanu’ is a singular subject that will take ‘prefers’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘kanu prefers’ is the most appropriate answer.

Article ‘an’ must be replaced with ‘a’ as we generally use article ‘a’ before the words starting with a consonant sound. Similarly, in the given sentence, the noun ‘lawyer’ starts with a consonant sound. Hence, ‘a lawyer’ is the most appropriate answer

'When + Simple Past Tense' is used to indicate the time of occurrence of an event that started in the past. 'Subject + V₂ ' is the correct grammatical structure for this sentence. Hence, 'went out(V₂ )' is the most appropriate answer

‘Would’ must be replaced with ‘will’ as we generally use future perfect tense (will/shall + have + V 3 ) to express an action which will be completed before a certain point in the future. Hence, ‘Mr sharma will have left’ is the most appropriate answer.

‘Shall be playing’ must be replaced with ‘shall have been playing’ as the given sentence mentions a period of time ‘for four hours’, so we need to use future perfect continuous tense (will/shall + have + been + V₁ -ing). Hence, ‘shall have been playing’ is the most appropriate answer.

Article ‘the’ must be removed as the definite article 'the' is not used before the name of materials like Gold, Silver, Platinum etc. Hence, ‘platinum’ is the most appropriate answer.

Preposition ‘in’ must be replaced with ‘by’ as preposition ‘by’ is used with the means or method of transportation. For exampleby train, by bus, by car, etc. Hence, ‘travel by train’ is the most appropriate answer.

Article ‘a’ must be replaced with ‘article ‘an’ as we generally use article ‘an’ with the nouns starting with a vowel sound. Similarly, in the given sentence, ‘Atlas-Agena D’ starts with a vowel sound. Hence, ‘an’ is the most appropriate answer.