Spot the Errors - English (MCQ) | IBPS PO Prelims & Mains Preparation - Bank Exams PDF Download

Direction (1-5): In the questions given below, a statement is divided into 5 parts (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E), with one part containing an error, grammatically or contextually. You are required to choose that part of the sentence which has an error. If all the parts are correct then (E) would be your answer that is “no error”. 
Q1: The ceasefire on the line of control is barely holding up (A) /with infiltration from the Pakistani side (B) /adding to the local Kashmiri youth willing to pick up the gun (C) / opening any other half front for the military (D) /No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No error
Ans: (d)
Sol: 'Any other' is used in negative sentences but 'another' is not used in negative sentences hence, 'Another' will be used instead of 'any other’. Also, 'Another' means 'one more', an extra thing or person.

Q2: India scripted history on Thursday (A)/ with its covid-19 vaccine doses administered crossing the one-billion mark, (B)/ accomplishing in just about nine months (C) / after the vaccine program rollout on January 16 (D) / No error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No error
Ans: (c)
Sol: ‘The simple past tense’ is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now or when past point of time is given. ‘Accomplishing’ will be replaced by ‘accomplished’.

Q3: Our vaccine manufacturers (A) /by scaling u to meet the demands (B) /of such a large population(C) /have shown that they are none to second (D) /No error (E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No error
Ans: (d)
Sol: The correct phrase is ‘second to none’ which means ‘better than all others of the same kind; Prominent.

Q4: Our youth, social workers, health care workers social and religious leaders (A) / all deserve credit (B) /for the fact that India face minimal vaccine hesitancy (C) /when compared with even developed nations (D)/No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No error 
Ans: (d)
Sol: In the process of comparing two or more things ‘to’ is used and in the process of comparing two or more people ‘with’ is used. Here the comparison is between India and the developed nations so ‘to’ will be used.

Q5: We remember (A) /how unpredictable the situation appeared than. (B) / As we were faced (C) /by an unknown and invisible enemy mutating rapidly (D) /No error (E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No error  
Ans: (b)
Sol: ‘Than’ is usually associated with comparisons and ‘then’ is usually associated with time. So here, ‘then’ will replace ‘than’.

Direction: A sentence is divided into five parts. One of these parts may have an error in it. Choose the part which has error in it. If there is no error in the given statement, choose ‘No error’ as your answer.
Q1: The plane involved in crash was not (A) / a Boeing 737 Max, a model it (B) / was banned globally, including in India, (C) / following two deadly crashes, and has (D) / not yet resumed flying in China. (E)
(a) E
(b) C
(c) B
(d) D
(e) No error   
Ans: (c)
Sol: 

• In part B, replace ‘it’ with ‘that’.
• We use ‘that’ to refer to a person or a thing that is already mentioned. 
• The sentence is, “The plane involved in crash was not a Boeing 737 Max, a model that was banned globally, including in India, following two deadly crashes, and has not yet resumed flying in China.”

Q2: All eyes will be over the fiscal deficit numbers (A) / that the government will be estimating for (B) / the next financial year and the extent (C) / to which the government is willing to (D) / spend to shore up the economy. (E)
(a) E
(b) A
(c) D
(d) B
(e) No error   
Ans: (b)
Sol:

• In part A, Replace ‘over’ with ‘on’. 
• ‘All eyes will be on’ means ‘everyone will be looking at’. 
• The sentence is, “All eyes will be on the fiscal deficit numbers that the government will be estimating for the next financial year and the extent to which the government is willing to spend to shore up the economy.”

Q3: Import bans and international sanctions on Russia (A) / may constrain the future cash flow-generating (B) / capacity of some assets and (C) / lead to impairment losses (D) / for many companies (E).
(a) C
(b) B
(c) A
(d) D
(e) No error   
Ans: (e)
Sol: There is no error in the given statement.

Q4: Cold wave conditions over parts of North-West India and (A) / adjoining Central and East India will abate as twin weather-making western (B) / disturbances moves in afresh across the international border, (C) / with one of them being an active and intense system (D) / capable of setting up clouds, snow and rainfall (E).
(a) C
(b) A
(c) E
(d) B
(e) No error 
Ans: (a)
Sol: 

• In part C, replace ‘moves’ with ‘move’. 
• The subject ‘cold wave conditions’ is plural and it must take the verb ‘move’. 
• The sentence is, “Cold wave conditions over parts of North-West India and adjoining Central and East India will abate as twin weather-making western disturbances move in afresh across the international border, with one of them being an active and intense system capable of setting up clouds, snow and rainfall.”

Q5: Sales of gasoil, which accounts for (A) / about two-fifth of India’s overall (B) / refined fuel consumption, surged (C) / to pre-pandemic levels in the first half (D) / of March, rising by 32.8% from a month earlier (E).
(a) D
(b) E
(c) C
(d) B
(e) No error 
Ans: (d)
Sol:

• In part B, replace ‘two-fifth’ with ‘two-fifths’.
• When using fractions, if the numerator is not one, then the denominator should be in plural. E.g. Three-fourths, one- third, four-fifths, etc.
• The correct sentence is, “Sales of gasoil, which accounts for about two-fifths of India’s overall refined fuel consumption, surged to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of March, rising by 32.8% from a month earlier.”