MCQ: Find the Error- 2 - SSC CGL MCQ

The use of adverb ‘then’ is incorrect and it should be replaced with ‘than’ because it is a conjunction and the correct form is ‘rather than’.

Correct Sentence:

Rather than wait until morning, he orders his staff to mount up for the sixteen-mile midnight ride to Jetersville, where General Sheridan and his cavalry are camped.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Sentence C is erroneous here. Sentence: The current economic recession has took a toll on corporations.

The use of ‘took’ after ‘has’ is incorrect. After helping verb ‘has’, the third form of verb should be used. Thus, ‘taken’ will be the correct form.

Take a toll: to have a serious, bad effect on someone or something.

Ex: Too much sunlight can take a toll on your skin.

Correct Sentence: The current economic recession has taken a toll on corporations.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

The error lies with the usage of article. In grammar, the superlative degree of adjectives is preceded by ‘the’ and ‘best’ is a superlative degree of adjective. Thus, ‘the’ should be used just before ‘best’.

Correct Sentence:

I was desperate to make contact with American tennis players as the lure of playing in a tournament with some of the best names in tennis was irresistible.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

The sentence is erroneous due to the use of ‘stand’. ‘Tokyo’ is a singular noun and the verb used with it should be used with ‘-s/es’ in present tense.

Correct Sentence:

Tokyo stands on the boundary of three tectonic plates in a country already well known for its seismic instability.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

The error lies in part C of the sentence.

The sentence talks about three instances since 1960s when food crisis has happened. So, plural noun ‘crises’ must replace singular noun ‘crisis’ to be modified by cardinal adjective ‘three’.

Correct Sentence:

This increase in global food prices, which manifested itself in the three food price crises since the 1960s, offers some pertinent lessons for global food systems and the international community.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Statement I: The error lies with the usage of ‘in’. The sentence mentions that ice was formed on the outer layer of clothes as they were drenched. The correct preposition will be ‘on’ as we are talking about an outer layer.

Statement II: Correct

Statement III: Correct

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Statement I: Correct

Statement II: The use of past form of verb ‘looked’ is incorrect because ‘did not’ uses the simple form of verb along with it. So, the correct verb will be ‘look’.

Statement III: Correct

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

The error lies in fragment B of the sentence due to the use of ‘set’. The correct form of verb will be ‘sets’.

Correct Sentence:

Mr. Trump pushed back on the committee’s release, warning that doing so sets a vicious precedent that could have a drastic impact on politics going forward.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Sentence B is erroneous here. Sentence: Athletes in our country have shown time and gain their ability to lead by example.

The correct idiom to be used here is ‘time and again’ and not ‘time and gain’.

Time and again: to do something repeatedly

Ex: I have noticed him stealing time and again, though of course I never said anything.

Correct Sentence: Athletes in our country have shown time and again their ability to lead by example.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

The error lies in fragment A of the sentence with the use of ‘than’. The sentence uses the word to refer to a point of time and the correct word will be ‘then’. The word ‘than’ is used for comparison, which is not the case here.

Correct Sentence:

Walmart, which was then the nation’s largest grocery retailer, had joined our effort by pledging to reduce prices on produce.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Sentence D is erroneous here.

Sentence: Her father was found guilt and imprisoned for the charges.

The use of noun ‘guilt’ is incorrect grammatically and should be replaced with adjective ‘guilty’ in order to qualify noun phrase ‘her father’.

Correct Sentence: Her father was found guilty and imprisoned for the charges.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Change ‘in’ to ‘by’. Preposition ‘by’ is used with the agent, In the above sentence, ‘watch’ is an agent which gives time.

Hence, option D is correct.

The sentence contains an error of article. The use of ‘a’ is incorrect as the adjective ‘overlay’ starts with a vowel sound and ‘an’ is used with such words.

Correct Sentence:

The county is studying ways to expand an overlay district abutting the Rural Crescent, where most of the data centers in Canada are concentrated.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Statement I: Correct

Statement II: Correct

Statement III: Correct

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

The error lies in part C of the sentence.

The determiner ‘many’ is incorrectly used before the noun ‘money’. It should be replaced with ‘much’. ‘Much’ is used for uncountable nouns whereas ‘many’ is used for countable nouns. Money is an uncountable noun. We can count the notes and coins but money as such is uncountable. Therefore, we use 'much' with money and not 'many'.

Correct Sentence:

His strategists underestimated Mr. Obama's strength and spent too much money before the voting even began.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.