SSC CGL And SSC CPO 2018 Exams are the latest opportunities to serve in a govt job and to live in clover. The Commission has released the newly revised Exam Calendar for SSC Exams conducting this year. SSC CGL & SSC CPO 2018 Exam dates haven't been decided yet but are to be conducted soon in upcoming next two months. Utilize the remaining time to be on the upswing by following SSC CGL Study Plan on SSC ADDA and team. Download our celebrated app ADDA247 to outsmart others. Our Revised Study Plan is all set to deliver the quizzes and notes on each four subjects asked in SSC CGL Tier-1 Examination.
Be a part of this revised study plan, visit SSCADDA website regularly to add up each day effort in your practice. SSC CGL and CPO Exam dates can surprise you anytime soon. It is time to knuckle down to get your dream job, Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 English Error Detection Questions and Solutions important from exam point of view. 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 letters. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.
Q1. He went to England to work as a doctor (A)/ but returned (B)/ as he could not endure the weather there (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No Error
Q2. These are (A)/ his (B)/ conclusion remarks. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace verb ‘conclusion’ with ‘adjective ‘concluding’. ‘Remark’ being a noun will be qualified by an ‘adjective’ not by other ‘noun’. Hence option C has the error.
Q3. The shopkeeper offered either to exchange (A)/ the goods (B)/ or refund the money. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
‘Either….or’ being a connector should be placed properly in a sentence. Hence replace ‘offered either to exchange’ with ‘offered to either exchange’.
Q4. He did not know (A)/ as much as (B)/ he claimed he knew. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Avoid redundant use of the subject i.e. pronoun ‘he’ here. Hence replace ‘he claimed he knew’ with ‘he claimed to know’.
Q5. India are placed fourth in the medals tally with nine gold, eight silver (A)/ and seven bronze medals for a total of 24, making (B)/ this their best performance in the International Shooting Sport. (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No error
Q6. They sit (A)/ in the window (B)/ and watch the traffic. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
There is a preposition related error. Replace ‘in the window’ with ‘by the window’
Q7. The approved electrifiying will reduce (A)/ the use of imported fossil fuels, thereby (B)/ improving energy security to the nation. (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace verb ‘electrifying’ with noun ‘electrification’ which means ‘the action or process of charging something with electricity’.
Q8. The judge heard the arguments (A)/ of the lawyers and found (B)/ that the boy was innocent. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No error
Q9. I have lived (A)/ in Delhi (B)/ from 1965. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
As the rule goes ‘Present Perfect Tense + …….. + Since + a particular point in time’. Hence replace ‘from 1965’ with ‘since 1965’.
Q10. Employees are expected to (A)/ adhere the rules (B)/ laid down by the management. (C)/ No error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
There is a preposition related error. Absence of correct preposition is giving a wrong meaning of the sentence. Employees are expected to adhere to the rules laid down by the management not employees are expected to adhere the rules laid down by the management. Hence add ‘to’ before ‘the rules’.
Q11. The students complained (A)/ to the principal against (B)/ the warden and the poor management of the hostel. (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Use ‘about’ or ‘of’ before ‘the poor’, because ‘complain to somebody’, ‘complain against somebody’ or ‘complain about or of something’ is used.
Q12. My brother is moving hither and thither (A)/ uselessly, because he has no other (B)/ job but back biting of others. (C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Conjunction ‘than’ is used after ‘other’. Hence use ‘no other job than’ in place of ‘no other job but’.
Q13. He did not avail (A)/ himself to the materials (B)/ available in the store.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
There is a preposition related error. Use ‘of’ in place of ‘to’.
Q14. There seems to be a wide gap in (A)/ the interpretation and application of laws between (B)/ the higher judiciary and the lower judiciary in India.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
No Error
Q15. The court said that the state and its officials (A)/ does not have the right to impose prior restraints on the publication (B)/ of materials that may be defamatory to the state.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Solution:
Replace ‘does not have’ with ‘do not have’ as plural subject has been used before it.
You may also like to read:
- Best Books For SSC CGL, CPO , GD Constable Exam 2018
- Check latest updates of SSC CGL 2018
- Check latest updates of SSC CPO 2018
- English Notes, Questions & Videos for SSC
_1536319687603.png)
No comments:
Post a Comment