Error Spotting & Sentence Improvement Quiz

New Pattern Error Spotting Quiz. Error Spotting Questions with Answers for All Banking and Insurance Exams i.e. SBI PO/Clerk, IBPS PO/Clerk, NABARD, RBI, SEBI Grade A & B, LIC AAO, and Other Exams 2020-21. Spotting Error & Sentence Improvement Quiz based on previous year exams. If you are preparing for Banking and Insurance Exams, you will come across a section on the English language. Here we are providing you Error Spotting Questions with Answers, based on the latest pattern of your daily practice.

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Error Spotting Questions with Answers | Set- 10


Direction (1-10) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). 

1. I began to suspect (A)/ trouble as soon as (B)/ one of the boys (C)/ threw a stone at the policemen. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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E. E

2.It is all the more better (A)/ for you to take (B)/ the examination than to (C)/ withdraw your form. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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A. A 

The use of ‘more’ is superfluous because ‘better’ itself is a comparative degree.

3. When a group of teenagers visited (A)/ the entertainment centre (B)/ little did they know (C)/ that their outing will lead them to a hospital.(D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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D. D

‘would’ will be used in place of ‘will’ as the sentence is in past tense. 

4.If you had not been (A)/ so secretive you had (B)/ told me all the facts earlier (C)/ I could have helped you. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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B. B

Use ‘and’ before ‘you’ as there are two clauses in the conditional clauses of the sentences which should be connected with ‘and’.

5. Although there are some similarities (A)/ in the qualification of both the (B)/ candidates the differences among them (C)/ are considerably pronounced. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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C. C

‘between’ will be used in place of ‘among’ as ‘between’ is used for two things or person. 

6.The king did not mind (A)/ for putting the old people (B)/ to death because he (C)/ was young himself. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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B. B

‘for’ will not be used as after ‘mind, propose, suggest, admit, avoid, fancy, enjoy’, V4 (V+ ing) is used and this ‘V4’ is used as a gerund. 

7.If I were you (A)/ I would not (B)/ attend the (C)/ function. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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E. E

8.It is high time (A)/ he stood on (B)/ his own (C)/ two legs. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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D. D

The use of ‘two’ is superfluous. 

9.Knowledge of (A)/ at least two languages (B)/ are required to (C)/ pass the examination. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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C. C

‘is’ will be used in place of ‘are’ as the subject of the sentence ‘knowledge’ is singular. 

10.When I arrived (A)/ I found them both (B)/ sitting at the table (C)/ and waiting for me. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

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E. E

The sentence is grammatically correct. 

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