English section is an integral part of SSC Exams.This is also a section that is feared by most of the candidates.Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. SSC CPO Exam is to be held from the month of June where English Language Section holds 50 questions containing 5 questions from each topic according to new SSC CPO Pattern . Also SSC CGL 2018 is the new target in the loop.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Useful Error Detection Questions With Detailed Solutions. To make you learn grammar rules and vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. 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 letter. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.
Q1. The problems that our (a)/ country has and is bound to face (b)/ are the outcome of the selfishness of our so called saviours. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Use ‘faced’ after ‘has’. When auxiliary verbs ask for different forms of verb, we write them separately.
Moreover, Has/Have/Had/Having take third form (V₃) of verb after them.
Q2. Never before (a)/ the students of India have so much been frustrated (b)/ as today when the problems of unemployment are dominant. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Write ‘have’ before ‘the students’ as the sentence beginning with ‘Never before’ takes helping verb before the subject i.e. Never before + has/have (H.V.) + subject + Main verb + ….
Q3. It being a stormy night, (a)/ you must thought of postponing (b)/ all your programmes till tomorrow morning. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘thought’ with ‘think’. ‘must’ is a modal auxiliary which takes first term of verb after it.
i.e. Must + V₁+ ……….
Q4. The unreasonable behavior (a)/ of his daughter (b)/ was thoroughly upset Mr. Gupta. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Remove ‘was’ as its use is superfluous.
Q5. He complained to the police (a)/ that his briefcase had been stolen (b)/ and that he was lifted without any money. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘lifted’ with ‘left’
Verb I Verb II
Lift: raise to a higher position or level. — Lifted
Leave: go away from. — Left
Q6. The P.M. said that his party would (a)/ not repeat the mistakes (b)/ done by the previous government. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘done’ by ‘made’.
‘make a mistake’ is an idiomatic expression.
Q7. I hope the country’s condition (a) may go from bad to worse (b)/ unless all necessary steps / are taken to suppress terrorism. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘hope’ with ‘fear’. Because ‘hope’ is used for pleasurable things. While fear is used for upsetting or intimidating things.
Q8. Only one dispute (a)/ has been settled (b)/ and others left to both the parties to settle. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Use ‘have been’ before left.
As the sentence demands passive form.
Moreover, when subject denotes different number, correct form of verb should be used separately.
Q9. Shall you like (a)/ to accompany us (b)/ in the picnic which we are going to arrange today. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘shall’ with ‘will’ because generally, ‘shall’ is not used with 2nd and 3rd person in interrogative sentences.
Q10. During the course of investigation (a)/ the police learnt that not only (b)/ the house was looked but also the things taken away. (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Use ‘were’ before ‘taken away’ as the subject i.e. ‘the things’ is plural here.
Q11. I know I will be (a)/ compelled to leave this house (b)/ this week, which will be very disadvantageous for me. (c) / No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘will’ with ‘shall’.
Because shall is used with first person always if it is followed by ‘be obliged’, ‘be grateful’, be ‘compelled’.
Q12. He does nothing (a)/ but to find (b)/ faults in others and laugh at them. (c)/ No error (d)
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