Spot the Error SSC CHSL 50 MCQ SET:-3

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Spot the Error SSC CHSL 50 MCQ SET:-3

Instruction: The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Q1. The box of paper clips are kept in the drawer.

(A) are kept
(B) The box
(C) of paper clips
(D) in the drawer

Answer: are kept

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, “Box” is a singular subject that will take ‘is’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘is kept’ will be answer.

Q2. Each student will have to carry his own lunch on the picnic.

(A) Each student
(B) his own lunch
(C) on the picnic
(D) will have to carry

Answer: on the picnic

Explanation: ‘Going for/on a picnic’ is the correct phrase, which is used when we go somewhere(for a picnic). But, in the given question, each child is carrying his/her lunch and we carry something to someplace(tour, picnic, etc). Hence, ‘carry his own lunch to the picnic’ will be answer.

Q3. My father did never have an opportunity to go to a University.

(A) an opportunity
(B) a University
(C) to go to
(D) did never have

Answer: did never have

Explanation: Either we will use “Do/did + not + verb” or will use ‘never + verb’. Both are grammatically the correct structures for the given sentence. Hence, ‘did not/never had’ will be answer.

Q4. Sunita is senior to me in this office and know all the rules.

(A) Sunita is senior to me
(B) all the rules
(C) and know
(D) in this office

Answer: and know

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, Sunita is a singular subject that will take ‘knows’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘and knows’ will be answer.

Q5. One should be careful to re-read what they has written.

(A) to re-read what
(B) be careful
(C) One should
(D) they has written

Answer: they has written

Explanation: One is a gender-neutral, indefinite pronoun that means ‘a person’ and we cannot use ‘he, she. It, They’ for one. Hence, one should be careful to re-read what one has written will be answer.

Q6. The files you were look for are placed on the table.

(A) are placed
(B) you were look for
(C) The files
(D) on the table

Answer: you were look for

Explanation: “be/is/am/are/was/were + V + ing” is grammatically the correct structure for the given sentence which is in the active voice. Hence, ‘you were looking for’ is answer.

Q7. The actor smiled to me when I entered the room as if she knew me.

(A) The actor smiled to me
(B) knew me
(C) as if she
(D) when I entered the room

Answer: The actor smiled to me

Explanation: ‘Smile at’ means to make a smiling face. In the given question, the actor made a smiling face when she saw the narrator. Hence, ‘smiled at me’ will be answer.

Q8. The list of candidates to be called for the interview were put up on the board.

(A) for the interview
(B) The list of candidates
(C) were put up on the board
(D) to be called

Answer: were put up on the board

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, List is a singular subject that will take ‘was’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘was’ will be answer.

Q9. We reserved tickets for a journey on train for the next morning for my sisters and me.

(A) for a journey on train
(B) for my sisters and me
(C) for the next morning
(D) We reserved tickets

Answer: for a journey on train

Explanation: Journey by train/car/bus is grammatically the correct structure of the sentence. Hence, ‘for a journey by train’ will be answer.

Q10. The Principal was extremely angry on the boys who threw the pieces of chalk at the teacher.

(A) at the teacher
(B) extremely angry on the boys
(C) who threw the pieces of chalk
(D) The Principal was

Answer: extremely angry on the boys

Explanation: Either we will use ‘angry at something’ or will use ‘angry with someone’. Hence, ‘extremely angry with the boys’ will be answer.

Q11. No matter he tries hard he cannot play the guitar.

(A) No matter
(B) he tries hard
(C) he cannot
(D) play the guitar

Answer: he tries hard

Explanation: “No matter + Wh-word(how/what/whose) + adjective+ subject” is grammatically the correct structure of the sentence. Hence, ‘no matter how hard he tries‘’ will be answer.

Q12. Neither Amit nor Raju are staying with his parents in Mumbai.

(A) are staying
(B) in Mumbai
(C) with his parents
(D) Neither Amit nor Raju

Answer: are staying

Explanation: “Neither + Subject, Nor + Subject + Singular verb” is grammatically the correct structure of the sentence. However, the Neither-Nor conjunction is usually used for only two subjects and the verb will always be supplied according to the subject close to it’. The verb is supplied according to the subject close to the verb (This is called rule of proximity) Similarly in the given question, a singular verb will be supplied according to Raju who is a singular subject. Hence, ‘is staying’ will be answer.

Q13. The chart papers were distributed among all the childrens.

(A) The chart papers
(B) among all
(C) were distributed
(D) the childrens

Answer: the childrens

Explanation: ‘Childrens’ is incorrect as children is the plural form of child. Hence, ‘among all the children’ will be answer.

Q14. Nikhil is more braver than Sushant who is afraid of the dark.

(A) more braver than
(B) Nikhil is
(C) who is afraid
(D) of the dark

Answer: more braver than

Explanation: We use braver/stronger/weaker etc as a comparative degree when we do a comparison between two subjects. However, using ‘more’ with a comparative degree(braver) is superfluous. Hence, ‘Nikhil is braver than Sushant’ will be answer.

Q15. Economics is one of the subject which I have found very difficult since school.

(A) Economics is
(B) which I have found
(C) very difficult since school
(D) one of the subject

Answer: one of the subject

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, “One of /Each of/None of + Plural Subject + Singular Verb” is grammatically the correct structure for the given sentence. Hence, ‘One of the subjects(Plural subject)’ will be answer.

Q16. If I join a software company I am getting a good deal of experience.

(A) If I join
(B) a software company
(C) I am getting
(D) a good deal of experience

Answer: I am getting

Explanation: “If + Present Tense(Verb 1st form)____Present tense(in case of universal facts/truth)/ Future tense(general conditions)” is grammatically the correct structure of the sentence. Hence, ‘I will get’ will be answer.

Q17. News of the calamity is reached the family members the next day.

(A) the family members
(B) News of the calamity
(C) is reached
(D) the next day

Answer: is reached

Explanation: There is no passive form of Intransitive verbs like arrive, reach, enter, etc. So, it is incorrect to write ‘is reached’. Hence, ‘reached’ will be answer.

Q18. The author’s new novel, which is about social change, will launched soon.

(A) The author’s new novel
(B) will launched soon
(C) which is
(D) about social change

Answer: will launched soon

Explanation: “Will + be + V (3rd form of the verb)” is grammatically the correct structure for the given sentence which is in passive voice. Hence, ‘will be launched soon’ will be answer..

Q19. Why should always we have to wait for her to join us?

(A) for her to join her
(B) Why should
(C) always we
(D) have to wait

Answer: always we

Explanation: “Wh-word(Why What, When) + Verb + Subject” is grammatically the correct structure of an interrogative sentence(in which a question is asked). Hence, ‘why should(auxiliary verb) we(subject) always’ will be answer.

Q20. The Prime Minister holding is the important meeting to review the security and safety of doctors working in government hospitals.

(A) of doctors
(B) working in
(C) to review
(D) holding is the

Answer: holding is the

Explanation: When we pronounce a word we have to go by the initial sound. Hence, ‘is holding an’ will be answer.

Q21. She is a great cook, has her own blog on YouTube and was followed by one lakh viewers.

(A) She is
(B) a great cook
(C) has her own blog
(D) was followed

Answer: was followed

Explanation: The given sentence is in the present tense, so it will have the verb in its base form(is) and not in the past form(was). Hence, ‘is followed’ will be answer.

Q22. Last evening my friend tells me the funny joke that I have ever heard.

(A) that I have
(B) ever heard
(C) tells me the funny joke
(D) Last evening my friend

Answer: tells me the funny joke

Explanation: The given sentence is in the past tense(last evening) so it will have a verb in its past form(told) and not in the present form(tells). However, ‘the funniest’ will be used because it is a superlative degree. Hence, ‘told me the funniest joke’ will be answer.

Q23. The birth of a girl bring great joy to Neha’s family.

(A) The birth
(B) of a girl
(C) to Neha’s family
(D) bring great joy

Answer: bring great joy

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, ‘the birth’ is a singular subject that will take ‘brings’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘brings a great joy’ will be answer.

Q24. This summer, I’ve met down a lot of interesting people.

(A) interesting people
(B) I’ve met down
(C) a lot of
(D) This summer

Answer: I’ve met down

Explanation: ‘Met down’ should be replaced by ‘met’. Hence, ‘I have met a lot of interesting people’ will be answer.

Q25. I won’t be here next week as I’m going to Mumbai to a conference.

(A) I won’t
(B) be here
(C) to a conference
(D) as I’m going

Answer: to a conference

Explanation: The use of the preposition ‘to’ in the given sentence is incorrect. It should be replaced with ‘for’. Hence, ‘for a conference’ will be answer.

Q26. I am really bored of this movie! When was it end?

(A) it end?
(B) I am really bored
(C) of this movie
(D) When was

Answer: When was

Explanation: The interrogative clause(in which a question is asked) in the given sentence should be in the simple future tense so ‘was’ should be replaced with ‘will’. Hence, ‘when will it end’ will be answer.

Q27. I’m going to the airport to receives my friend.

(A) my friend
(B) to the airport
(C) to receives
(D) I’m going

Answer: to receives

Explanation: The preposition ‘to’ should be followed by the base form of the verb. Hence, ‘to receive’ will be answer.

Q28. Does an English examination begin at 10 o’clock?

(A) 10 o’clock?
(B) English examination
(C) begin at
(D) Does an

Answer: Does an

Explanation: According to the given sentence, the article ‘the’ should be used in the place of ‘an’ because the sentence talks about a particular examination. Hence, ‘Does the’ will be answer.

Q29. I use to going for a morning walk when I was living in Dehradun.

(A) living in Dehradun
(B) for a morning walk
(C) when I was
(D) use to going

Answer: use to going

Explanation: ‘Used to’ means ‘be accustomed to’ or ‘be familiar with’ and it should be followed by the base form of the verb. Hence, ‘used to go’ will be answer.

Q30. What shall we do on ourselves this evening?

(A) this evening
(B) on ourselves
(C) What shall
(D) we do

Answer: on ourselves

Explanation: The use of the preposition ‘on’ is incorrect according to the context of the given sentence so it will be replaced by ‘with’. Hence, ‘with ourselves’ will be answer.

Q31. Instead of studying in home I went to my friend’s house.

(A) in home
(B) I went
(C) Instead of studying
(D) to my friend’s house

Answer: in home

Explanation: ‘At’ as a preposition is used to show where something/somebody is. In the given sentence, the narrator was studying at home. Hence, ‘at home’ will be answer.

Q32. He likes to put all the garbage into a black small bag.

(A) into a
(B) all the garbage
(C) He like to put
(D) black small bag

Answer: black small bag

Explanation: The order of adjectives in English is opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. In the given sentence, ‘black’ is the adjective of color so it should follow the adjective of size ‘small’. Hence, ‘black small bag’ should be replaced with “ small black bag”.

Q33. High level security arrangements were made for the forthcoming visit to a Japanese Prime Minister.

(A) security arrangements
(B) were made
(C) for the forthcoming
(D) visit to a

Answer: visit to a

Explanation: The preposition ‘to’ is incorrect according to the context of the sentence so it will be replaced by ‘of’.Also article the will be used before Japanese prime minister. Hence, ‘visit of the ’ will be answer.

Q34. I had a hard time paying the driver as I had only hundreds rupee note.

(A) paying the driver
(B) only hundreds rupee note
(C) I had a hard time
(D) as I had

Answer: only hundreds rupee note

Explanation: According to the context of the given sentence, it is incorrect to write ‘hundreds’. Hence, ‘only a hundred rupee note’ will be answer.

Q35. I had to go to the doctor because I was not bear the pain in my tooth.

(A) had to go
(B) in my tooth
(C) to the doctor
(D) was not bear

Answer: was not bear

Explanation: The given sentence is in the past tense. We use ‘could’ to show the ability of somebody/something in a sentence written in the past tense. Hence. ‘could not bear’ will be answer.

Q36. To write a poem I need a pen, a diary and also the quiet place.

(A) a diary
(B) To write
(C) and also the
(D) I need

Answer: and also the

Explanation: As the ‘place’ mentioned in the given sentence is not definite, it may be any quiet place, so we will use the indefinite article ‘a’ before it. Hence, ‘and also a quiet place’ will be answer.

Q37. I don’t like movies who has an unhappy ending.

(A) who has
(B) I don’t
(C) like movies
(D) an unhappy ending

Answer: who has

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, ‘movies’ is a plural subject that will take ‘have’ as a plural verb. However, ‘who’ is used for living -things, and ‘that’ or ‘which’ are used for non-living things(movies). Hence, ‘that have’ will be answer.

Q38. It takes me one hour to get to work in the morning in week day.

(A) in week day
(B) in the morning
(C) takes me
(D) to get to work

Answer: in week day

Explanation: We never use ‘in weekends/weekdays. We use ‘on weekend/weekdays. For example, we all go to the office on weekdays, I do parties on weekends. Hence, ‘on weekdays’ will be answer.

Q39. No one inform me that you would be absent.

(A) No one inform me
(B) would be absent.
(C) no error
(D) that you

Answer: No one inform me

Explanation: The given sentence is in the past tense as “would” has been used in the latter part of the sentence. So, the past form of ‘inform’ will be used. Hence, ‘no one informed me’ will be answer.

Q40. Having been a student activist once, a politician never forget those days.

(A) a politician
(B) never forget
(C) Having been
(D) those days

Answer: never forget

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, ‘a politician’ is a singular subject that will take ‘forgets’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘never forgets’ will be answer.

Q41. Prasad recalled that meeting people have been a part of his life as a student activist.

(A) meeting people have been
(B) Prasad recalled that
(C) a part of his life
(D) as a student activist.

Answer: meeting people have been

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, ‘meeting people’ is a singular phrase that will take ‘has’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘meeting people has’ will be answer.

Q42. We have sufficient food and clothing about the flood victims in Kerala.

(A) We have sufficient
(B) in Kerala
(C) about the flood victims
(D) food and clothing

Answer: about the flood victims

Explanation: The preposition ‘about’ is incorrect according to the context of the sentence so it will be replaced by ‘for’. Hence, ‘for the flood victims’ will be answer.

Q43. Everything has became very expensive these days.

(A) no error
(B) Everything has became
(C) very expensive
(D) these days

Answer: Everything has became

Explanation: Has/have/had always takes the third form(past participle) of the verb. However, the past participle form of ‘become’ is ‘become’. Hence, ‘everything has become’ will be answer.

Q44. My friend has started a restaurant in a wooden big building in Manali.

(A) in Manali
(B) in a wooden big building
(C) My friend has started
(D) a restaurant

Answer: in a wooden big building

Explanation: The adjective order in English is Quantity or number, Quality or opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Material. However, ‘big’ is an adjective of size and ‘wooden’ is an adjective of material. So, an adjective of size will be used before the adjective of material. Hence, ‘in a big wooden building’ will be answer.

Q45. Most of the work of this NGO are of little benefit to the disadvantages.

(A) Most of the work
(B) of this NGO
(C) to the disadvantages
(D) are of little benefit

Answer: are of little benefit

Explanation: According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement rule”, “One of/ Each of/ Most of + Plural Subject + Singular Verb” is grammatically the correct structure. In the given question, the verb should be written in the singular form(is). Hence, ‘is of little benefit’ will be answer..

Q46. What is the function of the kidney in the body?

(A) in the body
(B) the function of the kidney
(C) What is
(D) No Error

Answer: No Error

Explanation: No Error

Q47. Rohit did not came to the office because he got held up due to the heavy rains.

(A) to the office
(B) due to the heavy rains
(C) Rohit did not came
(D) because he got held up

Answer: Rohit did not came

Explanation: ‘Did’ always takes the base form of the verb with it. However, the base form of ‘came’ is ‘come’. Hence, ‘Rohit did not come’ will be answer.

Q48. Everybody is waiting to see whether the new leadership has effect some changes soon in the party.

(A) Everybody is waiting to see
(B) soon in the party
(C) has effect some changes
(D) whether the new leadership

Answer: has effect some changes

Explanation: Everybody is waiting to see whether the new leadership will effect some changes soon in the party.This will be the correct sentence.

Q49. The Social Media Department is headless at the moment and many are vying to the post.

(A) is headless at the moment
(B) The Social Media Department
(C) to the post
(D) and many are vying

Answer: to the post

Explanation: The phrase ‘vie for (something)’ is grammatically the correct structure for the given sentence. It means to struggle, fight, or compete in order to attain something. Hence, ‘vying for the post’ will be answer.

Q50. They made her as the Chairperson of their bank.

(A) no error
(B) as the Chairperson
(C) of their bank
(D) They made her

Answer: as the Chairperson

Explanation: The preposition ‘as’ should be removed from the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. Hence, ‘made her the Chairperson’ will be answer.

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