Error Detection: English MCQ Practices

• Title: Error Detection
• Number of Questions: 10
• Target: SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Assistant, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SSC CGL, SSC GD, SSC CPO, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, Railways, etc.

Let’s Start

Find the errors and justify your answers.

1. He was sleeping in his room when a thief entered into his house and took away a lot of things.

1. Remove “away”
2. Remove “into”
3. Remove “and”
4. No error

2. In her concluding speech she said almost nothing worth listening to.

1. Remove “almost”
2. Replace “to” with “for”
3. Remove “to”
4. No Error

3. It was apparent for everyone present that if the patient did not receive immediate medical aid he would die.

1. Change “apparent” to “apparent to”
2. Change “would” to “will”
3. Change “did not” to “do not”
4. No Error

4. He proposed me that we should go to the Disco and then have dinner at a restaurant.

1. Replace “proposed” with “proposed to”
2. Replace “have” with “had”
3. Replace “at” with “in”
4. No Error

5. There appears to be a title liaison among the two groups of the society.

1. Replace “of” with “in”
2. Replace “be” with “being”
3. Replace “among” with “between”
4. No Error

6. The team complained to the manager against the captain and the poor facilities provided in the hotel.

1. “about” the captain
2. “about” the manager
3. “about” the poor
4. No Error

7. Yesterday I met a man who was blind with the right eye.

1. Correct phrase is “blind on”
2. Correct phrase is “blind for”
3. Correct phrase is “blind in”
4. No Error

8.The principal distributed the sweet among our friends who bade him farewell.

1. Replace “sweet” by “sweetest”
2. Replace “among” by “amongst”
3. Replace “among” by “amonger”
4. No Error

9. As per the invitation Rahim marries with Sayra on 13th December, Monday.

1. Delete “on”
2. Delete “with”
3. Delete “the”
4. No Error

10. The debacle of the congress party admit no other explanation than its poor performance during the last five years.

1. Place of “after” Congress party
2. Place of “after” admit
3. Place of “after” explanation
4. No Error