ENGLISH QUIZ ON ERROR SPOTTING FOR SSC EXAMS

1.    It is our duty (a) / to put off our shoes (b) / before entering the sanctum sanctorum of any temple or mosque. (c) / No error ( d)

2.    The only good thing/ about these pens(b) / are their colour and their size.(c)/ No error


3.    My brother – in – laws (a) / who live in Mumbai (b) / have come to stay with us. (c)/ No error (d)

4.    I advised my son (a) / to engage two coolies instead of one (b) / because the luggage was too much heavy for a single coolie. (c)/ No error

5.    Raman was one of those great sons of India(a) / who has earned everlasting fame (b) / for scientific researches. (c)/ NO error

6.    No sooner did the thief see the policeman (a)/ that he jumped over the wall (b) / and ran away. (c) / No error (d)

7.    On entering the room (a) / she was found hanging (b) / from the ceiling (c)/ No error (d)

8.    If I were (a)/ in his shoes (b)/ I would die with shame. (c) / No error (d)

9.    I am vexed (a) / at him about what (b) / he has done. (c)/ No error (d)

10.  He laid for half an hour unconscious (a) / until he was seen (b) / by a passing vehicle .(c)/ No error (d)


Answers with Explanations: -

1.    (b) : “Pull Off’ in place of ‘put off’

2.    (c) : ‘Is’ in place of ‘are’. The subject ‘the only good thing ‘ is singular and thus the verb will be singular.

3.    (a) : ‘Brother – in – law’ in place of ‘brother – in – laws’ . For the plural ‘s’ is added to the root word.

4.    (c)  ‘ Too heavy ‘ in place of ‘too much’.

5.    (b) : ‘who have’ in place of ‘who has ‘ . ‘Who’ has been used here for ‘sons’ and as this is plural, the verb should also be in accordance with that.

6.    (b) : ‘Than’ in place of ‘that.’

7.    (b) : ‘Found hanged ‘ in place of ‘found hanging’.

8.    (c) : ‘I would have died’ in place of ‘I would die’. This is the form of structure. If two parts of a sentence are in the past tense, one part will be in the past indefinite and another in the past perfect.

9.    (b) : ‘With ‘in place of ‘at’.


10.  (a) : ‘Lay’ in place of ‘laid’. ‘Lay’ is the past indefinite form of ‘lie’.


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