Important Error Spotting Questions :
Directions :
In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is No error, the answer is (4).
1. Question
(1) Though its gloss can
(2) fool few unwary customers,
(3) it wouldn’t be difficult for the clever ones to judge its real worth
(4) No error.
2. Question
(1) My sister
(2) has read
(3) pages after pages of the Bible.
(4) No error.
3. Question
(1) She pretends as if she has
(2) never in her life,
(2) told a lie. Isn’t it ?
(4) No error.
4. Question
(1) In Singapore
(2) my brother-inlaw with his wife
(3) were present at the function.
(4) No error.
5. Question
(1) We were looking forward
(2) to hear news
(3) about the missing fishermen
(4) No error
6. Question
(1) The two first to arrive
(2) were the lucky recipients
(3) of a surprise gift.
(4) No error.
7. Question
(1) Two hours have passed
(2) since
(3) he had fallen asleep.
(4) No error.
8. Question
(1) The actress
(2) was shocked
(3) by the news of her dog’s death
(4) No error.
9. Question
(1) One of the questions
(2) he asked me was
(3) “Who did you travel with ?”
(4) No error.
10. Question
(1) Everyone of the films
(2) you suggested
(3) are not worth seeing
(4) No error
11. Question
(1) I know
(2) a doctor
(3) you are referring to
(4) No error
12. Question
(1) Even today
(2) it is incredulous to think
(3) that men have walked on the moon.
(4) No error.
13. Question
(1) The Secretariat
(2) comprises of
(3) many air-conditioned rooms
(4) No error.
14. Question
(1) You should avoid
(2) to travel
(3) in the rush hour
(4) No error.
15. Question
(1) Beside food,
(2) the pilgrims carried
(3) some medicines.
(4) No error.
16. Question
(1) The Prime Minister was asked
(2) to write a forward
(3) to the book.
(4) No error.
17. Question
(1) The short story
(2) should not exceed
(3) more than two hundred words
(4) No error.
18. Question
(1) The young men from Japan
(2) found the assent of the mountain
(3) hard going.
(4) No error.
19. Question
(1) Scarcely did I reach the airport,
(2) nervous and tense, than the plane took off,
(3) leaving me stranded in an alien place.
(4) No error.
20. Question
(1) They are a politically important family;
(2) one of his sisters is a minister
(3) and the other is married with a minister
(4) No error.
21. Question
(1) The items I liked most
(2) were the rosewood carvings
(3) and the teak-wood furnitures of Dutch design
(4) No error.
22. Question
(1) No sooner had the hockey match started
(2) when it began
(3) to rain
(4) No error.
23. Question
(1) There is
(2) only one of his novels
(3) that are interesting
(4) No error.
24. Question
(1) An experimental vaccine
(2) has brought
(3) glimmer of hope for the malarial researchers
(4) No error.
25. Question
(1) Your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on
(2) what papers you have selected
(3) but on how you have written them.
(4) No error.
