Spotting Errors

J&K Bank PO · English Language · 78 practice questions with answers and explanations: 42 Easy, 35 Medium, 1 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Identify the part with an error: "She is (A) / the most cleverest girl (B) / in the class (C) / No error (D)"

  1. the most cleverest girl
  2. She is
  3. in the class
  4. No error
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Answer: A. Double superlative: use either 'the cleverest' or 'the most clever'.

Sample Easy question 2

Identify the part with an error: "Mathematics (A) / is my (B) / favourite subject (C) / No error (D)"

  1. Mathematics
  2. is my
  3. favourite subject
  4. No error
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Answer: D. Subjects ending in -ics (mathematics, physics, economics) take a singular verb, so the sentence is correct.

Sample Easy question 3

Identify the part with an error: "Each of the boys (A) / have finished (B) / his homework. (C) / No error (D)"

  1. his homework.
  2. Each of the boys
  3. have finished
  4. No error
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Answer: C. 'Each' is singular, so the verb is 'has finished'.

Sample Medium question 4

Identify the part with an error: "No sooner did he (A) / reach the station than (B) / the train left. (C) / No error (D)"

  1. No sooner did he
  2. the train left.
  3. reach the station than
  4. No error
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Answer: A. 'No sooner' is followed by the past perfect: 'No sooner had he reached'.

Sample Medium question 5

Identify the part with an error: "Though he is poor, (A) / but he is (B) / honest. (C) / No error (D)"

  1. Though he is poor,
  2. honest.
  3. but he is
  4. No error
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Answer: C. 'Though' and 'but' are not used together: 'Though he is poor, he is honest'.

Sample Medium question 6

Identify the part with an error: "The principal, with all the teachers, (A) / are coming (B) / to the function. (C) / No error (D)"

  1. to the function.
  2. are coming
  3. The principal, with all the teachers,
  4. No error
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Answer: B. The verb agrees with 'the principal': 'is coming'.

Sample Hard question 7

Identify the part with an error: "He is the only one (A) / of those students (B) / who have passed. (C) / No error (D)"

  1. who have passed.
  2. He is the only one
  3. of those students
  4. No error
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Answer: A. 'Who' refers to 'the only one' (singular): 'who has passed'.

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