Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (5).

41. If a software company (1)/ sends its employees abroad (2)/ to work for a foreign client, they (3)/ pays them a daily allowance. (4)/ No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “D” is correct
The error is in part (4) of the sentence. ‘Pays’ should be replaced by ‘pay’. According to subject-verb agreement rule, a plural subject (they) is followed by plural verb (pay).

42. As per RBI guidelines (1)/ a bank account in which (2)/ there is no transaction for (3)/ two years is a dormant account.(4)/ No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “E” is correct
The sentence is grammatically correct.

43. People are willing to (1)/ pay higher taxes so that (2)/ the Government can build better roads (3)/ and provide safe drinking water.(4)/ No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “E” is correct
The sentence is grammatically correct.

44. Farmers can easy (1)/ get loans under (2)/ the Kisan Credit Card Scheme which (3)/ was launched by RBI.(4)/ No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “A” is correct
The error is in part (1) of the sentence. ‘Easily’ should be used instead of ‘easy’. ‘Easy’ is an adjective, while we require an adverb here.

45. Today there are very few (1)/ tigers left in India (2)/ and many NGOs are (3)/ working saving our national animal.(4)/ No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “D” is correct
The error is in part (4) of the sentence. The correct phrase is ‘working to save our national animal’.

46. My elder sister and I am (1) / interested in painting (2) / and therefore have joined (3) / the coaching classes. (4) / No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “A” is correct
There is a subject verb agreement error in part (1). ‘My sister and I’ is plural, and therefore will be followed by ‘are’.

47. Only after a lot of persuasion (1) / the illiterate villager allowed (2) / himself girl child (3) /to study in the school. (4) / No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “C” is correct
The pronoun ‘himself’ has wrongly been used here. The correct pronoun should be ‘his’.

48. The need for alternate (1) / sources of energy are (2) / essential to conserve (3) / the environment. (4) / No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “B” is correct
The subject is ‘need’, which is singular. So, ‘are’ should be replaced by ‘is’.

49. I have being working (1) / in that organization for five years (2) / but now I work (3) / for a different company. (4) / No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “A” is correct
‘Now I work in a different company’ suggests that ‘I have been working’, which is in present continuous tense, is incorrect. The correct phrase will be ‘I have worked in that organisation’.

50. There is no argument against (1) / the fact that (2) / humans are the most intelligent (3) / of all other species. (4) / No error (5)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Option “D” is correct
‘Other’ is redundant.

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2 thoughts on “Spot the Error for Competitive Exams”

  2. Gopala

    Option of Answer no 2 is wrong. It is B. But you have written it A. Although you explained the right answer.

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