Spot the Error : Spot the Error Questions are usually asked in  all competitive exams like  SSC, SBI, IBPS, RBI, LIC, RRB, AAI, DRDO, ISRO, NTR, FSSAI, CWC, LIC, SSC CGL,  and other state government exams. On this page, we are providing all varieties of Spot the Error Questions along with previous year Spot the Error Questions. Spot the Error is a very important topic for Verbal section. Spot the Error has got very high weightage , so Spot the Error is on of the most High Scoring Section of Verbal. We have also provided all different varieties of Spot the Error Questions.

In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is divided into 5 parts. The first part which is numbered (1) and is grammatically correct. You have to find the error in the other numbered part of the sentence and if you find the error in any part of the sentence apart from (1) then that part of the sentence is the correct choice for the given question. If all the parts are grammatically correct choose option (E) as your choice.

81.  He is a lonely man, /(A) who is not taken seriously /(B) by his own people /(C) and yet he cannot keep himself /(D) aloof from them and their misery. / (E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

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

82.  I have often stood /(A) in need of my dog’s company /(B) and I have desired, from the mere /(C) fact of his existence,/(D) a great sense of inward security. / (E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

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

83.  (1) The old man continued /(A) living a hard life /(B) but never he asked /(C) for any help /(D) from neighbours. / (E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Option “B” is correct ‘never’ will be used before ‘asked’ as ‘never, always, seldom, hardly,rarely ,scarcely’ is used after To be (is, am, are, was, were) and before main verb. Ex. He is never late. He never comes late.

84.  (1) The police / (A)succeeded in recovering /(B) the stolen Jewellery /(C) after a /(D) detailed investigation. / (E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

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

85.  (1) Neither Prakash /(A) nor his brother Prashant /(B) are capable of /(C)doing this work /(D) within two days. / (E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Option “B” is correct ‘is’ will be used in place of ‘are’ as when two singular nouns, ‘either…or, neither…nor, not only… but also’ get connected then verb is used according to the nearest subject. Ex. Neither Soni nor Moni was here. Either Neeta or Rita is at fault.

86.  (1) When I get back /(A) I shall pay back /(B) the money that /(C) I borrowed from /(D) you last month ./ (E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

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

87.  (1) No sooner /(A) he had arrived/(B) than he was /(C) asked to /(D) leave again./(E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Option “A” is correct ‘had he’ will be used in place of ‘he had’ as verb is used before the subject with ‘no sooner’.

88.  (1) If your jogging /(A) clothes is not /(B) made of permeable fabric /(C) you will drown /(D)in your sweat. /(E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Option “A” is correct ‘are’ will be used in place of ‘is’ as the subject of the sentence ‘clothes’ is plural for which plural verb is used.

89.  (1) Having lived /(A) in Kerala for ten years, /(B) my friend is used to /(C) speak Malyalam /(D) with his friends. /(E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Option “C” is correct ‘speaking’ will be used in place of ‘speak’.

90.  (1) India already /(A)provides reservations to /(B) backward groups and /(C) it is time the /(D)reservation policy is re-examined. /(E) No error A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

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

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