Error Spotting Questions for Bank Exams
61.
(a) Two years passed
(b) since
(c) my cousin died.
Answer: (a) It should be ‘two years have passed’ in present perfect tense.
62.
(a) Have you gone through
(b) either of these three chapters
(c) that have been included in this volume?
Answer: (b) ‘Either’ refers to each one of a number while ‘any’ tells us how many or denotes order in a series. So, replace either with any.
63.
(a) Ramesh has agreed
(b) to marry with the girl
(c) of his parent’s choice.
Answer: (b) The connector ‘with’ should be remove.
64.
(a) When he was arriving
(b) the party was
(c) in full swing.
Answer: (a) The past continuous tense is used for an action that was still going on at a particular moment in the past. The past continuous is often used in combination with the simple past. So, Replace ‘was arriving’ with arrived.
65.
(a) The most studious boy
(b) in the class
(c) was made as the captain
Answer: (c) In ‘c’, the word ‘as’ is wrong and there is no need of it. So, remove this word.
66.
(a) I am participating
(b) in the two-miles race
(c) tomorrow morning.
Answer: (b) In ‘b’, the word ‘the two-miles’ is wrong. Replace it with ‘a two-mile’.
67.
(a) The sum and substance
(b) of his speech
(c) were essentially anti-establishment.
Answer: (c) In sentence ‘the sum and substance’ signifies one thing and hence followed by a singular verb. So replace ‘were’ with ‘was’.
68.
(a) It has been such a wonderful evening,
(b) I look forward to meet you again
(c) after the vacations.
Answer: (b) The correct phrase is ‘look forward to verb+ing’ hence it should be ‘I look forward to meeting you ….’.
69.
(a) When the boy committed a mistake,
(b) the teacher made him to do
(c) the sum again.
Answer: (b) The preposition ‘to’ here is redundant.
70.
(a) Unless the government does not revise its policy of liberalization
(b) the growth of the indigenous technology
(c) will be adversely affected.
Answer: (a) Since ‘unless’ is already in use to forbid, we should not use ‘does not revise’. So, replace it with ‘revises’.
71.
(a) Whenever a person lost anything
(b) the poor folk around
(c) are suspected.
Answer: (a) The correct structure of the sentence should be ‘whenever a person loses anything ….’.
72.
(a) Everyday before
(b) I start work for my livelihood
(c) I do my prayer
Answer: (c) It should be ‘I say my prayer’. Remove ‘do’ as it has no need here.
73.
(a) Pooja went to her friend’s house at the appointed hour; but
(b) she was told
(c) that her friend left half an hour earlier
Answer: (c) It should be ‘friend had left’ in the past perfect tense.
74.
(a) Rekha is
(b) enough old
(c) to get married
Answer: (b) It should be ‘old enough’ because the adverb ‘enough’ comes after the adjective to describe it.
75.
(a) As far as I am concerned,
(b) I shall do everything
(c) possible to help you
Answer: (b) It should be ‘I will do’ because modals ‘shall’ is used for obligation.
76.
(a) Let us congratulate him
(b) for his success
(c) in the examination
Answer: (b) The proposition ‘for’ should be replaced with ‘on’.
77.
(a) Many people prefer to travel
(b) by the road
(c) because it is less expensive
Answer: (b) Road is a mean to reach somewhere. So we reach through the road. A road remains at its place as it is. ‘By’ can be used for a vehicle but not roads.
78.
(a) The Government has asked individuals
(b) With income of over 660 lakhs to
(c) electronic file tax returns for the year 2066-62
(d) Something which was optional till last year.
Answer: No error.
79.
(a) The power tariff had already
(b) been increased twice in
(c) the last 65 months and the Electricity Board had also
(d) levied additional monthly charges to consumers.
Answer: (d) Here, levied additional monthly charges on consumers is used.
80.
(a) Despite of curfew
(b) in some areas, minor
(c) communal incidents were reported
(d) from different areas of the walled city.
Answer: (a) Here, Despite curfew should be used.