SSC CGL Verbal Ability – Error Spotting Questions
1. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: “She did not like the movie, nor I did.”
- She did not like
- nor I did
- the movie
- No error
The correct answer is nor I did. It should be “nor did I”.
2. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: “Each of the players are required to attend the meeting.”
- Each of the players
- are required
- to attend the meeting
- No error
The correct answer is are required. It should be “is required” because ‘Each’ is singular.
3. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: “She did not only sing but also danced gracefully.”
- She did not only sing
- but also danced gracefully
- gracefully
- No error
The correct answer is but also danced gracefully. It should be “not only sing but also dance gracefully”.
4. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: “Neither the teacher nor the students was present at the event.”
- Neither the teacher
- nor the students
- was present at the event
- No error
The correct answer is was present at the event. It should be “were present” because the nearest noun ‘students’ is plural.
5. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: “He is senior than me by five years.”
- He is
- senior than me
- by five years
- No error
The correct answer is senior than me. It should be “senior to me”.
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