Spot The Error (Part-7)

Total Questions: 50

21. In practice rounds, my caddie, Greg, / and me works on my short/game with a baseball glove. [SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) and me works on my short
Solution:The pronoun 'me' must be replaced with 'l' as we need to use the subjective case of the pronoun. Also, the verb 'work' must be used to agree with the plural subject 'my caddie, Greg, and I'.
  • Hence, 'and I work on my short' is the most appropriate answer.

22. None of them, apart from Rohan / and Shilpa, had heard Mohan talk / about what happens that night [SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) and Shilpa, had heard Mohan talk
Solution:The verb 'happens' must be replaced with 'happened' as the given sentence is in past tense. Hence, 'about what happened that night' is the most appropriate answer.

23. Disease-carrying parasites / is not picky / about hosts. [SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) is not picky
Solution:The verb 'is' must be replaced with 'are' to agree with the plural subject 'parasites'.

Hence, 'are not picky' is the most appropriate answer.

24. 'I'm going to get / start on some / homework', said the professor angrily. [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) start on some
Solution:'Start' must be replaced with 'started' as we generally use the Past Participle form of the verb after 'get'.
  • Hence, 'started on some' is the most appropriate answer.

25. He spent a great deal of time / writing on his legal pad and aggressive / underlining whatever he was writing. [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) writing on his legal pad and aggressive
Solution:'Aggressive' must be replaced with 'aggressively' as we generally use adverbs to modify the meaning of a verb (underlining).
  • Hence, 'writing on his legal pad and aggressively' is the most appropriate answer.

26. Raising temperatures in the / springtime signal plants and/animals to come alive. [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) Raising temperatures in the
Solution:'Raising' must be replaced with 'rising' as rise means to increase in value and raise means to lift or elevate something.

Hence, 'rising temperature in the' is the most appropriate answer.

27. Have you ever gone into / a high-street shop wearing/a pair of cycling shorts? [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) a high-street shop wearing
Solution:The sentence is grammatically correct.

28. Most impressive / was record breaking / 75.6 FPS on Crysis [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) was record breaking
Solution:We generally use article 'a' with a singular countable noun (record breaking 75.6 FPS). Hence, 'was a record breaking' is the most appropriate answer.

29. I began with writing / one a week and / now I do so every day. [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) one a week and
Solution:The phrase 'one a week' must be replaced with 'once a week' as we need to use an adverb of frequency 'once' instead of 'one'.
  • Hence, 'once a week' is the most appropriate answer.

30. The recent discoveries / have risen hopes / about possible applications. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) have risen hopes
Solution:'Have + Va' is the correct grammatical structure for the given sentence which is in the present perfect tense.
  • Hence, 'risen' will be replaced with 'raised' & 'have raised (V3) hopes' is the most appropriate answer.