Spot The Error Part- 7

Total Questions: 50

41. You care for him / even more than for myself, / he cried bitterly. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) No error
(b) he cried bitterly.
(c) even more than for myself,
(d) You care for him

Correct Answer: (c) even more than for myself,

Solution:When the narrator is the subject we use the reflexive pronoun 'myself, but in the given sentence the narrator is not the subject.

Hence, 'myself will be replaced with the correct objective pronoun 'me' & 'even more than me' is the most appropriate answer.

42. Once I run in / the Sonoran Desert in Arizona / after a huge rain event. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

( a) Once I run in
(b) the Sonoran Desert in Arizona
(c) No error
(d) after a huge rain event.

Correct Answer: ( a) Once I run in

Solution:The given sentence is in the simple past tense(Once) so the verb must be used in the simple past form(V₂).

Hence, 'Once I ran(V₂) in' is the most appropriate answer.

43. As per the study, mosquito-borne/dengue fever infects little/400 million people annually. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) As per the study, mosquito-borne
(b) No error
(c) dengue fever infects little
(d) 400 million people annually.

Correct Answer: (c) dengue fever infects little

Solution:'Little' is used for uncountable nouns & 'people' in the given sentence are countable.

Therefore, 'little' will be removed from the sentence.
Hence, 'dengue fever infects 400 million people annually is the most appropriate answer.

44. It's 4 p.m. local time and quite a /large crowd has gathered from yesterday / evening around the giant stage. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) evening around the giant stage.
(b) large crowd has gathered from yesterday
(c) No error
(d) It's 4 p.m. local time and quite a

Correct Answer: (b) large crowd has gathered from yesterday

Solution:"Since' is used to denote a point of time and yesterday evening is that point of time in the given sentence.

Hence, 'from' will be replaced with 'since' & 'large crowd has gathered since yesterday evening' becomes the most appropriate answer.

45. Scientists have a few tricks up / their sleeves for dealing with/ the universe other objects. [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) their sleeves for dealing with
(b) Scientists have a few tricks up
(c) No error
(d) the universe other objects

Correct Answer: (d) the universe other objects

Solution:We will use the conjunction 'and' to connect two different words 'universe' & 'objects'.

Hence, 'the universe and other objects' is the most appropriate answer.

46. You never know when / you are going to stumble to a/ jewel in the most unexpected corner. [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) You never know when
(b) you are going to stumble to a
(c) jewel in the most unexpected comer.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (b) you are going to stumble to a

Solution:There is a prepositional error in the given sentence.

The preposition 'to' will be replaced with 'upon' because we generally use the preposition 'upon' with 'stumble'.
Hence, 'you are going to stumble upon a' is the most appropriate answer.

47. Around 30 percent of the Indian population are estimated/ to have latent TB. [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Indian population are estimated
(b) No error
(c) to have latent TB.
(d) Around 30 percent of the/

Correct Answer: (a) Indian population are estimated

Solution:'Thirty Percent of Subject + Singular verb' is the correct grammatical structure for the given sentence.

Hence, 'Indian population is(singular verb) estimated' is the most appropriate answer.

48. A key institution is the judiciary, / especially the Supreme Court, with / a widely remit and a wise legacy. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) a widely remit and a wise legacy.
(b) especially the Supreme Court, with
(c) A key institution is the judiciary,
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a) a widely remit and a wise legacy.

Solution:The given sentence needs an adjective(wide) to tell a quality about the subject and not an adverb(widely).

Hence, 'a wide remit and a wise legacy' is the most appropriate answer.

49. The presidential election / turned out to be one of / the biggest landslide in history. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) turned out to be one of
(b) The presidential election
(c) No error
(d) the biggest landslide in history.

Correct Answer: (d) the biggest landslide in history.

Solution:"One of the + Superlative degree of the adjective (best, worst. etc) + Plural Subject" is grammatically the correct structure.

For example, one of the best, one of the greatest, one of the worst, etc.
Similarly, 'landslides' will be the plural subject in the given sentence & 'biggest' will be the superlative degree adjective.
Hence, 'one of the biggest landslides in history' is the most appropriate answer.

50. Although people had been on watch and / the watchkeepers were very tired, / everyone were up and buzzing. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) No error
(b) the watchkeepers were very tired,
(c) everyone were up and buzzing.
(d) Although people had been on watch and

Correct Answer: (c) everyone were up and buzzing.

Solution:According to the "Subject-Verb Agreement Rule", a singular subject always takes a singular verb and a plural subject always takes a plural verb.

In the given sentence, 'everyone' is a singular subject that will take 'was' as a singular verb.
Hence, 'everyone was up and buzzing' is the most appropriate answer.

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