Spot The Error Part- 8

1. Give yourself a / chance to be distracted / of bad news. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) chance to be distracted
(b) Give yourself a
(c) No error
(d) of bad news.

Correct Answer: (d) of bad news.

Solution:There is a prepositional error in the given sentence. The preposition 'of' must be replaced with 'by'. Hence, 'distracted by bad news' is the most appropriate answer.

2. People that are lonely / have higher levels of / the hormone cortisol [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) People that are lonely
(b) have higher levels of
(c) the hormone cortisol
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a) People that are lonely

Solution:We generally use the relative pronoun 'who' for living things('people' in the given sentence). Therefore, 'that' will be replaced with 'who'. Hence, 'People who are lonely' is the most appropriate answer.

3. If someone you are talking / to is open of learning more, / encourage that continued curiosity. [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) No error
(b) encourage that continued curiosity.
(c) to is open of learning more,
(d) If someone you are talking

Correct Answer: (c) to is open of learning more,

Solution:There is a prepositional error in the given sentence. The preposition 'of' must be replaced with 'to'. Hence, 'open to learning more' is the most appropriate answer

4. The Event Horizon Telescope can / help scientists analyze the shapes / and behaviors of event horizons. [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) and behaviors of event horizons
(b) No error
(c) The Event Horizon Telescope can
(d) help scientists analyze the shapes

Correct Answer: (b) No error

Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

5. The London-based Brodsky / Quartet, meanwhile, is one of / the world's leading string quartet. [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) The London-based Brodsky
(b) the world's leading string quartet.
(c) Quartet, meanwhile, is one of
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (b) the world's leading string quartet.

Solution:"One of the + Plural Subject" is grammatically the correct structure. Similarly, 'quartets' will be the plural subject in the given sentence. Hence, 'one of the world's leading string quartets' is the most appropriate answer.

6. Ashwathama, Drona's / only son, has had developed / a fondness for lavish living. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) No error
(b) a fondness for lavish living
(c) only son, has had developed
(d) Ashwathama, Drona's

Correct Answer: (c) only son, has had developed

Solution:The given sentence is in the present perfect tense so the verb must be used in the present perfect form(has + V₂) and not in the past tense(had). Hence, 'Drona's only son, has developed(V is the most appropriate answer.

7. Democrats are often more receptive / and accommodating of/ foreign people and cultures. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) No error
(b) Democrats are often more receptive
(c) foreign people and cultures.
(d) and accommodating of

Correct Answer: (d) and accommodating of

Solution:We generally use the same form of the verb before and after the conjunction 'and'. Therefore, 'accommodating' must be replaced with 'accommodative'. Hence, 'receptive and accommodative of is the most appropriate answer.

8. Balloons filled with helium / travel hundreds or / even thousands of mile. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Balloons filled with helium
(b) travel hundreds or
(c) No error
(d) even thousands of mile.

Correct Answer: (d) even thousands of mile.

Solution:We will use the plural form of the noun 'mile' in the given sentence. Hence, 'thousands of miles' is the most appropriate answer.

9. Bushfire have created havoc / and exacerbated the conditions / of animals in the forest. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Bushfire have created havoc
(b) and exacerbated the conditions
(c) No error
(d) of animals in the forest.

Correct Answer: (a) Bushfire have created havoc

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, 'Bushfire' is a singular subject that will take 'has' as a singular verb. Hence, 'Bushfire has created havoc' is the most appropriate answer.

10. You will never / regret this wonderful / experience with your life. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) regret this wonderful
(b) experience with your life.
(c) You will never
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (b) experience with your life.

Solution:There is a prepositional error in the given sentence. The preposition 'with' must be replaced with 'in'. Hence, 'experience in your life' is the most appropriate answer.