Spotting the Errors (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

21. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

This hardly won liberty (a)/ was not to be (b)/ lightly abandoned. (c)/ No error (d)

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

Here use of adverb hardly is incorrect. It should be ‘This hard’ won liberty to make the sentence grammatically correct.

22. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

My friend said(a)/ he never remembered(b)/ having read a more enjoyable book.(c)/ No error(d)/

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

No error, the sentence is grammatically correct.

23. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

With a population of over one billion, (a)/ India is second most popular country(b)/ in the world ofter China.(c)/ No error(d)

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Here, article ‘the' should be used before second as ‘most’ is the superlative degree word. Before superlative degree, use of ‘the’ is must.

24. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

It is(a)/ in the temperate countries of Northern Europe(b)/ that the beneficial effects of cold is most clearly manifest.(c)/ No error(d)

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

There is no error in the sentence as it is grammatically correct sentence.

25. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

It is(a)/ in the temperate countries of Northern Europe(b)/ that the beneficial effects of cold is most clearly manifest.(c)/ No error(d)

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

With plural noun ‘effects’ verb ‘are’ should be used in place of ‘is’ to make the given sentence grammatically correct.

26. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

The effects of female employment(a)/ on gender equality(b)/ now appear to be trickling at the next generation. (c)/No error(d)

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

Here in part (c) preposition ‘to’ is used in place of ‘at’ after the word ‘trickling’ to make the given sentence correct.

27. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Since the 15 minutes that she drives,(a)/ she confesses that she feels like(b)/ a woman with wings.(c)/ No error(d)

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

Remove ‘since’ and use ‘in’ here. Use of since is incorrect according to the given syntax.

28. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

India won(a)/ by an innings(b)/ and three runs.(c)/No error(d)

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

The sentence has no error .

29. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Each one(a)/ of these chairs(b)/ are broken.(c)/ No error(d)

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

Here, in part (c) singular verb ‘is’ should be used in place of ‘are’ because the subject of the sentence (Each one) is singular, so verb also be used in singular form.

30. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate you response [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Few creature(a)/ outwit(b)/ the fox in Aesop’s Fables.(c)/ No error(d)

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

Here, in part (a) ‘Few creatures’ should be used in place of ‘Few creature’ to make the given syntax correct.