Spotting Errors Questions and Answers

Q: Direction : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is '(D)'.

The error is in part (B), 'My heart was interrupted beating'.'Interrupt' does not work this way: a heart is not 'interrupted beating'. The idea of fear stopping the heartbeat is expressed idiomatically as 'my heart stopped beating' or 'my heart missed a beat'.The other parts are acceptable: 'When the teacher alleged' introduces the time clause, and 'out of panic that I might be the victim' gives the reason. Since the sentence does contain an error, 'No error' is wrong.

Q: Correct the error if any in the given sentence and mark your answer in the response sheet.The sceneries are beautiful.

The corrected sentence is The scenery is beautiful.Scenery is an uncountable noun: it refers to the landscape as a whole and has no plural form, so sceneries is an error. As an uncountable noun it takes a singular verb, so are becomes is.The other options keep the wrong plural. The sceneries were beautiful only changes the tense, and The sceneries was beautiful adds a mismatch between subject and verb. "No errors" is wrong because the sentence does contain one. Other uncountable nouns that learners wrongly pluralise include information, furniture, luggage and advice.

Q: No sooner did 1)/ the nurse enter 2)/ the house 3)/ then the patient died. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 4.No sooner pairs with than, not then: no sooner did the nurse enter the house than the patient died.

Q: She was taken with (1) / surprise when she saw (2) / the famous (3) / Taj Mahal. (4) / No Error (5)

The error is in part 1.The idiom is taken by surprise. Taken with means charmed by, which is a different expression altogether.

Q: The first portion 1)/ of the book was dull, 2)/ the later part 3)/ was interesting. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 3.Later refers to time; latter refers to the second of two things. The sentence contrasts the first portion with the second, so it needs the latter part.

Q: Either Ram 1)/ or Bhuvan forgot 2)/ to take 3)/ their pen. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 4.With either ... or the pronoun agrees with the nearer subject, which is Bhuvan, so it must be singular: his pen. Their has no plural antecedent.

Q: We cannot handle 1)/ this complicated case 2)/ unless full details 3)/ are not given to us. 4) No error 5)

The error is in part 4.Unless is already negative, so not doubles it: unless full details are given to us.

Q: A free press is not 1)/ a privilege but the 2)/ organic necessity in 3)/ a free society. 4) No error 5)

The error is in part 2.The parallel is with a privilege, which is indefinite, so the second term must match: but an organic necessity.

Q: Scarcely had 1)/ she gone 2)/ when an inspector 3)/ knocked at the door. 4)/ No error 5)

There is no error.Scarcely pairs with when, the past perfect had gone correctly precedes the simple past knocked, and the inversion after scarcely is properly made.

Q: While flying over 1)/ India we had 2)/ glimpses of, 3)/ Ganges and Himalayas. 4)/ No error 5)

The error is in part 4.Rivers and mountain ranges take the definite article: the Ganges and the Himalayas. The comma after glimpses of in part 3 is also stray.

391.

Direction : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is '(D)'.

A.When the teacher alleged
B.My heart was interrupted beating
C.Out of panic that I might be the victim
D.No error

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Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

The error is in part (B), 'My heart was interrupted beating'.

'Interrupt' does not work this way: a heart is not 'interrupted beating'. The idea of fear stopping the heartbeat is expressed idiomatically as 'my heart stopped beating' or 'my heart missed a beat'.

The other parts are acceptable: 'When the teacher alleged' introduces the time clause, and 'out of panic that I might be the victim' gives the reason. Since the sentence does contain an error, 'No error' is wrong.

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392.

Correct the error if any in the given sentence and mark your answer in the response sheet.

The sceneries are beautiful.

A.The sceneries were beautiful.
B.The sceneries was beautiful.
C.The scenery is beautiful.
D.No errors

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2025,

Answer: C

The corrected sentence is The scenery is beautiful.

Scenery is an uncountable noun: it refers to the landscape as a whole and has no plural form, so sceneries is an error. As an uncountable noun it takes a singular verb, so are becomes is.

The other options keep the wrong plural. The sceneries were beautiful only changes the tense, and The sceneries was beautiful adds a mismatch between subject and verb. "No errors" is wrong because the sentence does contain one. Other uncountable nouns that learners wrongly pluralise include information, furniture, luggage and advice.

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393.

No sooner did 1)/ the nurse enter 2)/ the house 3)/ then the patient died. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

No sooner pairs with than, not then: no sooner did the nurse enter the house than the patient died.

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394.

She was taken with (1) / surprise when she saw (2) / the famous (3) / Taj Mahal. (4) / No Error (5)

Answer: A

The error is in part 1.

The idiom is taken by surprise. Taken with means charmed by, which is a different expression altogether.

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395.

The first portion 1)/ of the book was dull, 2)/ the later part 3)/ was interesting. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: C

The error is in part 3.

Later refers to time; latter refers to the second of two things. The sentence contrasts the first portion with the second, so it needs the latter part.

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396.

Either Ram 1)/ or Bhuvan forgot 2)/ to take 3)/ their pen. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

With either ... or the pronoun agrees with the nearer subject, which is Bhuvan, so it must be singular: his pen. Their has no plural antecedent.

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397.

We cannot handle 1)/ this complicated case 2)/ unless full details 3)/ are not given to us. 4) No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

Unless is already negative, so not doubles it: unless full details are given to us.

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398.

A free press is not 1)/ a privilege but the 2)/ organic necessity in 3)/ a free society. 4) No error 5)

Answer: B

The error is in part 2.

The parallel is with a privilege, which is indefinite, so the second term must match: but an organic necessity.

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399.

Scarcely had 1)/ she gone 2)/ when an inspector 3)/ knocked at the door. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

There is no error.

Scarcely pairs with when, the past perfect had gone correctly precedes the simple past knocked, and the inversion after scarcely is properly made.

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400.

While flying over 1)/ India we had 2)/ glimpses of, 3)/ Ganges and Himalayas. 4)/ No error 5)

Answer: D

The error is in part 4.

Rivers and mountain ranges take the definite article: the Ganges and the Himalayas. The comma after glimpses of in part 3 is also stray.

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