Error Detection for SSC CGLE Tier-II

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then your answer is D), i.e No error.

1. I don’t suppose A)/anyone will volunteer, B)/ will they ? C)/No error D)
2. I am A)/looking forward for B)/ the day of my wedding. C)/No error D)
3. “Can you cope up A)/with all this B)/work ?” he asked. C)/No error D)
4. He served as President A)/of the Lions Club B)/ since fifteen years. C)/No error D)
5. That was A)/the most unique opportunity B)/he got in his life.C)/No error D)
6. There is A)/no place of you B)/in this compartment. C)/No error D)
7. Mother Teresa asked a building A)/where she and her workers B)/could care for the poor people always. C)/No error D)
8. Shelley is A)/superior than Byron B)/in his vision of democracy. C)/No error D)
9. When at last A)/we got to the theatre, B)/the much publicized programme by the Bollywood stars was begun. C)/No error D)
10. Several prominent figures A)/involved in the scandal are required to B)/appear to the in vestigation committee. C)/No error D)

Answers:

1. D; No error
2. B; Replace ‘for’ with ‘to’.
3. A; Delete the preposition ‘up’, because correct phrasal verb is ‘cope with’ that means ‘to deal successfully with something difficult’.
4. C; Replace ‘since’ with ‘for’. Because ‘for’ is used to show period of time.
5. B; It is not proper to use ‘most’ (superlative adjective) before the word ‘unique’. Therefore delete ‘most’.
6. B; Replace ‘place’ with ‘room’.
7. A; Add a preposition ‘for’ after the word ‘asked’.
8. B; Replace ‘than’ with ‘to’.            
9. C; Replace ‘was’ with ‘had’. Since, when two events happen in the past, we use past perfect for the event that happens earlier.
10. C; Replace ‘to’ with ‘before’.