Spotting Error MCQs | General English Quiz
Practice these 100 important Spotting Error MCQs based on common patterns used in SSC, Banking, NDA, UPSC, State PSC, Railway and other competitive examinations. The questions cover the most frequently tested grammar rules and common error patterns.
Q1. Identify the part containing an error: “Each of the students have submitted the assignment.”
A. Each of the students
B. have submitted
C. the assignment
D. No error
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“Each” is singular and takes a singular verb. The correct form is “has submitted”.
Q2. Identify the part containing an error: “Neither of the two candidates were selected.”
A. Neither of the two candidates
B. were selected
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“Neither” is singular, so the correct form is “was selected”.
Q3. Identify the error: “The quality of these products are very good.”
A. The quality
B. of these products
C. are very good
D. No error
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The subject is “quality”, which is singular. The correct form is “is very good”.
Q4. Identify the error: “A number of students is absent today.”
A. A number of students
B. is absent
C. today
D. No error
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“A number of” means several and takes a plural verb. The correct form is “are absent”.
Q5. Identify the error: “The number of applicants are increasing every year.”
A. The number of applicants
B. are increasing
C. every year
D. No error
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“The number of” is singular and takes “is”. The correct form is “is increasing”.
Q6. Identify the error: “One of my friends are working in Delhi.”
A. One of my friends
B. are working
C. in Delhi
D. No error
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The subject is “One”, which is singular. The correct form is “is working”.
Q7. Identify the error: “The news are very encouraging.”
A. The news
B. are very encouraging
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“News” is grammatically singular. The correct form is “is very encouraging”.
Q8. Identify the error: “Mathematics are my favourite subject.”
A. Mathematics
B. are
C. my favourite subject
D. No error
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“Mathematics” is treated as singular when referring to the subject. The correct form is “is”.
Q9. Identify the error: “The furniture in this room are very expensive.”
A. The furniture
B. in this room
C. are very expensive
D. No error
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“Furniture” is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb. The correct form is “is very expensive”.
Q10. Identify the error: “The committee have taken its decision.”
A. The committee
B. have taken
C. its decision
D. No error
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When the committee acts as a single unit, a singular verb is used. The correct form is “has taken”.
Q11. Identify the error: “Neither Ram nor his friends is ready.”
A. Neither Ram
B. nor his friends
C. is ready
D. No error
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With “neither…nor”, the verb agrees with the nearer subject. “Friends” is plural, so “are ready” is correct.
Q12. Identify the error: “Either the teacher or the students is responsible.”
A. Either the teacher
B. or the students
C. is responsible
D. No error
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The nearer subject “students” is plural, so the verb should be “are”.
Q13. Identify the error: “The captain along with his players are ready.”
A. The captain
B. along with his players
C. are ready
D. No error
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The main subject is “captain”, which is singular. “Along with his players” does not change the number of the subject. The correct form is “is ready”.
Q14. Identify the error: “He as well as his friends are going to the market.”
A. He as well as his friends
B. are going
C. to the market
D. No error
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The main subject “He” is singular. The correct form is “is going”.
Q15. Identify the error: “Every boy and girl were given a certificate.”
A. Every boy and girl
B. were given
C. a certificate
D. No error
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When “every” precedes two singular nouns joined by “and”, the subject is treated as singular. The correct form is “was given”.
Q16. Identify the error: “He did not went to the office yesterday.”
A. He did not
B. went
C. to the office yesterday
D. No error
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After “did not”, the base form of the verb is required. The correct form is “did not go”.
Q17. Identify the error: “She has completed her work yesterday.”
A. She has completed
B. her work
C. yesterday
D. No error
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“Yesterday” refers to a definite past time, so simple past should be used: “She completed her work yesterday.”
Q18. Identify the error: “I have seen him last week.”
A. I have seen
B. him
C. last week
D. No error
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“Last week” indicates a completed past time. The correct form is “I saw him last week.”
Q19. Identify the error: “When I reached the station, the train already left.”
A. When I reached the station
B. the train
C. already left
D. No error
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The train left before the speaker reached the station, so past perfect is required: “had already left”.
Q20. Identify the error: “By the time we arrived, the meeting has started.”
A. By the time we arrived
B. the meeting
C. has started
D. No error
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The meeting started before another past action, so “had started” is required.
Q21. Identify the error: “He is living in Delhi since 2020.”
A. He is living
B. in Delhi
C. since 2020
D. No error
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With “since 2020” for an action continuing to the present, the present perfect continuous is appropriate: “He has been living…”
Q22. Identify the error: “She has been studying for three hours ago.”
A. She has been studying
B. for three hours
C. ago
D. No error
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“Since” or “for” is used to express duration with this construction. “Ago” is unnecessary and incorrect here.
Q23. Identify the error: “I am knowing the answer.”
A. I am
B. knowing
C. the answer
D. No error
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“Know” is normally a stative verb and is not generally used in the continuous form. “I know the answer” is correct.
Q24. Identify the error: “She is understanding the problem now.”
A. She is
B. understanding
C. the problem now
D. No error
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In standard exam grammar, “understand” is generally treated as a stative verb. “She understands the problem now” is preferred.
Q25. Identify the error: “I will call you when I will reach home.”
A. I will call you
B. when
C. I will reach home
D. No error
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In a time clause beginning with “when”, the simple present is normally used for a future event: “when I reach home”.
Q26. Identify the error: “If he will work hard, he will succeed.”
A. If he will work hard
B. he will succeed
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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In the first conditional, the if-clause normally takes the simple present: “If he works hard, he will succeed.”
Q27. Identify the error: “If I was you, I would accept the offer.”
A. If I was you
B. I would accept
C. the offer
D. No error
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For a hypothetical situation, traditional competitive-exam grammar uses “If I were you”.
Q28. Identify the error: “If he had worked hard, he would pass the examination.”
A. If he had worked hard
B. he would pass
C. the examination
D. No error
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The third conditional requires “would have + past participle”: “he would have passed”.
Q29. Identify the error: “I wish I have a car.”
A. I wish
B. I have
C. a car
D. No error
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For an unreal present situation, “wish” is followed by the past simple: “I wish I had a car.”
Q30. Identify the error: “I wish I had gone there yesterday, but I was busy.”
A. I wish
B. I had gone there
C. yesterday
D. No error
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“Wish + past perfect” correctly expresses regret about a past situation.
Q31. Identify the error: “He is an university student.”
A. He is
B. an university student
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“University” begins with the consonant sound /juː/. The correct phrase is “a university student”.
Q32. Identify the error: “He is a honest man.”
A. He is
B. a honest man
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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The “h” in “honest” is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound. The correct phrase is “an honest man”.
Q33. Identify the error: “The Ganga is a longest river in India.”
A. The Ganga
B. is a longest river
C. in India
D. No error
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A superlative adjective requires “the”: “The Ganga is the longest river…”
Q34. Identify the error: “He is the best player of our team.”
A. He is
B. the best player
C. of our team
D. No error
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The sentence is grammatically correct.
Q35. Identify the error: “Sun rises in the east.”
A. Sun rises
B. in the east
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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A singular countable noun used in this general statement requires an article: “The Sun rises in the east.”
Q36. Identify the error: “He went to the school to meet the principal.”
A. He went
B. to the school
C. to meet the principal
D. No error
View Answer
The sentence is grammatically correct.
Q37. Identify the error: “She is good in mathematics.”
A. She is
B. good in
C. mathematics
D. No error
View Answer
The standard expression for ability is “good at”. The correct sentence is “She is good at mathematics.”
Q38. Identify the error: “He is suffering with fever.”
A. He is suffering
B. with fever
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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The standard expression is “suffering from fever”.
Q39. Identify the error: “She insisted to go there.”
A. She insisted
B. to go there
C. No error
D. Both A and B
View Answer
The correct construction is “insisted on going there”.
Q40. Identify the error: “He is senior than me.”
A. He is
B. senior than me
C. No error
D. Both A and B
View Answer
“Senior” is followed by “to”, not “than”: “He is senior to me.”
Q41. Identify the error: “She is married with a doctor.”
A. She is
B. married with
C. a doctor
D. No error
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The standard expression is “married to someone”.
Q42. Identify the error: “He is addicted with smoking.”
A. He is
B. addicted with
C. smoking
D. No error
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The correct expression is “addicted to smoking”.
Q43. Identify the error: “She is capable to solve the problem.”
A. She is
B. capable to solve
C. the problem
D. No error
View Answer
The correct construction is “capable of solving”.
Q44. Identify the error: “He is fond to play cricket.”
A. He is
B. fond to play
C. cricket
D. No error
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“Fond of” is followed by a noun or gerund. The correct form is “fond of playing cricket”.
Q45. Identify the error: “I am interested to learn English.”
A. I am
B. interested to learn
C. English
D. No error
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In this construction, “interested in learning” is the standard form.
Q46. Identify the error: “He is looking forward to meet you.”
A. He is looking
B. forward to meet
C. you
D. No error
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“Look forward to” is followed by a gerund. The correct form is “looking forward to meeting you”.
Q47. Identify the error: “She prevented me to enter the room.”
A. She prevented
B. me to enter
C. the room
D. No error
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The correct construction is “prevented me from entering the room”.
Q48. Identify the error: “He insisted on to go alone.”
A. He insisted
B. on to go
C. alone
D. No error
View Answer
“Insist on” is followed by a gerund: “insisted on going”.
Q49. Identify the error: “She is accustomed to get up early.”
A. She is
B. accustomed to get up
C. early
D. No error
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“Accustomed to” takes a noun or gerund. The correct form is “accustomed to getting up”.
Q50. Identify the error: “He would rather to stay at home.”
A. He would rather
B. to stay
C. at home
D. No error
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“Would rather” is followed by the base form of the verb: “would rather stay”.
Q51. Identify the error: “The teacher made him to apologize.”
A. The teacher made
B. him to apologize
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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After “make” in the active voice, use the object followed by the base verb: “made him apologize”.
Q52. Identify the error: “Let him to go there.”
A. Let him
B. to go
C. there
D. No error
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“Let” is followed by the base form of the verb. The correct form is “Let him go there.”
Q53. Identify the error: “He denied to have stolen the money.”
A. He denied
B. to have stolen
C. the money
D. No error
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“Denied” is followed by a gerund. The correct form is “denied having stolen the money.”
Q54. Identify the error: “I avoided to meet him.”
A. I avoided
B. to meet
C. him
D. No error
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“Avoid” is followed by a gerund. The correct form is “avoided meeting him”.
Q55. Identify the error: “He suggested me to take rest.”
A. He suggested
B. me to take
C. rest
D. No error
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“Suggest” is not normally followed by object + infinitive in this construction. “He suggested that I take rest” or “He suggested taking rest” is correct.
Q56. Identify the error: “He discussed about the problem with me.”
A. He discussed
B. about the problem
C. with me
D. No error
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“Discuss” takes a direct object. “Discuss the problem” is correct.
Q57. Identify the error: “He entered into the room quietly.”
A. He entered
B. into the room
C. quietly
D. No error
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When “enter” is used as a transitive verb, it takes a direct object: “He entered the room.”
Q58. Identify the error: “She resembles with her mother.”
A. She resembles
B. with her mother
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“Resemble” takes a direct object. The correct sentence is “She resembles her mother.”
Q59. Identify the error: “He ordered for a cup of tea.”
A. He ordered
B. for a cup
C. of tea
D. No error
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When “order” means request for something, it can take a direct object: “He ordered a cup of tea.”
Q60. Identify the error: “He returned back to his home.”
A. He returned back
B. to his home
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“Return” already contains the meaning of going back. In standard exam usage, “back” is redundant here.
Q61. Identify the error: “He is more taller than his brother.”
A. He is
B. more taller
C. than his brother
D. No error
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” Taller” is already a comparative form. “More” is unnecessary.
Q62. Identify the error: “This is the most unique design I have seen.”
A. This is
B. the most unique
C. design I have seen
D. No error
View Answer
In traditional competitive-exam grammar, “unique” is treated as an absolute adjective and is not normally modified by “most”. “This is a unique design…” is preferred.
Q63. Identify the error: “He is one of the best player in the team.”
A. He is one of
B. the best player
C. in the team
D. No error
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After “one of the”, a plural noun is required: “one of the best players”.
Q64. Identify the error: “She is senior than all the other employees.”
A. She is senior
B. than all the other employees
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“Senior” takes “to”, not “than”. The correct form is “senior to all the other employees”.
Q65. Identify the error: “She is the most intelligent of the two sisters.”
A. She is
B. the most intelligent
C. of the two sisters
D. No error
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When comparing two people, the comparative form is preferred: “She is the more intelligent of the two sisters.”
Q66. Identify the error: “He is one of the two best player in the team.”
A. He is one of the two
B. best player
C. in the team
D. No error
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After “one of the”, the noun should be plural: “best players”.
Q67. Identify the error: “She is taller than any girl in her class.”
A. She is taller
B. than any girl
C. in her class
D. No error
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When the subject is included in the group being compared, “any other girl” is normally required: “She is taller than any other girl in her class.”
Q68. Identify the error: “He is better than any player in his team.”
A. He is better
B. than any player
C. in his team
D. No error
View Answer
When comparing the subject with members of the same group, “any other player” is the standard construction.
Q69. Identify the error: “The two brothers are mutually opposed to each other.”
A. The two brothers
B. are mutually opposed
C. to each other
D. No error
View Answer
In traditional exam grammar, “mutually” already expresses reciprocity, making “each other” redundant. “The two brothers are mutually opposed” is sufficient.
Q70. Identify the error: “He is too weak that he cannot walk.”
A. He is too weak
B. that he cannot walk
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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The correct structure is “too + adjective + to + verb”: “He is too weak to walk.”
Q71. Identify the error: “He is so weak to walk.”
A. He is so weak
B. to walk
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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The standard structure is “so + adjective + that”: “He is so weak that he cannot walk.”
Q72. Identify the error: “He is too intelligent that he can solve this problem.”
A. He is too intelligent
B. that he can solve
C. this problem
D. No error
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“Too” is normally followed by an infinitive in this construction. “He is intelligent enough to solve this problem” would express the intended meaning.
Q73. Identify the error: “He is so tired that he cannot walk.”
A. He is so tired
B. that he cannot walk
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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The structure “so + adjective + that” is correctly used.
Q74. Identify the error: “He is enough strong to lift the box.”
A. He is
B. enough strong
C. to lift the box
D. No error
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“Enough” follows an adjective: “He is strong enough to lift the box.”
Q75. Identify the error: “She is very senior than me.”
A. She is
B. very senior
C. than me
D. No error
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“Senior” takes “to”, so the correct phrase is “senior to me”.
Q76. Identify the error: “He speaks English more fluently than me.”
A. He speaks English
B. more fluently
C. than me
D. No error
View Answer
The sentence is grammatically acceptable in standard English.
Q77. Identify the error: “She is enough intelligent to understand the problem.”
A. She is
B. enough intelligent
C. to understand the problem
D. No error
View Answer
“Enough” follows the adjective: “She is intelligent enough to understand the problem.”
Q78. Identify the error: “He works hardly to earn a living.”
A. He works
B. hardly
C. to earn a living
D. No error
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“Hardly” means scarcely. The intended meaning requires “hard”: “He works hard to earn a living.”
Q79. Identify the error: “She is very tired to continue working.”
A. She is very tired
B. to continue working
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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For the intended meaning, “too tired to continue working” is required.
Q80. Identify the error: “He is much intelligent than his brother.”
A. He is
B. much intelligent
C. than his brother
D. No error
View Answer
The comparative form is required: “much more intelligent than his brother.”
Q81. Identify the error: “He has less books than his brother.”
A. He has
B. less books
C. than his brother
D. No error
View Answer
“Books” is a countable plural noun, so “fewer books” is preferred.
Q82. Identify the error: “There are less students in this class than last year.”
A. There are
B. less students
C. in this class
D. No error
View Answer
“Students” is countable, so “fewer students” is preferred.
Q83. Identify the error: “He gave me many useful informations.”
A. He gave me
B. many useful informations
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“Information” is uncountable and does not normally take the plural “informations”. Use “much useful information” or “many useful pieces of information”.
Q84. Identify the error: “She gave me an advice.”
A. She gave me
B. an advice
C. No error
D. Both A and B
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“Advice” is uncountable. The correct form is “some advice” or “a piece of advice”.
Q85. Identify the error: “He bought two furnitures for his new house.”
A. He bought
B. two furnitures
C. for his new house
D. No error
View Answer
“Furniture” is uncountable. The correct expression is “two pieces of furniture”.
Q86. Identify the error: “She has many works to complete today.”
A. She has
B. many works
C. to complete today
D. No error
View Answer
When referring to tasks or activities generally, “work” is uncountable. “She has a lot of work to complete” is correct.
Q87. Identify the error: “The police has arrested the suspect.”
A. The police
B. has arrested
C. the suspect
D. No error
View Answer
“Police” is generally treated as a plural noun. The correct form is “have arrested”.
Q88. Identify the error: “The cattle is grazing in the field.”
A. The cattle
B. is grazing
C. in the field
D. No error
View Answer
“Cattle” is treated as a plural noun. The correct form is “are grazing”.
Q89. Identify the error: “He and his brother is going to Delhi.”
A. He and his brother
B. is going
C. to Delhi
D. No error
View Answer
Two subjects joined by “and” normally take a plural verb. The correct form is “are going”.
Q90. Identify the error: “Bread and butter are my usual breakfast.”
A. Bread and butter
B. are
C. my usual breakfast
D. No error
View Answer
When two nouns joined by “and” refer to one combined item or idea, a singular verb may be used. Here, “is” is appropriate.
Q91. Identify the error: “Ten kilometres are a long distance to walk.”
A. Ten kilometres
B. are
C. a long distance to walk
D. No error
View Answer
A distance regarded as one measurement takes a singular verb: “Ten kilometres is a long distance to walk.”
Q92. Identify the error: “Five years are a long time.”
A. Five years
B. are
C. a long time
D. No error
View Answer
A period of time considered as one unit takes a singular verb: “Five years is a long time.”
Q93. Identify the error: “Everyone have to follow the rules.”
A. Everyone
B. have to follow
C. the rules
D. No error
View Answer
“Everyone” is singular. The correct form is “has to follow”.
Q94. Identify the error: “Someone have left his bag here.”
A. Someone
B. have left
C. his bag here
D. No error
View Answer
“Someone” is singular, so the correct form is “has left”.
Q95. Identify the error: “Neither of them have completed the task.”
A. Neither of them
B. have completed
C. the task
D. No error
View Answer
“Neither” is singular in standard exam grammar, so “has completed” is required.
Q96. Identify the error: “The rich is not always happy.”
A. The rich
B. is not always happy
C. No error
D. Both A and B
View Answer
“The rich” refers to rich people collectively and takes a plural verb: “The rich are not always happy.”
Q97. Identify the error: “The poor needs our help.”
A. The poor
B. needs
C. our help
D. No error
View Answer
“The poor” refers to poor people collectively and takes a plural verb: “The poor need our help.”
Q98. Identify the error: “He does not knows how to swim.”
A. He does not
B. knows
C. how to swim
D. No error
View Answer
After “does not”, the main verb must be in its base form: “does not know”.
Q99. Identify the error: “She did not understood the question.”
A. She did not
B. understood
C. the question
D. No error
View Answer
After “did not”, use the base form of the verb: “did not understand”.
Q100. Identify the error: “He is one of those students who works very hard.”
A. He is one of those students
B. who works
C. very hard
D. No error
View Answer
“Who” refers to the plural noun “students”, so the verb should be plural: “who work very hard.”
These Spotting Error MCQs cover important grammar rules frequently tested in competitive examinations. Regular practice can help improve accuracy in sentence correction and error-detection questions for SSC, Banking, NDA, UPSC, State PSC, Railway and other exams.
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