HARD
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) Sheeps are economically useful/ (b) and so they are reared/ (c) for wool and meat./(d) No error.

50% studentsanswered this correctly

Important Questions on Spotting Errors

HARD
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 186
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) I think this/ (b) is not your book. / (c) It is some body’s else./ (d) No error.
HARD
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 187
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) You should not put/ (b) your sign on any paper / (c) that you haven’t read./ (d) No error.
HARD
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 188
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) When I entered the bedroom / (b) I saw a snake crawling / (c) on the ground./ (d) No error
MEDIUM
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 189
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) He was advised to take/ (b) two spoonsful of / (c) medicine times a day./ (d) No error
MEDIUM
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 190
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) My cousin brother is a cheater/ (b) and he / (c) cheats his family members and friends too./ (d) No error.
MEDIUM
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 191
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) He feels his troubles / (b) as much or / (c) even more than they. / (d) No error
EASY
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 192
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) Instead of laying off/ (b) the workers, the company/ (c) decided to ask them/ (d) to avail voluntary retirement./ (e) No error.
MEDIUM
UPSC CDS
IMPORTANT
English Express>Chapter 1 - Spotting Errors>Exercise>Q 193
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

(a) I shall avail of/ (b) this opportunity/ (c) to meet you there./ (d) No error.