Spotting the Errors is a most important topic in all competition exam like- IBPS PO Exam, IBPS SO Exam, IBPS Clerk Exam, IBPS RRB Exam and SBI Bank Exam. Because 5-10 number of question are asking IBPS Exam.
IBPS Exam question paper of English subject usually contains questions relating the spotting the error and important rules of correct use of Articles how to Solve spotting errors relating questions
The candidates are required to find out the part which has an error. The error may be relating to the usage of article, tense, preposition, verb, noun, pronoun, adverb, adjective, conjunction, and subject- verb agreement etc. sometime the error may also be that of un-English, expressions or superfluous use of some words.
There is no shortcut method of answering these questions. You should have good command over rules of grammar and their applicability. So do solve the exercise again and again you will surely find improvement in your scoring.
Declaration- Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic 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 ‘E’.
1. He is curious to get (1) / all information for himself (2) / and also given it to (3) / all others who need it. (4) / No Error (5)
2. If I do not economy (1) / I am sure that (2) / all any monthly expenses (3) / would exceed my income.(4) / No Error (5)
3. Not a single scooter was (1) / available with any of the dealers (2) / as all the scooter (3) / were complete sold out. (4) / No Error (5)
4. An European girl (1) / come to India (2) to (3) meet her friend. (4) / No Error (5)
5. We (1) / saw (2) / a elephant (3) / in the zoo. (4) / No Error (5)
6. Kunal (1) / was (2) / sentenced to (3) / a prison by the judge. (4) / No Error (5)
7. I advised him (1) / to take the heart (2) / in all odd circumstances. (3) / No Error (5)
8. In the conclusion it (1) / may be said (2) / that the writer had surpassed (3) / the ethical norms. (4) / No Error (5)
9. An horse (1) / is (2) / running (3) / in the ground. (4) / No Error (5)
10. This is a red (1) / shirt (2) / which my wife presented me (3) / on my last birthday. (4) No Error (5)
Solutions –
1. (3) given के स्थान पर to give करे, यह infinitive ‘to get‘ के क्रम में infinitive के रूप में प्रयोग होगा इसलिए इसकी form भी to give होगी
2. (1) economy के स्थान पर economise करे, यहा past participle के रूप में प्रयुक्त होगा
3. (4) complete के स्थान पर completely होगा, यहा पर adjective के स्थान पर adverb का use ही सही है
4. (1) A European girl. Here ‘European’ begins with vowel ‘E’ but it is pronounced as ‘yoo’ or ‘u’, so A will be used.
5. (3) Here ‘a’ is used with elephant instead of ‘an’, An elephant is correct.
6. (4) Omit ‘a’ before prison. Article is omitted before church, prison, hospital, college, school etc. when the visit to these place is for the purpose they are primarily built.
7. (2) Delete ‘the’ before heart.
8. (1) Delete ‘the’ before conclusion. In conclusion is a phrase.
9. (1) A horse is running in the ground. ‘A’ is used with the singular countable nouns which pronounced with the consonant sound.
10. (1) This is the red shirt….Red shirt has become particular so ‘the’ will be used before red.