Error Detection MCQ Solved Paper for SSC Scientific Assistant

1. There appears / to be a little liaison / among the / two groups of the society.
A. There appears
B. to be a little liaison
C. among the
D. two groups of the society
Answer : C

2. Four words are given ineach question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Laibertarian
B. Libertarian
C. Liebertarian
D. Liberterian
Answer : B

3. She does not have / some money to buy / a new refrigerator / so she is worried.
A. She does not have
B. some money to buy
C. a new refrigerator
D. so she is worried
Answer : B

4. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. He is so versatile
B. that he is capable of beating
C. all his other classmates
D. both in studies, public speaking and sports
Answer : D

5. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. He walks
B. as though
C. he was drink.
D. No error.
Answer : C

6. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. His both hands
B. have been injured
C. so he
D. cannot work
Answer : A

7. In the following questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
A. puissant
B. puiscant
C. puiscent
D. puissent
Answer : A

8. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. He was reading
B. very hard for
C. the last six months
D. still he failed.
Answer : A

9. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is no error, your answer is (d).
A. The lady approached me timidly
B. and trembling slightly
C. she sat down besides me.
D. No error
Answer : C

10. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. He is such a fool
B. who will talk any
C. nonsense.
D. No error.
Answer : B

11. He said, ' Priyanka / is the most unique / singer of / our college.
A. He said, ' Priyanka
B. is the most unique
C. singer of
D. our college
Answer : B

12. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is no error, your answer is (d).
A. Having lived
B. in Kerala for ten years,
C. my friend is used to speak Malayalam with his friends.
D. No Error
Answer : C

13. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. John as well as
B. his brother
C. were
D. present.
Answer : C

14. Lasto Mnday the / Security Council / has urged Libya's interim leaders to / curb proliferation of weapons.
A. Lasto Mnday the
B. Security Council
C. has urged Libya's interim leaders to
D. curb proliferation of weapons
Answer : C

15. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. The film was so disjointed
B. that I could not tell you
C. what the story was about.
D. No error
Answer : B

16. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. It was the drug and not the disease
B. that killed him
C. he would have been alive today
D. if he did not take the drug
Answer : D

17. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is no error, your answer is (d).
A. What kind
B. of a man
C. are you?
D. No error.
Answer : B

18. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Pickpocketers are
B. sometimes spotted
C. by policemen
D. at bus stops
Answer : A

19. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Excessive eating
B. is injurious
C. for health.
D. No error
Answer : C

20. In film industry if Shammy / Kapoor was alive / he would not have / let us cry today.
A. In film industry if Shammy
B. Kapoor was alive
C. he would not have
D. let us cry today
Answer : B

21. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. Microwaves are the principle carriers
B. of television, telephone and data transmissions
C. between stations on earth and between the earth and satellites.
D. No error
Answer : A

22. The guests / whom we were talking / about have arrived / are my relatives.
A. The guests
B. whom we were talking
C. about have arrived
D. are my relatives
Answer : B

23. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is no error, your answer is (d).
A. The law should specifically
B. provide a clause
C. to protect animals from poachers
D. No error
Answer : D

24. Four words are given ineach question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Sentimantalist
B. Sentimentelist
C. Sentimentalist
D. Santimentalist
Answer : C

25. In the following questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
A. We met our prospective employer,
B. for a briefing session
C. in the Taj Hotel.
D. No error
Answer : C

26. There were / five active workers / and three lazy one / in the factory.
A. There were
B. five active workers
C. and three lazy one
D. in the factory
Answer : C

27. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. It is easy
B. distinguishing
C. this pen
D. from that.
Answer : B

28. As a student / of arts / you are much better / than him.
A. As a student
B. of arts
C. you are much better
D. than him
Answer : D

29. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. The sum and substance
B. of his speech
C. were essentially anti-establishment
D. No error
Answer : C

30. Four words are given ineach question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Happened
B. Happenned
C. Hapened
D. Hapenned
Answer : A

31. In the following questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
A. disconncerting
B. disconserting
C. discuncerting
D. disconcerting
Answer : D

32. As and when you are needing / my help, I am / always there to help / you whole heartedly.
A. As and when you are needing
B. my help, I am
C. always there to help
D. you whole heartedly
Answer : A

33. In the following questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
A. What is
B. the use of me
C. attending the session?
D. No error
Answer : B

34. 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 and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. Teachers were instructed
B. to follow an uniform method
C. of evaluation.
D. No error.
Answer : B

35. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. The most studious b oy
B. in the class
C. was made as the captain
D. No error
Answer : C

36. Four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
A. Rejevanation
B. Rejuvenation
C. Rejvenation
D. Rejuenation
Answer : B

37. 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 and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. We shall wait
B. till you
C. will finish your lunch.
D. No error.
Answer : C

38. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Psychiatrists claim that the dream process
B. can offer insights into
C. how the brain has worked, though
D. it cannot be taken as the final evidence
Answer : C

39. Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark the appropriate answer. If a sentence is free from error, then mark answer (d).
A. Riding across the battle fielda
B. the famous Bhishmb
C. saw a large number of dead warriors.
D. No Error
Answer : D

40. 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 and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
A. The college library is
B. not only equipped with
C. very good books but also with the latest journals.
D. No error.
Answer : D

41. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. My choice
B. is quite
C. different from
D. yours.
Answer : D

42. The board of directiors / want the facilities / of car and accommodation / for itself.
A. The board of directiors
B. want the facilities
C. of car and accommodation
D. for itself.
Answer : D

43. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. The music was so loud
B. that we had bellow over each
C. other to be heard.
D. No error
Answer : B

44. The debacle of the congress party / admit no other explanation / than its / poor performance during the last five years.
A. The debacle of the congress party
B. admit no other explanation
C. than its
D. poor performance during the last five years
Answer : B

45. I told her / that it would be all / the more better / if she herself talked to the groom.
A. I told her
B. that it would be all
C. the more better
D. if she herself talked to the groom
Answer : C

46. In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Along the northern border of India
B. is seen the Himalayas
C. tall, mighty and majestic
D. in their unique splendour
Answer : D

47. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake error in it. The error if any, will be any part of the sentence. Make the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'd) No error', mark.
A. Everyday before
B. I start work for my livelihood
C. I do my prayer
D. No error
Answer : C

48. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. Although Greek and Latin were
B. of extreme important during their day
C. they had become dead languages
D. by the beginning of the fifteenth century
Answer : B

49. As per the invitation / rahim marries / with sayra / on 13 th December Monday.
A. As per the invitation
B. rahim marries
C. with sayra
D. on 13 th December Monday
Answer : C

50. In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
A. He would not listen to us at all
B. and it was quite apparent that
C. he had other different sources of information
D. than what we were relying on
Answer : C