common errors mcq Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps clerk prelims 2024

Directions:

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (d). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

Question :16

Myself and Gopalan (a)/ will take care of (b)/ the function on Sunday. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (a)

'Gopalan and I' and not 'myself and Gopalan'. The pronoun is part of the compound subject and therefore should be in the subjective case—'I' and not 'myself' .

Question :17

The doctor (a)/ attended to the patient (b)/ very quietly. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (d)

No error.

Question :18

In a report issued by Indian Statistical Institute, (a)/ the Iron and Steel Industry is investing more than any other (b)/ Indian industry in fighting pollution. (c)/No error (d)

Answer: (a)

Article 'the' must precede the name of the institute. 'The' is used before certain proper names including the names of universities and institutes.

Question :19

Being a very (a)/ hot day, I (b)/ remained indoors. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (a)

'Being' should be replaced by 'As it was'. When we use a participial phrase, the noun which it governs must be placed next to it. 'Being a hot day' seems to lack a noun to modify, as it cannot refer to 'I'. It is a case of a dangling modifier. So the sentence construction is wrong. We can also write (a) as 'It being a very hot day'.

Question :20

If I were him, (a)/ I would have taught (b)/ those cheats a lesson. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (a)

The first part of the sentence is incorrect; it should be 'If I had been him' as we are referring to a past action—one that has been completed.

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