common errors Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc cgl tier 1 2024

Answer: (a)

'I have no objection to hearing your story again.' When a verb is placed immediately after a preposition as it is done here, the gerund form ('-ing') must be used.

Answer: (a)

'He is older than I am.' 'Elder', which implies seniority rather than age, is not used with 'than' .

Answer: (b)

'It was a head-on collision but the drivers weren't hurt as they were wearing/had worn their seat belts'. The correct conjunction is 'but', as a contrast/discrepancy is implied. The driv- ers did not wear the seat belts at the time of the collision; they had already worn it or had already been wearing it. So, the correct tense form of 'wear' to be used here is 'were wearing' or 'had worn'.

Answer: (c)

'When she pressed the button, the lift stopped.' When one action follows another, we use 'when' and not 'while'—which is used to imply 'during a period'. 'Pressed in' is incorrect here; simply 'pressed' will do. The correct verb tense should be used.

Answer: (b)

'Big hotels all over the world are very much the same'. In English, the definite article, 'the' is never used before indefinite plural nouns. The use of the definite article before 'same' is necessary here.