spotting error Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc chsl tier 1

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 :21

With little patience (a)/ you will be able to (b)/ cross this hurdle. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (a)

'A little' must precede 'patience'. See explana- tion for Q.2 above.

Question :22

Wherever they go, (a)/ Indians easily adapt to (b)/ local circumstances. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (b)

'Indians easily adapt themselves to'. The reflex- ive pronoun 'themselves' is necessary after the verb here.

Question :23

The scientist must follow (a)/ his hunches and his data (b)/ wherever it may lead. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (c)

As the sentence refers to his 'hunches' and 'data', a plural pronoun should be used ('they').

Question :24

The bus could not (a)/ ascend the steep hill (b)/ because it was in the wrong gears. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (c)

'Gear' should replace 'gears'.

Question :25

I have done my best; (a)/ the whole thing now is (b)/ in the laps of the Gods. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (c)

We generally refer to something as being in the 'hands' of another, not 'laps', to mean that the matter is under that person's control.

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