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Spotting Errors — Polity Questions & Practice

Practise 44 Spotting Errors questions from Polity for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Spotting Errors — with answers

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1. Read the sentence divided into parts and identify the part with a grammatical error. If there is no error, select D. (A) Neither of the two boys | (B) have completed | (C) their homework | (D) No error

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Answer: B

'Neither of' takes a singular verb, so 'have completed' should be 'has completed'.

2. Read the sentence divided into parts and identify the part with a grammatical error. If there is no error, select D. (A) Each of the students | (B) were given | (C) a copy of the book | (D) No error

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Answer: B

'Each' is singular and takes a singular verb, so 'were given' should be 'was given'.

3. Read the sentence divided into parts and identify the part with a grammatical error. If there is no error, select D. (A) One of my friends | (B) are going | (C) to the USA next month | (D) No error

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Answer: B

'One of my friends' is singular in subject, so the verb should be 'is going', not 'are going'.

4. Read the sentence divided into parts and identify the part with a grammatical error. If there is no error, select D. (A) The number of accidents | (B) have increased | (C) significantly this year | (D) No error

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Answer: B

'The number of' takes a singular verb, so 'have increased' should be 'has increased'.

5. Read the sentence divided into parts and identify the part with a grammatical error. If there is no error, select D. (A) He is one of the boys | (B) who has | (C) come here today | (D) No error

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Answer: B

Since 'who' refers to 'boys' (plural), the verb should be 'have come', not 'has come'.

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