Important Spotting Errors For IBPS PO Set – 52

1. Firstly you should (a) / think over the meaning of the words (b) / and then use them (c) / No error (d)

a) Firstly you should

b) think over the meaning of the words

c) and then use them

d) No Error

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a) Firstly you should

‘Firstly’ here conveys the meaning of ‘before some other thing’ (firstly, this and ‘secondly’, that). This sentence should read as: ‘You should first …. And then use them’

2. My observation is that (a) / between Vivek and Shashi, (b) / Vivek is the most intelligent (c) / No error (d)

a) My observation is that

b) between Vivek and Shashi,

c) Vivek is the most intelligent

d) No Error

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c) Vivek is the most intelligent The comparative degree (‘more’) should be used (as the two are compared in terms of a particular quality), and not the superlative degree, ‘most’. As we are comparing the intelligence of Vivek and Shashi, ‘vivek is the more intelligent one’ or ‘Vivek is more intelligent’ is the correct expression.

3. He is (a) / too intelligent (b) / to make a mistake (c) / No error (d)

a) He is

b) too intelligent

c) to make a mistake

d) No Error

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d) No Error

4. Geometry and drawing (a) / are more easier than (b) / Geography and Social Studies (c) / No error (d)

a) Geometry and drawing

b) are more easier than

c) Geography and Social Studies

d) No Error

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b) are more easier than

Two comparatives should not be used together. It should be ‘more easy’ or simply ‘easier’.

5. Of all the friends (a) / I have had, he is the most helpful (b) / and less arrogant (c) / No error (d)

a) Of all the friends

b) I have had, he is the most helpful

c) and less arrogant

d) No Error

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c) and less arrogant

As the superlative form ‘most helpful’ is used. It should be ‘the least arrogant’.

6. It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost (a) / to defend the hardly-won (b) / freedom of the country (c) / No error (d)

a) It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost

b) to defend the hardly-won

c) freedom of the country

d) No Error

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b) to defend the hardly-won

‘Hard-won’ (‘won with difficulty’) is correct and not ‘hardly-won’. ‘Hardly won’ would mean something that has not been won.

7. Being the only people there (a) / their presence was (b) / most important (c) / No error (d)

a) Being the only people there

b) their presence was

c) most important

d) No Error

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d) No Error

8. He ultimately decided (a) / to willingly and cheerfully accept (b) / the responsibility entrusted to him (c) / No error (d)

a) He ultimately decided

b) to willingly and cheerfully accept

c) the responsibility entrusted to him

d) No Error

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d) No Error

9. I tried on both the dresses (a) / and finally decided (b) / to buy the expensive one (c) / No error (d)

a) tried on both the dresses

b) and finally decided

c) to buy the expensive one

d) No Error

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c) to buy the expensive one

Though the sentence seems correct as it is, the first part suggests a comparison _ ‘I tried on both dresses’. A choice is made in buying one: either the ‘more’ expensive one or the ‘less’ expensive one. So (c) should read ‘to buy the more expensive one’ or ‘to buy the less expensive one’.

10. The angry man walked hurriedly (a) / into the crowded room (b) / and shouted loud at the guest (c) / No error (d)

a) The angry man walked hurriedly

b) into the crowded room

c) and shouted loud at the guest

d) No Error

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c) and shouted loud at the guest

The adverbial form ___ ‘loudly’ ___ should be used ‘Loud’ is an adjective.

Important Spotting Errors Set – 51

 

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