Important Spotting Error for SSC AND Miscellaneous Questions for Ssc Cgl mains 2017 set-30

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#ERRORS
1. Before he started out he had collected (A)/
all the informations about the country (B)/
he was going to visit. (C)/ No error (D)

1. (B) Replace 'informations' with
'information'. Information is an
Uncountable Noun. To refer the plural
'pieces of information' could be better
option. 






2. I ordered for a cup of a tea (A)/ but the bearer
brought it only (B)/ at the end of the session.
(C)/ No error (D)




2. (A) Remove 'for'. There is no need of 'for'.
'Order' means to give a command to or
for.





3. The assurance that (A)/ he will cured from
the disease (B)/ pleased him very much.
(C)/ No error (D)




3. (B) Replace 'from' with 'of'. 'Cure of' is the
correct form.





4. My brother only drew (A)/ on one side (B)/
of the paper. (C)/ No error (D)





4. (A) The modifier 'only' need to be placed
near the word it qualifies. Hence 'only'
on one side will be the correct formation.





5. Supposing if you become (A)/ an inspector
this year (B)/ what will you do next. (C)/ No
error (D)


5. (A) 'If' and 'supposing' are nearly same in
the meaning. So remove 'supposing'. 'If
you become' is the correct form.








6. The manager of the bank was busy (A)/ so
he asked them to come and (B)/ see him
between two to three in the afternoon. (C)/
No error (D)




6. (C) 'Between two and three' is the correct
formation. 'Between ... and' is the correct
pair of conjunction.
FROM-----TO




7. Though he was sick (A)/ but he (B)/ went
to work. (C)/ No error (D)




7. (B) Remove 'but'. Though does not take 'but 





8. Everyone of the films (A)/ you suggested (B)/
are not worth seeing. (C)/ No error (D)




8. (C) Replace 'are' with 'is'. Verb will be used
according to the subject before
preposition. 'Everyone' is singular. 





9. Copernicus proved (A)/ that earth (B)/
moves round the Sun. (C)/ No error (D)




D







10. Do you (A)/ have a knife (B)/ to cut? (C)/
No error (D)






10. (C) Add 'with' with 'cut'. A knife to cut with.






11. When the thief broke into house (A)/ they
raised a hue and cry (B)/ and the thief
caught immediately by the people. (C)/ No
error (D)




11. (C) Insert 'was' before 'caught'. Sentence
should be in Passive Voice.




12. These five sisters (A)/ care for one other
(B)/ like mothers. (C)/ No error (D)






12. (D)







13. Akshay Kumar being a (A)/ good actor he
has been (B)/ presented with the National
Award. (C)/ No error (D)




13. (B) Remove 'he'. 'Akshay Kumar and he'
together make the sentence
superfluous.




14. Last summer (A)/ he went to his uncle’s
village (B)/ and enjoyed very much. (C)/ No
error (D

14. (C) Add reflexive pronoun 'himself' with
enjoyed. 'Enjoyed himself' is the correct
form.

15. If I would have realised (A)/ what a bad
driver you were, I would not have (B)/ come

with you. (C)/ No error (D).

15. (A) Replace 'would have' by 'had'. The
formation of the sentence is based on
[If + had + V3]

16. Being a destitute (A)/ I admitted him (B)/
to an old people’s home. (C)/ No error (D)

16. (D) Add 'he' before being. This is a sentence
of dangling participle. If we don't add 'he'
before 'being', the subject of the second
part will become the subject of the 1st
part and then the meaning of the
sentence will become wrong 

17. There is (A)/ no question of my failing (B)/
in the examination. (C)/ No error (D)

17. (D) No error 

18. Don’t you (A)/ know her angers is as
dangerous (B)/ as the flaring fire. (C)/ No
error (D)

18. (B) Replace 'angers' with 'anger'. Anger is
(Abstract) Uncountable Noun. It cannot
be made plural.

19. He gave (A)/ false witness (B)/ in the case.
(C)/ No error (D)

19. (B) Replace 'witness' with 'evidence'.
Witness - A person who sees or
otherwise has personal
knowledge of something.
Evidence - Material presented to a court
to help find the truth about
something.

20. Do you (A)/ know the English (B)/ alphabets.
(C)/ No error (D)

20. (C) Replace 'alphabets' with 'alphabet'.
'Alphabet' means 'the letters of a
language arranged in their usual order.


#FILLERS

21. We should abide ________ the rules of the
institution.
(A) with (B) to
(C) on (D) by

21. (D) 'Abide' takes preposition 'by' with 'it'.
'Abide by' means 'to accept without
objection'.

22. The government will ________ all resources
to fight poverty.
(A) exploit (B) harness
(C) muster (D) harnes

22. (B) 'Harness' is the correct option which
means 'to utilize'.

23. Why did you tear ________ a page from my
notebook?
(A) up (B) off

(C) out (D) down

23. (B) 'Tear off' is the correct option which
means 'to remove by pulling apart.'

24. They can’t agree with each other ________
anything.
(A) for (B) to
(C) on (D) about

24. (C) 'Agree on' will be the correct option. We
'agree on' some issue or point of debate.

25. His first failure did not ________ him from
making another attempt.
(A) interfere (B) forbid
(C) frighten (D) deter


25. (D) 'Deter' is the correct option which means
to cause (someone) not to be something.



#SYNONYMS

26. Obscene
(A) Indecent (B) Lewd
(C) Filthy (D) Clean

A

27. Stifling
(A) Benign (B) Suffocate
(C) Chilly (D) Cohesion

B

28. Prognosis
(A) Forecast (B) Essential
(C) Treatment (D) Hunt

A



#ANTONYMS

29. Impertinent
(A) Falliable (B) Animosity
(C) Respectful (D) Ratification

C

30. Candid
(A) Inquisitive (B) Culpable

(C) Blameless	(D) Devious
D 31. Sanguine (A) Rebellion (B)Hopeless (C) Shimmering (D) Desecration

B





#IDIOMS
36. Hard-pressed
(A) Bewildered
(B) Insulted
(C) Hard discipline
(D) In difficulties

D

37. To oil the knocker
(A) To instigate a person to do a job
(B) To tip the office boy
(C) to revive old enmity
(D) to do a work with increased place

B

38. Be in the mire
(A) Be under dept
(B) Be in love
(C) Be in difficulties
(D) Be uneasy

C

39. A sore point
(A) Something which hurts
(B) A difficult situation
(C) A peaceful root
(D) None of these

A

40. Make ducks and drakes of
(A) Squander
(B) Dismissed from
(C) In disorderly haste
(D) Not on good terms

A

41. Run down
(A) Criticise
(B) Disagree
(C) Refuse
(D) Reprimand

A

42. Pull strings
(A) Stop working
(B) Use personal influence
(C) To reveal
(D) Rapidly

B

43. To foam at one’s mouth
(A) To be very angry
(B) To be very happy
(C) To be tired
(D) Hypocrite

A

44. Flip out
(A) Look through something quickly
(B) Leave a place angrily
(C) Become very excited lose control
(D) Deceive someone






C



# ONEWORD
65. A Government run by a dictator is termed
as
(A) Autocracy (B) Democracy
(C) Oligracy (D) Theocracy






A


66. One who lends money and keeps goods as
security.
(A) Pawnbroker (B) Ouster
(C) Patriarch (D) Pedagogue





A





67. Something that is assured as true as the
basis for reasoning, discussion or believe
(A) Postulate (B) Postscript
(C) Postdiction (D) plaintive



A








68. Perfect in the practice of an art
(A) Consummate (B) Cognate
(C) Debenture (D) Delirium



A







69. Person having the same opinions
(A) Philomath (B) Unanimous
(C) Anomalous (D) Freak




B






70. Soldiers who fight on horseback
(A) Infantry (B) Cavalry
(C) Squad (D) Flight

B








71. That which is fish like
(A) Bowline (B) Feline
(C) Canine (D) Piscine


D










72. A child of unusual or remarkable talent
(A) Precocious (B) Intelligent
(C) Gentrification (D) Epistemic


A








73. Fear of crowds
(A) Agoraphobia (B) Acrophobia
(C) Anuptaphobia (D) Ambulophobia


A






74. To make thin or to reduce the strength
(A) Amplify (B) Attenuate
(C) Dilettante (D) Flotilla






B


75. Incapable of being overcome
(A) Insurmountable
(B) Defeatable
(C) Impregnable
(D) Invincible




A



76. A part of a word that can be pronounced
separately
(A) Particle (B) Sibilant
(C) Syllable (D) Letter

C
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