Set-19 Spot The Error For SBI PO and SBI Clerk 2019 | Must Go Through These Questions

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Directions: (1-10) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

1. He told me (A) / that he wrote a letter (B) / to his superior (C) / for a certain reason. (D) / No Error (E)

2. He reminded me (A) / that he has (B) / often told me not to (C) / play with fire.(D) / No Error (E)

3. I would have asked (A) / you for dinner (B) / if I had known (C) / that you are staying here tonight. (D) / No Error (E)

4. He educated not only (A) / his nephew but also (B) / set him up (C) / in business. (D) / No Error (E)

5. As soon as the peon rings (A) / the first bell (B) / then all the students assemble (C) / on the playground for prayer. (D) / No Error (E)

6. If the tourists (A) / would have come here, (B) / I had certainly have (C) / taken them around. (D) / No Error (E)

7. The teacher remarked (A) / very angrily yesterday (B) / that the boys have (C) / all done it very badly. (D) / No Error (E)

8. Although it is summer (A) / now, the weather at the (B) / hill station was (C) / quite pleasant.(D) / No Error (E)

9. The lawyer asked me (A) / where I had (B) / kept my clothes (C) / before taking a dip in the river. (D) / No Error (E)

10. The plays of Shakespear(A) / are not only studied (B) / in European countries (C) / but also in the oriental countries. (D) / No Error (E)

Check the Answer below:

1. Question

He told me (A) / that he wrote a letter (B) / to his superior (C) / for a certain reason. (D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 2
‘he had written’ will be used in place of ‘he wrote’ as in Direct Narration, when reporting verb is in past tense and reported speech is in simple past tense then in indirect narration, reported speech is changed to past perfect tense.
Ex. He said to me, ‘I wrote a letter’ (Direct)
He told me that he had written a letter (Indirect)

2. Question

He reminded me (A) / that he has (B) / often told me not to (C) / play with fire.(D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 2
‘had’ will be used in place of ‘has’ as past tense is used in reporting verb hence past perfect tense will be used in reported speech.

3. Question

I would have asked (A) / you for dinner (B) / if I had known (C) / that you are staying here tonight. (D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 4
‘were’ will be used in place of ‘are’ because reporting clause (I had known) is in past perfect tense hence past tense will be used in reported speech.

4. Question

He educated not only (A) / his nephew but also (B) / set him up (C) / in business. (D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 1
‘not only’ is used before ‘educated’.
Ex. Not only Ram but also Shyam went there.

5. Question

As soon as the peon rings (A) / the first bell (B) / then all the students assemble (C) / on the playground for prayer. (D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 3
The Use of ‘then’ is superfluous as after ‘As, Because, Since, as soon as’, ‘therefore, so, then’ is not used.
Ex. As soon as the bell rang, the students entered the class.

6. Question

If the tourists (A) / would have come here, (B) / I had certainly have (C) / taken them around. (D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 5
The sentence is grammatically correct.

7. Question

The teacher remarked (A) / very angrily yesterday (B) / that the boys have (C) / all done it very badly. (D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 3
Use ‘had’ in place of ‘have’ as the reporting verb is in past tense.

8. Question

Although it is summer (A) / now, the weather at the (B) / hill station was (C) / quite pleasant.(D) / No Error (E)

Ans: 3
Use ‘is’ in place of ‘was’ as the sentence is in present tense.

9. Question

The lawyer asked me (A) / where I had (B) / kept my clothes (C) / before taking a dip in the river. (D) / No Error (E)