IBPS PO English: Error Detection questions with solutions

Q1. The Vice-Chancellor conveyed that no violence will be tolerated on campus and appealed to students to maintain peace and harmony.

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Answer: B

The phrase 'will be tolerate' is incorrect because after 'will be' we need the past participle form of the verb. The correct form is 'will be tolerated'.

Q2. Find the grammatically correct sentence(s): (A) Israel is growing increasing suspicious of almost every country. (B) The percentage of rural children who was not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic (C) Delhi has recorded the lowest rate of inflation among the metro city in the country.

1. Only (A)
2. Both (A) and (C)
3. Both (C) and (B)
4. None is correct

Answer: None is correct

A: 'growing increasing suspicious' — 'increasing' modifies 'suspicious' (adjective) but needs adverb form: 'growing increasingly suspicious'. Error ✗. B: 'percentage of rural children who was' — subject is 'children' (plural), needs 'were'. Error ✗. C: 'among the metro city' — 'metro cities' (plural) needed since comparing across multiple cities. Error ✗. All three have errors → None is correct.

Q3. Find the grammatically correct sentence(s): (A) Tepid response to reopening of schools as parents prefer than wait and watch. (B) The National Education Policy lays emphasis in imparting teaching in mother tongue in primary classes. (C) The episode betrays a lack of understanding of the recovery process and its underlying principles.

1. Only (A)
2. Both (A) and (C)
3. Both (C) and (B)
4. Only (C)

Answer: Only (C)

A: 'parents prefer than wait' — incorrect; should be 'prefer to wait and watch' ✗. B: 'lays emphasis in imparting' — 'in' should be 'on' (emphasis on) ✗. C: 'betrays a lack of understanding of the recovery process and its underlying principles' — complete, grammatically correct sentence ✓.

Q4. Which of the following phrases should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? The balloon **exploded the loud noise**, causing a brief panic among the children.

1. exploded to the loud noise
2. explodes into the loud noise
3. explode in the loud noise
4. exploded with a loud noise

Answer: exploded with a loud noise

'Exploded with a loud noise' is correct — 'with' is the appropriate preposition indicating the accompanying sound. 'Exploded to' and 'explode in' are grammatically incorrect. 'Explodes into' is present tense and contextually wrong. 'Exploded with' ✓.

Q5. Identify the error: The Principal (1)/ gave a very pompous (2)/ speach (3)/ about 'The portals of learning'. (4)/ All Correct (5).

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Answer: 3

Part 3: 'speach' is incorrect. The correct spelling is 'speech'. Parts 1,2,4 are all correct.

Q6. Identify the error: All the competitors (1)/ completed (2)/ the race (3)/, with just one excepsion. (4)/ All Correct (5).

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Answer: 4

Part 4: 'excepsion' is a spelling error. Correct: 'exception'. Parts 1, 2, 3 are all correct.

Q7. Tourism has been one of the sectors severely **effected** by COVID-19. Correct the bold phrase.

1. sectors severe effected
2. sectors severely affected
3. sector severely affected
4. sector severely effected

Answer: sectors severely affected

'Effected' is incorrect — the correct verb is 'affected' (to have an impact on). 'Effect' = noun/result; 'affect' = verb/to impact. 'Sectors' (plural) is correct since the noun is 'sectors.' Answer: sectors severely affected.

Q8. Read the 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 corresponding letter of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is grammatically and contextually correct, then choose option "No error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any). Koraput's tribal food basket (A) / is evolve with sustainable (B) / farming, diverse nutrition, (C) / and a revival of indigenous crops. (D)

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Answer: B

The phrase "is evolve" is grammatically incorrect. After the auxiliary verb "is", the main verb should be in the -ing form or a correct passive form, such as "is evolving" or "is evolved" depending on meaning. Hence, the error is in part B.

Q9. Find the grammatical error: (A) Among the various challenges / (B) faced by the team, / (C) the lack of resources / (D) were the most significant.

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Answer: D

The subject of the sentence is "the lack of resources," which is singular. Therefore, the verb should be "was" instead of "were."