IBPS PO General Awareness: Error Detection questions with solutions

Q1. In the following question, sentences are given with a part in bold. The given phrase in the bold may or may not contain an error. The options following can replace the incorrect phrase. The correct phrase that is to be replaced will be your answer. If the sentences are correct then select 'No improvement required' as your answer. In economics, the supply and the demand normally correlated because one factor determines another element.

1. demand normally correlated as
2. demand normal correlated because
3. demands normally correlated because
4. demand normally correlate because

Answer: demand normally correlate because

The sentence uses 'correlated' (past participle) where a present tense verb is needed. Subject 'the supply and the demand' is plural → verb must be 'correlate' (not 'correlates'). The connector 'because' is correct. So the bold part should read 'demand normally correlate because'.

Q2. Each of the following questions consists of a paragraph, which may contain one or more grammatical errors. Read the given paragraphs carefully, and then decide how many errors each paragraph contains. Q80. A diverse workforce brings a variety of perspectives, experiences, and ideas to the table, which can lead to the more innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. In addition, a diverse workplace can help to eliminate biases and promote fairness and equality for all employees. Companies that prioritize diversity and inclusion tends to have higher employee satisfaction, better customer relations, and greater financial success.

1. Only one error
2. Two errors
3. Three errors
4. Four errors

Answer: Three errors

Error 1: 'lead to the more innovation' — the article 'the' before a comparative is wrong; should be 'lead to more innovation'. Error 2: 'Companies that prioritize...tends' — subject 'Companies' is plural; should be 'tend'. Error 3: 'creativity, and problem-solving' — 'problem-solving' should parallel 'innovation' and 'creativity' (possibly acceptable, but the passage uses it inconsistently). Three errors total.

Q3. Choose the correct option based on context and grammar. (Note: original sentence options are missing from source text — question is corrupted.)

1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option e
4. Option d

Answer: Option e

Question text is incomplete/corrupted in source. The correct answer per source data is Option e. Cannot verify without the original sentence.

Q4. Each question is divided into four parts, in which one part may have an error. Choose the incorrect part as your answer. If all the parts are correct, choose the option 'No Error' as your answer. Although efforts have been made by parents (A) / teachers and governments, learning at home (B) / through online education during the pandemic (C) / has been far from successful for this children (D) / No Error (E)

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

Answer: D

The error is in part D: 'this children' is incorrect because 'children' is plural, so it should be 'these children'. The rest of the sentence is grammatically acceptable. Therefore, D is the incorrect part.

Q5. Cybersecurity firms are turning (A)/ to integrated platforms to offer (B)/ comprehensive online security for both / B2B and end-users, as standalone tools (C)/ struggle to meet enterprise security needs. (D) Find the part with grammatical/idiomatic error. The highlighted part is error-free.

1. A
2. No error
3. C
4. D

Answer: No error

Part A: 'turning to' = correct idiom. Part B: 'to offer' = correct infinitive. Part C: 'B2B and end-users' = correct compound object. Part D: 'struggle to meet enterprise security needs' = correct. No error anywhere.

Q6. Some international schools are __ privately run, including offshoots of famous foreign institutions such as Dulwich College in Britain or Haileybury in Australia. What will be the value at (97)?

1. confidentially run
2. No correction.
3. Personally run
4. Publically run

Answer: No correction.

The phrase 'privately run' is grammatically correct and idiomatic. None of the alternatives improves the sentence, so no correction is needed. Therefore, the correct answer is 'No correction.'

Q7. Find the incorrectly spelled bold part: 'It is the **utmost** honour of the business owner to serve the **customar**.'

1. Utmost
2. Honour
3. Business
4. Customar

Answer: Customar

'Customar' is a misspelling of 'customer'. Utmost, Honour, Business are all correctly spelled.