SSC CGL Pre 2022 English All Error Questions With Solutions

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Q.1 During an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.

1. cover above a table

2. During an earthquake,

3. it is advised to take

4. to save your life.


Q. 1 Ans (1)


Use ‘under’ instead of ‘above’.








 

Q.2 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of adverb of manner.

1. He done his work regularly.

2. He has just done his work.

3. He does his work carefully.

4. He has done his work on my table



Q. 2 Ans (3)










 

Q.3 Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.

It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.

1. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.

2. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them

3. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them.

4. It would be impossible for them to continue living in this world if each of them knew exactly what fate had it store for them



 

Q.3 Ans (4)

Use ‘had in store’ instead of ‘had it store’.








 

Q.4 He used to reply / that the only place / for which he went / was the town library.

1. was the town library

2. for which he went

3. He used to reply

4. that the only place




Q. 4 Ans (2)

Use ‘where’ instead of ‘for which’.








 

Q.5 The child was / gazing longingly / at the toy.

1. gazing longingly

2. at the toy

3. No error

4. The child was


 

Q. 5 Ans (3)










 

Q.6 Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.


Has Gita any previous knowledge of work with junior colleagues?

1. with

2. Has

3. Any

4. work



Q.6 Ans (4)

Use ‘working’ instead of ‘work’.








 

Q.7 Rehan and Ronit are / good friends and / it don’t matter to them / as to who is wealthier.

1. good friends and

2. it don’t matter to them

3. Rehan and Ronit are

4. as to who is wealthier



 

Q. 7 Ans (2)

Use doesn’t instead of don’t








 

Q.8 One can never imagine / how hot it gets in Delhi / unless one doesn’t go / there in person.

1. One can never imagine

2. unless one doesn’t go

3. how hot it gets in Delhi

4. there in person.






 

Q.8 Ans (2)



Use ‘goes’ instead of ‘doesn’t go’.








 

Q.9 Neither the doctors nor / the nurse were present / when the patient / reached the hospital.

1. Neither the doctors nor

2. the nurse were present

3. when the patient

4. reached the hospital.






 




Q.9 Ans (2)


Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’.








 

Q.10 They will go to bed / early since they / have to get up / at five on the morning.

1. have to get up

2. at five on the morning

3. They will go to bed

4. early since they






 

Q. 10 Ans (2)


Use ‘in’ instead of ‘on’.








 

Q.11 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.

1. It has been raining till morning.

2. It has been raining from morning.

3. It has been raining by morning.

4. It has been raining since morning.






 

Q. 11 Ans (4)










 

Q.12 She, often, accuses him for a lack of morality.

1. She often

2. a lack of morality

3. No error

4. accuses him for







 

Q.12 Ans (3) ssc*


Ans (4) use ‘of’ instead of ‘for’








 

Q.13 There was no denying the fact / that King Lear confided to / his daughter Cordelia /more than anybody else.

1. that King Lear confided to

2. There was no denying the fact

3. more than anybody else.

4. his daughter Cordelia





 

Q. 13 Ans (1)


Use ‘in’ instead of ‘to’.








 

Q.14 I have never played any game of side this track during the season.

1. I have never played any game off side this track during the season.

2. I have never played any game of side this track during the season.

3. I have never played any game off side this track during the season.

4. I have never played any game off side this track during the season


 

Q.14 Ans (2)










 

Q.15 There is a whole world / out there that / is invisible from / the naked eye.

1. the naked eye

2. is invisible from

3. There is a whole world

4. out there that

 

Q. 15 Ans (2)


Use ‘to’ instead of ‘from’.








 

Q.16 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of adverb of frequency.

1. Radha goes to Nagpur with great affection.

2. Radha goes to Nagpur for her office work.

3. Radha often goes to Nagpur.

4. Radha goes to Nagpur to meet her uncle.






 

Q. 16 Ans (3) often








 

Q.17 There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.

1. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.

2. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.

3. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.

4. There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.


 

Q. 17 Ans (2)


Use ‘in’ instead of ‘on’.








 

Q.18 The manager told her that / she should be a bit more / careful while executed the /orders of

the company.

1. The manager told her that

2. she should be a bit more

3. orders of the company

4. careful while executed the





 

Q. 18 Ans (4)


Use ‘executing’ instead of ‘executed’.








 

Q.19 The newspaper reported / that it was a mystery / how the thieves enter / into the house.

1. into the house

2. how the thieves enter

3. that it was a mystery

4. The newspaper reported






 

Q. 19 Ans (2)


Use ‘came’ instead of ‘enter’.








 

Q.20 Amla juice / is rich with / Vitamin C. / no error

1. Vitamin C.

2. Amla juice

3. No error

4. is rich with







 

Q. 20 Ans (4)


Use ‘in’ instead of ‘with’.







 

Q.21 I had walked / for most of the day / to Kanpur and then / get on the train by Mumbai.

1. I had walked

2. to Kanpur and then

3. get on the train by Mumbai

4. for most of the day






 

Q.21 Ans (3)


Use ‘got’ instead of ‘get’.








 

Q.22 The jury was not happy with the performance / and was quite harsh. / The singer took /their criticism in heart.

1. The jury was not happy with the performance

2. The singer took

3. their criticism in heart.

4. and was quite harsh





 

Q.22 Ans (3)


Use ‘to heart’ instead of ‘in heart’.








 

Q.23 There are some monkeys / on the roof of the / carriage but Madhav / did not see them.

1. on the roof of the

2. There are some monkeys

3. carriage but Madhav

4. did not see them.






 

Q.23 Ans (2)


Use ‘were’ instead of ‘are’.








 

Q.24 He will make mistakes, but he will learn / by making mistakes. So, dear parents, / once you put the money in your / children’s little pockets, forget all on it.

1. children’s little pockets, forget all on it

2. once you put the money in your

3. by making mistakes. So, dear parents,

4. He will make mistakes, but he will learn




 

Q.24 Ans (1)


Use ‘all about it’ instead of ‘all on it’.








 

Q.25 He describes the place vivid / that inspired in us / a wish to visit / the same.

1. He describes the place vivid

2. the same.

3. a wish to visit

4. that inspired in us






 

Q.25 Ans (1)


Use ‘vividly’ instead of ‘vivid’.








 

Q.26 After seeing that Shreya / was in trouble, / Rahul quietly stepped up to help.

1. Rahul quietly stepped up to help

2. After seeing that Shreya

3. was in trouble

4. No error






 

Q.26 Ans (4)










 

Q.27 Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.


There are no tables at the classroom.


1. There are no tables at the classroom.

2. There are no tables at the classroom.

3. There are no tables at the classroom.

4. There are no tables at the classroom.



 

Q.27 Ans (4)


Use ‘in’ instead of ‘at’.








 

Q.28 The prisoner was / accused for stealing / from his landlord.

1. accused for stealing

2. The prisoner was

3. from his landlord

4. No error






 

Q.28 Ans (1)


Use ‘of’ instead of ‘for’.








 

Q.29 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.

1. By means of rope ladders they scaled the wall.

2. Along with means of rope ladders they scaled the wall.

3. in means of rope ladders they scaled the wall.

4. Of means of rope ladders they scaled the wall.






 

Q.29 Ans (1)










 

Q.30 He always / aimed highly / in life.

1. No error

2. in life

3. aimed highly

4. He always







 

Q.30 Ans (3)


Use ‘high’ instead of ‘highly’.








 

Q.31 When the train pulled in / at the station, it take / Joseph some time / to get off.

1. When the train pulled in

2. at the station, it take

3. Joseph some time

4. to get off






 

Q.31 Ans (2)


Use ‘took’ instead of ‘take’.








 

Q.32 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.

1. Children are fond to sweets.

2. Children are fond off sweets.

3. Children are fond with sweets.

4. Children are fond of sweets






 

Q.32 Ans (4)










 

Q.33 I am having trouble / deciding in / a gift for them. / no error

1. a gift for them.

2. No error

3. I am having trouble

4. deciding in






 

Q. 33 Ans (4)


Use ‘upon/on’ instead of ‘in’.








 

Q.34 Both Reeta and Ronika / has won / the dance competition / this year.

1. the dance competition

2. this year.

3. Both Reeta and Ronika

4. has won






 

Q. 34 Ans (4)


Use ‘have’ instead of ‘has’.








 

Q.35 You must / be hurry, / otherwise you will / miss the train.

1. miss the train.

2. be hurry,

3. You must

4. otherwise you will






 

Q.35 Ans (2) Remove ‘be’











Q.36 The boy had run away / because he couldn’t stand / his father beat him / for one more day.

1. his father beat him

2. because he couldn’t stand

3. The boy had run away

4. for one more day






Q.36 Ans (1)


Use his father’s beating instead of his father beat .








Q.37 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.


1. Ashok was in the bus stop.

2. Ashok was to the bus stop.

3. Ashok was on the bus stop.

4. Ashok was at the bus stop





Q. 37 Ans (4)










Q.38 Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.


A great transition / marked / the 20th century / for mankind.


1. A great transition marked the 20th century for mankind.

2. The 20th century marked a great transition for mankind.

3. A great transition for mankind marked the 20th century.

4. For mankind, a great transition marked the 20th century.



Q. 38 Ans (2)










Q.39 Bobo was / very richer than Jim / as he had illicitly accumulated / all his wealth.

1. very richer than Jim

2. all his wealth.

3. as he had illicitly accumulated

4. Bobo was






Q.39 Ans (1)


Use ‘much’ instead of ‘very’.







Q.40 They all, except Shirin, were very sad / during the farewell party given / to the teacher retiring, and her / indifference were well noticed.

1. They all, except Shirin, were very sad

2. during the farewell party given

3. indifference were well noticed

4. to the teacher retiring, and he





Q. 40 Ans (3)


Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’.






Q.41 The boy, as well as / his friends, were / absent from the class / when the teacher came.

1. absent from the class

2. when the teacher came

3. his friends, were

4. The boy, as well as






Q.41 Ans (3)


Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’.








Q.42 Her concerts / are very admired / by the foreigners /no error.

1. are very admired

2. by the foreigners.

3. No error

4. Her concerts






Q.42 Ans (1)


Use ‘much’ instead of ‘very’.








Q.43 He was / paid handsomely for / his ability to handle / the crowd skillful.

1. paid handsomely for

2. his ability to handle

3. the crowd skillful.

4. He was






Q. 43 Ans (3)


Use ‘skillfully’ instead of ‘skillful’.






Q.44 He does not / know how to / draw quickly / and straightly.

1. and straightly

2. He does not

3. know how to

4. draw quickly






Q. 44 Ans (1)


Use ‘straight’ instead of ‘straightly’.








Q.45 He knows that / he has no other option / but to work hard.

1. He knows that

2. but to work hard

3. he has no other option

4. No error


Q.45 Ans (2)



Use ‘than’ instead of ‘but’.







Q.46 She has / a habit of / spending against / her means.

1. her means

2. She has

3. spending against

4. a habit of







Q.46 Ans (3)


Use ‘beyond’ instead of ‘against’.








 

Q.47 The article that she wrote / for the last week’s Sunday Supplement / fairly criticises /the abuse of mobile phones.

1. The article that she wrote

2. for the last week’s Sunday Supplement

3. the abuses of mobile phones.

4. fairly criticises





 

Q. 47 Ans (4)


Use ‘criticised’ instead of ‘criticised’.








 

Q.48 Mother said that / it was quite all right / for her to get upset / for scoring less.

1. Mother said that

2. it was quite all right

3. for scoring less.

4. for her to get upset






 

Q. 48 Ans (2)


Remove ‘quite’








 

Q.49 She has / not written / a single novel / by three years.

1. not written

2. She has

3. by three years

4. a single novel






 

Q.49 Ans (3)


Use ‘for/in’ instead of ‘by’.








 

Q.50 The scooter that / I am using / these days is belonging / to my brother.

1. to my brother

2. I am using

3. The scooter that

4. these days is belonging






 

Q. 50 Ans (4)


Use ‘belongs’ instead of ‘is belonging ’.








 

Q.51 She is quiet a generous woman / to have donated / such a large amount / for the flood affected people.

1. to have donated

2. for the flood affected people.

3. such a large amount

4. She is quiet a generous woman






 

Q.51 Ans (4)


Use ‘quite’ instead of ‘quiet’.








 

Q.52 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.


1. He arrived to Sunday morning.

2. He arrived at Sunday morning.

3. He arrived in Sunday morning.

4. He arrived on Sunday morning.





 

Q.52 Ans (4)










 

Q.53 A book market / was been operated by some readers / in the street when / they reached there.

1. they reached there.

2. A book market

3. was been operated by some readers

4. in the street when






 

Q. 53 Ans (3)


Use ‘being’ instead of ‘been’.








 

Q.54 Children listens to people / speaking around them / for a long time before / they begin to speak.

1. Children listens to people

2. speaking around them

3. they begin to speak

4. for a long time before






 

Q. 54 Ans (1)


Use ‘listens’ instead of ‘listen’.








 

Q.55 The wedding gown / looked decently / despite being / studded with jewels.

1. The wedding gown

2. despite being

3. looked decently

4. studded with jewels






 

Q.55 Ans (3)


Use ‘decent’ instead of ‘decently’.








 

Q.56 Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.

I told Rahu on wait for two hours at the bus stop.

1. at

2. For

3. Told

4. on




 

Q.56 Ans (4)


Use ‘to’ instead of ‘on’.








 

Q.57 Huda lived in / the southern part / off Germany

1. off Germany

2. the southern part

3. No error

4. Huda lived in







 

Q. 57 Ans (1)


Use ‘of’ instead of ‘off’.








 

Q.58 The audience has being / angry as the magician / is not performing / as expected.

1. is not performing

2. as expected

3. The audience has being

4. angry as the magician






 

Q. 58 Ans (3)


Use ‘is’ instead of ‘has being ’.








 

Q.59 The meeting was held upon / for an hour / due to non-availability / of the committee members.

1. of the committee members.

2. due to non-availability

3. for an hour

4. The meeting was held upon






 

Q.59 Ans (4)


Use ‘held up’ instead of ‘held upon’.








 

Q.60 No talking / on the dinner table / is an absolute rule.

1. No talking

2. No Error

3. on the dinner table

4. is an absolute rule.







 

Q. 60 Ans (2) ssc*


Answer (3)-Use ‘at’ instead of ‘on’.








 

Q.61 The number of students / attending their classes / are constantly decreasing / in our university.

1. The number of students

2. attending their classes

3. in our university

4. are constantly decreasing






 

Q.61 Ans (4)


Use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’.








 

Q.62 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.

1. Are you interested along with modern art?

2. Are you interested into modern art?

3. Are you interested with modern art?

4. Are you interested in modern art?






 

Q.62 Ans (4)










 

Q.63 The students usually asks / for a bonus time of / thirty minutes for / completing their projects.

1. The students usually asks

2. completing their projects

3. for a bonus time of

4. thirty minutes for






 

Q. 63 Ans (1)


Use ‘ask’ instead of ‘asks’.








 

Q.64 One of the major challenges / he faced during his / undergraduate days were / the shortage of money.

1. he faced during his

2. One of the major challenges

3. the shortage of money

4. undergraduate days were






 

Q. 64 Ans (4)


Use ‘was’ instead of ‘were’.








 

Q.65 One of the students is always / late to the class;

he has been warn / by the teacher many times; / but still, he keeps on being late.

1. One of the students is always

2. but still, he keeps on being late

3. by the teacher many times;

4. late to the class; he has been warn





 

Q.65 Ans (4)


Use ‘warned’ instead of ‘warn’.








 

Q.66 The man who / was committed / the theft last night / was caught this evening.

1. was caught this evening.

2. was committed

3. The man who

4. the theft last night






 

Q.66 Ans (2) Remove ‘was’.







 

Q.67 Usually, Ratheesh hasn’t / take part in these types / of events because of / his hectic schedule.

1. take part in these types

2. of events because of

3. his hectic schedule

4. Usually, Ratheesh hasn’t






 

Q. 67 Ans (4)



Use doesn’t instead of hasn’t








 

Q.68 There can be precious / diamonds and metals / in the surface / just below you.

1. diamonds and metals

2. just below you.

3. in the surface

4. There can be precious






 

Q. 68 Ans (3)


Use ‘under’ instead of ‘in’.








 

Q.69 Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.


1. The lion and the unicorn fought between the crown.

2. The lion and the unicorn fought for the crown.

3. The lion and the unicorn fought by the crown.

4. The lion and the unicorn fought up the crown.





 

Q.69 Ans (2)


 





 


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