Error Detection for IBPS Clerk Pre (Based on Latest Pattern)

Exclusive Error Detection for IBPS Clerk Pre (Based on Latest Pattern)

Directions (Q. 1-30): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 ‘5’. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

1. 1) The principal / 2) along with the / 3) students of his school / 4) have gone to Shimla. /5) No error

2. 1) He said a / 2) number of lies / 3) and then went / 4) without saying me good-bye. /5) No error

3. 1) Not only we saw / 2) the education / 3) minister / 4) but also the chief minister. /5) No error

4. 1) I came / 2) directly to my / 3) residence from / 4) the railway station. /5) No error

5. 1) I signed / 2) on the receiving / 3) in the morning / 4) but the pay has not been disbursed to me. /5) No error

6. 1) This is the / 2) same story / 3) which I heard / 4) from him yesterday. /5) No error 

7. 1) It was difficult to / 2) get out because the street / 3) was full of people from / 4) one end to another. /5) No error

8. 1) It has been our custom / 2) from time immemorial to / 3) be hospitable to those / 4) who came to our doors. /5) No error

9. 1) In my opinion, / 2) pencil is always / 3) more preferable / 4) to pen for a child. /5) No error

10. 1) She doesn’t hardly / 2) know what / 3) happened / 4) yesterday. /5) No error

11. 1) They understood how just a twitch, a shuffle, smirk or a glare on stage or screen / 2) can give audiences more insight / 3) into the impenetrable depths of a personality / 4) than a thousand-word dialogue. / 5) No error

12. 1) Gone are the days / 2) when people used to / 3) plan and save for years before buying / 4) the big-ticket items they aspired for. / 5) No error

13. 1) To be eligible for a loan, / 2) you need to have a / 3) regular source of income – salary, / 4) business or any occupation. / 5) No error

14. 1) Women tend to outlive their spouses, / 2) which makes it important for them / 3) to save money in instruments that will help them / 4) build corpse to last a lifetime. / 5) No error

15. 1) Success at work should not carry a disproportionate price tag / 2) whereby we end up souring relationships / 3) with our family members and friends / 4) which matter to us. / 5) No error

16. 1) Yesterday a thief / 2) broke into / 3) my house but / 4) he could not steal anything. / 5) No error

17. 1) Most women undermine themselves / 2) by thinking that they are not qualified enough, / 3) or they haven’t worked before or their husband / 4) won’t like it if they worked. / 5) No error

18. 1) In case you cannot be in office on time, / 2) call in your senior / 3) at least an hour earlier and inform / 4) that you are going to be late. / 5) No error

19. 1) Please expect that life will / 2) not be easy once / 3) you make up the decision / 4) to take up a career. / 5) No error

20. 1) Financial planning for women is tricky considering / 2) they have to take career breaks for / 3) a variety of reasons such as marriage, child-birth, / 4) and looking after kids or the elder. / 5) No error

21. 1) He is unpredictable, / 2) weeping one moment, / 3) laughs / 4) the next. / 5) No error

22. 1) If the shell had hitted / 2) the boat, it would / 3) have blown it / 4) to pieces. / 5) No error

23. 1) It is no use trying / 2) to plan an eighteen-hole / 3) golf course on a / 4) ninety-acre site. / 5) No error

24. 1) Only after countless rewrites / 2) and the most intense effort did / 3) John considered / 4) the script ready. / 5) No error

25. 1) Life for a successful / 2) doctor can be / 3) emotional and / 4) financially rewarding. / 5) No error

26. 1) In markets where / 2) prices are ruling higher / 3) than average, there might be / 4) a price correction. / 5) No error

27. 1) Pakistani authorities directed officials / 2) at airports of the country / 3) to bar the former President Pervez Musharraf / 4) from going abroad. / 5) No error

28. 1) Readers are requested to verify and make appropriate enquiries / 2) to satisfy themselves about the veracity / 3) of an advertisement before responding to / 4) any published in this magazine. / 5) No error

29. 1) At last she found Rashmi / 2) under the shade of a tree / 3) and brought / 4) her back home. / 5) No error

30. 1) In business, work can be performed more efficiently / 2) if it is divided into special tasks, / 3) each performed by a / 4) specialist or trained employee. / 5) No error