Important Spotting Error for SSC AND Miscellaneous Questions for Ssc Cgl mains 2017 set-31

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1. Myself saw him (A)/ running away (B)/ from
the scene of the crime. (C)/ No error (D)

1. (A) Replace 'myself' with 'I'. Reflexive
Pronoun cannot come as a subject of a
sentence. 

2. I shall (A)/ visit yours (B)/ house tomorrow.
(C)/ No error (D)

2. (B) Replace 'yours' with 'your'.

3. If all of you quarrel among (A)/ yourself we
shall not be able (B)/ to solve your problems.
(C)/ No error (D)

3. (B) Replace 'yourself' with 'yourselves'.
'Among' in the sentence indicates that
there are more than two persons. Hence
'Plural' form of 'yourself' will be used.

4. This event (A)/ happened (B)/ prior of your
birth. (C)/ No error (D)

4. (C) Replace 'Prior of' with 'Prior to'. Prior
takes preposition 'to' which means
'existing earlier in time'.

5. People who intend (A)/ to visit the tourist
spots (B)/ are always thrilled to see the
scenery there. (C)/ No error (D)

5. (D) No error

6. The number of (A)/ ATMs are being
increased to (B)/ serve customers better.
(C)/ No error (D)

6. (B) Replace 'are' with 'is'. 'The number of'
takes plural noun and singular verb.

7. At present oil companies (A)/ are making
a loss of (B)/ rupees five on all litre of petrol
that they sell. (C) No error (D)

7. (C) Change 'all' into 'every'.

8. Here is a red (A)/ shirt which she gave me
(B)/ yesterday. (C)/ No error (D)

8. (A) Replace 'a' with 'the'. Here in the
sentence we are talking about a
particular 'shirt'. Hence it should take
article 'the'.

9. Times of India (A)/ is the most popular news
paper (B)/ of these days. (C)/ No error (D)

9. (A) Insert 'the' before 'Times of India'. We
use article 'the' before the news paper 

10. Look! (A)/ Ritu packed (B)/ her bag. (C)/ No
error (D)

10. (B) 'Word' 'look!' implies that sentence
should be in Present Perfect Tense or
Present Continuous Tense. Hence 'Ritu
has backed her bag' or Ritu is packing
her bag is the appropriate sentence.

11. I meant to (A)/ clean my room (B)/ but I am

not having time to do it today. (C)/ No error
(D)

11. (C) Replace 'I am not having time' with 'I do
not have time.' Sentence should be in
Present Indefinite Tense.

12. I have (A)/ disposed off (B)/ my old books.
(C)/ No error (D)

12. (B) Replace 'disposed off' with 'disposed of'
which means 'to finish with' or 'to get
rid of'.

13. A ray of light passing through (A)/ the
centre of a thin lens (B)/ keep its original
direction. (C)/ No error (D)

13. (C) Replace 'keep' with 'keeps'. Verb should
be used according to the subject before
preposition. Here 'a ray' is singular.

14. It is unfortunate but still a (A)/ reality that
poverty and development (B)/ goes hand in
hand. (C)/ No error (D)

14. (C) Replace 'goes' with 'go'. Hence 'Poverty'
and 'development' are two different
things. Hence together it will be 'Plural'.

15. There has not a (A)/ moment when the
gates of the bungalow (B)/ were not being
watched. (C)/ No error (D)

15. (A) Replace 'there has not a moment' with
'there had not been a moment'. Second
part of the sentence is in past tense.
Hence first part of the sentence should
be in Past Tense  

16. The pity is that (A)/ no sooner he had left
the place (B)/ then the fire broke out. (C)/
No error (D)

16. (B) 'Had' should be placed 'he'. No sooner
takes inversion form of verb. Hence 'No
sooner had he left' is appropriate
sentence.

THAN ALSO

17. The criminal (A)/ was in (B)/ fetter. (C)/
No error (D)

17. (C) Replace 'fetter' with 'fetters' which
means a chain for the feet (tathj)

18. The clergies (A)/ have always (B)/ stood in
the way of progress. (C)/ No error (D)

18. (A) Replace 'clergies' with 'clergy'. The word
'clergy' can be used as singular or plural
depends on the meaning on the
sentence. But it cannot be made plural
by adding 'ies'.

19. The comedian enthralled everybody (A)/
with his quick witty as he had chosen (B)/
just the right topic to warm up to the crowd.
(C)/ No error (D)

19. (B) Replace 'witty' with 'wit'. We use
'Adjective + Noun'.

20. The court issued (A)/ a summon (B)/ for his
arrest. (C)/ No error (D)



20. (B) Replace 'summon' with 'summons'
which means order (someone) to be
present.

#FILLERS
21. My mother upset the kettle of boiling water
and _________ her right hand badly.
(A) Wounded (B) Sizzled
(C) Scorched (D) Scalded





21. (D) 'Scalded' is the correct option which
means to burn with as if with hot liquid
or stream.






22. The suspect was taken to the police, but
the _________ revealed nothing.
(A) Inquiry (B) Probe
(C) Investigation (D) Interrogation





22. (D) 'Interrogation' is the correct option
which means 'to question thoroughly'.





23. Will you, like the _________ gentleman and
soldier you are, leave at once before he
finds you here?
(A) Barbarous (B) Ostentations
(C) Chivalrous (D) Luminous




23. (C) 'Chivalrous' is the correct option which
means showing or having honour,
generosity and courtesy.






24. Since the road was closed for repairs he took
the _________.
(A) Deviation (B) Digression
(C) Diversion (D) Divergence




24. (C) 'Diversion' is the correct option which
means 'an act or instance of charging
direction'.


25. The good is often _________ with their
bones.
(A) Buried (B) Covered
(C) Interred (D) Fleshed



25. (C) 'Interred' is the correct option which
means 'to be buried in the earth'.




#SYNONYMS

26. Corpulence
(A) Obesity (B) Emaciation
(C) Endemic (D) Unpleasant


A




27. Quixotic
(A) Fantastic (B) Pithy
(C) Laconic (D) Stagnation



A




28. Vindicated
(A) Exonerated (B) Animated
(C) Accursed (D) Spiteful


A



#ANTONYMS
29. Euphonious
(A) Eclectic (B) Dulcet
(C) Dissonant (D) Pleasant




C



30. Decry
(A) Disparage (B) Laud

(C) Bombastic	(D) Fustian
B 31. Alacrity (A) Celerity (B) Animosity (C) Indolence (D) Abbreviate

C








#IDIOMS
36. Come out of one’s shell
(A) Appear suddenly
(B) Remove one’s cloth
(C) Get freedom
(D) Become more sociable




D





37. Playing to the gallery
(A) Adopting cheap tactics
(B) Befalling in open space
(C) Playing in open space
(D) Appearing the masses



D







38. Blue-eyed boys
(A) Favourites (B) Contracted
(C) Disrupted (D) Notorious




A





39. To steer clear of
(A) Appreciate (B) Avoid
(C) Conclude (D) Iconoclast 

B

40. Got the sack
(A) Dismissed from service
(B) Humiliation in the service
(C) Exploded
(D) Won a lottery

A

41. Close the book
(A) Stop reading
(B) Stop working on something
(C) Acquitted
(D) Finished the chapter

B

42. The status quo

(A) Unchanged position
(B) Face to face
(C) Dubious
(D) Unreliable

A

43. Point Blank
(A) Schocked
(B) Surprised
(C) Overshadows
(D) Very definite and direct

D

44. Bull in a China shop
(A) A clumsy person
(B) Be happy when a person
(C) To present argument counter
(D) A big place





A


#ONEWORDS
65. Relating to countries of west
(A) Occidental (B) Acclimatize
(C) Oriental (D) Frontier

A

Relating to countries of EAST: ORIENTAL 

66. A method of boiling briefly to cook food
slightly
(A) Braise (B) Drain
(C) Parboil (D) Entrée

C

67. A broad road bordered with trees
(A) Boudoir (B) Boulevard
(C) Avenue (D) Facade

B

68. The time when two people have a romantic
relationship before they get married
(A) Snobbery (B) Polyphony
(C) Estrangement (D) Courtship

D

69. An odd, atypical or eccentric trait
(A) Harangue (B) Hyperbole
(C) Idiosyncrasy (D) Elegy

C

70. Bad beyond reform
(A) Irreversible (B) Irrevocable
(C) Irredeemable (D) Irreparable

C

71. Sudden and violent change
(A) Cataclysm (B) Catalysis
(C) Catacombs (D) Catechism

A

72. That which is morally dangerous
(A) Pestiferous (B) Oestrous
(C) Unsafe (D) Perilous

A

73. To make evasive or misleading statement
(A) Prevaricate (B) Mislead
(C) Cagey (D) Avowal

A

74. A short stay in a place
(A) Sojourn (B) Halt
(C) Interlude (D) Intermission

A

75. Bitter quarrel between two families existing
for a long period
(A) Siege (B) War
(C) Battle (D) Feud

D

76. An outline representing or bounding the
shape or form of something
(A) Contour (B) Scurrilous
(C) Hyperbola (D) Parabola
A

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