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Error Spotting Quiz

Practice quiz on Error Spotting (English Grammar). 5 real exam questions.

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Practice quiz on Error Spotting (English Grammar). 5 real exam questions. Error Spotting Quiz is a free, 25-minute, 25-mark practice quiz on AajExam rated at medium difficulty, designed to help candidates preparing for SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railway and State PSC government competitive exams sharpen their command of Error Spotting (English Grammar). Every question on this quiz ships with a detailed step-by-step solution so you don't just learn the right answer — you learn the reasoning and shortcuts top scorers use to crack similar questions faster on the actual exam day. Why Error Spotting Quiz matters in your preparation: government exam-conducting bodies repeatedly draw questions from the same chapters and the same skill-clusters across recruitment cycles. By attempting focused topic-wise quizzes like this one, you build pattern recognition — the ability to spot which formula, rule or trick applies the moment you see a question. Toppers consistently report that 5-10 quizzes on a single topic delivers more exam-day score gain than 20+ unfocused full-length mocks, because targeted drilling exposes your specific sub-topic weaknesses with surgical precision. How to use this quiz effectively: attempt it in one sitting under the 25-minute timer, without referring to notes or external resources — simulate exam-day conditions exactly. After submission, review the auto-generated analytics to see your accuracy, time per question and section-wise performance. Then go through every wrong and skipped question with the explanation, mentally tagging the underlying concept rather than just memorising the answer. Revisit this quiz after 7-10 days; your second attempt should be 15-20% faster with noticeably better accuracy. After mastering this quiz, explore the 1 related quizzes linked below to broaden your topic coverage. AajExam quiz design principles: every quiz on the platform is curated by subject experts using the actual question formats, difficulty distributions and time pressures of the target government exams. We deliberately avoid generic "textbook" questions in favour of exam-replicating ones. Solutions are written in plain English (and Hindi where source material was bilingual), with step-by-step working for quantitative problems, grammar rules for English questions, and direct reference statements for general awareness items. Performance analytics after each attempt include accuracy, attempt rate, time spent per question, and an estimated all-India percentile so you know exactly where you stand against other candidates. This quiz is completely free to attempt. You only need a free AajExam account to track your performance across attempts, view detailed solutions and unlock the platform-wide analytics dashboard. The platform is mobile-friendly and works seamlessly on smartphones, tablets and desktops — so you can sharpen your Error Spotting (English Grammar) skills in any spare 15-minute window.

Error Spotting Quiz — Questions with Solutions

All 25 questions from this quiz with the correct answer and explanation. Attempt them yourself first, then open each solution to check your reasoning.

  1. Q1.Identify the error: Each of the players have submitted their documents.

    • A.Each of the players
    • B.have submitted
    • C.their documents
    • D.No error
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    Answer: B. have submitted

    'Each' is singular → 'has submitted'.

  2. Q2.Identify the error: Neither of the solutions are correct.

    • A.Neither of
    • B.the solutions
    • C.are
    • D.correct
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    Answer: C. are

    Neither → singular verb (is).

  3. Q3.Identify the error: Each of the players have submitted his form.

    • A.Each of
    • B.the players
    • C.have submitted
    • D.his form
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    Answer: C. have submitted

    Each takes singular verb → has submitted.

  4. Q4.Identify the error: She did not knew the answer.

    • A.did not
    • B.knew
    • C.the answer
    • D.no error
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    Answer: B. knew

    After 'did', base form 'know' should be used.

  5. Q5.Find the error: The teacher told that honesty is the best policy.

    • A.The teacher told
    • B.that honesty
    • C.is the best policy
    • D.No error
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    Answer: A. The teacher told

    Should be 'told us' or 'said that'.

  6. Q6.Identify the error: 'He don't like coffee.'

    • A.He
    • B.don't
    • C.like
    • D.coffee
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    Answer: B. don't

    'don't' should be 'doesn't' to agree with the third-person singular 'He'.

  7. Q7.Identify the error: 'She go to school every day.'

    • A.She
    • B.go
    • C.to school
    • D.every day
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    Answer: B. go

    'go' should be 'goes' for third-person singular subject.

  8. Q8.Identify the error: 'Neither of the answers are correct.'

    • A.Neither of the answers
    • B.are
    • C.correct
    • D.No error
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    Answer: B. are

    'are' should be 'is'; 'neither' takes a singular verb.

  9. Q9.Identify the error: 'He is one of the best player in the team.'

    • A.He is one of the
    • B.best
    • C.player
    • D.in the team
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    Answer: C. player

    'player' should be 'players' after 'one of the best'.

  10. Q10.Identify the error: 'I have saw that movie already.'

    • A.I have
    • B.saw
    • C.that movie
    • D.already
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    Answer: B. saw

    'saw' should be 'seen' with the auxiliary 'have'.

  11. Q11.Identify the error: 'Each of the students have submitted their assignment.'

    • A.Each of the students
    • B.have submitted
    • C.their
    • D.assignment
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    Answer: B. have submitted

    'have' should be 'has'; 'each' takes a singular verb.

  12. Q12.Identify the error: 'She is married with a doctor.'

    • A.She is
    • B.married
    • C.with
    • D.a doctor
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    Answer: C. with

    'with' should be 'to'; the correct phrase is 'married to'.

  13. Q13.Identify the error: 'He is senior than me.'

    • A.He is
    • B.senior
    • C.than
    • D.me
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    Answer: B. senior

    'senior than' should be 'senior to'.

  14. Q14.Identify the error: 'The news are very shocking.'

    • A.The news
    • B.are
    • C.very
    • D.shocking
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    Answer: B. are

    'are' should be 'is'; 'news' is treated as singular.

  15. Q15.Identify the error: 'He has been working here since five years.'

    • A.He has been
    • B.working here
    • C.since
    • D.five years
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    Answer: C. since

    'since' should be 'for' when referring to a duration.

  16. Q16.Identify the error: 'I am knowing the answer.'

    • A.I
    • B.am knowing
    • C.the
    • D.answer
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    Answer: B. am knowing

    'know' is a stative verb and is not used in continuous form.

  17. Q17.Identify the error: 'There is many reasons for this.'

    • A.There
    • B.is
    • C.many reasons
    • D.for this
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    Answer: B. is

    'is' should be 'are' to agree with the plural 'reasons'.

  18. Q18.Identify the error: 'He suggested me to see a doctor.'

    • A.He
    • B.suggested me
    • C.to see
    • D.a doctor
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    Answer: B. suggested me

    The correct usage is 'suggested that I see' or 'advised me to see'.

  19. Q19.Identify the error: 'One of my friend is coming today.'

    • A.One of my
    • B.friend
    • C.is coming
    • D.today
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    Answer: B. friend

    'friend' should be 'friends' after 'one of my'.

  20. Q20.Identify the error: 'He is too weak to walked.'

    • A.He is
    • B.too weak
    • C.to
    • D.walked
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    Answer: D. walked

    'walked' should be 'walk' after 'to'.

  21. Q21.Identify the error: 'I would like to have some more informations.'

    • A.I would like
    • B.to have
    • C.some more
    • D.informations
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    Answer: D. informations

    'informations' should be 'information'; it is an uncountable noun.

  22. Q22.Identify the error: 'Neither Ram nor his friends was present.'

    • A.Neither Ram
    • B.nor his friends
    • C.was
    • D.present
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    Answer: C. was

    'was' should be 'were' to agree with the nearer subject 'friends'.

  23. Q23.Identify the error: 'He along with his friends are going to the market.'

    • A.He
    • B.along with his friends
    • C.are going
    • D.to the market
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    Answer: C. are going

    'are' should be 'is'; the verb agrees with 'He', not the phrase after 'along with'.

  24. Q24.Identify the error: 'Each of the boys have done well.'

    • A.Each of the boys
    • B.have
    • C.done
    • D.well
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    Answer: B. have

    'have' should be 'has'; 'each' takes a singular verb.

  25. Q25.Identify the error: 'I have been knowing him for ten years.'

    • A.I
    • B.have been knowing
    • C.him
    • D.for ten years
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    Answer: B. have been knowing

    The correct form is 'have known'; stative verbs avoid continuous tense.

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