CDS | English | Error Spotting Mini Mock for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Direction: Each item this section has a sentence which has multiple parts. Find out the error/no error and indicate your response from the options (a), (b), (c) and (d) on the Answer Sheet.

Dolphins are highly intelligent and most sensitive mammal.

Question 2

Direction: Each item this section has a sentence which has multiple parts. Find out the error/no error and indicate your response from the options (a), (b), (c) and (d) on the Answer Sheet.

Madan Pillai was pleased with the sound of the instrument and presented Ayaj Ansari a pair of beautiful, blue, heart-shaped, Indian, diamond rings.

Question 3

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence that has multiple parts. Find out the error/no error and indicate your response from the options (a), (b), (c) and (d) on the answer sheet.

As a genre, Indo-fusion has been around since the 1970s, but the number of album releases has been sporadic over the years.

Question 4

Direction: In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: Art in some form or other has existed from the Palaeolithic period, and as long as humans have existed.

S6: It is a repository of our collective memory.

P: We have been attracted to and fascinated by it.

Q: Art has been shown to have an impact on the brain by causing an actual increase in the levels of ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitters.

R: But it is the effects that art has on the mind and brain that truly deserve admiration.

S: Art affects society by its power to change opinions and translate human experiences.

Question 5

Directions: Each item this section has a sentence which has multiple parts. Find out the error/no error and indicate your response from the options (a), (b), (c) and (d) on the Answer Sheet.

In the British mercantile marine all ships is compelled to keep an official log book in a form approved by the Board of Trade.

Question 6

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

The novelist said during (a)/ his book reading session that (b)/ there were farther volumes to be published (c)/ No error (d)

Question 7

Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (A) or (B) or (C). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (D).

I hardly had no clue about the impending (A)/ commotion that befell (B)/ the house. (C) / no error (D)

Question 8

Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Mr. Chidambram, if found by the current investigation (a)/ to have done something wrong, (B)/ must be held responsible of what he has done. (c)/ no error (d)

Question 9

Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

In spite all the effort and expenditure, (a)/ four tiger surveys have not generated (b)/ ecologically credible results. (c) / no error (d)

Question 10

Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Certain key indicators suggest that (a)/ Indian economy has stagnated (b)/ when the NDA came to power in 2014. (c) / no error (d)

Question 11

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

It is time to (a) name names and (b) call a spade a club. (c) No error (d)

Question 12

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

He was probably somewhat (a) junior than Empedocles, so that his (b) birth may be placed at about 480. (c) No error (d)

Question 13

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Cattle is produced in large (a) numbers in some of the provinces in India, (b) while in others mining forms the chief industry. (c) No error (d)

Question 14

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

She wasn't going (a) to reveal her secret (b) unless she hadn’t to. (c) No error (d)

Question 15

Direction: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

The rest she didn't (a) want to repeat again, (b) but he knew there was more. (c) No error (d)