Bank Exam English - Spotting Errors - Practice Excercises

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Here are some Practice Exercises of Spotting Errors Section of the Bank Exams English Paper. Happy Reading.

Read Each Sentence to find out whether
there is any grammatical mistake / error / in it. The error if any, will be in
one part of the sentence. Mark the number of the part with error as your
answer. If there is No Error, Mark (5).

1. We are yet starting (1) /
   offering this facility to (2) / our customers as we are (3) / awaiting
   approval from the Board. (4) / No error (5).

2. The Chairmen of all large (1)
   / public sector banks met with (2) / senior RBI officials to give its (3)
   / suggestions about implementing the new policy. (4) / No error (5).

3. They have not fully
   considered (1) / the impact that relaxing (2) / these guidelines is likely
   (3)/ to have with the economy (4) / No error (5)

4. Had this notification (1) /
   been amended earlier, (2) / we could have stopped (3) / the transfer of
   funds. (4) / No error (5)

5. There are many insurance (1)
   / disputes nowadays because of (2) / most people do not fully (3) /
   understand the terms and conditions of their policies (4) / No error (5)

6. India demonstrates its
   supremacy (1) / in space when it successfully (2) / launched its third
   satellite (3) / into orbit yesterday. (4) / No error (5)

7. India needs a value education
   system (1) / who will inculcate values (2) / among the students and (3) /
   enrich their personalities. (4) / No error (5)

8. Driven by the desire to save
   trees (1) / residents of locality (2) / has started using solar appliances
   (3) / for their everyday needs. (4) / No error (5)

9. A large number of unmanned
   aircrafts (1) / being used by the military (2) / are suspected of having
   (3) / unsafe radio links. (4) / no error (5)

10. Recent survey shows that (1)
    / 35 million children in the age group of (2) / 6 to 10 years have never
    (3) / attended no primary school. (4) / No error (5)

11.  Coal mines constitute (1) / a major
    percentage of the (2) / sources which cause damage (3) / on the environment. (4) / No error (5)

12. A man who has been (1) /
    accused of fraud in (2) / an earlier job he will never be (3)/ welcome in
    any other organization. (4) / No error (5)

13. Worried about the continuing
    violence in the city (1)/ much students are set to migrate (2) / to other
    cities (3) / for higher education (4)/ No error (5)

14. Many organizations have been
    offering (1) / attractive incentives to (2)/ their employees in an attempt
    (3)/ to boosting employee retention. (4) / No error (5)

15. Some genuine issues exist (1)
    / with the newly adopted (2) / system and needs to (3) / be examined
    seriously. (4) / No error (5)

ANSWERS:

1.      Error
is in (1).  Replace we are yet starting by we are yet to start.

2.      Error
is in (3).  Replace its by their.

3.      Error
is in (4).  Replace to have with the economy by to
have on the economy.

4.      No
error

5.      Error
is in (2).  Replace disputes now a days because of by disputes now a days because. It is superfluous to use preposition of as subordinate clause follows.

6.      Error
is in (1).  The sentence shows past
event. So simple past should be used. India demonstrated its supremacy is correct.

7.      Error
is in (2).  Replace relative pronoun who by which because non-living thing has been used.

8.      Error
is in (1).  Replace Driven by the desire to save trees by Being driven by the desire to save trees.

9.      No
error

10.  Error
is in (4).  Here never is in negative.
So, attended any primary school is
correct.

11.  Error
is in (4).  Damage takes preposition to.
So, replace on the environment by to environment.

12.  Error
is in (3).  Here he (pronoun) is superfluous. So remove he.

13.   Error is in (2). The word students is a
countable noun. So much students are set
by many students are set.

14.  Error
is in (4). Replace to boosting employee
retention by to boost employee
retention.

15.  Error
is in (3). Plural subject takes plural verb. So system and need to should be used.