CBSE Class 10 English Spot the Error MCQs Set 01

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Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Once, there was the guru
communicate wisdom to
a people who came for his
darshan with flowers or fruits.
(a) an
(b) a
(c) were
(d) is
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Answer: (b) a

Explanation:
1. The guru is introduced for the first time in the story.
2. First mention of a singular noun takes 'a', not 'the'; 'guru' begins with a consonant sound.

Teacher's Note:
1. Story openings like 'Once, there was...' always take the indefinite article.
2. 'The' is used only after the noun has been mentioned or is known.

Question 2: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Once, there was the guru
communicate wisdom to
a people who came for his
darshan with flowers or fruits.
(a) communicated
(b) communicates
(c) communicating
(d) communication
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Answer: (c) communicating

Explanation:
1. The verb describes the guru: 'a guru communicating wisdom to the people'.
2. A present participle (-ing) is needed to describe what the noun was doing.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'There was a guru' already has a finite verb, so the next verb is non-finite.
2. A participle phrase after a noun works like 'who was communicating'.

Question 3: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Once, there was the guru
communicate wisdom to
a people who came for his
darshan with flowers or fruits.
(a) the
(b) those
(c) an
(d) this
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Answer: (a) the

Explanation:
1. 'People' is plural, so 'a' cannot be used before it.
2. The people are specific (those who came for darshan), so 'the people'.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'A/an' never comes before a plural noun.
2. A relative clause ('who came...') makes the noun definite.

Question 4: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The guru tell him to
start with the person that
he had a greatest faith
and high regard for.
(a) telling
(b) tells
(c) talk
(d) told
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Answer: (d) told

Explanation:
1. The story is in the past ('he had... faith').
2. So the simple past 'told' is required.

Teacher's Note:
1. Narratives keep a consistent past tense.
2. 'Tells' is present and 'telling' is non-finite.

Question 5: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The guru tell him to
start with the person that
he had a greatest faith
and high regard for.
(a) an
(b) the
(c) this
(d) it
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Answer: (b) the

Explanation:
1. A superlative ('greatest') always takes 'the'.
2. So 'the greatest faith'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Superlatives and ordinals take the definite article.
2. 'A greatest' is a common error in editing tasks.

Question 6: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

One day, he go to a forest
and was walking around
when he saw
a ashram.
(a) gone
(b) going
(c) goes
(d) went
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Answer: (d) went

Explanation:
1. 'One day' and 'was walking' show past time.
2. So the simple past 'went' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Time expressions like 'one day' signal past narration.
2. 'Gone' is a past participle and needs 'has/had'.

Question 7: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

One day, he go to a forest
and was walking around
when he saw
a ashram.
(a) an
(b) few
(c) the
(d) any
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Answer: (a) an

Explanation:
1. 'Ashram' begins with a vowel sound.
2. So 'an ashram', not 'a ashram'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Choose a/an by the sound, not the spelling, of the next word.
2. The ashram is mentioned for the first time, so an indefinite article is needed.

Question 8: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The sadhu seen a king
who is hungry and tired
and runned to the king
to give him some fruits.
(a) sees
(b) saw
(c) see
(d) sight
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Answer: (b) saw

Explanation:
1. 'Seen' is a past participle and cannot be used without 'has/had'.
2. The narration is in the past, so 'saw'.

Teacher's Note:
1. see-saw-seen: only 'saw' can stand alone as a past verb.
2. Check every past participle for its helping verb.

Question 9: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The sadhu seen a king
who is hungry and tired
and runned to the king
to give him some fruits.
(a) are
(b) has
(c) was
(d) were
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Answer: (c) was

Explanation:
1. The main narration is past ('saw'), so the relative clause also takes the past.
2. 'King' is singular, so 'was'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Keep tense consistent between the main clause and the 'who' clause.
2. Was/were follows the number of the noun 'who' refers to.

Question 10: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The sadhu seen a king
who is hungry and tired
and runned to the king
to give him some fruits.
(a) ran
(b) running
(c) run
(d) runs
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Answer: (a) ran

Explanation:
1. 'Run' is an irregular verb: run-ran-run.
2. 'Runned' does not exist; the simple past is 'ran'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise common irregular verbs: run, see, go, eat, tell.
2. Do not add -ed to irregular verbs.

Question 11: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The saint get a piece of chalk equal to
the lump in the opium and tell the
opium eater to continue eaten opium but
not more than the weight of the chalk each day.
(a) got
(b) getting
(c) gets
(d) gotten
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Answer: (a) got

Explanation:
1. The story is narrated in the past.
2. So the simple past 'got' is needed.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Gotten' is a participle and needs an auxiliary.
2. Keep all the verbs of a story in the past.

Question 12: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The saint get a piece of chalk equal to
the lump in the opium and tell the
opium eater to continue eaten opium but
not more than the weight of the chalk each day.
(a) telling
(b) tells
(c) told
(d) tell
Show Answer & Explanation

Answer: (c) told

Explanation:
1. 'Tell' is joined by 'and' to the past verb 'got'.
2. Verbs joined by 'and' share the same tense, so 'told'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Parallel verbs linked with 'and' must match in tense.
2. Editing lines often hide the second verb of a pair.

Question 13: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The saint get a piece of chalk equal to
the lump in the opium and tell the
opium eater to continue eaten opium but
not more than the weight of the chalk each day.
(a) eating
(b) eaten
(c) ate
(d) eats
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Answer: (a) eating

Explanation:
1. 'Continue' is followed by a gerund (-ing) or an infinitive.
2. So 'continue eating opium'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Verbs like continue, keep, stop, finish take the -ing form.
2. A past participle cannot follow 'continue' directly.

Question 14: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Countries near then equator
are much warmer than
these countries further
towards its north and south.
(a) the
(b) an
(c) a
(d) this
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Answer: (a) the

Explanation:
1. 'Then' is an adverb of time and makes no sense before 'equator'.
2. Unique geographical points take 'the': 'the equator'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use 'the' before unique things: the equator, the sun, the earth.
2. Watch for spelling slips like then/the in editing tasks.

Question 15: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Countries near then equator
are much warmer than
these countries further
towards its north and south.
(a) the
(b) a
(c) an
(d) that
Show Answer & Explanation

Answer: (a) the

Explanation:
1. The countries are identified by the phrase 'further towards the north and south'.
2. 'These' wrongly points back to countries already mentioned; 'the countries' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. A noun defined by a following phrase takes 'the'.
2. Demonstratives (this/these) need a clear earlier reference.

Question 16: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Though their is no indication
as to where they were first establish,
mektabs were certainly widespread
in fourteenth century AD in capital cities like Samarkand.
(a) there
(b) them
(c) they
(d) these
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Answer: (a) there

Explanation:
1. 'Their' is a possessive determiner and needs a noun after it.
2. The structure 'there is' (existence) is required.

Teacher's Note:
1. Their (possession), there (place/existence), they're (they are).
2. Read the line aloud with each option to test meaning.

Question 17: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

Though their is no indication
as to where they were first establish,
mektabs were certainly widespread
in fourteenth century AD in capital cities like Samarkand.
(a) establishes
(b) established
(c) establishment
(d) establishing
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Answer: (b) established

Explanation:
1. After 'were', a past participle is needed: 'were first established'.
2. The base form 'establish' cannot follow 'were'.

Teacher's Note:
1. be + past participle describes what was done to the subject.
2. Base forms never follow was/were.

Question 18: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

For the same reason,
Italy is cooler than India,
but England has
cooler than Italy.
(a) have
(b) is
(c) was
(d) are
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Answer: (b) is

Explanation:
1. 'Cooler' is an adjective, so a linking verb 'be' is needed, not 'has'.
2. The subject 'England' is singular and the statement is a present fact: 'is'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Adjectives follow linking verbs like is, seems, becomes.
2. Geographical facts are stated in the simple present.

Question 19: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The great American inventor
and businessmen, Thomas Alva Edison
enjoys reading as a child
and read many chemistry books.
(a) business
(b) businessman
(c) businesswoman
(d) businesswomen
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Answer: (b) businessman

Explanation:
1. The noun refers to one person, Thomas Alva Edison.
2. So the singular 'businessman' agrees with 'inventor' and 'Edison'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Nouns in apposition must agree in number with the person they describe.
2. Watch -man/-men endings in editing tasks.

Question 20: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The great American inventor
and businessmen, Thomas Alva Edison
enjoys reading as a child
and read many chemistry books.
(a) enjoy
(b) enjoying
(c) enjoyed
(d) enjoyment
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Answer: (c) enjoyed

Explanation:
1. 'As a child' places the action in the past.
2. It is also parallel to 'read' (past), so 'enjoyed'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Time phrases like 'as a child' or 'in his youth' signal the past tense.
2. Verbs joined by 'and' should match in tense.

Question 21: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The first accumulators was
produced for electric cars,
but there were several defect and several
customers complained about the products.
(a) were
(b) is
(c) are
(d) has
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Answer: (a) were

Explanation:
1. The subject 'accumulators' is plural.
2. The event is in the past, so the plural past 'were'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Find the head noun of the subject and match the verb to it.
2. Plural subject + past = were.

Question 22: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

The first accumulators was
produced for electric cars,
but there were several defect and several
customers complained about the products.
(a) defected
(b) defection
(c) defects
(d) defecting
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Answer: (c) defects

Explanation:
1. 'Several' is followed by a plural countable noun.
2. So 'several defects'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Quantifiers several, many, a few take plural nouns.
2. 'Were' in the same clause also confirms the plural.

Question 23: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the underlined line. Choose the option that correctly replaces the error.

In 2010, Time magazine included
Sachin in it's annual
Time 100 list as one
of the most influential people in the world.
(a) their
(b) your
(c) its
(d) them
Show Answer & Explanation

Answer: (c) its

Explanation:
1. 'It's' means 'it is', which makes no sense here.
2. The possessive determiner 'its' (the magazine's) is needed.

Teacher's Note:
1. Possessive determiners (its, their, his) never take an apostrophe.
2. Test 'it's' by expanding it to 'it is'.

Question 24: Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a news report:
The students preparing for their boards couldn't carry on their studies peacefully and the sleep of the elderly, the sickly and the infants had been ruined.
(a) couldn't → cannot
(b) on → with
(c) studies → study
(d) had been ruined → was ruined
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Answer: (d) had been ruined → was ruined

Explanation:
1. The two clauses describe the same past time.
2. Both need the simple past: 'couldn't carry on' and 'was ruined'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check each underlined part for tense, agreement, word form and spelling.
2. Only one change should make the whole sentence correct.

Question 25: Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a popular story:
As soon as Mrs Pumphrey came to know that Tricki had been recovering rapidly, she started sending fresh eggs and brandy bottles to build up Tricki's strength.
(a) to know → be known
(b) had been recovering → was recovering
(c) started sending → started to sent
(d) to build → to built
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Answer: (b) had been recovering → was recovering

Explanation:
1. The recovery was going on at the time she came to know.
2. An action in progress at a past moment takes the past continuous.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check each underlined part for tense, agreement, word form and spelling.
2. Only one change should make the whole sentence correct.

Question 26: Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a news report:
A female giraffe knows that the only chance of survival for her baby in the jungle is to kick it until it gets on its feet otherwise, it shall be eaten up by wildcats and become dead meat.
(a) survival → surviving
(b) gets → will get
(c) shall be eaten → will be eaten
(d) become → becomes
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Answer: (c) shall be eaten → will be eaten

Explanation:
1. This is a simple prediction about a third-person subject ('it').
2. Simple future with he/she/it uses 'will', not 'shall'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check each underlined part for tense, agreement, word form and spelling.
2. Only one change should make the whole sentence correct.

Question 27: Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a news report:
The current scenario is affecting the central and state economies to the extent wherein many businessmen had to bear heavy losses in their businesses.
(a) scenario → scene
(b) is affecting → has affected
(c) economies → economy
(d) to bear → to borne
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Answer: (b) is affecting → has affected

Explanation:
1. The losses are already suffered ('had to bear').
2. The effect so far is a completed result, so 'has affected'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check each underlined part for tense, agreement, word form and spelling.
2. Only one change should make the whole sentence correct.

Question 28: Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a news report:
Water pollution is a curse and to top it, hospitals in the worst effected districts do not have a system of early detection of ill-effects of contaminated water.
(a) a → the
(b) effected → affected
(c) do → does
(d) ill-effects → ill-affects
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Answer: (b) effected → affected

Explanation:
1. 'Affect' (verb) means to influence or harm; 'effect' is usually a noun.
2. The districts are harmed, so 'affected'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check each underlined part for tense, agreement, word form and spelling.
2. Only one change should make the whole sentence correct.

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