Subject-Verb Agreement Error Spotting for SSC and Bank Exams (20 Questions)
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Subject-Verb Agreement Error Spotting
Twenty questions in the A, B, C, D format used by SSC, bank and CBSE papers. Find the part with the
error, or choose D if there is none.
Questions
1. (A) The quality of the mangoes (B) are not (C) as good as last year's. (D) No error
2. (A) Each of the players (B) have been given (C) a new jersey. (D) No error
3. (A) Bread and butter (B) is my usual (C) breakfast. (D) No error
4. (A) The committee (B) has submitted (C) its report. (D) No error
5. (A) Neither the teacher nor the students (B) was aware (C) of the change. (D) No error
6. (A) Mathematics (B) are (C) a scoring subject. (D) No error
7. (A) A number of passengers (B) was injured (C) in the accident. (D) No error
8. (A) The number of cars (B) have increased (C) in our city. (D) No error
9. (A) Either you or he (B) have to (C) attend the meeting. (D) No error
10. (A) The furniture in these rooms (B) are (C) very old. (D) No error
11. (A) Every boy and every girl (B) were given (C) a prize. (D) No error
12. (A) The scissors (B) is lying (C) on the table. (D) No error
13. (A) One of my friends (B) live (C) in Chennai. (D) No error
14. (A) The Prime Minister, along with his ministers, (B) are visiting (C) the flood-hit areas. (D) No
error
15. (A) Twenty kilometres (B) is (C) a long distance to walk. (D) No error
16. (A) Many a man (B) have lost (C) his job this year. (D) No error
17. (A) The news (B) were (C) shocking for everyone. (D) No error
18. (A) He is one of those writers (B) who has (C) won the award. (D) No error
19. (A) The cattle (B) is grazing (C) in the field. (D) No error
20. (A) Politics (B) is not (C) my area of interest. (D) No error
Answers with the rule
1. B: is not. The subject is quality, which is singular.
2. B: has been given. Each is singular.
3. D: no error. Bread and butter is one dish.
4. D: no error. The committee acts as one unit.
5. B: were aware. The nearer subject, students, is plural.
6. B: is. Subjects ending in -ics are singular.
7. B: were injured. A number of takes a plural verb.
8. B: has increased. The number of takes a singular verb.
9. B: has to. The nearer subject, he, is singular.
10. B: is. Furniture is uncountable and singular.
11. B: was given. Every before joined subjects makes them singular.
12. B: are lying. Scissors is a plural-only noun.
13. B: lives. The subject is one, not friends.
14. B: is visiting. Along with does not make the subject plural.
15. D: no error. A distance seen as one amount is singular.
16. B: has lost. Many a takes a singular noun and verb.
17. B: was. News is singular.
18. B: who have. Who refers to writers, which is plural.
19. B: are grazing. Cattle is always plural.
20. D: no error. Politics as a field of study is singular.
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