📘 Question Tag with Be-Verbs📚 Special Case- 'I am' taking 'aren't I' and 'I am not' taking 'am I' in Tag

Q1

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
I am suitably dressed for the occasion, am I?

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 25/11/2020 (Shift-II)

📘 Subjects with Correlative Conjunctions📚 'Neither...nor'- Verb agrees with the nearest subject

Q2

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Neither Amit nor Raju are staying with his parents in Mumbai.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI (Tier-II) 27/09/2019 (3 pm - 5 pm)

📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Singular Head Noun + 'of' + Plural Noun taking Singular Verb (The quality of apples is good)

Q3

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
The list of candidates to be called for the interview were put up on the board.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI (Tier-II) 27/09/2019 (3 pm - 5 pm)

📘 Present Perfect Tense📚 Choice of Has vs Have with different subjects

Q4

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
One should be careful to re-read what they has written.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI (Tier-II)

📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Singular Head Noun + 'of' + Plural Noun taking Singular Verb (The quality of apples is good)

Q5

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
The box of paper clips are kept in the drawer.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI (Tier-II) 27/09/2019 (3 pm - 5 pm)

📘 Verb Agreement with Relative Pronoun📚 Verb after 'who'/'which'/'that' agreeing with its antecedent

Q6

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Prema is the girl in my class who write beautiful poems.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI (Tier-II) 27/09/2019 (3 pm - 5 pm)

📘 Words taking Verb according to the Noun that follows📚 'All'- Singular Verb in uncountable sense (All is well) and Plural Verb in countable sense (All are well)

Q7

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option 'No error'.
All of us were a little nervous when we came into this room today.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 23/11/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 Subjects with Correlative Conjunctions📚 'Either...or'- Verb agrees with the nearest subject

Q8

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Either Ramesh or Reema have the keys to the cupboard.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 25/11/2020 (Shift-II)

📘 Verb Agreement with Relative Pronoun📚 Verb after 'who'/'which'/'that' agreeing with its antecedent

Q9

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
He is over eighty and dare not read without glasses.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 25/11/2020 (Shift-II)

📘 Verb Agreement with Relative Pronoun📚 Verb after 'who'/'which'/'that' agreeing with its antecedent

Q10

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Our new secretary's performance have been quite impressive.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 23/11/2020 (Shift-II)

📘 Simple Present Tense📚 Subject-verb agreement- V1 + s/es, do/does and verb agreeing with the main subject

Q11

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Note down my phone number in case you needs to ring me up.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 09/12/2019 (Shift-II)

📘 Present Perfect Tense📚 Choice of Has vs Have with different subjects

Q12

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Saurav Ganguly have emerged as the new President of the BCCI after a night long discussion.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 11/12/2019 (Shift-I)

📘 Uncountable Nouns📚 Common Uncountable Nouns taking Singular Verb- furniture, information, advice, news, work, luggage, baggage, scenery, machinery, stationery, crockery, poetry, evidence, equipment, knowledge, traffic, electricity, hair, bread, jewellery, etc.

Q13

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammtical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
The monsoon have, in the past five days, retreated from most parts of the country.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 12/12/2019 (Shift-I)

📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Long phrases or clauses between Subject and Verb distracting agreement (The appeal of the victims for the transfer of the cases has been accepted)

Q14

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Only one copy of the book, running into 1200 pages, on Gandhiji's visit to the State of Andhra Pradesh, remain now.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 13/12/2019 (Shift-II)

📘 Bare Infinitive after Causative/Perception Verbs📚 See, watch, hear, feel + Bare Infinitive vs V1+ing- complete action vs action in progress

Q15

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'

We watched the workmen to repair the tiles of the kitchen.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 09/12/2019 (Shift-I)

📘 Present Continuous Tense📚 Is/Am/Are + V1 + ing for actions going on at the time of speaking

Q16

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option 'No error'.

Sh! Someone listens to our conversation.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 23/11/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 Past Continuous Tense📚 Was/Were + V1 + ing for actions in continuation in the past

Q17

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

The files you were look for are placed on the table.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI (Tier-II) 27/09/2019 (3 pm - 5 pm)

📘 Past Indefinite Tense (Simple Past)📚 Definite past time markers take Past Indefinite, never Present Perfect- ago, yesterday, last night, in 1990, etc.

Q18

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option 'No error'.

The sun rises at 6:35 yesterday morning.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 23/11/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 Confusing Verb Pairs📚 Lie (lied- falsehood) vs Lie (lay/lain- recline) vs Lay (laid- place/produce eggs)

Q19

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

She picked up the books lie on the table and put them on the shelf.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 25/11/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Singular Head Noun + 'of' + Plural Noun taking Singular Verb (The quality of apples is good)

Q20

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

One of the proposals received by us seem very interesting.

🎯 SSC CPO-SI - 24/11/2020 (Shift-I)

English Grammar - MOST IMPORTANT SSC CPO Previous Year Questions