SNAP PYQs on Error Spotting with Solutions: Practice SNAP Previous Year Questions

Choose the correct option of the following incorrect sentence: No matter what that I do, I can't make her happy.

One or more of the sentences (A, B, C, D) is/are incorrect considering standard English usage. Identify the incorrect sentence(s). A. The rightfully believing that his geniuses in poetry laid in personal utterances, Irish poet William Butler Yeats recognized that these personal utterances alone could not organize a body of a lyric poetry and drama into the organic structure he hoped to build.
B. For one thing personal utterances is beset by danger of sentimentality, which leads poetry away from that reality that poetry would deal with various kinds of self-pity and self-deceptions.
C. He thus has to technique by which the person could some how be objectified, be given the appearance of impersonal "truth" and yet retained- motive force of privately felt belief.
D. The partial solution was the theory the mask.

A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error
(a) The sound was taken up by another dog, and then another and another,
(b) till, borne on the wind which now sighed softly through the pass,
(c) a wild howling began, which seemed to come from all over the country,
(d) as far as the imagination could grasp them through the gloom of the night.

Which of the following is correctly spelt?

One or more of the sentences (A, B, C, D) is/are incorrect considering standard English usage. Identify the incorrect sentence(s). A. As the growing economy makes increasing demands on infrastructure inputs, these problems could worsen in the coming year.
B. Therefore, addressing infrastructure gaps needs to doing our topmost priority next year.
C. The second risk lies in the global macroeconomic imbalances, reflected in the twin deficits of the US and rising surpluses of Asia.
D. The longer these imbalances have persisted, the greater has become the risk of disruptive correction.

In the question parts have been underlined. If any rule of correct English is violated then it could be only in the UNDERLINED part, marked as 1, 2, 3 or 4. Choose the option, which violates usage of correct English
Ganesh is taller than/1 Ramesh but/2   Anoop is/3    more taller/4.

In the question parts have been underlined. If any rule of correct English is violated then it could be only in the UNDERLINED part, marked as 1, 2, 3 or 4. Choose the option, which violates usage of correct English
My Parents/1   are Indians but/2       I am/3    born in Sydney/4.

Which of the following words is correctly spelt?

One or more of the sentences (A, B, C, D) is/are incorrect considering standard English usage. Identify the incorrect sentence(s). A. In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
B. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.
C. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it.
D. The glow from that fire can truly light the world.

In the question parts have been underlined. If any rule of correct English is violated then it could be only in the UNDERLINED part, marked as 1, 2, 3 or 4. Choose the option, which violates usage of correct English
Standing/1   on the top of the tower the whole city could be seen/3.

In the following question, there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error
(a) The house was silent when we got back,
(b) save for some poor creature who was
(c) screaming away in one of the distant ward,
(d) and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room

A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error
(a) At last there came a time when the driver went
(b) further afield than he had yet gone,
(c) and during its absence, the horses began to tremble
(d) worse than ever and to snort and scream with fright