Class 12 · General Ability Test · CBSE Board · 2021–2025

Spotting Errors — Class 12 General Ability Test PYQs

47 questions from this chapter, asked in 4 Class 12 exams between 2021–2025 — every question paper set included, duplicates removed.

47questions
4Class 12 exams
2021–2025years covered
1 / 4mark values asked

Questions asked per year

Practice questions first 10 of 47 — free

Q1MCQ20251 mark

Directions : Following items have four sentences, one of which is correct. Find the correct option and mark your response in the Answer Sheet.

Which one of the following sentences is correct?

(A)He is considered as the brightest intellectual in the country✓ Correct
(B)He is considered as one among the brightest intellectual in the country
(C)He is considered as one among the brighter intellectual in the country
(D)He is considered as one of the intellectual in the country
Q2MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Over long periods of time, layers of sediments builds up to a height of a few kilometers. No Error

(A)Over long periods of time,
(B)layers of sediments builds up✓ Correct
(C)to a height of a few kilometers.
(D)No Error
Q3MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

When a gas is cooled down it turns into a liquid from a process called condensation. No Error

(A)When a gas is
(B)cooled down it turns into a liquid
(C)from a process called condensation.✓ Correct
(D)No Error
Q4MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

If you want to know the news you can read a newspaper. No Error

(A)If you want
(B)to know the news
(C)you can read a newspaper.
(D)No Error✓ Correct
Q5MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Columbus made his first voyage from Europe to America on 1492. No Error

(A)Columbus made his
(B)first voyage from Europe to America
(C)on 1492.✓ Correct
(D)No Error
Q6MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Whenever the sky is clear, you can see the stars in the night. No Error

(A)Whenever the sky is
(B)clear, you can see
(C)the stars in the night.✓ Correct
(D)No Error
Q7MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

I'm not working tomorrow, so I don't had to get up early. No Error

(A)I'm not working tomorrow,
(B)so I don't had to✓ Correct
(C)get up early.
(D)No Error
Q8MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

She didn't tell anybody about her plans. No Error

(A)She didn't
(B)tell anybody
(C)about her plans.
(D)No Error✓ Correct
Q9MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

She wouldn't have has an accident, if she had driven carefully. No Error

(A)She wouldn't have
(B)has an accident,✓ Correct
(C)if she had driven carefully.
(D)No Error
Q10MCQ20234 marks

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

I will watch film if I finish the work in time. No Error

(A)I will watch film✓ Correct
(B)if I finish the work
(C)in time.
(D)No Error

Why practise Spotting Errors PYQs?

Spotting Errors has appeared in 4 Class 12 General Ability Test exams we track between 2021–2025, with questions worth 1, 4 marks. CBSE Board examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.

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