EPFO APFC- Error Spotting Tips

Have you started your preparation for the English Section of EPFO APFC exam? If yes, you must have noticed the questions which have a sentence split in 4/5 parts and you are asked to identify if there is an error in that sentence and if yes, to identify that part of the sentence which has the error. If the sentence doesn’t have any error, you need to mark the option which says, ‘No Error’. There are a handful of questions on this topic in nearly all the banking exams and if well practised, the marks of all of these error-detection questions can be easily scored. Before you start your preparation, we suggest you take a Free Mock Test of EPFO APFC and see how you perform in answering questions on this topic.

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Error Detection Rules

To help you make the most of this error detection section, we have come up with the basic rules of error detection. First things first, you need to practice rigorously and make a note of the errors you come across from the detailed solution of the quiz. It’s important that whatever mistake you have committed during the practice doesn’t get repeated in the actual exam. For the mistake to not get repeated, it is important that you make note of the rules which you come across during your practice sessions. You can practice a lot of only error detection questions in Topic Tests on our platform which is completely free of cost. For non-stop practice sessions, you can also buy EPFO APFC Package for only Rs 499 and get 5 Mock Tests.

Types of Error

These Error Detection questions check how well do you know the grammatical rules viz. Part of speech, subject-verb agreement, active & passive voice, different tenses etc. Sometimes it also checks if you know the contextual meaning of difficult words. So you need to update your word power and their usage as well. There’s no denying the fact that practice & only practice can help you score all of these error detection marks. Broadly, below are the types of errors which are asked in error detection questions:

• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Usage of Participles & Infinitives
• Usage of Verbs
• Usage of Adjectives

Let’s have a look at the steps you definitely need to take to get a grip on these error detection questions.

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Reading

We suggest you develop a reading habit and read extensively whenever you get the opportunity. It doesn’t matter what genre are you reading. What matters is while reading, you should pay attention to the structure of the sentences. This trait will definitely help you in finding the error in any sentence in the long run. Reading this way will also increase your reading speed and your ability to comprehend sentences.

Writing

This is the next step to reading which will make your skill of error detection even better. Try reading the editorials of prominent English newspapers and then try to write the same ideas in your words. When you start writing something you start making sentences and if backed by a good reading habit, the sentences just come out without any error. This process reinvokes the different kinds of sentence structures which are already there in your mind. You may also maintain a diary where you can pen your daily observations. All these steps will definitely improve your proficiency to detect errors.

Practising

All said and done, there’s no alternative to practice, review and improve upon your mistakes. Here’s something that will definitely come handy in your preparation. Take Topic Tests of Error Detection on PracticeMock platform on a regular basis. All of these questions have detailed solutions which will definitely help you in revision and/or learning new rules of error detection.

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We hope that these tips will help you in creating a base to tackle the error detection questions. As already mentioned, take a Free Mock Test of EPFO APFC & understand your level of preparation so that you can make it better.