Error Detection for IBPS Clerk 2025, Check New Pattern Questions

Error Detection is one of the most commonly asked and scoring topics in the English Language section in the IBPS Clerk exam. This topic checks how well you understand grammar and sentence structure. If you get this topic, you can easily score 5 marks in less than 5 minutes.

In this blog, you will get to know what Error Detection is, how it is asked in the exam, and learn smart tips to solve it.

What is Error Detection?

In Error Detection, you’re given a sentence divided into parts. One of these parts may have a grammatical error. Your task is to find the part with the error or mark “No error” if the sentence is correct.

Errors can be related to:

• Tense
  
• Subject-Verb Agreement
  
• Prepositions
  
• Articles
  
• Verb Forms

Importance and Weightage of Error Detection

In the IBPS Clerk Prelims, Error Detection questions carry a 3 to 5 mark weightage in the English Language section. It’s a high-weightage topic because:

• Questions are quick to solve
  
• No calculations or long reading required
  
• Only basic grammar and focus are needed

Most Expected Error Detection Questions for IBPS Clerk 2025

Here we are providing the most expected Error Detection for IBPS Clerk questions. Candidates can click the PDF link and attempt all the questions

Directions: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

Q1.a) This approach could potentially made 

b) the EU the leader in global climate action,

c) a position that the U.S. never adopted, 

d) and China will take longer to aspire for.

e) No error

Q2.a) India has, in principle, agreed that

b) rapid HIV testing help to get more people 

c) diagnosed and opt for treatment,

d)  reducing transmission rates.

e) No error

Q3.a) This year’s drama has catching the

b) public imagination, as happened in 1996

c) when eight persons died in a single

d) day amid an unexpected storm.

e) No error

Q4.a) This experiment endorse the diversity 

b) of collaboration just as much as it does 

c) unrelenting patience and good faith 

d) in the power of science and reason.

e) No error

Q5.a) During the current year, there is apprehension 

b) that the focus of administrators will mainly be

c) on the conduct of the elections, relegating the 

d) public health risk of heat waves to the backburner. 

e) No error

Error Detection for IBPS Clerk Questions PDF

An example of Error Detection with questions and answers in PDF format is provided below. Download now.

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Tips to Solve Error Detection Questions

Here are 5 super simple tips to solve error-based questions easily:

1. Read the whole sentence first
   Understand the meaning before hunting for errors. Many errors make sense only in context.
   
2. Check for subject-verb agreement
   Make sure the verb matches the subject in number (singular/plural).
   
3. Look out for tenses
   Look if the action is in the correct tense and follows the proper sequence of events.
   
4. Prepositions and articles
   Words like in, on, at, the, a are common error areas — check their usage carefully.
   
5. Trust your grammar instinct
   If something “sounds wrong,” read it again slowly and look at the verb or connector.
   

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