The CLAT exam requires strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and careful reading, along with a clear understanding of the Error Spotting. This article provides a set of MCQs on Error Spotting to help you practice and strengthen your knowledge with the help of detailed solutions, which will support your CLAT 2026 exam preparation.
Whether you're revising the basics or testing your knowledge, these MCQs will serve as a valuable practice resource.
The CLAT 2026 exam is expected to follow a similar trend to the CLAT 2025, with a total of 120 questions for one mark, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.
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CLAT MCQs on Error Spotting
1. (Jumbled Sentences) Arrange the following to form the best-ordered paragraph.
(i) The Super tag scanner could revolutionize the way people shop, virtually eradicating supermarket queues.
(ii) The face of retailing will change even more rapidly when the fiber-optic networks being built by cable-TV companies begin to be more widely used.
(iii) The scanner would have a double benefit for supermarkets—removing the bottleneck that frustrates most customers and reducing the number of checkout staff.
(iv) An electronic scanner which can read the entire contents of a supermarket trolley at a glance has just been developed.
(i) The Super tag scanner could revolutionize the way people shop, virtually eradicating supermarket queues.
(ii) The face of retailing will change even more rapidly when the fiber-optic networks being built by cable-TV companies begin to be more widely used.
(iii) The scanner would have a double benefit for supermarkets—removing the bottleneck that frustrates most customers and reducing the number of checkout staff.
(iv) An electronic scanner which can read the entire contents of a supermarket trolley at a glance has just been developed.
A ii, i, iii, iv
B iv, i, iii, ii
C iv, iii, ii, i
D iii, i, iv, ii
2. UNIT II — Arrange the sentences to form the best-ordered paragraph.
(i) Of course, modern postal services now are much more sophisticated and faster, relying as they do on motor vehicles and planes.
(ii) Indeed, the ancient Egyptians had a system for sending letters from about 2000 BC, as did the Zhou dynasty in China a thousand years later.
(iii) Letters were, and are, sent by some form of postal service, the history of which goes back a long way.
(iv) For centuries, the only form of written correspondence was the letter.
(i) Of course, modern postal services now are much more sophisticated and faster, relying as they do on motor vehicles and planes.
(ii) Indeed, the ancient Egyptians had a system for sending letters from about 2000 BC, as did the Zhou dynasty in China a thousand years later.
(iii) Letters were, and are, sent by some form of postal service, the history of which goes back a long way.
(iv) For centuries, the only form of written correspondence was the letter.
A ii, i, iii, iv
B iv, i, iii, ii
C iv, iii, ii, i
D iii, i, iv, ii
3. UNIT III — Arrange the sentences to form the best-ordered paragraph.
(i) Converting money into several currencies in the course of one trip can also be quite expensive, given that banks and bureaux de change charge commission on the transaction.
(ii) Trying to work out the value of the various notes and coins can be quite a strain, particularly if you are visiting more than one country.
(iii) Travel can be very exciting, but it can also be rather complicated.
(iv) One of these complications is, undoubtedly, foreign currency.
(i) Converting money into several currencies in the course of one trip can also be quite expensive, given that banks and bureaux de change charge commission on the transaction.
(ii) Trying to work out the value of the various notes and coins can be quite a strain, particularly if you are visiting more than one country.
(iii) Travel can be very exciting, but it can also be rather complicated.
(iv) One of these complications is, undoubtedly, foreign currency.
A ii, i, iii, iv
B iv, i, iii, ii
C iv, iii, ii, i
D iii, i, iv, ii
4. UNIT IV — Arrange the sentences to form the best-ordered paragraph.
(i) She will be right about three—curiosity, freckles, and doubt—but wrong about love.
(ii) “Four of the things I’d be better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.”
(iii) Love is indispensable in life.
(iv) So wrote Dorothy Parker, the American writer.
(i) She will be right about three—curiosity, freckles, and doubt—but wrong about love.
(ii) “Four of the things I’d be better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.”
(iii) Love is indispensable in life.
(iv) So wrote Dorothy Parker, the American writer.
A ii, i, iii, iv
B iv, i, iii, ii
C ii, iii, i, i
D iii, i, iv, ii
5. UNIT V — Arrange the sentences to form the best-ordered paragraph.
(i) This clearly indicates that the brains of men and women are organized differently in the way they process speech.
(ii) Difference in the way men and women process language is of special interest to brain researchers.
(iii) However women are more likely than men to suffer aphasia when the front part of the brain is damaged.
(iv) It has been known that aphasia — a kind of speech disorder — is more common in men than in women when the left side of the brain is damaged in an accident or after a stroke.
(i) This clearly indicates that the brains of men and women are organized differently in the way they process speech.
(ii) Difference in the way men and women process language is of special interest to brain researchers.
(iii) However women are more likely than men to suffer aphasia when the front part of the brain is damaged.
(iv) It has been known that aphasia — a kind of speech disorder — is more common in men than in women when the left side of the brain is damaged in an accident or after a stroke.
A ii, i, iii, iv
B iv, i, iii, ii
C iv, iii, ii, i
D iii, i, iv, ii
6. Choose the correct option.
A Please stop interfering into my romantic life.
B Please stop interfering in my romantic life.
C Please stop interfering with my romantic life.
D Please stop interfering for my romantic life.
7. Choose the correct option.
A The Titanic did not reach their destination
B The Titanic did not reach her destination
C The Titanic did not reach his destination
D The Titanic did not reach it's destination
8. Choose the correct option.
A The Film Star climbed off ther car and smiled at the people.
B The Film Star come out of the car and smiled at the people.
C The Film Star got out of the car and smiled at the people.
D The Film Star got off the car and smiled at the people.
9. Choose the correct option.
A Your grammar is very good, but you need to work on correcting your pronunciation.
B Your grammar is very good, but you need to work on managing your pronunciation.
C Your grammar is very good, but you need to work on repairing your pronunciation.
D Your grammar is very good, but you need to work on modifying your pronunciation.
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