In banking exams (IBPS PO, SBI PO, Clerk), error spotting questions test your ability to spot subtle syntax traps. When looking at a sentence divided into parts (A, B, C, D), always run through this 5-point checklist.

The 5-Point Bank Exam Checklist

1. Subject-Verb Match: Locate the true subject (ignore words like along with, as well as, including). Is the verb singular or plural?
2. Tense Consistency: Does the sentence start in past and randomly switch to present? Check for conditional structures.
3. Parallelism: Items in a series must share the same grammatical form (e.g., reading, swimming, and running, not to read, swimming, and to run).
4. Prepositions & Collocations: Check fixed pairs (insist on, prohibit from, accustomed to).
5. Pronoun Agreement: Does "Each of the candidates..." incorrectly use "their" instead of "his or her"?