Spotting Error Set – 32

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1. a)/ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights b)/ adopted at December 10, 1948 states c)/ that “all human beings are born d)/ free and equal in dignity and rights. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “at” with “on”
   
   
2. a)/ It brought human rights of LGBTQ people in line with b)/ international legal norms applied in Europe, c)/ the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Australia, d)/ New Zealand, Hong Kong and Fiji between others. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4. D
   Explanation:Replace “betwwen” with “among”
   
   
3. a)/ This was in a case of miscarriage b)/ of justice where matrimonial c)/ disputes led to allegations d)/ of criminal conduct. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5. E
   Explanation: No error
   
   
4. a)/ It is neither advisable b)/ or possible to enumerate c)/ all the grounds on which such d)/ a petition may be entertained. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “or” with “nor”
   Correct sequence is “neither…nor”
   and “either…or”
   
   
5. a)/ If Justice Kirby and Justice Cameron were to b)/ visit India after the Koushal c)/ judgment, was they be treated as d)/ honoured guests or as suspected felons? e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3. C
   Explanation: Replace “was” with “would”
   
   
6. a)/ It may not be to late to b)/ do so, but the government c)/ should keep in mind that d)/ luck favours the brave. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1. A
   Explanation: Replace “to” with “too”
   
   
7. a)/ They will also likely reverse the process b)/ of development in rural areas that had been c)/ saw in terms of rising access to education, d)/ particularly among women, and nutrition. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3. C
   Explanation: Replace “saw” with “seen”
   use third form of verb with bad been
   
   
8. a)/ This is the first time in the last b)/ five decade that the wages of c)/ casual workers in rural areas d)/ have declined in real terms. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: it should be “five decades”
   
   
9. a)/ One of the strongest indicators b)/ of the distress in the rural c)/ economy and among the d)/ poor is the wage rate growth.e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5. E
   Explanation: No error
   
   
10. a)/ With the government using the opportunity of falling b)/ petroleum prices to shore upto revenues by raising excise c)/ on petroleum products, even a significant reduction d)/ in diesel prices did not materialise for farmers. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 2. B
    Explanation: Replace “shore upon” with “shore up”