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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 77

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in Spotting Errors, which is BASED ON IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. The penultimate month / of 2016 seems to / have astonished / any US watchers.
    1) The penultimate month
    2) of 2016 seems to
    3) have astonished
    4) any US watchers.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “any” with “many”
    we used any with with negative sentences and many with countable nouns.

  2. Starting with Republican nominee / Donald Trump’s surprise win / over US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, / it’s be amazements all along.
    1) Starting with Republican nominee
    2) Donald Trump’s surprise win
    3) over US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
    4) it’s be amazements all along.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “be” with “been”
    ‘Been‘ is the past participle, used in Present Perfect Simple and Continuous.
    ‘Be‘ is the base form of the verb. It can take the forms of am/is/are (in the present) and was/were (in the past).
    Hence “been” will be correct.

  3. The foreign policy of / nation witnesses / radical change when / a ‘outsider’ steers it.
    1) The foreign policy of
    2) nation witnesses
    3) radical change when
    4) a ‘outsider’ steers it.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “a” with “an”

  4. This unprecedented / step rattled / China and triggered / of a war of words.
    1) This unprecedented
    2) step rattled
    3) China and triggered
    4) of a war of words.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “of” with “off”
    Triggered off will be correct phrase which means (trigger off) – put in motion or move to act

  5. With its rising economic clout, / democratic reforms was initiated / in the 1980s, which led to the first-ever / direct presidential election in 1996.
    1) With its rising economic clout,
    2) democratic reforms was initiated
    3) in the 1980s, which led to the first-ever
    4) direct presidential election in 1996.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “were” with “was”

  6. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army sent / ballistic missiles off Taiwan’s / coast in a bid to browbeat the electorate / into voting against Lee and Peng.
    1) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army sent
    2) ballistic missiles off Taiwan’s
    3) coast in a bid to browbeat the electorate
    4) into voting against Lee and Peng.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  7. Missiles were lobbed in / the sea, which saw the / US intervene with its full might / since the Vietnam war.
    1) Missiles were lobbed in
    2) the sea, which saw the
    3) US intervene with its full might
    4) since the Vietnam war.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “in” with “into”
    We use in to talk about where something is in relation to a larger area around it
    We use into to talk about the movement of something, usually with a verb that expresses movement

  8. Lee Teng-hui won with a landslide / and Beijing tacitly acknowledged / that it could not do / much in the face of US’s naval might.
    1) Lee Teng-hui won with a landslide
    2) and Beijing tacitly acknowledged
    3) that it could not do
    4) much in the face of US’s naval might.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  9. Beijing is yet to comment on this, / but for now it seems Trump / and Modi is quick to / recast their foreign policy.
    1) Beijing is yet to comment on this,
    2) but for now it seems Trump
    3) and Modi is quick to
    4) recast their foreign policy.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “is” with “are”
    for Trump and Modi use are

  10. Dhoni is like the placid ocean, all serene / and calm, and what’s going on / over the surface is / always a mystery.
    1) Dhoni is like the placid ocean, all serene
    2) and calm, and what’s going on
    3) over the surface is
    4) always a mystery.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “over” with “beneath”
    Underneath is often used to say that something is covered by another thing.Beneath has the same meanings as under or underneath, but it’s a formal, literary word.





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