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English Questions – Spotting Error Set 103

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Hello Aspirants.

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. Despite Sri Lanka being known for / their impressive development indicators, / the position of the hill-country / Tamils presents a stark contrast.
    1) Despite Sri Lanka being known for
    2) their impressive development indicators,
    3) the position of the hill-country
    4) Tamils presents a stark contrast.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Replace “their” with “its”
    use “its” for non – living things hence, ‘its’ will be appropriate for Sri – lanka.

  2. As per an official estimate, around 1.6 lakh houses / are required to be built to replace ‘line rooms’ / or barrack-type structures where the community / has living for over a century.
    1) As per an official estimate, around 1.6 lakh houses
    2) are required to be built to replace ‘line rooms’
    3) or barrack-type structures where the community
    4) has living for over a century.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: it should be “has been” instead of “has”
    has/have been + since/for is correct sequence.

  3. New Delhi should devise ways with which / it can taken up more projects along / with Colombo for the benefit of the community, / which has been neglected for long.
    1) New Delhi should devise ways with which
    2) it can taken up more projects along
    3) with Colombo for the benefit of the community,
    4) which has been neglected for long.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Replace “taken up” with “take up”
    its a phrasal verb of take which means ( take up / take something up ) – become interested or engaged in a pursuit. 

  4. The data showed that 2.37 crore newspaper / copies had been added in the last / 10 years despite stiff competition / from television and digital media.
    1) The data showed that 2.37 crore newspaper
    2) copies had been added in the last
    3) 10 years despite stiff competition
    4) from television and digital media.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: No error
    Given sentence is grammatically correct.

  5. That puts the Compound Annual Growth / Rates at a staggering 4.87% for / the decade that witnessed a bloodbath / in the Western news media markets.
    1) That puts the Compound Annual Growth
    2) Rates at a staggering 4.87% for
    3) the decade that witnessed a bloodbath
    4) in the Western news media markets.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Replace “Rates” with “Rate” because given statement is talking about growth Rate.

  6. Terms such as ‘trust’, ‘credibility’, ‘public spheres’ / and ‘informed choice’ that define both the editorial / judgement and the readers’ engagement with a / newspaper do have an abstract quality to them.
    1) Terms such as ‘trust’, ‘credibility’, ‘public spheres’
    2) and ‘informed choice’ that define both the editorial
    3) judgement and the readers’ engagement with a
    4) newspaper do have an abstract quality to them.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: it should be “public sphere” instead of “public spheres” as per Parallelism rule.
    Parallelism refers to using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.

  7. Its rejection of past peace / efforts is also a sign that Hamas / cannot attain change just by / publishing a new agenda document.
    1) Its rejection of past peace
    2) efforts is also a sign that Hamas
    3) cannot attain change just by
    4) publishing a new agenda document.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: No error
    Given sentence is grammatically correct.

  8. The ABC’s figures confirm that editors / are oncologists trying to curb / the ‘relentless and insidious enemy’ / between information called fake news.
    1) The ABC’s figures confirm that editors
    2) are oncologists trying to curb
    3) the ‘relentless and insidious enemy’
    4) between information called fake news.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: it should be “among” instead of “between”.

  9. This aim of establishing an new Palestinian / state along the lines of the / pre-1967 border indicates a willingness / to adjust to the new regional reality.
    1) This aim of establishing an new Palestinian
    2) state along the lines of the
    3) pre-1967 border indicates a willingness
    4) to adjust to the new regional reality.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: Replace “an” with “a”.

  10. At the core of Hamas’s agenda is / liberation of the Palestinians, / and a return of all displaced people / to a sovereign Palestinian state.
    1) At the core of Hamas’s agenda is
    2) liberation of the Palestinians,
    3) and a return of all displaced people
    4) to a sovereign Palestinian state.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: No error
    Given sentence is grammatically correct.





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