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English Questions – Spotting Error Set 121

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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. One thing about technology is that / the human mind think in a / linear fashion but technology / advancement is actually exponential.
    1) One thing about technology is that
    2) the human mind think in a
    3) linear fashion but technology
    4) advancement is actually exponential.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Replace ‘think’ with ‘thinks’

  2. Look at what is happening in / solar power and the / exponentiality that is brought / in these options.
    1) Look at what is happening in
    2) solar power and the
    3) exponentiality that is brought
    4) in these options.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Replace ‘in’ with ‘into’

  3. The other thing about this exponential / curve is that the capabilities rise / exponentially and the price declines exponentially, / because they go hand in hand.
    1) The other thing about this exponential
    2) curve is that the capabilities rise
    3) exponentially and the price declines exponentially,
    4) because they go hand in hand.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Replace ‘exponent’ with ‘exponentially’

  4. That has led to the congruence of / all of these technologies around robotics, / genetics, the ability of chips / and microprocessors and nanotechnology.
    1) That has led to the congruence of
    2) all of these technologies around robotics,
    3) genetics, the ability of chips
    4) and microprocessors and nanotechnology.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: No error
    Giving sentence is correct.

  5. The ideal goal is a uniform import duty in / raw materials, intermediates and final / products, to give all lines of value addition / the same effective rate of protection.
    1) The ideal goal is a uniform import duty in
    2) raw materials, intermediates and final
    3) products, to give all lines of value addition
    4) the same effective rate of protection.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1) 
    Explanation: Replace ‘in’ with ‘on’

  6. A debate on the suitability for / economists trained abroad for / formulating policy in the / country is currently underway.
    1) A debate on the suitability for
    2) economists trained abroad for
    3) formulating policy in the
    4) country is currently underway.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: Replace ‘for’ with ‘of’.of Used for belonging to, relating to, or connected  with

  7. Harry Truman call for a one-handed / economist, after tiring of advice / contingent on the one hand and / on the other, might be more pertinent.
    1) Harry Truman call for a one-handed
    2) economist, after tiring of advice
    3) contingent on the one hand and
    4) on the other, might be more pertinent.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1) 
    Explanation: Replace ‘Truman’ with ‘Truman’s’.To show plural possession, simply put an apostrophe after the s. Rule 2b. Do not use an apostrophe + s to make a regular noun plural.

  8. The intention of the lawmakers while formulating / the law is invariably considered by / the Courts to arrive at the right / interpretation for some specific provision.
    1) The intention of the lawmakers while formulating
    2) the law is invariably considered by
    3) the Courts to arrive at the right
    4) interpretation for some specific provision.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Replace ‘some’ with ‘any’.Some is used in positive sentences.Some is also used in questions when we are making a request.Any is used in negative sentences.

  9. The RBI has purchased about $50 billion from the / market this year both from the / spot as well as the forward markets / to slow currency appreciation.
    1) The RBI has purchased about $50 billion from the
    2) market this year both from the
    3) spot as well as the forward markets
    4) to slow currency appreciation.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5) 
    Explanation: No error
    Giving sentence is correct.

  10. It has resorted to similar ‘sea grabs’ there, / depending pure on the fear of the other / parties to the dispute to avoid / escalating the situation to fatalities.
    1) It has resorted to similar ‘sea grabs’ there,
    2) depending pure on the fear of the other
    3) parties to the dispute to avoid
    4) escalating the situation to fatalities.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Replace ‘pure’ with ‘purely’.Almost all words ending in –ly are adverbs, because adding an –ly to most adjectives (e.g. quick) transforms them into adverbs (e.g. quickly). You can use them as you would any adverb; they are absolutely valid words. I went quickly down the street in search of my dog.





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