English Questions: Spotting Error Set – 21

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1. a)/ A joint intervention by central and state b)/ research institutions, coordinating c)/ all-India field trials, will help secure d)/ greater acceptance for the states. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4. D
   Explanation: Replace “for” with “from”
   
   
2. a)/ The stalemate that’s gripped India b)/ efforts to accelerate the development c)/ of GM crops, after its success d)/ with BT cotton, must be broken. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1. A
   Explanation: it should be “india’s instead of “india”
   
   
3. a)/ Instead Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is b)/ said to be considering an joint probe c)/ into Pathankot even as there have been d)/ some arrests of lower-level JeM cadre. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “an” with “a”
   
   
4. a)/ The state government, especially b)/ the public work department, c)/ got all the flak for not d)/ heeding to the forecast. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “work” with “works”
   
   
5. a)/ Alcohol can cause all b)/ kinds of problems when c)/ taken too far, either d)/ in the short or long term. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5. E
   Explanation: No error
   
   
6. a)/ No sooner than their sun-dried phones crackled b)/ back to life, Chennaiites battered by freak weather and c)/ bruised by administrative fiascoes, heard d)/ the chief minister’s recorded message. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1. A
   Explanation: Replace “than” with “then”
   No sooner_____Then
   
   
7. a)/ It is clear, by now, that following the b)/ old-fashioned policy of ‘bleeding India c)/ by a thousand cuts’ results in Pakistan d)/ incurring ten of thousands of cuts itself. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4. D
   Explanation:it should be “tens of thousands”
   Replace “ten” with “tens”
   
   
8. a)/ Punjab’s electoral demography is b)/ contiguous to Delhi’s, making c)/ the former ideal ground d)/ for AAP’s expansion. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5. E
   Explanation: No error
   
   
9. a)/ This has, understandably, put the skids b)/ under foreign secretary level talk, c)/ which were scheduled d)/ for today but have been put off. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “talk” with “talks”
   
   
10. a)/ The course of future talks depends on whether the two countries b)/ can see some tangible securities and intelligence cooperation c)/ when it comes to investigating attacks on d)/ Indian territory launched from Pakistan. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 2. B
    Explanation: Replace “securities” with “security”