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