English Questions: Spotting Error Set – 25

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1. a)/ This could be a b)/ bumper year of c)/ the ever-lucrative d)/ tax avoidance industry.  e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Replace “of” with “for”
   
   
2. a)/ As a participant of this b)/ project, India is expected c)/ to implement on least d)/ some of these measures. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Replace “on” with “at”
   
   
3. a)/As a result, India neonatal mortality rate b)/ is high, birth weight is low, and far too many c)/ children suffer the consequences of d)/ being undernourished in the womb. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Replace “India” with “India’s”
   
   
4. a)/ The primary cause of concern b)/ here is the quality of India’s c)/ political leadership, which has d)/ consistently betrayed its own taxmen. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: No error
   
   
5. a)/Maternity entitlements would b)/ be a good idea even if they c)/ wasn’t already d)/ written into law. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Replace “wasn’t ” with “weren’t ”
   
   
6. a)/ It was a sane suggestion because b)/ the bulk of P-note investments c)/ in the Indian stock market was d)/ from tax havens such as Cayman Islands. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Replace “was” with “were”
   
   
7. 1)/ it urges nation to curb treaty b)/ abuse by amending their d)/ Double Taxation d)/ Avoidance Agreements (DTAA) suitably. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Replace “nation” with “nations”
   
   
8. a)/ Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole b)/ the World, financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson c)/ notes how Mauritius are a popular hub d)/ for what is known as “round-tripping”. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Replace “are” with “is”
   
   
9. a)/ He write, “A wealthy Indian, say, will b)/ send his money to Mauritius, where it is dressed up in a secrecy c)/ structure, then disguised as foreign d)/ investment, before being returned to India. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: it should be he “writes”.
   
   
10. a)/ The Supreme Court issued b)/ a notice to the Centre about c)/ non-implementation of d)/ maternity entitlements. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 5
    Explanation: No error