English Questions: Spotting Error Set – 27

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1. a)/ In a study conducted in 2014 on Pakistan’s b)/ trade with India, Iran and Afghanistan, c)/ the business community, despite some reservations d)/ and caution, supported increases trade with India. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Replace “increases” with “increased”
   
   
2. a)/ Most heartening was the b)/ shift in Punjab, considered c)/ central to the idea of d)/ enemy with New Delhi. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: it should be “enmity”
   
   
3. a)/ Earlier in 2014, even the Indian Highb)/  Commissioner in Islamabad sounded c)/ convinced that from a Indian d)/  perspective, it was a different Pakistan. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: it should be “an Indian”
   Replace “a” with “an”
   
   
4. a)/ Inspite his limited access, the diplomat b)/ could notice the change — that c)/ Pakistanis were eager to do business d)/ and reach out across the border. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Replace “Inspite” with “despite”
   
   
5. a)/ Multilateral agencies, though armed with b)/ a cookie-cutter approach, do take a c)/ global view and it is true that India is today d)/ the world’s fastest-growing large economy. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: No error
   
   
6. a)/ Mr. Modi was saw as decisive and b)/ growth-oriented, his credentials burnished c)/ by his record d)/ as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Replace “saw” with “seen”
   
   
7. a)/ Expectations of a new dynamism in the b)/ economy were rife , at c)/ least between the corporates d)/ and the middle class. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Replace “between” with “among”
   
   
8. a)/ The enthusiasm has dissipated by now. Mr. Modi is b)/ under pressure to show results on the economy front when, c)/ in fact, on the core issues, he have not been d)/ able to even show much initiative. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Replace “have” with “has”
   
   
9. a)/ Even independently of b)/ this, the consensus within c)/ the political class d)/ militates against change. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: No error
   
   
10. a)/ We are possibly facing a ten-year b)/ cycle here, Part of it has to do with c)/ the global slowdown but it is also d)/ to be attributed to internal factor. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Replace “factor” with “factors”