English Questions: Spotting Error Set – 30

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1. a)/ The United States insure b)/ its farmers (about 123 million hectares) c)/ and gives subsidy to the d)/ tune of around 70 per cent. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1. A
   Explanation: it should be “insures” because subject is singular so verb must be singular.
   
   
2. a)/ China insures its farmers for b)/ a sown area of around 75 c)/ million hectares with a subsidy on d)/ premiums of about 80 per cent. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5. E
   Explanation: No error
   
   
3. a)/ India plans to cover around 50 per cent b)/ of its cropped area, that hovers c)/ around 195 million hectares, over the next five d)/ years if the scheme really takes off. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “that” with “which”
   That normally refers to things but it may refer to a class or type of person.
   which refers only to things
   
   
4. a)/ Given that the government are already shelling out around b)/ Rs 5,000 crore annually (average for the last five years) through c)/ its clumsy mechanism for disaster relief, d)/ the additional cost of the scheme isn’t much. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1. A
   Explanation: Replace “are” with “is”
   The government is singular verb so use is instead of are
   
   
5. a)/ The scheme would be the b)/ harbinger of change, c)/ provided that two d)/ conditions are quenched. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1. A
   Explanation: Replace “would” with “could”
   
   
6. a)/ This is critical, as the crop-damage b)/ assessment exercise had to be c)/ matched with data on plots and bank d)/ account numbers of the tillers. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2. B
   Explanation: Replace “had” with “has”
   Given sentence is in present tense so it should be “has” instead of “had”
   
   
7. a)/ The regularity of these summits ever b)/ since Putin assumed power testifies to the value attached to them c)/ as occasions to take stock, in a bid to d)/ keep cementing ties and building on them. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5. E
   Explanation: No error
   
   
8. a)/ India is keen that, as Russia proceeds b)/ to construct 12 nuclear reactors, c)/ there should be d)/ progressive transfer at technology. e)/ No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4. D
   Explanation: Replace “at” with “of”
   
   
9. a)/ India has long pressed b)/ for greater  access to c)/ Russia abundant oil d)/ and gas resources. No error
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E No error
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3. C
   Explanation: it should be “Russia’s”
   Apostrophes are used to indicate possession.
   
   
10. a)/ Indian Oil and Oil India has signed a b)/ memorandum with Rosneft, which c)/ paves the way for the acquisition of 10 per cent d)/ stakes in the Taas-Yuriakh oil assets. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation: Replace “has” with “have”