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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)/ 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)/ 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)/ In my surveys, I find that b)/ in many parts of India, c)/ the Jan-Dhan Yojana d)/ is called the Modi Yojana. e)/ No error
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1. A
Explanation: Replace “find” with “found” - a)/ President Pranab Mukherjee participated b)/ in the Moscow celebrations to c)/ mark the 70th anniversary of d)/ Russia’s victory in World War II. e)/ No error
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 5. E
Explanation: No error
Given sentence is correct. - a)/ At last Amar found b)/Naresh under the shade c)/of a tree and brought him d) /back on the city.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – D. 4
Explanation: Here, back in the city should be used because ‘on’ is not appropriate preposition. - a)/Mother sat through her chair b)/by the fire to read her book c)/but her ten little boys were d) /too noisy. e) /No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – A. 1
Explanation: Here, Mother sat in/on her chair or Mother was siting on her chair should be used. - a)/Each Tuesday evening we visited b)/ the farmers in the area c)/ and held a meeting d)/ to discuss the problems they faced. e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – D. 4
Explanation: Add ‘which’ after problems. - a)/ He has travelled b)/ all over the world c)/ yet he speaks d)/ several languages fluently. e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – C.3
Explanation: Change ‘yet’ to ‘and’ - a)/ Needless to say, the b)/ winter session may have c)/enough grist for d)/heated exchanges. e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error
Answer & Explanation
Answer – E. 5
Explanation: No error
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