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English Questions: Spotting Error Set – 44

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

  1. a)/ To say that Dipa Karmakar has b)/ scripted a new high in c)/ Indian sporting history would d)/ be a understatement. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – D. 4
    Explanation : it should be an instead of a

  2. a)/ Dipa won the gold medal b)/ in the vaults final of the test event – c)/ another first for an Indian woman d)/ gymnast – and we has a star in the making. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – D. 4
    Explanation : Replace has with have
    i, we, you – Have
    he, she, Name – Has

  3. a)/ Munde is also the guardian b)/ ministers of Latur and c)/ Beed, among the d)/ worst affected districts. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – B. 2
    Explanation : Replace minister with ministers because subject is singular.

  4. a)/ In any case, Indian b)/ women athlete suffer c)/ from severe lack of d)/ funding and sponsorships. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – B. 2
    Explanation : it should be athletes because sentence is talking more than one woman.

  5. a)/ Irrespective of the b)/ hurdles, Dipa has been c)/  fortunate enough to have d)/  the support of her parents. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – E. 5
    Explanation : Given sentence is correct.

  6. a)/ Gymnastics being far from a b)/ lucrative sport with very small c)/ following in India, Dipa had to d)/ struggle each step of the way. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – B. 2
    Explanation : Replace small with little
    Small – of a size that is less than normal or usual.
    Little – small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude).

  7. a)/ The state has witnessed more than b)/ 1,000 farmer suicides between c)/ April 2015 or February 2016 and nearly 80% d)/ of its taluks have been declared drought-hit. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – C. 3
    Explanation :  Replace or with and.
    Between——–and is correct sequence.

  8. a)/ Though sugarcane are cultivated b)/ in just 4% of total cultivable c)/ area, it consumes nearly 70% d)/ of irrigation water in the state. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – A. 1
    Explanation : subject sugarcane is singular so verb must be singular.
    Replace are with is.

  9. a)/ His effectively makes them b)/ water barons as well, c)/ cornering the state water d)/ resources for themselves. e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – C. 3
    Explanation : it should be state’s instead of state.

  10. a)/ The lack of high-tech equipment b)/ means Dipa has to play c)/ catch up every time she turns up d)/ for an international meet. e)/ No error 
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – E. 5
    Explanation : No error





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