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English Questions: Spotting Error Set – 46

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  1. a)/ A lot of effort has been put in by the b)/ defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, since he took c)/ charge in November 2014, but the results on d)/ the ground have not live up to the billing. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – D. 4
    Explanation : Replace “live” with “lived”
    Has/have + 3rd form.

  2. a)/ Its recommendations will be an important step towards b)/ fixing the fundamental problems of defence procurement, c)/ but will cause a major upheaval in the ministry d)/ which need to be managed smartly. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – D. 4
    Explanation : Replace “need” with “needs”

  3. a)/ As the finance ministry has b)/ focused on reducing the fiscal deficit, c)/ the budget for defence acquisition d)/ has also come under pressure. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – E. 5
    Explanation : No error

  4. a)/ Racism is a social affliction which cannot be b)/ cure overnight, but the government and social c)/ organisations must acknowledge the gravity d)/ of the problem and act on it. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – B. 2
    Explanation : Replace “cure” with “cured”

  5. a)/ To make a fair assessment, it wasn’t that student b)/ groups or individuals who practiced a different kind of politics c)/ was entirely absent from campuses, especially d)/ in places like JNU or HCU. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – C. 3
    Explanation : Replace “was” with “were”

  6. a)/ The success of neoliberal thought lied not b)/ in its dream of success but in turning c)/ systematic failures in d)/ individual and atomized failures. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – C. 3
    Explanation : Replace “in” with “into”

  7. a)/ Even the point of studying in an IIT b)/ was not to learn engineering but to c)/ use it as a signal device to the corporate d)/ sector as being above the crowd. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – C. 3
    Explanation : Replace “signal” with “signaling”

  8. a)/ As this idea seeped into common sense, b)/ every phase of student life turned c)/ into a preparation for the d)/ ultimate aim of being rich and famous. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – E. 5
    Explanation : No error

  9. a)/ One of them, headed by Vivek Rae, b)/ has been tasked to reform c)/ the organisation, system and process d)/ of acquisition in the ministry. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – E. 5
    Explanation : No error

  10. a)/ The new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) was meant to be a radical b)/ departure from the earlier versions, which would c)/ promote “Make in India” in the defence sector and make India d)/ a major defence exports in the near future. e)/No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – D. 4
    Explanation : Exports should be replaced with Exporter.





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