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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 62

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

  1. As you leave the house every day and make / your way to school or college, you / may have noticed people living / over bridges and flyovers and pavements.
    1) As you leave the house every day and make
    2) your way to school or college, you
    3) have noticed people living
    4) over bridges and flyovers and pavements
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “over” with “under”

  2. Most of them would have either sold their / last bits of land which they could not / continue to cultivate or lost what land they / had to moneylenders in villages.
    1) Most of them would have either sold their
    2) last bits of land which they could not
    3) continue to cultivate or lost what land they
    4) had to moneylenders in villages
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  3. Freedom and independence do not mean / much to them as they face discrimination in / every stage in life starting from school / where they are made to feel inferior. 
    1) Freedom and independence do not mean
    2) much to them as they face discrimination in
    3) every stage in life starting from school
    4) where they are made to feel inferior
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation :Replace ”in” with ”at”

  4. This August, the month of our Independence / that we remember with pride, let / us not forget the / injustice various communities are facing.
    1) This August, the month of our Independence
    2) that we remember with pride, let
    3) us not forget the
    4) injustice various communities are facing
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “that” with “which”

  5. Cargo traffic at major ports, commercial vehicle / sales, cement output and steel consumption / are leading an upturn that point / for a more broad-based expansion.
    1) Cargo traffic at major ports, commercial vehicle
    2) sales, cement output and steel consumption
    3) are leading an upturn that point
    4) for a more broad-based expansion
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “for” with “to”

  6. The RBI’s own surveys reveal healthier order / books and a picked -up in capacity / utilisation that can help / trigger a revival in private investment.
    1) The RBI’s own surveys reveal healthier order
    2) books and a picked -up in capacity
    3) utilisation that can help
    4) trigger a revival in private investment
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “picked” with “pick”
    given sentence is form present tense hence second form of verb is not appropriate.

  7. A lot will hinge on how the monsoon fares, / and how much the Centre is willing /  to invest by way of capital / to bolster public sector banks.
    1) A lot will hinge on how the monsoon fares
    2) and how much the Centre is willing
    3) to invest by way of capital
    4) to bolster public sector banks
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  8. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates / that government accounts for only / one-thirds of India’s / healthcare spend well below what is desirable.
    1) The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates
    2) that government accounts for only
    3) one-thirds of India’s
    4) healthcare spend well below what is desirable
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “thirds” with “third”

  9. Given the low penetration of health / insurance, about 86 per cent of / expenditure on health come / out of people’s pockets.
    1) Given the low penetration of health
    2) insurance, about 86 per cent of
    3) expenditure on health come
    4) out of people’s pockets.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “come” with “comes”

  10. This strengthens the case for private / hospitals to dedicate a part / of their services to those / who cannot afford treatment.
    1) This strengthens the case for private
    2) hospitals to dedicate a part
    3) of their services to those
    4) who cannot afford treatment.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.





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