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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.
- The emphasis on food sold by branded / restaurants, mainly local franchises / of western food brands, / again defies legitimate explanation.
1) The emphasis on food sold by branded
2) restaurants, mainly local franchises
3) of western food brands
4) again defies legitimate explanation
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation : No error - To understand why, one needs to look on / international arbitrations and / World Trade Organisation (WTO) cases / involving tobacco control laws.
1) To understand why, one needs to look on
2) international arbitrations and
3) World Trade Organisation (WTO) cases
4) involving tobacco control laws
5) No errorAnswer – 1)
Explanation : it should be “look at” instead of “look On” - Indonesia argued that U.S. law banned / the imports of clove cigarettes, / but it did not similarly banned / locally produced menthol cigarettes.
1) Indonesia argued that U.S. law banned
2) the imports of clove cigarettes
3) but it did not similarly banned
4) locally produced menthol cigarettes
5) No errorAnswer – 3)
Explanation : it should be “ban” instead of “banned”
Did + V1st form. - Uruguay had implemented a law which / placed major restrictions on how / tobacco companies could use / their trademarks on cigarette pack.
1) Uruguay had implemented a law which
2) placed major restrictions on how
3) tobacco companies could use
4) their trademarks on cigarette pack
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “pack” with “packs”
Use packs for plural - They view packing restrictions as a / major violation of their trademark / rights and are fiercely battling / governments in international courts.
1) They view packing restrictions as a
2) major violation of their trademark
3) rights and are fiercely battling
4) governments in international courts
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation : No error - The law was adopted in good / faith and was reasonable / because it was tailored to / combat the risk of smoking.
1) The law was adopted in good
2) faith and was reasonable
3) because it was tailored to
4) combat the risk of smoking
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “combat” with “combating”
Was/were + ing. - It is doubtful whether scientific literature would / support the proposition that western / processed food poses a health risk / while processed Indian food is not.
1) It is doubtful whether scientific literature would
2) support the proposition that western
3) processed food poses a health risk
4) while processed Indian food are not
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “are not” with “does not” - It was a step taken to move away from the / one-to-many narrative of the analogue media / and create a polyphony that represented the / layered reality of our complex world.
1) It was a step taken to move away from the
2) one-to-many narrative of the analogue media
3) and create a polyphony that represented the
4) layered reality of our complex world
5) No errorAnswer – 2)
Explanation : it should be “narratives” instead of “narrative“
one-to-many + plural - We question the use of anonymous / sources in journalism and / the problem it poses to good / reporting and informed public discourse.
1) We question the use of anonymous
2) sources in journalism and
3) the problem it poses to good
4) reporting and informed public discourse
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation : No error - International tribunals are inclined / to defer to a government’s sovereign / right to regulate, particularly / at matters of public health.
1) International tribunals are inclined
2) to defer to a government’s sovereign
3) right to regulate, particularly
4) at matters of public health
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “at” with “in”
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