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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 74

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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. a)/ A week after a fire broke out b)/ in the Deonar dumping c)/ ground in Mumbai, fire in d)/ smaller pockets continue to blaze. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer – 3. C
    Explanation : Replace “fire” with “fires”

  2. a)/ From slums to dumping grounds Since the early b)/ 1970s, this peripheral ward has evolved into a space for dumping c)/ garbage, waste from polluting industries, d)/ from abattoirs, and so on. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer – 5. E
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentece is correct.

  3. a)/ Expectedly, tobacco companies are b)/ resisting a new regulation that c)/ the mandatory pictorial warnings in d)/ cigarette packages be made larger.e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – C. 3
    Explanation : it should be on cigarette package.

  4. a)/ The high imposition of Central and State b)/ duties and taxes have prevented retail c)/ fuel prices from moving in lock-step d)/ with the international trend in oil.e)/ No error
    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4
    E. 5 No error
    Answer – B. 2
    Explanation : Replace “have” with “has”.
    Has will be correct form of verb according to the subject the high imposition.

  5. a)/ The Prime Minister special grant b)/ for urban renewal from 1986 to 1993 c)/ resulted in massive eviction of poor d)/ people from inner city areas to Deonar. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation : it should be The Prime Minister’s
    Apostrophe used to indicate possession.

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

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

  8. a)/ Indeed, from being an icon solely of Dalit parties b)/ in yesteryear, Ambedkar’s legacy is enjoying a revival with political c)/ parties across India’s ideological spectrum d)/ fighting to appropriate it. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer – 5. E
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence si correct.

  9. a)/ It’s welcome that political parties is b)/ debating Ambedkar today, What’s less welcome, c)/ however, is their attempt to project d)/ their own beliefs on to Ambedkar. d)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation : it should be are instead of is because political parties is a plural subject.

  10. a)/ To add to the challenges, factor b)/ such as caste, religion, region of c)/ origin, and occupation also d)/ affect the experience of poverty. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation : it should be factors instead of factor.