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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 75

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  1. a)/ Basic self-interest demands that government b)/ and opposition avert the possibility c)/ for the Budget session meeting d)/ the same fate as this one. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3. C
    Explanation : Replace “for” with “of”
    Of – Used for belonging to, relating to, or connected with, Used to indicate reference and Used to indicate an amount or number.
    For – Used to indicate the use of something, Used to mean because of and Used to indicate time or duration

  2. a)/ With theatrics such as these, both the b)/ Government and the Opposition have left c)/ an question hanging in the politically d)/ charged air: what was the point? e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3. C
    Explanation : it should be a question instead of an question.

  3. a)/ What did either side gained by b)/ bringing Indian parliamentary democracy’s c)/ most deliberative process d)/ to a grinding halt? e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation : it should be gain instead of gained.
    did + V1form.

  4. a)/ According to the think tank PRS Legislative b)/ Research, less than 1 per cent of the 330 questions c)/ listed for Question Hour in the Rajya d)/ Sabha were answered orally. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 5. E
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  5. a)/ Given what was at stake in the session, the b)/ abandonment of the spirit of give-and- c)/ taken that keeps the d)/ legislative schedule humming was baffling. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3. C
    Explanation : it should be take instead of taken.
    give – and – take – mutual concessions and compromises.

  6. a)/ It lost the chance to pass bills b)/ critical to the April 1, 2017, c)/ deadline for the rollout d)/ of the Goods and Service Tax. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 4. D
    Explanation : it should be services instead of service.
    the correct sequence will be – the Goods and Services Tax

  7. a)/ It also failed to end the session on a b)/ note of federal cooperation to set c)/ on the shift to Budget day d)/ to February 1 from next year. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3. C
    Explanation : Replace “on” with “up”
    Set up – the way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged.

  8. a)/ By forcing adjournments while in opposition, b)/ it was successful in reinforcing c)/ the impression of a d)/ policy paralysis in the second UPA government. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 5. E 
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  9. a)/ With the Opposition parties mustering all its disruptive tactics to stall b)/ the functioning of both Houses, insisting on maximalist c)/ demands on just how the debate on demonetisation should be structured, d)/ hopes for any substantive work had diminished. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation : it should be their instead if its.
    use their for Opposition parties.

  10. a)/ The problem of poor learning outcomes is for b)/ particular concern, for it is a structural c)/ issue pertaining to the design of curricula d)/ and ingrained rote learning methods. e)/ No error
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E No error
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1. A
    Explanation : Replace “for” with “of”
    Of – Used for belonging to, relating to, or connected with, Used to indicate reference and Used to indicate an amount or number.
    For – Used to indicate the use of something, Used to mean because of and Used to indicate time or duration





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