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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 80

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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. The idea ought to be to move to a competitive / market price rather then a distorted / subsidised price that is perverse incentive / for arbitrage and artificial shortages.
    1) The idea ought to be to move to a competitive
    2) market price rather then a distorted
    3) subsidised price that is perverse incentive
    4) for arbitrage and artificial shortages.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “then” with “than”
    Rather…than is correct sequence.

  2. A knee-jerk reaction is unwarranted as / the demand for gold could be / dented by external / and internal factors.
    1) A knee-jerk reaction is unwarranted as
    2) the demand for gold could be
    3) dented by external
    4) and internal factors.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “could” with “would”
    When could is used as the past tense of can, it refers to an ability that a person generally had in the past or to something that was generally possible in the past (“When I was younger, I could run for miles,” or “It used to be you could buy lunch for a dollar.”).
    Would is a past-tense form of will. If you are writing about past events, you can use it to indicate something that was in the future at that point in time, but is not necessarily in the future right now. In other words, you use would to preserve the future aspect when talking about the past.

  3. The weakening in the global price / for gold has already seen a / dent in its appeal / as an investment choice.
    1) The weakening in the global price
    2) for gold has already seen a
    3) dent in its appeal
    4) as an investment choice.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “for” with of”

  4. Investors in India will ditch / gold when they regain confidence / that financial instruments / would yield decent returns.
    1) Investors in India will ditch
    2) gold when they regain confidence
    3) that financial instruments
    4) would yield decent returns.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No Error
    Given sentence is correct.

  5. The Centre reported decision / to cap the / subsidy on cooking / gas makes perfect sense.
    1) The Centre reported decision
    2) to cap the
    3) subsidy on cooking
    4) gas makes perfect sense.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “centre” with “centre’s”
    Use apostrophe to show possession.

  6. The subsidy on domestic LPG cylinders are / also overwhelmingly appropriated / by the non-poor and needs to be phased / out for the greater good.
    1) The subsidy on domestic LPG cylinders are
    2) also overwhelmingly appropriated
    3) by the non-poor and needs to be phased
    4) out for the greater good.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “are” with “is”
    The subsidy is singular hence correct form of verb will be is instead of are.

  7. Consumers currently pay less / than half the market price / for in to 12 subsidised / LPG cylinders per year.
    1) Consumers currently pay less
    2) than half the market price
    3) for in to 12 subsidised
    4) LPG cylinders per year.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “in to” with “up to”

  8. Panchayati Raj institutions and land reforms,/ as implemented by the Left, / have been corrupted and subject / to captures by local elites.
    1) Panchayati Raj institutions and land reforms
    2) as implemented by the Left,
    3) have been corrupted and subject
    4) to captures by local elites.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “captures” with “capture”

  9. This indicates a complete collapse of the / ideas and practice of the / regimes that came / to power in Bengal after Partition.
    1) This indicates a complete collapse of the
    2) ideas and practice of the
    3) regimes that came
    4) to power in Bengal after Partition.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No Error
    Given sentence is correct.

  10. Other investments planned in sectors / like public transport (namely, low-floor buses) / and railways also need to be / expediting to reap immediate benefits.
    1) Other investments planned in sectors
    2) like public transport (namely, low-floor buses)
    3) and railways also need to be
    4) expediting to reap immediate benefits.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “expediting” with “expedited”





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