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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 86

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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. China should indeed champion / international cooperation / if the US goes in / the opposite direction.
    1) China should indeed champion
    2) international cooperation
    3) if the US goes in
    4) the opposite direction.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  2. If the only idea it has / is Chinese nationalism, / then there are nothing / in it for non-Chinese.
    1) If the only idea it has
    2) is Chinese nationalism,
    3) then there are nothing
    4) in it for non-Chinese.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “are” with “is”

  3. The evidence points / towards state / involvement in / its disappearances.
    1) The evidence points
    2) towards state
    3) involvement in
    4) their disappearances.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “its” with “their”

  4. The UN and US state department / have all expressed / concern in the fate / of the disappeared.
    1) The UN and US state department
    2) have all expressed
    3) concern in the fate
    4) of the disappeared.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “in” with “at”
    Use at for a POINT and  in for an ENCLOSED SPACE

  5. As one of South Asia’s most stable / democracy, India should speak / out in defence of / human rights in the region.
    1) As one of South Asia’s most stable
    2) democracy, India should speak
    3) out in defence of
    4) human rights in the region.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “democracy” with “democracies”
    One of the…….Plural Noun

  6. New Delhi recently made human rights / in Balochistan an area of concern / following Pakistan all-out / intervention in Indian Kashmir.
    1) New Delhi recently made human rights
    2) in Balochistan an area of concern
    3) following Pakistan all-out
    4) intervention in Indian Kashmir.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : It should be Pakistan’s instead of Pakistan .

  7. It is not just unions whom / are worried, Former governors / YV Reddy and Bimal Jalan / have also expressed concern.
    1) It is not just unions whom
    2) are worried, Former governors
    3) YV Reddy and Bimal Jalan
    4) have also expressed concern.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “whom” with “who”
    Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.

  8. Its job is to not just control / inflation but also be the first / line of defence against / macroeconomic instability.
    1) Its job is to not just control
    2) inflation but also be the first
    3) line of defence against
    4) macroeconomic instability.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  9. India need strong not weak / institutions, and RBI should / not be treated as a wing / of the finance ministry.
    1) India need strong not weak
    2) institutions, and RBI should
    3) not be treated as a wing
    4) of the finance ministry.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “need” with “needs”
    Need is a semi-modal verb because in some ways it is like a modal verb and in other ways like a main verb.
    Need – is used both as an ordinary verb and as an auxiliary verb. As an ordinary verb need is used in the sense of require. The ordinary verb need has -s in the third person singular.
    – We have got what we needed.
    – I need more time to decide the question.
    – He needs our help.
    The auxiliary verb need remains unchanged, whatever be the number or person of the subject. It is common in negative clauses. It does not have -s in the third person singular.You need not wait.
    He need not ask my permission.
    They need not make such a fuss over it.

  10. Unlike central banks / in developed markets, / RBI’s functions span / an even wider range.
    1) Unlike central banks
    2) in developed markets,
    3) RBI’s functions span
    4) an even wider range.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.





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