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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 88

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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. Moreover Trump has called Nato obsolete, / questioned Western sanctions / on Russia and turned his back / on EU, wishing for its demise.
    1) Moreover Trump has called Nato obsolete,
    2) questioned Western sanctions
    3) on Russia and turned his back
    4) on EU, wishing for its demise.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  2. The agitators were protesting / against 33% reservation / for women at urban / local body elections.
    1) The agitators were protesting
    2) against 33% reservation
    3) for women at urban
    4) local body elections.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “at” with “in”
    In Used to indicate a location or place

  3. They felt that such quotas / violated traditional Naga / customary rights that are / guaranteed with the Constitution.
    1) They felt that such quotas
    2) violated traditional Naga
    3) customary rights that are
    4) guaranteed with the Constitution.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “with” with “by”
    Both by and with can be used to say how somebody does something, but there is an important difference.
    We use by when we say what we do to get a result.
    He succeeded by hard work.
    We use with when we say what we use to get a result.
    In passive clauses by introduces the agent – the person or thing that does an action.I was welcomed by the hostess herself.

  4. For long stakeholders in the / Northeast have complained / about been neglected by / the rest of India.
    1) For long stakeholders in the
    2) Northeast have complained
    3) about been neglected by
    4) the rest of India.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “been” with “being”
    “Being” and “been” are both forms of the English verb “be.” … The verb “have” is the auxiliary verb for “been” while any present-tense form of the verb “be” can precede “being.” “Being” can be used as both a noun and a present participle after a form of the verb “be,” such as “is,” “am,” “are,” “was” and “were.”

  5. it’s also true that / Northeast communities want to / preserve their culture and / traditional way of life.
    1) it’s also true that
    2) Northeast communities want to
    3) preserve their culture and
    4) traditional way of life.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No Error
    Given sentence is correct.

  6. While this is already guaranteed with / the Constitution, using identity / as a weapon to attack / the state is unacceptable.
    1) While this is already guaranteed with
    2) the Constitution, using identity
    3) as a weapon to attack
    4) the state is unacceptable.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “with “with “by”
    Both by and with can be used to say how somebody does something, but there is an important difference.
    We use by when we say what we do to get a result.
    He succeeded by hard work.
    We use with when we say what we use to get a result.
    In passive clauses by introduces the agent – the person or thing that does an action.I was welcomed by the hostess herself.

  7. The refusal of Northeast / tribal groups to accept / this is at the heart / of the problem.
    1) The refusal of Northeast
    2) tribal groups to accept
    3) this is at the heart
    4) of the problem.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No Error
    Given sentence is correct.

  8. some of the pictorial representations / that the EC has come on / with might well leave many / in a daze of decipherment.
    1) some of the pictorial representations
    2) that the EC has come on
    3) with might well leave many
    4) in a daze of decipherment.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Come up will be correct phrase here so Replace “come on” With “come up”
    “Come up” is a phrasal verb of come which means -(of an issue, situation, or problem) occur or present itself, especially unexpectedly.

  9. Though a candidate who has been / assigned a TV set as his / electoral chhaap seem pleased as / punch, saying “TV is an appealing sign.
    1) Though a candidate who has been
    2) assigned a TV set as his
    3) electoral chhaap seem pleased as
    4) punch, saying “TV is an appealing sign.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “seem” with “seems”
    The – S form is very commonly used for main verbs and auxiliary
    verbs in the     simple present tense when the subject is or means
    he, she, or it. The – S form is also very commonly used as a full
    (has) or contracted (‘s) auxiliary verb in the     present perfect tense
    when the subject is or means he, she, or it.

  10. it could suggest someone possessed of / down-to-earths humility who is / prepared to tread / the strait and narrow.
    1) it could suggest someone possessed of
    2) down-to-earths humility who is
    3) prepared to tread
    4)  the strait and narrow.
    5) No Error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : The correct phrase will be “down-to-earth”
    it means with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic





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