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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 91

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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.

Questions Penned by Niranjan Kaushik

  1. Finance minister Arun Jaitley has/ proposed abolition of /a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), /a move that sets the stage/ for more reforms in the FDI policy/ No Error
    1.Finance minister Arun Jaitley has
    2.proposed abolition of
    3.a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB),
    4.a move that sets the stage/ for more reforms in the FDI policy
    5.No Error.
    Answer – 3.a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)
    Explanation :
    ‘the’ instead of ‘a’

  2. Housed in the finance ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs, the/ FIPB is an inter-ministerial body responsiblity/ for processing of FDI proposals /and making recommendations for government approval/No Error.
    1.Housed in the finance ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs, the
    2.FIPB is an inter-ministerial body responsiblity
    3.for processing of FDI proposals
    4.and making recommendations for government approval
    5.No Error
    Answer – 2.FIPB is an inter-ministerial body responsiblity
    Explanation :
    ‘responsible’ should be there

  3. It was initially/ constituted over the/ Prime Minister’s Office in /the wake of the economic liberalisation drive of the early 1990s/ No Error.
    1.It was initially
    2.constituted over the
    3.Prime Minister’s Office in
    4.the wake of the economic liberalisation drive of the early 1990s
    5.No Error.
    Answer – 2.constituted over the
    Explanation :
    ‘by’ should be there instead of ‘over’

  4. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion/ is expecting to /release the annual consolidated /FDI policy circular by March/ No Error.
    1.The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
    2.is expecting to
    3.release the annual consolidated
    4.FDI policy circular by March
    5.No Error
    Answer – 2.is expecting to
    Explanation :
    ‘expected’ instead of ‘expecting’

  5. FIPB was processing the/ foreign investment proposals in/ a time-bound manner,/ in consultation with various ministries/ No Error.
    1.FIPB was processing the
    2.foreign investment proposals in
    3.a time-bound manner
    4.in consultation with various ministries
    5.No Error
    Answer – 5.No Error
    Explanation :
    The given sentence is grammatically correct

  6. Demonetization was/ the continuation of series of measures taken /in last two years and was/ a bold and decisive measure/ No Error
    1.Demonetization was
    2.the continuation of series of measures taken
    3.in last two years and was
    4.a bold and decisive measure
    5.No Error
    Answer – 2.the continuation of series of measures taken
    Explanation :
    ‘took’ instead of ‘taken’

  7. Demonetization seeks by/ create a new normal/ where GDP would be cleaner /and bigger/ No Error
    1.Demonetization seeks by
    2.create a new normal
    3.where GDP would be cleaner
    4.and bigger
    5.No Error
    Answer – 1.Demonetization seeks by
    Explanation :
    ‘to’ instead of ‘by’

  8. Pace of remonetization /will soon reach comfortable levels; /effect of demonetisation/not expected to spill over into next year/No Error.
    1.Pace of remonetization
    2.will soon reach comfortable levels
    3.effect of demonetisation
    4.not expected to spill over into next year
    5.No Error
    Answer – 5.No Error
    Explanation :
    The given sentence is grammatically correct

  9. Surplus liquidity in/ banking system will/ raise access to credit, leading/ from multiplier effect on economic activity/ No Error.
    1.Surplus liquidity in
    2.banking system will
    3.raise access to credit, leading
    4.from multiplier effect on economic activity
    5.No Error
    Answer – 4.from multiplier effect on economic activity
    Explanation :
    ‘to instead of ‘from’

  10. Yaphet Kotto portrays Amin /as a charismatic, /and short-tempered political /and military leader/ No Error.
    1.Yaphet Kotto portrays Amin
    2.as a charismatic
    3.and short-tempered political
    4.and military leader
    5.No Error
    Answer – 3.and short-tempered political
    Explanation :
    ‘but’ instead of ‘and’.





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