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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.
- Never in recent memory has a / key minister, armed with / his IIT armory, promised / so much and delivered so little.
1) Never in recent memory has a
2) key minister, armed with
3) his IIT armory, promised
4) so much and delivered so little.
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct. - Clearly it is only a matter of time / before the impact of the / wholesale price hike gets / reflected in the consumer prices.
1) Clearly it is only a matter of time
2) before the impact of the
3) wholesale price hike gets
4) reflected in the consumer prices.
5) No errorAnswer – 3)
Explanation : Replace “hike” with “hikes” - Where everyone claims to be / two degrees of separation / away from the PM, or the / Supreme Leaders in the time of the UPA.
1) Where everyone claims to be
2) two degrees of separation
3) away from the PM, or the
4) Supreme Leaders in the time of the UPA.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “leaders” with “leader”
everyone used for singular. - They knew and loved his tale of / humble beginnings as the son of / a tea seller, but the rest of this / rags-to-power story is changing fast.
1) They knew and loved his tale of
2) humble beginnings as the son of
3) a tea seller, but the rest of this
4) rags-to-power story is changing fast.
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct. - Inflation has fallen from double digits / to 3%, thanks in part to / falling oil prices, but also to / the government budget constraint.
1) Inflation has fallen from double digits
2) to 3%, thanks in part to
3) falling oil prices, but also to
4) the government budget constraint.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “government” with “government ‘s”
apostrophe used for possessives. - BJP was quicker on the draw / and sped of with the / advantage, managing to / bring smaller parties into its tent.
1) BJP was quicker on the draw
2) and sped of with the
3) advantage, managing to
4) bring smaller parties into its tent.
5) No errorAnswer – 2)
Explanation : the correct phrase will be sped away (speed away).
Speed away – (from someone or something) to move or drive away very fast from someone or something. The taxi sped away from the passenger who had just alighted. - It won’t be enough for Parrikar to / cobble together an winning / coalition of disparate parties, / he will need to manage it too.
1) It won’t be enough for Parrikar to
2) cobble together an winning
3) coalition of disparate parties,
4) he will need to manage it too.
5) No errorAnswer – 2)
Explanation : Replace “an” with “a” - India is a country of young people / and around a millions of / them enter the / job market every month.
1) India is a country of young people
2) and around a millions of
3) them enter the
4) job market every month.
5) No errorAnswer – 2)
Explanation : it should be million instead of millions. - This is in consonance with the global / rise in commodity prices / and extends to products like coal / and minerals in the domestic market.
1) This is in consonance with the global
2) rise in commodity prices
3) and extends to products like coal
4) and minerals in the domestic market.
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct. - The sudden surge of wholesale price / inflation in recent months to a / three year high should be a cause / of worry to the government.
1) The sudden surge of wholesale price
2) inflation in recent months to a
3) three year high should be a cause
4) of worry to the government.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “of” with “for”
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