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Spotting Error
Directions (Q.1-10): Which of the following phrases given below the sentence can replace the words /phrase given in the bold in the sentence grammatically and meaning fully. If the sentence is correct as it is , your answer is option (5) i.e No correction required.
- The Partition was an unwanted addition to an already full plate of immense problems. Most of India’s 350 million people then had lived in staggering poverty.
I. lived in staggering poverty
II. was living in staggering poverty
III. have been living in staggering poverty
1. II , III
2. I , III
3. I
4. II
5. No correction requiredAnswer :3)
Explanation:
Option 3 is grammatically correct. - In a highly integrated and interdependent global economy, regional value chains provides opportunities for India and Pakistan to diversify their exports and imports and intensify their integration into the global economy.
I. are providing opportunities for
II. provide opportunities for
III. do provide opportunities for
1. II
2. I , III
3. II , III
4. I
5. No correction requiredAnswer :1)
Explanation:
Option 1 is grammatically correct. - It was this civility and dignity that marked Vajpayee’s life and politics, and which seems completely at odds with the prevailing political culture of today. His endearing manner, display of affection and quality of giving earn him respect all around, including from the Opposition.
I. quality for giving earned him
II. quality in giving earned it
III. quality of giving earned him
1. I
2. III
3. I , III
4. II
5. No correction requiredAnswer :2)
Explanation:
Option 2 is grammatically correct. - Offering the Chinese access to the Indian Ocean through the northeast could also galvanise the local economy of this part of India. But it’s important that India build and control the infrastructure here.
I. India built and control the infrastructure
II. India was building and controlling the infrastructure
III. India had built and controlled the infrastructures
1. I , II
2. II , III
3. II
4. I , III
5. No correction requiredAnswer :5)
Explanation:
The sentence is correct. - DNA identification technologies have advanced so much that even minor genetic differences, such as those between family members, may be used to distinguish individuals and identify a person from his or her unique DNA.
I. as such as those among family members
II. such as those among family members
III. like as these among family members
1. III
2. I
3. I , II
4. II
5. No correction requiredAnswer :4)
Explanation:
Option 4 is grammatically correct. - When Parliament enacts a law to give effect to the judicial invalidation of talaq-e-biddat, it must be primarily ensuring protection to Muslim women against its use.
I. it should primarily ensured protection
II. it must have primarily ensured protection
III. it must primarily ensure protection
1. II
2. III
3. I
4. II , III
5. No correction requiredAnswer :2)
Explanation:
Option 2 is grammatically correct. - By upholding the approach of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal, while slightly modifying its award, the Supreme Court has boosted the prospects of a viable water-sharing arrangement among the riparian States.
I. Court had boosted the prospects
II. Court has been boosting the prospects
III. Court was boosted by the prospects
1. II , III
2. I , III
3. II
4. I
5. No correction requiredAnswer :5)
Explanation:
The sentence is correct. - The author stresses the importance of personal responsibility by challenging the government officials responsible for capital punishment, as well as the men on death row, in holding themselves accountable for their actions.
I. to hold themselves accountable for their
II. by holding themselves accountable for their
III. to hold themselves in accountability for their
1. I , III
2. II , III
3. I
4. I , II
5. No correction requiredAnswer :3)
Explanation:
Option 3 is grammatically correct. - Mahatma Gandhi, who studied law in England, was a member of this class–although his distaste for modernity and his love of ancient India sets him apart from most of his allies in the quest for independence.
I. did set him among from most
II. had set him apart from most
III. set him apart from most
1. I , II
2. II
3. I
4. III
5. No correction requiredAnswer :4)
Explanation:
Option 4 is grammatically correct. - The cell membrane is not only responsible for creating a wall between inside and outside the cell, it must also act as thresholds upon which select molecules can enter and exit the cell when necessary
I. acting as a threshold by which
II. act as a threshold through which
III. acted as a threshold as a result which
1. I
2. II
3. III
4. I , II
5. No correction requiredAnswer :2)
Explanation:
Option 2 is grammatically correct.
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