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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 79

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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. With the exception of / sportsmen because its / job requires this / kind of precision.
    1) With the exception of
    2) sportsmen because its
    3) job requires this
    4) kind of precision.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “its” with “their”

  2. it is a compulsive disorder for any / person who climb on the / scales or measures their waist / to see where those extra 100 calories went.
    1) it is a compulsive disorder for any
    2) person who climb on the
    3) scales or measures their waist
    4) to see where those extra 100 calories went.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “climb” with “climbs”

  3. It is imperative that we understand / the ratio of fat, carbs / and protein in every / meal that we chosen.
    1) It is imperative that we understand
    2) the ratio of fat, carbs
    3) and protein in every
    4) meal that we chosen.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “chosen” with “choose”

  4. It’s definitely easier / and wise than measuring / each item of food / while cooking the meal.
    1) It’s definitely easier
    2) and wise than measuring
    3) each item of food
    4) while cooking the meal.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “wise” with “wiser”
    The correct sequence will be easier and wiser

  5. Use a plate with a thicker / rim and place your / food like a pie chart / within the dipped center.
    1) Use a plate with a thicker
    2) rim and place your
    3) food like a pie chart
    4) within the dipped center.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : Given sentence is correct.

  6. We cannot delete the fat from our / diet as it is essential for our / mental health and well-being / as that is what fuel the brain.
    1) We cannot delete the fat from our
    2) diet as it is essential for our
    3) mental health and well-being
    4) as that is what fuel the brain.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “fuel” with “fuels”

  7. When i was young, growing up in Himalayan / jungles, my mornings was filled / with birdsong as sweet sonnets rose to / the skies to greet the rising sun.
    1) When i was young, growing up in Himalayan
    2) jungles, my mornings was filled
    3) with birdsong as sweet sonnets rose to
    4) the skies to greet the rising sun.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : it should be “were” instead of “was”
    Mornings….were

  8. Those voices are becoming stilled / by over-use of the chemical, / DDT, which weakens its shells, / destroying the budding life inside.
    1) Those voices are becoming stilled
    2) by over-use of the chemical,
    3) DDT, which weakens its shells,
    4) destroying the budding life inside.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “its” with “their”

  9. This begins with cleaning our neighbourhoods of / all trash, filling in stagnant / drains and filthy pools of water, and building / and using safely enclosed toilets.
    1) This begins with cleaning our neighbourhoods of
    2) all trash, filling in stagnant
    3) drains and filthy pools of water, and building
    4) and using safely enclosed toilets.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation :
    Given sentence is correct.

  10. We can do so by building bird and / bat houses and ensuring insect-eating / frogs and fish is / introduced to stagnant ponds.
    1) We can do so by building bird and
    2) bat houses and ensuring insect-eating
    3) frogs and fish is
    4) introduced to stagnant ponds.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : it should be “is” instead of “are”
    “Frog and fish are” will be appropriate.