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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.
- a)/Denmark introduced a surcharge few b)/ years ago on foods that contain over c)/ 2.3 per cent saturated fat, drawing d)/criticism about excessive bureaucracy. e) No error
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E No ErrorAnswer – 1) A
Explanation : replace “few” with “a few”
Few – when the amount is small and unsatisfactory
A Few – when the amount is small but still satisfactory - a)/ Robotics has already made significant inroads b)/ in electronics assembly, with sewing trades, traditionally c)/ many countries’ first entry point to d)/ the global trading system, likely to come next. e)/ No Error
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E No errorAnswer – 5. E
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct. - a)/ A project that daringly set out to bring b)/to life iconic paintings — many created in just one c)/day — have proved to be a staggeringly laborious d)/ cinematic effort taking years to realize.e) No error
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E No ErrorAnswer – 3) C
Explanation : it should be “has” instead of “have”
Here subject is one project so it should be has (singular H.V). - a)/ As this trend continues, the imperative b)/ to build supply chains based on the location of relatively c)/ immobile and cost-effective labor will wane, d)/ with production moving closer to the final market. e)/ No error
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E No errorAnswer – 5. E
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct - a)/Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will leave for b)/ New Delhi on Friday evening to attend the c)/ Inter-State Council meeting convened by d)/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi the previous day.e)/ No error
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5)E No ErrorAnswer – 4) D
Explanation : it should be “the next day” instead of “the previous day”. Because first part of sentence is in future tense so meeting should be held on the next day. - a)/The two aircraft of the Indian Air Force ferrying stranded Indian citizens b)/from war-torn South Sudan was expected to c)/ arrive at the Thiruvananthapuram d)/ international airport in the early hours of Friday.e)/ No error
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5)E No ErrorAnswer – 2) B
Explanation : replace “was” with “are” - a)/Violent protests by Dalits continued in Gujarat on Wednesday b)/ with incidents of bus burning, c)/ clashes and highway blockades being d)/reported by Saurashtra and north Gujarat. e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No errorAnswer – D. 4
Explanation : replace “by” with “from” - a)/ They have become increasingly convinced b)/ that “green finance” – financing environmentally c)/ sustainable growth – should be at the d)/ center of economic-development strategies. e)/ No error
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E No errorAnswer – 5. E
Explanation :No error
Given sentence is correct - The Nobel Laureates argue that the / reason this innovation have not started / saving lives yet is / Greenpeace’s criminal opposition. No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No errorAnswer – B. 2
Explanation : Replace “have” with “has”
Innovation is singular hence verb will be singular. - a)/Rather than being known for b)/ their sagacity, the politicians have c)/become butt off a joke for d)/their irresponsible comments. e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No errorAnswer – C. 3
Explanation : replace “off” with “of”
Correct phrase is “butt of a joke – the reason for or aim of a joke, especially when it is a person”
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