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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 81

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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. We look first at the role that / innovation has always played / as the driver of economic growth, / and at its relationship with finance.
    1) We look first at the role that
    2) innovation has always played
    3) as the driver of economic growth,
    4) and at its relationship with finance.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No Error
    Given sentence is correct.

  2. Paying particular attention for / Europe, we then examine the / potential of such innovation-oriented / policies to promote inclusive growth.
    1) Paying particular attention for
    2) Europe, we then examine the
    3) potential of such innovation-oriented
    4) policies to promote inclusive growth.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “for” with “to”

  3. We consider concrete steps / that would be taken to create / the ‘smart governance’ necessary / to implement such a direction.
    1) We consider concrete steps
    2) that  would be taken to create
    3) the ‘smart governance’ necessary
    4) to implement such a direction.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “would” with “could”
    When could is used as the past tense of can, it refers to an ability that a person generally had in the past or to something that was generally possible in the past (“When I was younger, I could run for miles,” or “It used to be you could buy lunch for a dollar.”).
    Would is a past-tense form of will. If you are writing about past events, you can use it to indicate something that was in the future at that point in time, but is not necessarily in the future right now. In other words, you use would to preserve the future aspect when talking about the past.

  4. As the Sun moves towards the / Uttarayan, the new configuration / lend a touch of warmth / to mother earth.
    1) As the Sun moves towards the
    2) Uttarayan, the new configuration
    3) lend a touch of warmth
    4) to mother earth.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “lend” with “lends”

  5. The seeds that lay dormant thus / far for want of heat, now / sprout forth with the help / of the Sun heat.
    1) The seeds that lay dormant thus
    2) far for want of heat, now
    3) sprout forth with the help
    4) of the Sun heat.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “sun” with “sun’s”

  6. It is believed that by worshipping / the Sun, the energy-giver, Pongal / humankind will / enjoy peace and prosperity.
    1) It is believed that by worshipping
    2) the Sun, the energy-giver, Pongal
    3) humankind will
    4) enjoy peace and prosperity.
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No Error
    Explanation : Given sentence is correct.

  7. The religious importance of / havans (sacrificial fires) along / with chanting of / mantras are well-established.
    1) The religious importance of
    2) havans (sacrificial fires) along
    3) with chanting of
    4) mantras are well-established.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “are” with “is”
    Use is for the religious importance…..

  8. Ghee is poured in the fire to / keep it going, and the havan / generates a feeling of / goodwill and well-being.
    1) Ghee is poured in the fire to
    2) keep it going, and the havan
    3) generates a feeling of
    4) goodwill and well-being.
    5) No error
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Replace “in” with “into”
    into is to indicate movement toward the inside of a place.

  9. It makes the point that fear of / political displeasure will not / prevent Patel from making public / its professional views on vital matters.
    1) It makes the point that fear of
    2) political displeasure will not
    3) prevent Patel from making public
    4) its professional views on vital matters.
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “its” with “his”
    use “his” for patel.

  10. Giving that message is as vital / so the sense on interest rates, / in the interest of the / RBI’s institutional image.
    1) Giving that message is as vital
    2) so the sense on interest rates,
    3) in the interest of the
    4) RBI’s institutional image.
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “so” with “as”
    as vital as will be correct sequence.





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