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English Questions Spotting Error Set – 98

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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. The others included several guava / and litchi tree, lemons and grape-fruits, / and of course a couple of mango trees / but these last were difficult to climb.
    1) The others included several guava
    2) and litchi tree, lemons and grape-fruits,
    3) and of course a couple of mango trees
    4) but these last were difficult to climb
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Replace “tree” with “trees”
    Several used for plural so trees will be appropriate answer.

  2. We need a gradual formalisation / of million of informal / enterprises, plus tough administration / for big rule breakers.
    1) We need a gradual formalisation
    2) of million of informal
    3) enterprises, plus tough administration
    4) for big rule breakers
    5) No error
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : It should be millions instead of million because of enterprises are plural noun.

  3. The aim must be to formalise, / legalise and expand all informal / enterprises, including those / in the meat industry.
    1) The aim must be to formalise,
    2) legalise and expand all informal
    3) enterprises, including those
    4) in the meat industry
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  4. It has downstream effects on / the leather industry, / one of UP (and India’s) biggest, / most labour-intensive industries.
    1) It has downstream effects on
    2) the leather industry,
    3) one of UP (and India’s) biggest,
    4) most labour-intensive industries
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation :Replace “UP” with “UP’s”
    use apostrophe in possessive case.

  5. If indeed you expand goshalas hugely, / kindly give top priority in / employment to those who you have displaced, / whatever their religion or caste.
    1) If indeed you expand goshalas hugely,
    2) kindly give top priority in
    3) employment to those who you have displaced,
    4) whatever their religion or caste.
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “who” with “whom”
    Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.

  6. The effect of technology and science in our / time is irreversible and it has / democratised societies and empowered / individuals in the expense of the state.
    1) The effect of technology and science in our
    2) time is irreversible and it has
    3) democratised societies and empowered
    4) individuals in the expense of the state
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Replace “in” with “at”
    at used to indicate a point or place occupied in space.

  7. Try explaining the implications / of that remark to those / hate-filled, danda-wielding , / mobs from Greater Noida.
    1) Try explaining the implications
    2) of that remark to those
    3) hate-filled, danda-wielding ,
    4) mobs from Greater Noida
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error
    Given sentence is correct.

  8. Notice how complete strangers / leave whatever they are / doing and join a crowd beating on / someone in the middle of the road.
    1) Notice how complete strangers
    2) leave whatever they are
    3) doing and join a crowd beating on
    4) someone in the middle of the road
    5) No error
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Replace “Beating on” with “Beating up”
    Beating up – a violent assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly.
    Ex – “he suffered substantial bruising and severe headaches as a result of the beating-up”

  9. Ours is currently the demo / version but till 10 years ago, / there did exist a real Hindu Rashtra in / these parts and that were Nepal.
    1) Ours is currently the demo
    2) version but till 10 years ago,
    3) there did exist a real Hindu Rashtra in
    4) these parts and that were Nepal
    5) No error
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : It should be was instead of were.
    Was is used for Nepal.

  10. It is not really replicable in the / modern world where the / expectation from the state is a / focus on equality and individual rights.
    1) It is not really replicable in the
    2) modern world where the
    3) expectation from the state is a
    4) focus on equality and individual rights
    5) No error
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : No error





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