Important English Questions with Detailed Explanation:
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Dear Readers, Here we have given the Important Practice English Questions on Error Spot with Explanation for Upcoming IBPS PO/Clerk and All other Upcoming Competitive Exams 2017. Candidates those who are preparing for the examination can make use of it.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
The Supreme Court invoking a (a)/ controversial Article of the (b)/ Constitution that requires politicians,(c)/ to be “honest” and “righteous”.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-A
Explanation:- The sentence is about the past incident, so in place of invoking, ‘invoked’ will come.
Correct Sentence:- The Supreme Court invoked a controversial Article of the Constitution that requires politicians to be “honest” and “righteous”.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-A
Explanation:- The sentence is about the past incident, so in place of invoking, ‘invoked’ will come.
Correct Sentence:- The Supreme Court invoked a controversial Article of the Constitution that requires politicians to be “honest” and “righteous”.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
If legally admissible evidence of corruption had existed, (a)/ there would have been a trial, not direct intervention (b)/ by the Supreme Court, which should only,(c)/ been the court of final appeal in criminal matters.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-D
Explanation:- In the place of be, ‘been’ will come, because a suggestion is given here, which will be in future tense.
Correct Sentence:- If legally admissible evidence of corruption had existed, there would have been a trial, not direct intervention by the Supreme Court, which should only be the court of final appeal in criminal matters.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-D
Explanation:- In the place of be, ‘been’ will come, because a suggestion is given here, which will be in future tense.
Correct Sentence:- If legally admissible evidence of corruption had existed, there would have been a trial, not direct intervention by the Supreme Court, which should only be the court of final appeal in criminal matters.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
More than three decades after it last won an (a)/ outright majority in the Assembly election in(b)/ Gujarat, the Congress was tipped through many to make,(c)/ 2017 a breakthrough year in the State.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-C
Explanation:- ‘Through’ is incorrect in used as adjective as it refers to passing by. The correct preposition will be ‘By’.
Correct Sentence:- More than three decades after it last won an outright majority in the Assembly election in Gujarat, the Congress was tipped by many to make 2017 a breakthrough year in the State.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-C
Explanation:- ‘Through’ is incorrect in used as adjective as it refers to passing by. The correct preposition will be ‘By’.
Correct Sentence:- More than three decades after it last won an outright majority in the Assembly election in Gujarat, the Congress was tipped by many to make 2017 a breakthrough year in the State.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
Much of the innumerable dams (a)/ and irrigation channels in the (b)/ State remain bone dry or,(c)/ have reached dead storage levels.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-A
Explanation:- ‘Much’ is wrong in use in the sentence, ‘many’ is correct.
Correct Sentence:- Most of the innumerable dams and irrigation channels in the State remain bone dry or have reached dead storage levels.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-A
Explanation:- ‘Much’ is wrong in use in the sentence, ‘many’ is correct.
Correct Sentence:- Most of the innumerable dams and irrigation channels in the State remain bone dry or have reached dead storage levels.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
As every small skirmish, move and (a)/ tweet is given inordinate scrutiny (b)/ and attention, it is easily however to,(c)/ lose sight of the big picture.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-C
Explanation:- The adjective ‘easily’ is incorrect; the appropriate form of adjective will be ‘easy’.
Correct Sentence:- As every small skirmish, move and tweet is given inordinate scrutiny and attention, it is easy however to lose sight of the big picture.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-C
Explanation:- The adjective ‘easily’ is incorrect; the appropriate form of adjective will be ‘easy’.
Correct Sentence:- As every small skirmish, move and tweet is given inordinate scrutiny and attention, it is easy however to lose sight of the big picture.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
A controversy surfaced again last week when media reports said that (a)/ the corporation had issued an order to its news divisions asking them to (b)/ subscribe to the (RSS)-backed Hindustan Samachar news agency after ,(c)/ terminate its long-standing subscriptions of PTI and UNI news services. (d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-D
Explanation:- The part of the sentence demands past continuous tense, so in place of ‘terminate’, we will use, terminating.
Correct Sentence:- A controversy surfaced again last week when media reports said that the corporation had issued an order to its news divisions asking them to subscribe to the (RSS)-backed Hindustan Samachar news agency after terminating its long-standing subscriptions of PTI and UNI news services.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-D
Explanation:- The part of the sentence demands past continuous tense, so in place of ‘terminate’, we will use, terminating.
Correct Sentence:- A controversy surfaced again last week when media reports said that the corporation had issued an order to its news divisions asking them to subscribe to the (RSS)-backed Hindustan Samachar news agency after terminating its long-standing subscriptions of PTI and UNI news services.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
Sporting rivalries are on (a)/ their best when the (b)/ protagonists offer a sharp,(c)/ contrast in their winning way.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-A
Explanation:- In place of ‘on’, it will use ‘at’, as it mentions a phrase ‘at their best’.
Correct Sentence:- Sporting rivalries are at their best when the protagonists offer a sharp contrast in their winning way.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-A
Explanation:- In place of ‘on’, it will use ‘at’, as it mentions a phrase ‘at their best’.
Correct Sentence:- Sporting rivalries are at their best when the protagonists offer a sharp contrast in their winning way.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
Prime Minister NarendraModi has reportedly asked (a)/ senior civilian and military leaders to tone off (b)/ the rhetoric on China, ahead of his visit to,(c)/ Beijing in September for this year’s BRICS summit.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-B
Explanation:- The phrase ‘tone off’ is incorrect here, it will use ‘tone down’ which means to halt.
Correct Sentence:- Prime Minister NarendraModi has reportedly asked senior civilian and military leaders to tone down the rhetoric on China, ahead of his visit to Beijing in September for this year’s BRICS summit.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-B
Explanation:- The phrase ‘tone off’ is incorrect here, it will use ‘tone down’ which means to halt.
Correct Sentence:- Prime Minister NarendraModi has reportedly asked senior civilian and military leaders to tone down the rhetoric on China, ahead of his visit to Beijing in September for this year’s BRICS summit.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
In these times of easy access to the ability to crunch large amounts of data, unstructured and (a)/ inreal time, it is possible for political parties or, more realistically, specialist troops (b)/ employed by him, to profile individual voters and flood them with news, fake and real, that,(c)/ would accentuate perceived favourable political propensities or neutralise perceived hostile inclinations.(d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-C
Explanation:- Here, we are talking about number of political parties (plural), so in the place of ‘him’, we will use ‘them’, i.e., troops employed by them.
Correct Sentence:- In these times of easy access to the ability to crunch large amounts of data, unstructured and in real time, it is possible for political parties or, more realistically, specialist troops employed by them, to profile individual voters and flood them with news, fake and real, that would accentuate perceived favourable political propensities or neutralise perceived hostile inclinations.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-C
Explanation:- Here, we are talking about number of political parties (plural), so in the place of ‘him’, we will use ‘them’, i.e., troops employed by them.
Correct Sentence:- In these times of easy access to the ability to crunch large amounts of data, unstructured and in real time, it is possible for political parties or, more realistically, specialist troops employed by them, to profile individual voters and flood them with news, fake and real, that would accentuate perceived favourable political propensities or neutralise perceived hostile inclinations.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
While the BJP’s plan to offset possible losses (a)/ among the mid-economic band with gains from (b)/ the masses has potential in urban areas,(c)/ in rural India, the BJP is yet to devising an economic plan. (d)/ No Error(e)
Correct
Correct Answer is:-D
Explanation:- The correct form of verb will be ‘devise’ in place of ‘devising, which is incorrect.
Correct Sentence:- While the BJP’s plan to offset possible losses among the mid-economic band with gains from the masses has potential in urban areas, in rural India, the BJP is yet to devise an economic plan.
Incorrect
Correct Answer is:-D
Explanation:- The correct form of verb will be ‘devise’ in place of ‘devising, which is incorrect.
Correct Sentence:- While the BJP’s plan to offset possible losses among the mid-economic band with gains from the masses has potential in urban areas, in rural India, the BJP is yet to devise an economic plan.
