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
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).
1. It has not been sympathetic to the demand of Aligarh Muslim University (a)/ for minority status and expressed (b)/ strong resentment against the relatively (c)/ doctrinaire strand of Islam upheld by the Deoband madrasa. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: b
Explanation: Has expressed will be there according to the tense of sentence.
Correct Sentence:It has not been sympathetic to the demand of Aligarh Muslim University for minority status and has expressed strong resentment against the relatively doctrinaire strand of Islam upheld by the Deoband madrasa.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: b
Explanation: Has expressed will be there according to the tense of sentence.
Correct Sentence:It has not been sympathetic to the demand of Aligarh Muslim University for minority status and has expressed strong resentment against the relatively doctrinaire strand of Islam upheld by the Deoband madrasa.
Question 2 of 10
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).
2. Organised Muslim political opinion has largely concentrated (a)/ in carving out electoral strategies rather than (b)/ propose ways by which people who subscribe to deep (c)/ differences in beliefs and values but shared much of everyday life in common can live together. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: Hare will be use in place of shared because the sentence is in present indefinite tense.
Correct Sentence:Organised Muslim political opinion has largely concentrated in carving out electoral strategies rather than propose ways by which people who subscribe to deep differences in beliefs and values but share much of everyday life in common can live together.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: Hare will be use in place of shared because the sentence is in present indefinite tense.
Correct Sentence:Organised Muslim political opinion has largely concentrated in carving out electoral strategies rather than propose ways by which people who subscribe to deep differences in beliefs and values but share much of everyday life in common can live together.
Question 3 of 10
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).
3. The coexistence and toleration arguments does not (a)/ apply here because everyday life is (b)/ deeply caught in conflicts and the language (c)/ of sterile secularism does not offer a line of advance. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: a
Explanation: Either argument will be in singular form or do will be used in place of does.
Correct Sentence:The coexistence and toleration argument does not apply here because everyday life is deeply caught in conflicts and the language of sterile secularism does not offer a line of advance.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: a
Explanation: Either argument will be in singular form or do will be used in place of does.
Correct Sentence:The coexistence and toleration argument does not apply here because everyday life is deeply caught in conflicts and the language of sterile secularism does not offer a line of advance.
Question 4 of 10
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).
4. The invocation of Shiva and Shakti in this project (a)/ that hitherto held firmly to a graded (b)/ order and paternalism would have implications (c)/ for Indian democracy that have been little envisage so far. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: According to tense envisaged will be used in place of envisage.
Correct Sentence:The invocation of Shiva and Shakti in this project that hitherto held firmly to a graded order and paternalism would have implications for Indian democracy that have been little envisaged so far.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: According to tense envisaged will be used in place of envisage.
Correct Sentence:The invocation of Shiva and Shakti in this project that hitherto held firmly to a graded order and paternalism would have implications for Indian democracy that have been little envisaged so far.
Question 5 of 10
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).
5. If symbols speak, and in the layered culture deposits of (a)/ the Gangetic plain they do speak loud, (b)/ one of the most memorable spectacles was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit (c)/ for Kashi Vishwanath Temple on March 4, 2017. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: ‘to’ will be used in place of ‘for’.
Correct Sentence:If symbols speak, and in the layered culture deposits of the Gangetic plain they do speak loud, one of the most memorable spectacles was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashi Vishwanath Temple on March 4, 2017.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: ‘to’ will be used in place of ‘for’.
Correct Sentence:If symbols speak, and in the layered culture deposits of the Gangetic plain they do speak loud, one of the most memorable spectacles was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashi Vishwanath Temple on March 4, 2017.
Question 6 of 10
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).
6. It has tried to win over a section of the Shias (a)/ with an eye on Pakistan, Iran and West Asia, (b)/ but also tapped the historic Shia-Sunni rivalry (c)/ in the State of its advantage. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: ‘of’ will be used in place of ‘to’.
Correct Sentence:It has tried to win over a section of the Shias with an eye on Pakistan, Iran and West Asia, but also tapped the historic Shia-Sunni rivalry in the State to its advantage.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: ‘of’ will be used in place of ‘to’.
Correct Sentence:It has tried to win over a section of the Shias with an eye on Pakistan, Iran and West Asia, but also tapped the historic Shia-Sunni rivalry in the State to its advantage.
Question 7 of 10
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).
7. The language of vikas which the BJP spoke (a)/ during the electioneering, therefore, (b)/ may have to be seen through the (c)/ lens of this expansive Hindutva project. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: a
Explanation: ‘which’ is wrong, ‘that’ will be used in place of ‘which’.
Correct Sentence:The language of vikas that the BJP spoke during the electioneering, therefore, may have to be seen through the lens of this expansive Hindutva project.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: a
Explanation: ‘which’ is wrong, ‘that’ will be used in place of ‘which’.
Correct Sentence:The language of vikas that the BJP spoke during the electioneering, therefore, may have to be seen through the lens of this expansive Hindutva project.
Question 8 of 10
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).
8. Everyone is welcome to participate in the common (a)/ economic endeavour, but the normative (b)/ and cultural codes for such an endeavour (c)/ will be governed by this project. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: c
Explanation: ‘of’ will be used in place of ‘for’.
Correct Sentence:Everyone is welcome to participate in the common economic endeavour, but the normative and cultural codes of such an endeavour will be governed by this project.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: c
Explanation: ‘of’ will be used in place of ‘for’.
Correct Sentence:Everyone is welcome to participate in the common economic endeavour, but the normative and cultural codes of such an endeavour will be governed by this project.
Question 9 of 10
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).
9. During the general election of 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (a)/ had convincingly demonstrated his extraordinary skill (b)/ by crafting an election campaign that was (c)/ unlike any other — and not only by the standard of Indian elections. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: c
Explanation: ‘by’ will not be used here according to sense of sentence, ‘in’ will be used in place of ‘by’.
Correct Sentence:During the general election of 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had convincingly demonstrated his extraordinary skill in crafting an election campaign that was unlike any other — and not only by the standard of Indian elections.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: c
Explanation: ‘by’ will not be used here according to sense of sentence, ‘in’ will be used in place of ‘by’.
Correct Sentence:During the general election of 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had convincingly demonstrated his extraordinary skill in crafting an election campaign that was unlike any other — and not only by the standard of Indian elections.
Question 10 of 10
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).
10. In the course of the electoral campaign he had (a)/ demonstrated a total disdain for the kind of (b)/ tactics previously adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Party, and had (c)/ led the party into a spectacular victory. (d)/ No error(e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: Preposition ‘to’ will be used in place of ‘into’.
Correct Sentence:In the course of the electoral campaign he had demonstrated a total disdain for the kind of tactics previously adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Party, and had led the party to a spectacular victory.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is: d
Explanation: Preposition ‘to’ will be used in place of ‘into’.
Correct Sentence:In the course of the electoral campaign he had demonstrated a total disdain for the kind of tactics previously adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Party, and had led the party to a spectacular victory.
