English: Error Spotting for Upcoming Exams Set 35

English Error Detection SBI PO, IBPS PO, Bank PO, Insurance and other competitive exams.

Direction: Identify which part of the sentence contains error and mark it as your answer.

1. Yet we do not know (1)/ Earth’s exact birthday, (2)/ we do set aside a day in the year (3)/ to slow down and appreciate this beautiful planet. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Yet=> Though
   Yet means Still
2. The global norm is that (1)/ only vehicles providing emergency services (2)/ like ambulances, fire engines and police conveyances (3)/ are entitled to be used beacons. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: to use
3. It’s been reported that the (1)/ central government is exploring a planned (2)/ to lease only electric vehicles (3)/ for use by ministries, government agencies and state owned firms. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: planned=>plan
4. Poor fielding have (1)/ often proved to (2)/ be India’s Achilles heel (3)/ in cricket. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: have=>has
   Achilles heel: weakest point in comething
5. An acoustic instrument is one (1)/ whose sound is natural (2)/ and not made louder (3)/ in electrical apparatus. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: in=> by
6. It is good if the seminars (1)/ are held under the aegis of (2)/ the organizations that are (3)/ directly concerned from the topics. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: from=> with
   concerned with: having to do with
7. An unprincipled alliance (1)/ proves to be (2)/an albatross around the neck of (3)/ political parties in its growth. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: its=>their
   albatross around one’s neck : An annoying burden
8. In an era of epic economic malpractice, (1)/one operation that has received (2)/scant attention is the U.S. Treasury Department’s (3)/ mismanagement of the national debt. (4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option E
   Explanation: Sentence is error free
9. In 2010, three years after (1)/completion of graduating from Delhi University, (2)/ Amit took the helm of (3)/ the now 44-year-old travel brand Lonely Planet.(4)
   A) 1
   B) 2
   C) 3
   D) 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: remove completion of
10. Is the book in (1)/ your hand your own? (2)/ Or have you borrowed (3)/ it of your friend? (4)
    A) 1
    B) 2
    C) 3
    D) 4
    E) No Error
    
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    Option F
    Explanation: of=>from

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