English: Error Spotting for Upcoming Exams – Set 226

Directions(1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark “No Error” as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation).

1. The scheme involves capping the total pollution by these industries, issuing permits to each industry on how much pollution it can individually emit in the air, and then allowing them to buy and sell those permits.
   The scheme involves
   capping the total pollution by these industries
   issuing permits to each industry on how much pollution it can individually emit in the air
   and then allowing them to buy and sell those permits
   No error
   Option E
   

    

2. Despite of all the efforts made by successive governments, enrolment in primary schools in India has dropped.
   Despite of all the efforts
   made by successive governments
   enrolment in primary schools
   in India has dropped
   No error
   Option A
   Delete ‘ of’ before ‘all’.

    

3. The Ministry of MSMEs said that the need of the hour is to couple upgraded technology with adequate and timely credit.
   The Ministry of MSMEs said
   with adequate and timely credit
   to couple upgraded technology
   that the need of the hour is
   No error
   Option D
   Use ‘was’ instead of ‘is’.

    

4. Man has made a lot of progress and marched on the ever – widening path of knowledge acquisition since he started making use of their brain.
   Man has made a lot of progress
   and marched on the ever – widening path
   of knowledge acquisition
   since he started making use of their brain
   No error
   Option D
   Use ‘his’ instead of ‘their’

    

5. The earthquake that brought super – modern Tokyo to a standstill in March 11, 2011, was so devastating that all the world looked on almost like a palsy – stricken entity.
   The earthquake that brought super – modern Tokyo
   to a standstill in March 11, 2011
   was so devastating that all the world looked on
   almost like a palsy – stricken entity
   No error
   Option B
   Use ‘ On’ instead of ‘ in’.

    

Directions(6-10): In the given question, a sentence is divided into four parts. There are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E, i.e. ‘All are correct’ as the answer.

6. Among its stainless-steel (A)/ body and gull-winged doors, (B)/ its one of the most (C)/ instantly recognition cars ever built. (D)
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option B
   A: all the doors in a car are similar in structure and make. “among” is used when there are different entities to choose from.
   C: “its” is a possessive pronoun. But we are using “it” to point to the “car”. So, it should be “it is”.
   D: “recognition” is a noun, which is used to describe another noun (cars). It should be “recognisable” instead, as an adjective can describe a noun.

    

7. Despite of serious technical obstacles, (A)/ space agency officials are considered (B)/ whether to launch a Jupiter space (C)/ probe powered entirety by sunlight. (D)
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option C
   A: “despite” is not followed by ‘of’. It should by either just “despite” or “in spite of”.
   B: “are” is followed by the continuous form of the verb (considering).
   D: “entirety” is a noun and cannot be used to describe a verb (powered). It should be “entirely” instead of “entirety”.

    

8. The aim of the course (A)/ is to help students to (B)/ comprehend the structure of (C)/ contemporary political and social systems. (D)
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option E
   

    

9. A miles further on we (A)/ turned abruptly of the highway (B)/ and the Range Rover sped into (C)/ the desert leaving landmarks ahead. (D)
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option C
   A: “miles” is plural and “a” before it is a grammatical error. Since, we are talking about distances, it should be “a few miles”.
   B: it should be “off” instead of “of” so that the phrasal verb “turn off”, which means a road that leaves another road to go in a different direction.
   D: while travelling landmarks are left behind, not ahead.

    

10. Management blamed it’s problems (A)/ largest on drastically reduced power (B)/ prices and the amount utilities (C)/ are being willing to pay for new facilities. (D)
    A
    B
    C
    D
    All are correct
    Option C
    A: “it’s” is a contraction of “it is”. But we need a possessive pronoun here. so, it should be “its”.
    B: “largest” is an adjective and cannot be used to describe a verb (blamed). It should be “largely”, an adverb, instead of “largest”.
    D: “willing” is acting as a noun here and doesn’t require the verb “being” before it.

     

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