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’.

     

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

     

  8. 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”.

     

  9. 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

     

  10. 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.

     

  11. 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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