English: Error Spotting Questions – Set 119

The given questions on Error Spotting are based on IBPS CLERK Prelims 2017 Exam.

Directions: In each of the following questions there are sentences. There is error in two parts. Mark the option which contains error parts as your answer. If no part contains error mark option E as your answer.

  1. (A)The court on 30 November 2016 had directed all movie halls and theatres /(B) to play the national anthem before the start of a play, movie or any other programme /(C) and said that audience must stand up and pay /(D) respect, in a bid to install a sense of patriotism and nationalism.
    Both a & d
    Both b & d
    Both a & c
    Both c & d
    No Error
    Option D
    Audience is a single group of people that are participating in watching a performance. Audiences is more than one group watching a performances.
    Instill means to gradually implant an idea or attitude in someone’s mind. Install means to position equipment so that it is ready to use

     

  2. (A)The Labour Bureau’s surveys had a higher frequency than those by /(B) the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and therefore was very useful to understand /(C) the changing employment-unemployment scenario in a rapidly changing world. /(D) Unfortunately, these surveys had stopped.
    Both a & b
    Both c & a
    Both b & d
    Both d & c
    No Error
    Option C
    was = were as the subject is surveys ;
    had = have; the action has taken place at some point of time. but now it is dormant.

     

  3. (A)Trai had recommended last month that the ceiling on spectrum held by mobile operators /(B) within a particular band should be removed. It /(C) suggested a 50% cap on combined radiowave holding in /(D) efficient bands like 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 900 MHz.
    Both c & d
    Both a & c
    Both b & c
    Both a & d
    No Error
    Option E

     

  4. (A)Higher usage instead of higher yields could be central to raise Arpu /(B) over time. Yet, while Reliance’s network can easily take higher traffic for now, /(C) it also suggests that capital spend on infrastructure, /(D) spectrum and content might remain elevated.
    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & d
    Both a & d
    No Error
    Option D
    to raise = to raising
    might = mighting

     

  5. (A)While improving governance and accountability under RERA would be /(B) good for homebuyers, new procedures and costs of compliance may /(C) worse-off near-term cash flows of large listed developers. The point is that cash flows have /(D) already showed stress during the last few years, even when sales were robust.
    Both a & b
    Both b & d
    Both a & c
    Both c& d
    No Error
    Option C
    improving = improved
    worsen = to become worse or to make something become
    worse-off = poorer or in a more difficult situation:

     

  6. (A)Gulati added that it will be prudent for the government to acknowledge the problem /(B) and speed up implementation of flagship programmes /(C) over crop insurance and irrigation, which are lagging /(D) behind due to poor implementing.
    Both b & d
    Both a & c
    Both c & d
    Both d & a
    No Error
    Option C
    over = on
    implementing = implementation

     

  7. (A)The damning media revelations of a serious back-door security breach that gives unauthorised /(B) persons unfettered access to the demographic data mapped to a billion-plus /(C) Aadhaar numbers have yet again shaken public faith in the robustness /(D) of the security architecture of the unique ID project.
    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & d
    Both d & a
    No Error
    Option E

     

  8. (A)But the perceived wisdom in the aviation industry, till a few year ago, /(B) was that low-cost aviation wouldn’t work for long-haul /(C) flights and that passengers would baulk at packed liked /(D) sardines into smaller seats with far less legroom for long cross-continental stretches.
    Both a & c
    Both c & d
    Both a & b
    Both b & d
    No Error
    Option A
    year = years
    put “being ” before packed because sentence is in passive voice.

     

  9. (A)History is repleted with failures of individual leaders in administration. The issue /(B) is accountability. There are numerous instances where /(C) individuals have managed to subvert institutions to /(D) serve their personal needs at the expense of people who voted them to power.
    Only b & d
    Only a & b
    Only c & a
    Only a & d
    No Error
    Option E

     

  10. (A)In a scenario of poor governance and failed water institutions, as witnessed in India, /(B) any emotive initiative such as ‘Rally for Rivers’ to rejuvenate rivers through /(C) ‘Rally for Forests’ or ‘Rally for Horticulture’ or ‘Rally for Farmers’ of a religious /(D) institution cannot generate the desired run-down into India’s rivers.
    Both a & c
    Both c & d
    Both a & b
    Both a & d
    No Error
    Option B
    of = from which is used to express that something originates from something else, that something comes from somewhere, or some person
    run-down = run-off which means the part of the water cycle that flows over land as surface water instead of being absorbed into groundwater or evaporating

     




 

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