English: Error Spotting – Set 108 (CLERK Prelims 2017 based)

The given questions on Phrase Replacement are based on IBPS CLERK Prelims 2017 Exam.

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. (1) Supreme Court’s suggestion to central government / (2) to bring the law to regulate legal profession and /(3) cap lawyers’ fees aims to address difficulties /(4) that the poor faces in accessing justice.
   A) Both 2 and 4
   B) Both 1 and 2
   C) Both 2 and 3
   D) Both 3 and 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: 2.  Replace ‘the’ with ‘a’ – Sentence is talking about bringing some law, not any particular law
   4. Replace ‘faces’ by ‘face’ – ‘the poor’ is a plural term so s/es will not be used with verb. 
   
2. (1) The Iranian port will not only enables / (2)overland trade between India and Afghanistan, / (3) but also allow New Delhi to do / (4) much for Kabul strategically.
   A) Both 1 and 3
   B) Both 1 and 4
   C) Both 3 and 4
   D) Both 2 and 3
   E) No Error
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: 1. Replace ‘enables’ with ‘enable’ – ‘will’ takes 1st form of verb
   4. Replace ‘much’ with ‘more’ –
   more means –  a greater or additional amount or degree.
   much means – a large amount.
   
3. (1) The National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016 / (2) for two important aspects, violent crime and crime against women, / (3) should prompt State governments to make / (4) a serious study of the underlined causes.
   A) Both 2 and 3
   B) Both 1 and 4
   C) Both 2 and 4
   D) Both 1 and 3
   E) No Error
   
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    Option C
   Explanation: 2. Replace ‘for’ with ‘on’
   4. Replace ‘underlined’ with ‘underlying’ 
   underlined means emphasize or stress on something
   underlie means basic, fundamental, and ‘its gerund – underlying’ will be used here.
4. (1) In the years since the Delhi gang rape case of 2012 / (2) that shook the country, the definition of the heinous offence / (3) has been broadened, and police forces have / (4) been directed to record the crime with greater sensitivity.
   A) Both 1 and 3
   B) Both 2 and 3
   C) Both 3 and 4
   D) Both 1 and 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option E
   
5. (1) There are some basic issues that need having urgent / (2) reforming, such as modernising the police, / (3) recruiting the right candidates and / (4) teaching them to uphold human rights.
   A) Both 2 and 3
   B) Both 1 and 3
   C) Both 3 and 4
   D) Both 1 and 2
   E) No Error
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: 1. Remove ‘having’
   2. Replace ‘reforming’ with ‘reform’
   
6. (1) That is the kind of extraordinary return the digital / (2) currency has given investors as its price witnessed / (3)a meteoric rise, from just a few cents in 2010 / (4) to hit a lifetime high from over $11,000 last week.
   A) Both 1 and 3
   B) Both 2 and 4
   C) Both 3 and 4
   D) Both 2 and 3
   E) No Error
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: 2. Add ‘has’ – price has witnessed
   4. Replace ‘from’ with ‘to’ – from 2010 to.. last week
7. (1) Enthusiasts argue that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin / (2) are rapidly transforming to mainstream / (3) money that will offer serious competition / (4) with national currencies issued by central banks.
   A) Both 2 and 3
   B) Both 1 and 4
   C) Both 1 and 3
   D) Both 2 and 4
   E) No Error
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: 2. Replace ‘to’ with ‘into’ – transform is ‘into’ something. ‘into’ shows movement
   4. Replace ‘with’ with ‘to’
   
8. (1) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally / (2) came out with clear guidelines in favour / (e) of Net neutrality that is consistent with its earlier / (4) stand on Facebook’s Free Basics proposal.
   A) Both 1 and 3
   B) Both 2 and 3
   C) Both 1 and 4
   D) Both 1 and 2
   E) No Error
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: 1. Remove has. If we replace ‘came’ in 2nd part – has come out will mean – that it is continuing. [TRAI finally came out with..]
   3. Replace ‘are’ with ‘is’. ‘are’ is used for guidelines here
9. (1) Lucknow has written to the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry / (2) by requesting that the Central Board of Film Certification / (3) be alerted of “public sentiment” about / (4) distortion of “facts” in the film.
   A) Both 1 and 4
   B) Both 2 and 3
   C) Both 1 and 3
   D) Both 2 and 4
   E) No Error
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: 2. Remove ‘by’. Lucknow has written to….requesting
   3. Add ‘the’ before “public sentiment” 
   
10. (1) A private hospital in the Capital last week handed / (2) over the grieving parents two pre-term babies / (3) in a plastic bag, declaring both to / (4) be dead; one turned out to be alived.
    A) Both 1 and 4
    B) Both 3 and 4
    C) Both 2 and 4
    D) Both 2 and 3
    E) No Error
    
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    Option C
    Explanation:
    hand over – pass responsibility to someone else.
    2. Replace ‘the’ with ‘to’ – handed over to parents
    4. Replace ‘alived’ with ‘alive’. Alive is an adjective not verb.
    

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