English: Error Spotting – Set 126

In each of the following questions there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

  1. a. It is as much a personal account
    b. of Subbu’s involvment in the automobile industry,
    c. the lessons he learnt in Tata Motors,
    d. which was then only making trucks and buses.

    Only a & b
    Only a & d
    All except d
    All except b
    No Correction Required
    Option B
    b- involvement
    c- learnt at (at shows exactness)

     

  2. a. Little would Mao Tse-Tung have even imagined
    b. when he enunciated his strategies over war that
    c. they would be quoted extensively in a book
    d. tracing the successful drive of a car model in India.

    Only a & b
    All except b
    Only b & c
    All a, b & c
    No Correction Required
    Option B
    b- over = on (over is used to describe height)

     

  3. a. At long last, Rajinikanth has taken the plunge to start a new political party.
    b. The time is proptious.
    c. There is a political vacuum in Tamil Nadu following the demise of Jayalalithaa and the retirement of Karunanidhi.
    d. Their successors have clearly found wanting.

    Only a
    Only b & c
    Only d
    Only b & d
    No Correction Required
    Option D
    b – proptious = propitious
    d – clearly been found

     

  4. a. When is India’s excellent growth potential going to be realised?
    b. For India to become $10-trillion economy in 2030 from its 2016 level of $2.26 trillion,
    c. and possibly the third-largest economy in the world, its real rate of growth must be at least
    d. 7 per cent per annum. If the real growth rate is 9 per cent, however, GDP will be $14 trillion, making a large difference to welfare.

    Only a & b
    Only c
    All a, c & d
    Only b
    No Correction Required
    Option C
    b – a $ 10-trillion

     

  5. a. The year 2017 turned out to be a landmark one for the
    b. idea of clean mobility in India. While the Government announced a 2030
    c. timeline to stop sale of fossil fuel-powered vehicles in favour of electric vehicles, the Supreme Court
    d. put on hold the sale of vehicles running on BS-III emission standards.

    All except a
    Only b & c
    All a, b & c
    Only d
    No Correction Required
    Option E

     

  6. a. At a time when job creation is slow and lakhs of people are frustrated by
    b. their inability to find employment in the formal sector, Prime Minister Narendra
    c. Modi’s comment in a television interview recently that a person
    d. selling pakodas outside the studio of that news channel amounts to employmnt creation is unfortunate.

    Only a
    Only a & b
    Only b & d
    All except d
    No Correction Required
    Option D
    d – employment

     

  7. a. In India, handloom art is in crisis. The textile ministry’s Handlooms Census (2010) shows
    b. there has been a 33 per cent drop in handloom employment since 1995-96.
    c. Only 4.3 million people are arranged in handloom weaving
    d. and allied activities now, against 6.5 million in 1995-96.

    Only a
    Only b & c
    All except c
    Only d
    No Correction Required
    Option C
    c- arranged = engaged

     

  8. a. Agriculture has always occupied the headlines as it is a sensitive sector.
    b. When specific crops fails or the monsoon is
    c. unfavourable, there is a tendency for farmers to be under pressure
    d. and this leads to issues like fall in income, indebtedness, sucides and loan waivers.

    All except a
    Only b & d
    All a, b & d
    Only a & d
    No Correction Required
    Option B
    b – fails = fail
    d – sucides = suicides

     

  9. a. For most of America and the world, President
    b. Donald Trump’s first year in office is a painful reminder
    c. that he has to be tolerated for three more years.
    d. For the millions of his supporters, though, it has been a dream come true.

    All except a
    All except b
    All except c
    All except d
    No Correction Required
    Option E

     

  10. a. Uday Balakrishnan For today’s young, a wizened old man with
    b. large ears in a seemingly ridiculous dress seems hardly the earth-shaker he
    c. is made to be, only for them to take another look and
    d. find MK Gandhi’s ways agreeable to their own.

    Only a
    Only b & c
    All except c
    Only a & d
    No Correction Required
    Option C
    c – made out means to succeed

     



 

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8 Thoughts to “English: Error Spotting – Set 126”

  1. Ak$hita $inghal

    Isme wo mark krne hai jo sahi h…error free..look in q3 nd 8..sahi h kia??

    1. SRIVASTAVA......

      Ha sahi kaha 3 me galat wale ko mark kiya h

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    kuch bhi smj nhi aa rha krna kya h isme correct choose krna h ya wrong

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    1. Srishti

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