English: Error Spotting for upcoming exams – Set 71

In each of the following sentences, find if any part of the sentence (1), (2), (3) or (4) contains error. If there is no error mark “No Error” as you answer.

  1. The cruel lady(1)/ made her step daughter(2)/ to do all the (3)/ house hold chores(4).
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option  C
    Explanation:
    omit to; we dont use to after causative verbs
                  
  2. Though a majority of rural and semi-urban India(1)/ depend on government departments,(2)/ agencies and undertakings affiliated to them(3)/ for paying these bills, they have not (4)/ made any effort to integrate UPI as a payment option.(5)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) (5)
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      Option B
    Explanation:
    a majority of is followed by singular verb
                  
  3. The global economy has grown (1)/ in fits and start since (2)/ the economic crisis of 2008—one of the(3)/ longest recorded stagnations of the modern era.(4)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option B
    Explanation:
    fits and starts is an idiom, meaning – with irregular movement; with much stopping and starting.
                  
  4. The key to break through (1)/ this ceiling is to change (2)/the kinds of work in which(3) people are engaged. (4)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option
    Explanation:
    break = breaking
                  
  5. Though such work may seem wasteful, owing to(1)/  the number of people and amount of time it takes to secure(2)/  one major achievement or breakthrough, one such (3)/ achievement or breakthrough is all it takes to create enough(4)/  value to boost everybody’s standard of living. (5) 
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option E
    Explanation:
    No error
                  
  6. Kalanick may not have a(1)/role to play(2)/ in every misstep at Uber, but (3)the ultimate responsibility is his.(4)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option A
    Explanation:
    put ‘had’ before a role
    Kalanick may not have had a role
                  
  7. The toxic culture of sexism and harassment that permeated the company (1)/ outed by former employee Susan J. Fowler in February (2)/ and since corroborated (3)/ over a hundred other female Uber employees could not have existed(4)/ without Kalanick and the C-suite turning a purposeful blind eye. (5)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) (5)
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      Option C
    Explanation:
    corroborated by
                  
  8. The backlash from Kalanick’s joining US President Donald Trump’s economic (1)/ council; being seen as undermining a taxi (2)/ strike against Trump’s immigration ban(3)/ , resulting in a #DeleteUber campaign that (4)led to nearly 200,000 app deletions(5)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) (5)
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      Option B
    Explanation:
    put his before being seen as
                  
  9. A decade ago, capital for growth beyond (1)/ a certain point would have (2)/ meant going public, which in turn would (3) / meant more transparency and oversight. (4)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option D
    Explanation:
    ‘Have’ meant more transparency
                  
  10. Today’s tech moguls are, in many ways, the(1)/ spiritual heirs of the entrepreneurs who(2)/ turned the US into an industrial powerhouse over (3)/ the course of the 19th century second half(4)
    A) (1)
    B) (2)
    C) (3)
    D) (4)
    E) No Error
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      Option D
    Explanation:
    19th century’s
                  

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14 Thoughts to “English: Error Spotting for upcoming exams – Set 71”

  1. Ittu Si Barbie (。♥‿♥。)

    Thanku 🙂

      1. Barbu (。♥‿♥。)

        7*

  2. sonali

    6/10 thanks AZ

  3. Ambika

    in 6th ques error is in part 1 .

    1. Navya

      mam, may had ya might ya something else. and 8th b samaj nhi aya

      1. The sentence in 6th is – Kalanick may not have had a role………

      2. Srishti

        Tip;Read the sentence in parts while identifying error. it will help u to find the erroneous part easily 🙂

        Q.no. 8
        “being seen as undermining a taxi (2)/ strike against Trump’s immigration ban”

        This part of sentence is not conveying a proper meaning as what is being seen as undermining …… Whether it is Kalanick’s joining or the economic council.

        “His being” = the joining of kalanick

        Hope it helps 🙂

  4. Lee64

    7/10
    Thnks AZ

  5. Wiz Kahlifa

    Back to AZ … 🙂

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