English Language Error Spotting
Practice Questions – Set 4
Directions (1 – 15): Read each sentence to find out whether
there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in
one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no
error, the answer is (e).
1. The Supreme Court invoking a (a)/ controversial
Article of the (b)/ Constitution that requires politicians,(c)/ to
be “honest” and “righteous”.(d)/ No Error(e)
2. If legally admissible evidence of corruption had
existed, (a)/ there would have been a trial, not direct intervention (b)/ by
the Supreme Court, which should only,(c)/ been the court of final appeal
in criminal matters.(d)/ No Error(e)
3. More than three decades after it last won an (a)/ outright
majority in the Assembly election in(b)/ Gujarat, the Congress was tipped
through many to make,(c)/ 2017 a breakthrough year in the State.(d)/ No
Error(e)
4. Much of the
innumerable dams (a)/ and irrigation channels in the (b)/ State
remain bone dry or,(c)/ have reached dead storage levels.(d)/ No
Error(e)
5. As every small
skirmish, move and (a)/ tweet is given inordinate scrutiny (b)/ and
attention, it is easily however to,(c)/ lose sight of the big picture.(d)/ No
Error(e)
6. A controversy surfaced
again last week when media reports said that (a)/ the corporation had
issued an order to its news divisions asking them to (b)/ subscribe
to the (RSS)-backed Hindustan Samachar news agency after ,(c)/ terminate
its long-standing subscriptions of PTI and UNI news services. (d)/ No
Error(e)
7. Sporting rivalries are
on (a)/ their best when the (b)/ protagonists offer a
sharp,(c)/contrast in their winning way.(d)/ No Error(e)
8. Prime Minister
NarendraModi has reportedly asked (a)/ senior civilian and military
leaders to tone off (b)/ the rhetoric on China, ahead of his visit
to,(c)/ Beijing in September for this year’s BRICS summit.(d)/ No
Error(e)
9. In these times of easy
access to the ability to crunch large amounts of data, unstructured and (a)/ inreal
time, it is possible for political parties or, more realistically, specialist
troops (b)/ employed by him, to profile individual voters and flood
them with news, fake and real, that,(c)/ would accentuate perceived
favourable political propensities or neutralise perceived hostile inclinations.(d)/ No
Error(e)
10. While the BJP’s
plan to offset possible losses (a)/ among the mid-economic band with
gains from (b)/ the masses has potential in urban areas,(c)/ in
rural India, the BJP is yet to devising an economic plan. (d)/ No
Error(e)
11. a) Pakistan has
for the first time admitted to the presence / b) of India”s most wanted
terrorist, Dawood Ibrahim, / c) on its earth, but has said that / d) he has now
been chased out and could be in the UAE. / e) No error
12. a) The Delhi
Government will set up seven laboratories / b) in East Delhi to test, verify
and calibrate / c) the work and reference standards of different types of
balances, / d) weights and measuring equipments used in shops or
establishments. / e) No error
13. a) Samajik Suvidha
Sangam, also known as Mission Convergence, / b) is the most unique initiative
of NCT of Delhi / c) for holistic empowerment of women from vulnerable and / d)
most vulnerable sections of society. / e) No error
14. a) The Supreme
Court has sought a response of the Centre / b) on a PIL seeking effective
functioning of the / c) human rights courts in the country / d) to further the
cause of according social justice. / e) No error
15. a) Caught napping
by the powerful mining Mafia after a bid / b) on the life of the SDM, the
police has now booked / c) the driver of the tractor trolley and / d) filed an
FIR against him. / e) No error
Answers with
Explanations:
1. A) The sentence is about the past incident, so
in place of invoking, ‘invoked’ will come.
2. D) In the place of be, ‘been’ will come, because a
suggestion is given here, which will be in future tense.
3. C) ‘Through’ is incorrect in used as adjective as it
refers to passing by. The correct preposition will be ‘By’.
4. A) ‘Much’ is wrong in use in the sentence, ‘many’ is
correct.
5. C) The adjective ‘easily’ is incorrect; the appropriate
form of adjective will be ‘easy’.
6. D) The part of the sentence demands past continuous
tense, so in place of ‘terminate’, we will use, terminating.
7. A) In place of ‘on’, it will use ‘at’, as it mentions a
phrase ‘at their best’.
8. B) The phrase ‘tone off’ is incorrect here, it will use
‘tone down’ which means to halt.
9. C) Here, we are talking about number of political
parties (plural), so in the place of ‘him’, we will use ‘them’, i.e., troops
employed by them.
10. D) The correct form of verb will be ‘devise’ in place
of ‘devising, which is incorrect.
11. C) Replace “earth” with “soil”
12. C) Replace “work” with “working”
13. B) Replace “the most” with “a”
14. A) Replace “of” with “from”
15. B) Replace “has” with “have”
