PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-11 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-10): In each of the given question, a statement is divided into four parts. Identify the part of the statement which contains grammatical error. If the given statement is correct, mark ‘(5)’, no error, as your answer.

 

Question No : 1

Zimmerman was tossed to the (1)/ ground and was hit slightly (2)/ by a passing horse when he would attempt (3)/ to get to the inside rail. (4)/ No Error (5)

(1) Zimmerman was tossed to the

(2) ground and was hit slightly

(3) by a passing horse when he would attempt

(4) to get to the inside rail

(5) No Error

Question No : 2

Only a handful of people still (1)/ speak fluently Chipewyan, he says, and (2)/ those under 45 have only a sketchy (3)/ knowledge of the language at best. (4)/ No Error (5)

(1) Only a handful of people still

(2) speak fluently Chipewyan, he says, and

(3) those under 45 have only a sketchy

(4) knowledge of the language at best

(5) No Error

Question No : 3

A person which was a (1)/ member of the Northern (2)/ Ireland Assembly was also (3)/ a member of the Transitional Assembly. (4)/ No Error (5)

(1) A person which was a

(2) member of the Northern

(3) Ireland Assembly was also

(4) a member of the Transitional Assembly

(5) No Error

Question No : 4

When clothes are not stored (1)/ and maintained proper, the chances (2)/ of clothes moths damaging (3)/ the garments increases. (4)/ No Error (5)

(1) When clothes are not stored

(2) and maintained proper, the chances

(3) of clothes moths damaging

(4) the garments increases

(5) No Error

Question No : 5

The owner told me (1)/ that the glass (2)/ doors were broken unless (3)/ they were well packed. (4)/ No Error (5)

(1) The owner told me

(2) that the glass

(3) doors were broken unless

(4) they were well packed

(5) No Error

Question No : 6

(1) To do that job/ (2) you need to be mentally disturbed/ (3) anthropologically different than/ (4) the rest of humanity./ (5) No error

(1) To do that job

(2) you need to be mentally disturbed

(3) anthropologically different than

(4) the rest of humanity

(5) No error

Question No : 7

(1) Sushma Swaraj was rushed to the/ (2) All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, and/ (3) cardio-pulmonary resuscitation were administered/ (4) but doctors were unable to revive her./ (5) No Error

(1) Sushma Swaraj was rushed to the

(2) All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, and

(3) cardio-pulmonary resuscitation were administered

(4) but doctors were unable to revive her

(5) No Error

Question No : 8

(1) Most young couples can't/ (2) afford to buying a block of/ (3) land anywhere near the coast and build/ (4) a house on it these days./ (5) No Error

(1) Most young couples can't

(2) afford to buying a block of

(3) land anywhere near the coast and build

(4) a house on it these days

(5) No Error

Question No : 9

(1) Professor Burland is working/ (2) on the stabilization committee/ (3) for the last ten years under all/ (4) sorts of Machiavellian pressures and politics./ (5) No Error

(1) Professor Burland is working

(2) on the stabilization committee

(3) for the last ten years under all

(4) sorts of Machiavellian pressures and politics

(5) No Error

Question No : 10

(1) Nightmares are vividly and/ (2) terrifying nocturnal episodes in/ (3) which the dreamer is/ (4) abruptly awakened from sleep. / (5) No Error

(1) Nightmares are vividly and

(2) terrifying nocturnal episodes in

(3) which the dreamer is

(4) abruptly awakened from sleep

(5) No Error