PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-14 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): In each of the following questions, a sentence is given, divided into five parts (A), (B), (C), (D) and (1). There is an error in one of the parts, which makes the sentence grammatically or contextually incorrect. Choose the option with the part containing error. Consider part (1) to be correct.

 

Question No : 1

Belying hopes of tea prices (1)/ rising due to the early closure (A)/ of the tea season last year, (B)/ prices have remain flat till February, (C)/ according to market sources. (D)

(1) B

(2) A

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 2

The RBI Governor suggested (1)/ a slowdown in the pace of (A)/ manufacturing activity and said (B)/ that the central is taking (C)/ necessary steps to bolstered growth. (D)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 3

Astronauts’ day on the (1)/ International Space Station are scheduled (A)/ and scripted to the minute, (B)/ and plenty of the work, (C)/like station maintenance, can be quite bored. (D)

(1) C

(2) D

(3) A

(4) B

(5) No error

Question No : 4

In 1835, the Galapagos Islands (1)/ shaped the thoughts of a young (A)/ British naturalist named Charles Darwin, (B)/ and help inspire his (C)/ world-shaking theory of evolution. (D)

(1) D

(2) A

(3) B

(4) C

(5) No error

Question No : 5

In February, the Union Health Ministry (1)/ had reviewed the preparedness and action (A)/ taken by States to deal in influenza (B)/ cases when the number of H1N1 cases (C)/ and deaths stood at 6,701 and 226, respectively (D)

(1) C

(2) A

(3) B

(4) D

(5) No error