PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-22 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-3): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which may or may not contain an error. Choose the one that is grammatically correct and meaningful. If all the sentences are correct, choose option (5) i.e., ‘All are correct’ as your answer.

Question No : 1

(1) Organizer chronologically, the exhibition follows Mandela’s life.

(2) It begins with his birth in the Transkei region of South Africa, where he was initiated into his tribe’s traditional cultural practices and knowledge systems and attended a missionary school.

(3) The exhibition then follows him as he decided to leave his homeland for Johannesburg, where his experiences under apartheid radicalises him.

(4) His resilience while in prison and his leadership of the new post-apartheid South Africa led him to become the revere figure he is today

(5) All are correct

Question No : 2

​​​​​​(1) Republicans and their Democratic rivals readied themselves for a final frenzied day of campaigning on Monday on the eve of contentious U.S. midterm elections, which voters render their verdict on the President’s first two years in office.

(2) As Republicans aim to protect their majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, Democrats hope their strong grassroots enthusiasm can help them win back at least partial control of Congress.

(3) Political passions have risen to a rarely peak, with early voting in some states already running far ahead of normal levels.

(4) Democrats are far better positioned for reclaiming a majority in the House, experts and polls says.

(5) All are correct

Question No : 3

(1) The BSE Sensex regained the 35,000-mark by recovering over 200 points of the start of the  last trading session of this year.

(2) Brokers said a mixed trend in other Asian markets, supported by overnight gains at the Wall Street ahead of the U.S. mid-term elections, influence sentiments here.

(3) Sector-wise, IT, tech, consumer durables, realty and auto indices were trading in the positive zone with gains up to 1.45 percent.

(4) Elsewhere into Asia, Japan’s Nikkei was up 1.02 percent, South Korea’s KOSPI Index rose 0.42 per cent in their morning sessions.

(5) All are correct