PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-29 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-10): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is divided into 5 parts. The first part which is numbered (1) is grammatically correct. You have to find the error in the other numbered part of the sentence and if you find the error in any part of the sentence apart from (1) then that part of the sentence is the correct choice for the given question. If all the parts are grammatically correct choose option (5) as your choice.

 

Question No : 1

(1) My teacher used to/(A) check that we were/(B) on the right track and if any mistake occurred,/(C) he would help us to analyse/(D) and resolve the issues./(E) No error

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 2

(1) He always said success/(A) was something to be celebrated,/(B) but he also believed that failure is something/(C) that you must concentrate all/(D) your energies on resolving./(E) No error

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 3

(1) The centre accepted /(A) the report of a judicial commission/(B) that indicted former chief minister/(C) and six of his ministerial colleagues against corruption./(D) favouritism, nepotism and administrative impropriety./(E) No error

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 4

(1) Companies like/(A) Infosys are moving fast/(B) on automation to ensure differentiation at a time/(C) where the technology industry and business models/(D) are undergoing rapid changes./(E) No error

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 5

(1) With a sharp rise in the number of/(A) large-scale financial crimes, /(B) the CBI and Indian Institute of Management have initiated/(C) the first-of-its-kind course to train sleuths/(D) from the CBI to probe financial frauds./ (E) No error

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) No error

Question No : 6

I knew our campus auditorium (A) /was run chaotically (B) /but only recently did I discover (C)/ how bad the situation is. (D).

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

If you would have been looked (A)/ ahead fifty years to 1240 (B)/, you wouldn’t have (C)/anticipated much change. (D)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

Students are not allowed to (A) / handle these chemicals (B) /unless they are not under (C)/ the supervision of a teacher. (D)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

I’m glad to learn that (A)/you won first prize in the composition (B)/ contest held at your school. I’d like to take (C) /this opportunity to offer. My congratulations on your success. (D)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

The committee need (A) / to be shaken out to (B)/ get rid of some of (C)/ the elderly members. (D)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) None of these