PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-44 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (5), i.e., No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

 

Question No : 1

The first week for ESPN+, a sports streaming service that Disney, (A)/ owner of ESPN, launched in America on April 12th, (B)/ had none of the razzmatazz associated with (C)/ a firm known by blockbuster openings. (D)/ No error (E).

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) E

Question No : 2

In 1840, after a proposal by (A)/ Rowland Hill, an inventor, Britain (B)/ launched the Penny Post, the (C)/ world’s first universal mail service. (D)/ No error (E)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) E

Question No : 3

Any benefit that Deutsche brings to Germany (A)/ should be weighed against the potential cost (B)/ to the government of hosting a bare (C)/ profitable bank that relies on wholesale funding. (D)/ No error (E)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5)  E

Question No : 4

Just a few years ago Wuhan, (A)/ a sprawling metropolis in the middle reaches (B)/ of the Yangtze River, exemplifies (C)/ China’s economic woes. (D)/ No error (E)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) E

Question No : 5

Between April 13th  and April 18th  (A)/ America’s biggest banks reported the (B)/ strong set of first quarter earnings, (C)/ with a helping hand from the taxman. (D)/ No error (E)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) E