PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-49 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No Error’, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuations, if any).

 

Question No : 1

(1) If you do not/ (2) submit the report/ (3) in the next two days/ (4) all of us will be punished./ (5) No Error

(1) If you do not

(2) submit the report

(3) in the next two days

(4) all of us will be punished

(5) No Error

Question No : 2

(1) These days Ashok along with/ (2) his friends does not go/ (3) to a walk/ (4) in the morning./ (5) No Error

(1) These days Ashok along with

(2) his friends does not go

(3) to a walk

(4) in the morning

(5) No Error

Question No : 3

(1) I have been visiting your office/ (2) since last several years/ (3) but have never met/ (4) such a hopeless clerk as this./ (5) No Error

(1) I have been visiting your office

(2) since last several years

(3) but have never met

(4) such a hopeless clerk as this

(5) No Error

Question No : 4

(1) As there was no time/ (2) the remaining items/ (3) were deferred into/ (4) the next meeting./ (5) No Error

(1) As there was no time

(2) the remaining items

(3) were deferred into

(4) the next meeting

(5) No Error

Question No : 5

(1) We demonstrated/ (2) to them how/ (3) we were prepared/ (4) the artistic pattern./ (5) No Error

(1) We demonstrated

(2) to them how

(3) we were prepared

(4) the artistic pattern

(5) No Error

Question No : 6

(1) Seen as an indicator of the maturity/ (2) of outsourcing business in India, / (3) the Indian outsourcing market is/ (4) expected to growth to eleven billion dollars by this year. / (5) No error

(1) Seen as an indicator of the maturity

(2) of outsourcing business in India

(3) the Indian outsourcing market is

(4) expected to growth to eleven billion dollars by this year

(5) No Error

Question No : 7

(1) Changing views about property/ (2) and democracy in the post-Restoration England/ (3) has an effect on property laws/ (4) that proved to be beneficial for the women. / (5) No error

(1) Changing views about property

(2) and democracy in the post-Restoration England

(3) has an effect on property laws

(4) that proved to be beneficial for the women

(5) No Error

Question No : 8

(1) Unable to afford jewels, she dressed simply, / (2) but was wretched, for it is generally believed that women have/ (3) neither caste nor breeding in them; beauty, / (4) grace, and charm replace pride of birth./ (5) No error

(1) Unable to afford jewels, she dressed simply

(2) but was wretched, for it is generally believed that women have

(3) neither caste nor breeding in them; beauty

(4) grace, and charm replace pride of birth

(5) No Error

Question No : 9

(1) The legal questions surrounding the privacy of/ (2) electronic mail at the work place can best be resolved/ (3) by assuming that such communications/ (4) was as private as telephone conversations. / (5) No error

(1) The legal questions surrounding the privacy of

(2) electronic mail at the work place can best be resolved

(3) by assuming that such communications

(4) was as private as telephone conversations

(5) No Error

Question No : 10

(1) The squward/ (2) that was entrusted with the task of detection/ (3) of explosives and their neutralization/ (4) has completed the assignment. / (5) No error

(1) The squward

(2) that was entrusted with the task of detection

(3) of explosives and their neutralization

(4) has completed the assignment

(5) No Error