PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-69 (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 punctuation, if any)

 

Question No : 1

(1) All of a sudden/ (2) Sudhir remembered that/ (3) he has not/ (4) locked the office./ (5) No error

(1) All of a sudden

(2) Sudhir remembered that

(3) he has not

(4) locked the office

(5) No error

Question No : 2

(1) I am sure that/ (2) all my monthly expenses/ (3) would exceed the income/ (4) if I do not economise. / (5) No error

(1) I am sure that

(2) all my monthly expenses

(3) would exceed the income

(4) if I do not economise

(5) No error

Question No : 3

(1) Although their visas/ (2) will expire in September/ (3) they can have them/ (4) extended for six months./ (5) No error

(1) Although their visas

(2) will expire in September

(3) they can have them

(4) extended for six months

(5) No error

Question No : 4

(1) Hardly as I stepped/ (2) out of my house when/ (3) I saw some policemen/ (4) coming towards my house./ (5) No error

(1) Hardly as I stepped

(2) out of my house when

(3) I saw some policemen

(4) coming towards my house

(5) No error

Question No : 5

(1) The last of the Mughal/ (2) emperors of India was imprisoned/ (3) and was later sent into/ (4) exile by the British./ (5) No error

(1) The last of the Mughal

(2) emperors of India was imprisoned

(3) and was later sent into

(4) exile by the British

(5) No error

Question No : 6

(1) The government is/ (2) responsible for the/ (3) provision of education/ (4) for all a children/ (5) No error

(1) The government is

(2) responsible for the

(3) provision of education

(4) for all a children

(5) No error

Question No : 7

(1) The pitch of his speech/ (2) was focused on/ (3) the importance/ (4) of an education/ (5) No error

(1) The pitch of his speech

(2) was focused on

(3) the importance

(4) of an education

(5) No error

Question No : 8

(1) The manufacturers/ (2) disclaim all responsibility/ (3) for damage/ (4) caused by the mistake/ (5) No error

(1) The manufacturers

(2) disclaim all responsibility

(3) for damage

(4) caused by the mistake

(5) No error

Question No : 9

(1) The civil rights movement/ (2) in the early seventies was/ (3) a honourable non-sectarian movement/ (4) peopled by pacifist idealists in pursuit of justice/ (5) No error

(1) The civil rights movement

(2) in the early seventies was

(3) a honourable non-sectarian movement

(4) peopled by pacifist idealists in pursuit of justice

(5) No error

Question No : 10

(1) It is more better/ (2) to be clothed/ (3) in rags, than to/ (4) be clothed with shame/(5) No error

(1) It is more better

(2) to be clothed

(3) in rags, than to

(4) be clothed with shame

(5) No error