PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-79 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-10): Each of the following sentences are divided into parts, which are marked (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these parts may contain an error. Mark that part as your answer from the options given below and choose (5) if you find out there is ‘No error’.

 

Question No : 1

(1) According to the press release, SBI has reduced NEFT/(2) and RTGS charges for 20 percent for customers transacting through/ (3) a bank branch and for IMPS transactions, there will be no/ (4) charge for fund transfers up to Rs.1,000 done via a bank branch./(5) No error

(1) According to the press release, SBI has reduced NEFT

(2) and RTGS charges for 20 percent for customers transacting through

(3) a bank branch and for IMPS transactions, there will be no

(4) charge for fund transfers up to Rs.1,000 done via a bank branch

(5) No error

Question No : 2

(1) While investors will monitor several/ (2) parameters to determine which banks are/(3) safer and which would be sorry, the/ (4) provision coverage ratio (PCR) is expected to be a decide factor./(5) No error

(1) While investors will monitor several

(2) parameters to determine which banks are

(3) safer and which would be sorry, the

(4) provision coverage ratio (PCR) is expected to be a decide factor

(5) No error

Question No : 3

(1) While filing your tax return, it is important that you pick the/ (2) right form to file your ITR and this is because if you use/ (3) the wrong form then your return will be term as ‘defective’ by the tax department at/ (4) the time of processing and you will have to file a revised return./(5) No error

(1) While filing your tax return, it is important that you pick the

(2) right form to file your ITR and this is because if you use

(3) the wrong form then your return will be term as ‘defective’ by the tax department at

(4) the time of processing and you will have to file a revised return

(5) No error

Question No : 4

(1) A slight relief is that the bank had made/ (2) contingency provisions worth 2,100 crore in the/ (3) March quarter, which it ended up using/ (4) in the June quarter as bad loans surging./(5) No error

(1) A slight relief is that the bank had made

(2) contingency provisions worth 2,100 crore in the

(3) March quarter, which it ended up using

(4) in the June quarter as bad loans surging

(5) No error

Question No : 5

(1) Growth in India’s Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector/ (2) is declining as lower spending in urban centres and/ (3) slowdown by rural growth have/ (4) crimped consumption, according to market research firm Nielsen./ (5) No error

(1) Growth in India’s Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector

(2) is declining as lower spending in urban centres and

(3) slowdown by rural growth have

(4) crimped consumption, according to market research firm Nielsen

(5) No error

Question No : 6

(1) India’s current account (CA) balance deficit grew/ (2) to $68 billion in 2018-19 from $49 billion the previous year, according/(3)  to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said the/ (4) deficit has justified by development needs./ (5) No error

(1) India’s current account (CA) balance deficit grew

(2) to $68 billion in 2018-19 from $49 billion the previous year, according

(3) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said the

(4) deficit has justified by development needs

(5) No error

Question No : 7

(1) We secured a)/ (2) thirty-years-old building, recently/ (3) vacated, on the beautiful main/ (4) street of Keene for working quarters/ (5) No error

(1) We secured a

(2) thirty-years-old building, recently

(3) vacated, on the beautiful main

(4) street of Keene for working quarters

(5) No error

Question No : 8

(1) Either Sheetal/ (2) or one of/ (3) her friends/ (4) are the school topper/ (5) No error

(1) Either Sheetal

(2) or one of

(3) her friends

(4) are the school topper

(5) No error

Question No : 9

(1) The administration approved/ (2) the student's right to drop/ (3) the class but not meeting with/ (4) the professor. / (5) No error

(1) The administration approved

(2) the student's right to drop

(3) the class but not meeting with

(4) the professor

(5) No error

Question No : 10

(1) Maya expected that she would present her plan/ (2) at the meeting, that there would be time/ (3) for her to show her slide presentation, / (4) and that questions would be asked by the team members. / (5) No error

(1) Maya expected that she would present her plan

(2) at the meeting, that there would be time

(3) for her to show her slide presentation

(4) and that questions would be asked by the team members

(5) No error