PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-83 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-10): Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is (5) i.e., No error. (Ignore errors of punctuation if any.)

 

Question No : 1

(1) Reading newspapers will / (2) help you / (3) in understand banking / (4) and business Concepts. / (5) No error

(1) Reading newspapers will

(2) help you

(3) in understand banking

(4) and business Concepts

(5) No error

Question No : 2

(1) The bank will decide / (2) unless Ashok is / (3) eligible for a loan / (4) based on his monthly salary. /(5) No error

(1) The bank will decide

(2) unless Ashok is

(3) eligible for a loan

(4) based on his monthly salary

(5) No error

Question No : 3

(1) The power supplying in /(2) many states has been / (3) badly affected because / (4) of the shortage of coal./(5) No error

(1) The power supplying in

(2) many states has been

(3) badly affected because

(4) of the shortage of coal

(5) No error

Question No : 4

(1) The rate of interest / (2) offered by banks to / (3) customers who had savings bank Accounts / (4) was decided by RBI early. / (5)  No error

(1) The rate of interest

(2) offered by banks to

(3) customers who had savings bank Accounts

(4) was decided by RBI early

(5) No error

Question No : 5

(1) According to newspaper reports /(2) there is more internet users /(3) in small Towns /(4) than in the metros./ (5) No error

(1) According to newspaper reports

(2) there is more internet users

(3) in small Towns

(4) than in the metros

(5) No error

Question No : 6

(1) She had to/ (2) find a way/ (3) to prevent them/ (4) to cripple her logic. / (5) No error

(1) She had to

(2) find a way

(3) to prevent them

(4) to cripple her logic

(5) No error

Question No : 7

(1) They charged down/ (2) the stairs/ (3) to meet with/ (4) their grandmother. / (5) No error

(1) They charged down

(2) the stairs

(3) to meet with

(4) their grandmother

(5) No error

Question No : 8

(1) The first page/ (2) at the book/ (3) describes the/ (4) author’s profile. / (5) No error

(1) The first page

(2) at the book

(3) describes the

(4) author’s profile

(5) No error

Question No : 9

(1) She is visually challenged but refuses/ (2) to let her disability/ (3) prevent her to do/ (4) what she wants to do. / (5) No error

(1) She is visually challenged but refuses

(2) to let her disability

(3) prevent her to do

(4) what she wants to do

(5) No error

Question No : 10

(1) The radio station had/ (2) an open line on which/ (3) listeners could call up/ (4) to discuss about various issues. / (5) No error

(1) The radio station had

(2) an open line on which

(3) listeners could call up

(4) to discuss about various issues

(5) No error