PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-95 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-10): In the questions given below, each question consists of a sentence which has been broken into four parts. You have to identify the part with the error/s. If there is no error, choose (5) as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

 

Question No : 1

(1) The National Security Council (NSC), set up in 1998,

(2) almost never meets, primary because it is

(3) an advisory body, with the Cabinet Committee on Security

(4) being the executive body.

(5) No error

Question No : 2

(1) Data localisation laws refer

(2) to regulations that dictate how the

(3) data of a nation’s citizens is collected,

(4) processed and stored inside the country.

(5) No error

Question No : 3

(1) Green revenues generated from the sale of

(2) low-carbon technologies, which support the transition,

(3) will helps companies offset costs of complying with

(4) greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies.

(5) No error

Question No : 4

(1) In June last year, India joined the EU

(2) and other countries in imposing retaliatory

(3) duties to countering Washington’s tariff

(4) on steel and aluminium.

(5) No error

Question No : 5

(1) A recent paper shows that global warming

(2) during the past half century has

(3) contributing to a differential

(4) change in income across countries.

(5) No error

Question No : 6

(1) He is the best

(2) and honest

(3) minister in

(4) Parliament.

(5) No error

Question No : 7

(1) I find

(2) the weather of Bangalore

(3) ideal for

(4) hard work.

(5) No error

Question No : 8

(1) What is wanted

(2) in India are

(3) not capital intensive,

(4) but small scale enterprises

(5) No error

Question No : 9

(1) It was 8 p.m. when

(2) I finally took

(3) leave of my boss

(4) and left my office

(5) No error

Question No : 10

(1) The Judge preceded

(2) to give death sentence

(3) to the criminal

(4) last week.

(5) No error