PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SPOTTING ERRORS

PREPARATORY SET-98 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): A sentence bifurcated into three parts is given. It is followed by three alternatives that suggest corrections to each part. Choose the changes which make the sentence grammatically and conceptually correct and choose the correct answer.

 

Question No : 1

At this stage from the presidential race,/candidates spent nearly all their time/courting voters in their own party.

I. At this stage of the presidential race

II. candidates spend nearly all their time

III. courting voters in their own party.

(1) I only

(2) II only

(3) I, II and III

(4) Both I and II

(5) Both I and III

Question No : 2

The genesis of the problem lies in the flaws/system of appointment of election commissioners, who/are appointed unilateral by the government of the day.

I. The genesis of the problem lies in the flawed

II. System of appointment of election commissioners, whom

III. are appointed unilaterally by the government of the day.

(1) I only

(2) II only

(3) Both I and II

(4) Both II and III

(5) I, II and III

Question No : 3

A charismatic leader mesmerizes the electorate,/strikes an emotional chord to the masses/and blurs the distinction between the leader and the people lead by him.

I. A charismatic leader mesmerises the electorate,

II. strikes an emotional chord with the masses

III. and blurs the distinction between the leader and the people led by him

(1) I only

(2) II only

(3) Both I and II

(4) Both II and III

(5) I, II and III

Question No : 4

While nothing bar the Electoral Commission from/asserting its authority, it still needs institution/safeguards to protect its autonomous in a democracy.

I. While nothing bars the Electoral Commission from

II. asserting its authority, it still needs institutional

III. safeguards to protect its autonomy in a democracy.

(1) II only

(2) Both II and III

(3) I only

(4) Both I and II

(5) I, II and III

Question No : 5

He could not curtail her freedom to do as she/wished, on the whole anything that Mrs. Eddy did/was sacred to him, and could not be cutting into parts.

I. He could not curtail her freedom to do as she

II. wished, on the whole anything that Mrs. Eddy did

III. was sacred to him, and could not be cut into parts.

(1) Both I and II

(2) Both II and III

(3) II only

(4) III only

(5) I, II and III