IBPS SO Exam 2017 - Day 8 (Error-Spotting)

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Directions (1-15): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is ‘(e)’. (ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

1.
(a)The Government has asked individuals

(b) with income of over 110 lakhs to

(c)electronic file tax returns for the year 2011 -12,

(d)something which was optional till last year.

(e)No error

2.
(a)The power tariff had already

(b)been increased twice in

(c)the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had also

(d)levied additional monthly charges to consumers.

(e)No error

3.
(a)Despite of curfew

(b) in some areas, minor

(c)communal incidents were reported

(d)from different areas of the walled city.

(e)No error

4.
(a)This comes

(b)at a time

(c) when fund allocation

(d)is been doubled.

(e)No error

5.
(a)As the prison will get
(b) an official telephone facility soon, the prisoners
(c)won’t have to make calls in a discreet manner
(d)through smuggled mobile phones.
(e)No error

6.
(a)The area was plunged into
(b)darkness mid a wave of
(c)cheering and shouting
(d)slogans like 'Save The Earth'.
(e)No error

7.
(a)The poll contestants approached
(b) the commission complaining that the hoardings
(c)violated the code of conduct
(d)and influenced public perception.
(e)No error

8.
(a)The country has

(b)adequate laws but problems

(c)arise when this are not

(d)implemented in letter and spirit.

(e)No error

9.
(a) The Management feels that

(b)the employees of the organisation are

(c)non-productive, and do not want

(d) to work hard.

(e)No error

10.
(a)As far the issue of land encroachment

(b)in villages is concerned, people will

(c)have to make a start from their villages by

(d)sensitizing and educating the villagers about this issue.

(e)No error

11.
(a)A band of musician  
(b)have been engaged
(c)for the
(d)inauguration function. 
(e) No Error

12.
(a) The number
(b) of persons interested
(c) in psychology are
(d) generally small.
(e) No Error

13.
(a)The manager’s comments
(b)on the preparation of the test matches
(c)for this tour
(d)has been generally praised.
(e)No Error

14.
(a) The details
(b) of the incident
(c) was not known 
(d) to me.
(e) No Error

15.
(a) The majority of
(b) writers never
(c) passes 
(d) this stage.
(e) No Error



ANSWERS :

S1. Ans. (e) 
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically correct.

S2. Ans. (d) 
Sol. Here, ‘levied additional monthly charges on consumers’ will be used.

S3. Ans. (a) 
Sol. Preposition ‘of’ will not be used after ‘despite’.

S4. Ans. (d) 
Sol. Use ‘has been doubled’. Or ‘is being doubled’.

S5. Ans. (a) 
Sol. Use ‘gets’ in place of ‘will get’.

S6. Ans. (b) 
Sol. ‘Mid a wave’ is incorrect. “amidst a wave “is correct usage.

S7. Ans. (c) 
Sol. Use ‘had violated the code of conduct’

S8. Ans. (c) 
Sol. Use ‘they/these in place of ‘this’.

S9. Ans. (e) 
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically correct.

S10. Ans. (a) 
Sol.  Use ‘as far as’

S11.Ans.(b) 
Sol.  Replace have been by has been. A ‘band’ – collective noun is used as singular.

S12.Ans.(c) 
Sol.  Replace ‘are’ by ‘is’. ‘The number’ takes singular verb.

S13.Ans.(d) 
Sol.  Replace ‘has been’ by ‘have been’. Subject, manager’s comments – plural so plural verb will be used.

S14.Ans.(c) 
Sol.  Replace ‘was’ by ‘were’. Subject of the verb – details– is plural.

S15.Ans.(c) 
Sol.  Replace ‘passes’ by ‘pass’. The noun after ‘of’ (writers) is plural so the verb will also be plural.

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