Directions: Identify which part of the sentence contains error and mark it as your answer.
Q1. If reports doing the rounds are anything to go by,(1)/ then actress Priyanka Chopra will soon be blasting off (2)/ in outer space with her next film project – a biopic (3)/ on late Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option C
Correction:
in – into
blast off – (of a rocket or spacecraft) take off from a launching site.
in is used to show a large space around
into is used to talk about the movement of something
So launching of — into outer space
The sentence means, that if we believe on the reports which are around, then actress Priyanka Chopra…..
Q2. The National Green Tribunal sought (1)/ a status report from the Delhi government for (2)/ its order banning the use of (3)/ disposable plastic in the national capital.(4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option B
Correction:
for – on
report on its order not for order
Q3. After understanding the water system, the students listed the steps to be (1)/ taken including removal of weeds and silt and repairing (2)/ or constructing bunds around the tanks, and diverting (3) / harvesting rainwater to the tanks. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option D
Correction:
harvesting – harvested
Q4. The government is working on a road map for the overhaul of state-run lenders (1)/ that involves the next round of consolidation, public offers in (2)/ the next few months by banks to raise fresh capital, and (3)/ changes in the hiring policy, including increasing lateral entry.(4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option D
Correction:
increasing – increased
Lateral entry means direct entry to higher level posts.
So increase in the lateral entry will be increased lateral entry.
Q5. The latest development appears to be a broader (1)/ plan than the one that Banks Board Bureau (2)/ chief Vinod Rai alludes to in (3)/ an interview with Reuters last month. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option C
Correction:
alludes – alluded
Last month is used so the sentence is in past tense
Allude means to suggest
Q6. Existing semi-closed PPIs that currently require (1)/ minimum details from customers have to convert into (2)/ full-KYC PPIs by June 30, failing which the RBI warned (3)/ that no further credit is allowed in such PPIs. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option D
Correction:
Is – will be
Sentence is telling – that if by June 30 full details are not provided, then no credit Will be allowed
Q7. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in line (1)/ with rising temperatures across the globe, all India (2)/ mean temperatures have risen nearly 0.60 degree (3) Celsius over the last 110 years. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option E
Correction:
There is no grammatical or sentence formation error.
Q8. The minister expressed his concern for the discrepancies (1)/ between train timings data available on national train enquiry system, the (2)/ official website of Indian Railways, and actual train (3)/ timings being experienced by passengers. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option A
Correction:
for – over
Concern for – is used when to show worry for someone. I am concerned for her health.
Concern over means – worried about something
Q9. Mosquito-borne malaria infects (1)/ more than 200 million people worldwide (2)/ every year, and killed about half a million, (3) most of them children in Africa. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option C
Correction:
The sentence is in simple present tense. So killed – kills
The (4) part says – most of the children are infected by Mosquito-borne malaria
Q10. The central government has, amid debate (1)/ over vigilantism, proposed to the Supreme Court (2)/ over providing adhaar-like unique (3) identification number to cows in India. (4)
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) No Error
Answers Option C
Correction:
over – for
proposed for providing