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English Language Quiz: Error Spotting

Ajay Singh
19-Jan-2021
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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, Will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error. Mark (E) i.e. no error as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

1. (A) In his budget speech, finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced the government’s intent/(B) to easing foreign direct investment (FDI) rules further/(C) but had refrained from naming any sectors/(D) in the wake of assembly elections in five states./(E) No error.

2. (A) The All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA), which reached in to its 2,100 members through e-mail on March 10(B) , asked sellers to provide details on payments pending/(C), stock pending in Snapdeal-Plus /(D) which allows sellers to stock their products/No error

3. (A) The move by Tamil Nadu arrives in the backdrop of small-scale protests /(B) and picketing by drivers of app-based aggregators/(C) Ola and Uber over a raft of grievances,/(D) especially the dwindling of incentives./(E) No error

4. (A) A minimum fare of Rs 100 for 4 km and 17 for every additional kilometre forms /(B) the core demand of drivers. Denying claims of widespread disgruntlement among drivers,/(C) sources from the management of app-based aggregators/(D) says driving for them is still a profitable enterprise/(E) No error

5. (A) In India and in some other places too,(B) every little pocket is looking in there own/(C) little immediate ecosystem and copying others within it /(D) because that is the information set that they are accessing./(E) No error

6. The crucial sentence is one which says,/(A) “The fact of actual hope /(B) and to remain with that fact /(C) which requires a great deal of inward discipline.”/(D) no error./(E)

7. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has/(A) downgraded its earlier forecast of global economic growth /(B) by 0.3%, and the World Trade Organization has revised /(C) its forecast of world trade growth from 5.3% to 4%./(D) no error./(E)

8. There are many conditions for which there is little or no evidence of /(A) the effectiveness or safety of interventions; and others /(B) where the evidence are unreliable, or is simply not /(C) applicable, affordable, or practical to implement./(D).no error/(E)

9. The last challenge was how to satisfy/(A) the demands of the Madhesis, plains peoples of the /(B) Eastern Terai who share a border /(C) and common familial and cultural bonds with Bihar./(D) no error./(E)

10. For cueist Pankaj Advani, the gamble to skip/(A) the prestigious International Snooker /(B) Championship in order to compete /(C) in the World Billiards Championship has paid off./(D).no error./(E)

Answers:
(B)
(A)
(E)
(D)
(B)
(B)
(E)
(C)
(B)
(E)

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