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SPOTTING ERROR
Directions(Q.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 number of that part is the answer. If there is “No error” the answer is ‘5’.(Ignore errors of punctuation if any.)
1. The couple’s work in 1)/ upgrading rural technicians 2)/ has set a benchmarking 3)/ for future generations. 4)/ No errors 5)
2. It has taking almost 1)/ a year for India 2)/ to let its pessimism 3)/ translate into fewer jobs. 4)/ No errors 5)
3. The city needs an airport 1)/ that can efficiently manage 2)/ a constantly flow of 3)/ passengers and flights. 4)/ No errors 5)
4. This group of 1)/ rural achievers is very 2)/ different than the 3)/ ones in the past. 4)/ No error 5).
5. The government has announced 1)/ plans to creating 2)/ one million new 3)/training places. 4)/ No error 5)
6. The argument assumes that 1)/early detection of the disease 2)/will lead to an immediate drop in 3)/ the mortality rating from this disease. 4)/ No error 5).
7. The two most important numbers 1)/ which the mandarins of an 2)/ economy have to watch 3)/ are inflation and unemployment. 4)/ No error 5).
8.Wintnessed the young soldier’s ability 1)/ to repeatedly hit bull’s eye at 2)/ arms training,instructors pushed him 3)/ to participate in the Army marksmanship competition. 4)/ No error 5).
9. It is all well known that 1)/ women are generally in favour of 2)/ light topics like jokes and expressions 3)/ that causing laughter all around . 4)/ No error 5).
10. The evening breeze1)/ won’t carrying the poetry 2)/ of peace beyond 3)/ the school building . 4)/ No error 5).
11. We are bring in the idea that 1)/ European rehabilitation focussed 2)/ on a multi-disciplinary approach 3)/ towards chronic pain. 4)/ No error 5).
12. If parents are able to 1)/ get their children into schools 2)/ that are far away, the 3)/ next challenge is transportation. 4)/ No error 5).
13. The perception of others 1)/ particularly family members 2)/ changed when he 3)/ qualified on a government job. 4)/ No error 5).
14. Every house should 1)/ have the device as it 2)/ protects people from a 3)/ common household disaster . 4)/ No error 5).
15. Automated baggage handling systems are 1)/ ensuring that on the time passengers 2)/ are out of the plane their 3)/ baggage is already waiting for them . 4)/ No error 5).
ANSWER
1. 3; Replace ‘ benchmarking ’ with ‘benchmark’
2. 1; Replace ‘ taking’ with ‘taken ’
3. 3; Replace ‘ constantly’ with ‘constant’
4. 3; Replace ‘ than’ with ‘ from’
5. 2; Replace ‘ creating’ with ‘ create’
6. 4; Replace ‘ rating’ with ‘ rate’
7. 5 No error
8. 1; Replace ‘ witnessed’ with ‘ having witnessed’
9. 4; Replace ‘ causing’ with ‘ cause’
10. 2; Infinitive without ‘ to’ follows wouldn’t/shouldn’t
11. 1; Replace ‘ bring’ with ‘ bringing’
12. 5; No error
13. 4; Replace ‘ on’ with ‘ for’
14. 5; No error
15. 2; Replace ‘ on’ with ‘ at’
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