#everydayquiz #ssc #english #mains #2017 #spotting error
We have spent most of the profits(A)/ thatwe earn last year (B)/ on purchasing new
computers. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Change ‘earn’ into ‘earned’ as ‘last year’
denotes ‘simple past tense’
His continually defending his stand (A)/ on
the issue has risen (B)/ doubts in the mind
of the jury (C)/. No error (D)
D
In these statements that are followed by two
conclusions, (A)/ relationship between
different elements (B)/ are shown in the
statements (C)/. No error (D)
(C) Change ‘are’ into ‘is’. ‘Relationship’ is
singular.
We have inherited tradition of secrecy (A)/
about the budget from Britain where the
system (B)/ has been strongly attacked by
eminent economists (C)/. No error (D)
(A) Add ‘the’ before ‘tradition’.
Eleven years after it first put forward in the
Parliament, (A)/ the Rajya Sabha has finally
adopted (B)/ a goods and services tax (C)/.
No error (D)
(A) Place ‘was’ after ‘it’, as the sentence is
in simple past tense and passive form.
I asked her how could she go out with Ram
(A)/ to watch a movie (B)/ if it started
raining yesterday (C)/. No error (D)
(A) Put ‘could’ after ‘she’ as the sentence is
not a question.
James sat there in stunned silence (A)/as
however persuasive she was (B)/she just
can't convince him (C)/. No error (D(C) As the sentence is in simple past tense,
change ‘can't’ into ‘could't’.
Chetan Bhagat must be a good writer (A)/
but not a good speaker, as not any of his
lectures (B)/ have been published (C)/. No
error (D)
(C) Change ‘have’ into ‘has’. ‘Any’ takes
singular helping verb.
Ashkay Shahrukh has bought not only thisRolls Royce (A)/ but also he brought (B)/ afew Lamborghinis in this city (C)/. No error(D
(B) Remove ‘he brought’ after ‘but also’.
Being fairly well-built myself, (A)/ without
second thought I just reached down (B)/ and
lifted my Dad who was slept in bed (C)/. No
error (D)
(C) Change ‘was slept’ into ‘was asleep’ or
‘was sleeping’
Before I reach the city, (A)/ the criminals
had (B)/ decamped already (C)/. No error
(D)
(A) When two actions happened in the past,
the first action shall be in past perfect
tense and the second one that happened
after first, shall be in simple past tense
They were unhappy because (A)/ the person
who had a palace had no gold (B)/ and the
person who had a gold had no palace (C)/.
No error (D)
(C) Remove ‘a’.
Despite his poor financial condition, (A)/
the auto-driver remained honest (B)/ and
hard work (C)/. No error (D)
(C) Change ‘hard work’ into ‘hard working’,
as we need an adjective here.
The party has decided (A)/ to organising
various service camps (B)/ across the
country to mark the day (C)/. No error (D)
(B) Change ‘organising’ into ‘organise’
Had she done her homework well, (A)/ she
would not have (B)/ to suffer this
embarrassment (C)/. No error (D
. (C) Change ‘to suffer’ into ‘suffered’. This is
an example of conditional sentence
which takes following form:
Had+Sub+V3 ; Sub+Would have+V3 +...
When the Parliament is not in session (A)/
and an emergency situation arises, (B)/ the
govt normally issued an ordinance (C)/. No
error (D)
(C) As the sentence is in present tense,
change ‘issued’ into ‘issues’
There is a significant difference (A)/
between the state of ignorance (B)/ and
learned ignorance (C)/. No error (D)
(C) Place ‘that of’ before ‘learned ignorance’
Three scientists from Japan, China and
Ireland whose invention led to the
development (A)/ of potent new drugs
against parasitic diseases (B)/ win the
Nobel Prize for medicine this year (C)/. No
error (D)
(C) As the sentence is in past tense, change
‘win’ into ‘won’.
If my father had not been in touch (A) with
the family members why would he (B)/ has
come back to India at all ? (C)/. No error (D
(*) Change ‘has’ into ‘have’. This
conditional sentence takes following
form:
If +Sub+had+V3 ... ; Sub+Wouldhave+V3 +...
As the sentence is in interrogative form,
the helping verb will come before subject.
Remove ‘members’. ‘Family’ with
‘members’ becomes superfluous
The Nitish Kumar government extended a
red carpet welcome (A)/ to JNU student
leader and ‘son of the soil’ Kanhaiya Kumar
to give (B)/ him unprecedented security
(C)/. No error (D
(B) Change ‘to give’ into ‘and gave’
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