CRACK IBPS PO : Spotting Errors Day 26

CRACK IBPS PO : Spotting Errors Day 26

1. All of us are aware that (a) / Shankar has been suffering (b) / from fever since ten days (c) / and has been resting (d) / no error (e)

2. Both of them genuinely helped (a) / each other when their (b) / families were going (c) / through a bad patch (d) / no error (e)

3. on my request (a) / Lalit introduced me (b) / to his friend (c) / who is singer and a scientist (d) / no error (e)

4. The majority of the (a) / computer professionals recommends (b) / that effective measures (c) / should be taken against software privacy (d) / no error (e)

5. The recent study has (a) / indicated that there (b) / is a perceptible change in (c) / the attitude of the people (d) / no error (e)

6. By all standards, (a) / he is a best soldier (b) / our military school (c) / has produced so far (d) / no error (e)

7. One of the most (a) / widely spread (b) / bad habit (c) / is the use of tobacco (d) / no error (e)

8. Had I come (a) / to know about (b) / his difficulties, (c) / I would have certainly helped him (d) / no error (e)

9. If the teacher is good (a) / the students (b) / will respond (c) / positively to them (d) / no error (e)

10. As it was Rajan’s (a) / first interview, he dressed him (b) / in his most (c) / formal suit (d) / no error (e)

Answer Key With Explanations:

1. (c) Use ‘for’, not ‘since’

2. (e) No error.

3. (d) The same friend is both a singer and a scientist. So it should be ‘who is a singer and scientist ‘.

4. (b) As we are referring to a ‘majority’, implying ‘many’, ‘recommend’ is the right word to be used.

5. (a) The reference is to one of the recent studies, not a particular one. So the definite article ‘the’ should not be used at the beginning. As there is no clear reference to a specific study, it is preferable to use the indefinite article ‘A’ instead of the definite article The.

6. (b) Where the superlative is used, ‘the’ is the article that must precede it.

7. (c) The reference is to a plural noun, as ‘one of the’ implies. ‘Bad habits’ should be used as the sentence refers to ‘one’ of the most widely spread bad habits.

8. (e) No error.

9. (d) ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘him or her’ (singular) to agree with the singular ‘teacher’.

10. (b) One dresses ‘oneself’. So, Rajan dressed ‘himself’. ‘Himself’ is a compound personal pronoun of the reflexive kind. It refers back to the subject or turns back the action of the verb upon the door.

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