Important Spotting Errors For Set – 34

1. He has been working on (a) / the problem from a long time (b) / but is still not (c) / able to solve it (d) / no error (e)

a) He has been working on

b) the problem from a long time

c) but is still not

d) able to solve it

e) No error

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b) the problem from a long time (b) The correct preposition is to be used. We work on something ‘for’ some time.

2. The detective says that (a) / there is no chance for (b) / finding the person (c) / who wrote these letters (d) / no error (e)

a) The detective says that

b) there is no chance for

c) finding the person

d) who wrote these letters

e) No error

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b) there is no chance for ‘Of’ is the correct preposition; it should replace ‘for’.

3. Rekha was trying for admission (a) / in the Engineering College (b) / even though her parents wanted (c) / her to take up medicine.

a) Rekha was trying for admission

b) in the Engineering College

c) even though her parents wanted

d) No error

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d) No error

4. He fixed a metal ladder (a) / for the wall below his window (b) / so as to be able to (c) / escape if there was a fire (d) / no error (e)

a) He fixed a metal ladder

b) for the wall below his window

c) so as to be able to

d) escape if there was a fire

e) No error

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b) for the wall below his window A ladder is fixed ‘to’ the wall, not ‘for’ it. If instead of ‘fixed’, the word used is ‘placed’ the preposition would be ‘against’.

5. Several prominent figures (a) / involved in the scandal (b) / are required to appear (c) / to the investigation committee (d) / no error (e)

a) Several prominent figures

b) involved in the scandal

c) are required to appear

d) to the investigation committee

e) No error

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d) to the investigation committee One appears ‘before’ an investigation committee, not ‘to’ it.

6. He grow up the way (a) / many young children grow up (b) / pampered, adored (c) / and inwardly tortured (d) / no error (e)

a) He grow up the way

b) many young children grow up

c) pampered, adored

d) and inwardly tortured

e) No error

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a) He grow up the way A past tense should be used in the first part of the sentence to maintain the correct tense form.

7. He pulled his lips together, (a) / close his eyes (b) / and I watched the first teardrop (c) / fall down the side of his cheek (d) / no error (e)

a) He pulled his lips together

b) close his eyes

c) and I watched the first teardrop

d) fall down the side of his cheek

e) No error

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b) close his eyes Use ‘closed’, not ‘close’. The past tense verb should be used throughout.

8. On Sunday, when his sons (a) / Rob and John was home, (b) / they all gathered (c) / in the living room (d) / no error (e)

a) On Sunday, when his sons

b) Rob and John was home,

c) they all gathered

d) in the living room

e) No error

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b) Rob and John was home, As we are talking about two persons, joined by ‘and’, the plural verb ‘were’ should be used.

9. The Audit committee of the Board (a) / has been constituted (b) / by the Board of Directors (c) / as per the instructions of the Reserve Bank of India (d) / no error (e)

a) The Audit committee of the Board

b) has been constituted

c) by the Board of Directors

d) as per the instructions of the Reserve Bank of India

e) No error

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e) No error

10. Proper care was taken (a) / for the maintenance of accounting records (b) / as per accordance with (c) / the provisions of applicable laws (d) / no error (e)

a) Proper care was taken

b) for the maintenance of accounting records

c) as per accordance with

d) the provisions of applicable laws

e) No error

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d) the provisions of applicable laws

It should be either ‘as per the provisions of applicable laws’ or ‘in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws’.