Important Spotting Errors  Set – 41

1. With little patience (a) / you will be able to (b) / cross this hurdle (c) / No error (d)

a) With little patience

b) you will be able to

c) cross this hurdle

d) No error

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a) With little patience

‘A little’ must precede ‘patience’.

2. The customer handed over (a) / a hundred rupees note (b) / to the shopkeeper (c) / No error (d)

a) The customer handed over

b) a hundred rupees note

c) to the shopkeeper

d) No error

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b) a hundred rupees note

The sentence refers to ‘a’ note of hundred rupees in value. So it should be ‘a hundred rupee note’

3. You can get (a) / all the informations you want (b) / in this book (c) / No error (d)

a) You can get

b) all the informations you want

c) in this book

d) No error

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b) all the informations you want

‘Informations’ is wrong. It is always ‘information’ and this word carries a singular verb (is, was, etc.)

4. My brother-in-laws (a) / who live in Bombay (b) / have come to stay with us (c) / No error (d)

a) My brother-in-laws

b) who live in Bombay

c) have come to stay with us

d) No error

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a) My brother-in-laws

The plural of ‘brother-in-law’ is ‘brother-in-law’. When a compound noun is written as two or more separate words with hyphen (s), the first part is generally made plural; other examples: passers-by, editors-in-chief, runners-up.

5. If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact (a) / with the best that has been thought and said in this world, (b) / he will become simple and selfless (c) / No error (d)

a) If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

b) with the best that has been thought and said in this world,

c) he will become simple and selfless

d) No error

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a) If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact Article ‘the’ is wrongly placed before ‘contact’. No specific ‘contact’ is being referred to here. A general fact or situation is being stated. Correct usage is ‘come into contact with’; no ‘a’ or ‘the’ before ‘contact’ when it is used after ‘into’.

6. Students should not take part (a) / in party politics and political demonstrations (b) / as they interfere in serious study (c) / No error (d)

a) Students should not take part

b) in party politics and political demonstrations

c) as they interfere in serious study

d) No error

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c) as they interfere in serious study

Incorrect preposition is used. The preposition after ‘interfere’ here should be ‘with’

7. Satyajit Ray, who conceived, co-authored (a) / and directed a number of good films, was (b) / one of India’s most talented film-maker (c) / No error (d)

a) Satyajit Ray, who conceived, co-authored

b) and directed a number of good films, was

c) one of India’s most talented film-maker

d) No error

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c) one of India’s most talented film-maker

Satyajit Ray was one of India’s most talented ‘film-makers’. That is, he was one out of the many talented ‘film-makers’.

8. I have done my best (a) / the whole thing now is (b) / in the laps of the Gods (c) / No error (d)

a) I have done my best

b) the whole thing now is

c) in the laps of the Gods

d) No error

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c) in the laps of the Gods

We generally refer to something as being in the ‘hands’ of another, not ‘laps’, to mean that the matter is under that person’s control.

9. Interviews for (a) / the posts of lectures (b) / will begin from Monday (c) / No error (d)

a) Interviews for

b) the posts of lectures

c) will begin from Monday

d) No error

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b) the posts of lectures The ‘post’ is only one___ that of lecturer. But the interviews will be many. (b) should read ‘the post of lecturer.

10. The interviewer asked the candidate (a) / to what district (b) / he came from (c) / No error (d)

a) The interviewer asked the candidate

b) to what district

c) he came from

d) No error

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b) to what district

It should be ‘which district he came from’ Remove ‘to’.

 

 

 

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