Spotting Errors For IBPS PO Set – 53

1. After toiling very hardly (a) / over a long period of time (b) / he found that people recognized him as a successful person (c) / No error (d)

a) After toiling very hardly

b) over a long period of time

c) he found that people recognized him as a successful person

d) No Error

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a) After toiling very hardly

Though both ‘hardly’ and ‘hard’ are adverbs, their meanings are different. It is ‘hard’ that is correct here. ‘Hardly’ meaning ‘rarely’ is incorrectly used here.

2. I advised my son (a) / to engage two coolies instead of one (b)/ because the luggage was too much heavy for a single coolie (c) / No error (d)

a) I advised my son

b) to engage two coolies instead of one

c) because the luggage was too much heavy for a single coolie

d) No Error

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c) because the luggage was too much heavy for a single coolie

‘Too heavy’ will do; ‘too much heavy’ is nosupert correct. The phrase could also be ‘much too heavy’.

3. Everyone felt that (a) / the big glittering diamond (b) / was most unique (c) / No error (d)

a) Everyone felt that

b) the big glittering diamond

c) was most unique

d) No Error

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c) was most unique

A word such as ‘unique’ is in the supert correct. The phrase could also be ‘much too heavy’.

lative degree by itself and should not havlative degree by itself and should not have ‘most’ before it.

4. The signpost at the gate (a) / of the garden read: (b) / ‘Trespassers will be persecuted’ (c) / No error (d)

a) The signpost at the gate

b) of the garden read

c) ‘Trespassers will be persecuted’

d) No Error

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c) ‘Trespassers will be persecuted’

Prosecuted’ (‘brought before a court’ or ‘pursued by law’) is right and not ‘persecuted’ (‘harassed’ or ‘put to death’)

5. A lot of travel delay is caused (a) / due to the inefficiency and lack of good management (b) / on behalf of the railways (c) / No error (d)

a) A lot of travel delay is caused

b) due to the inefficiency and lack of good management

c) on behalf of the railways

d) No Error

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c) on behalf of the railways

‘On behalf of’ means speaking or acting for someone else. The phrase is incorrectly used here. ‘On the part of the railways’ is the correct expression.

6. The manager called the clerk and said whether (a) / he was in the habit of (b) / sleeping at home as well (c) / No error (d)

a) The manager called the clerk and said whether

b) he was in the habit of

c) sleeping at home as well

d) No Error

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a) The manager called the clerk and said whether The manager has put a question to the clerk; so it should be ‘asked’.

7. The crew were on board (a) / and they soon busied themselves (b) / in preparing to meet the storm (c) / No error (d)

a) The crew were on board

b) and they soon busied themselves

c) in preparing to meet the storm

d) No Error

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c) in preparing to meet the storm

The correct preposition is ‘with’, not ‘in’.

8. The statement made by the writer (a) / appears to be incorrect (b) / as Gandhi was never born in Ahmedabad (c) / No error (d)

a) The statement made by the writer

b) appears to be incorrect

c) as Gandhi was never born in Ahmedabad

d) No Error

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c) as Gandhi was never born in Ahmedabad

‘Was never born’ should be replaced by ‘was not born’ as we are referring to a definite fact that happened but not in the place indicated.

9. With the advancement of winter (a) / the days grow shorter (b) / while the nights grow longer (c) / No error (d)

a) With the advancement of winter

b) the days grow shorter

c) while the nights grow longer

d) No Error

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a) With the advancement of winter

‘Advance’ (n), meaning development or progress, is to be used in place of ‘advancement’ which generally means ‘improvement’ or ‘promotion’.

10. Students should work (a) / hard in order to (b) / build their carrier (c) / No error (d)

a) Students should work

b) hard in order to

c) build their carrier

d) No Error

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c) build their carrier

‘Carrier’ means a person, an animal or a thing that carries. The correct word here should be ‘career’, meaning profession or occupation.

 

 

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