English: Error Spotting from The Hindu for IBPS PO, RRB, CLERK and other exam Part-2

Directions (Q.1-10): Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, mark your answer as (5).

Q.1. 

A/My phone has been ringing off the hook and my neighbours

B/was shocked to see me at my menacing best as 

C/they know that in real life I’m a softie!” 

D/replies actor Abhimanyu Singh.

E/ No error.

Q.2. 

A/Chinese police has arrested 230 

B/members of a suspected pyramid scheme, 

C/a week after a rare demonstration 

D/here protesting a crackdown on the group.

E/ No error.

Q.3. 

A/In 1992, when Pakistan won its only Cricket World Cup, 

B/Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was asking by a television host if the team captain, 

C/Imran Khan, a national heartthrob, would be 

D/right for his party if Mr. Khan went into politics.

E/ No error.

Q.4. 

A/Pakistan top anti-corruption body, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), 

B/on Monday said it has filed 

C/four criminal corruption cases against the ousted Prime Minister, 

D/Nawaz Sharif, and his three children and son-in-law.

E/ No error.

Q.5. 

A/“Whenever you find a new structure, 

B/it gives you farther information on how 

C/nature arranges atoms,” 

D/Mr. Canfield said.

E/ No error.

Q.6. 

A/A little more than a year after the alleged Russian effort to 

B/interfere in the U.S. presidential election came to light, the 

C/diplomatic fallout — an unravelling of the relationship between 

D/Moscow to Washington on a scale not seen in decades — is taking its toll.

E/ No error.

Q.7. 

A/U.S.-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing 

B/said at Monday that India would require 

C/2,100 planes over the next 

D/20 years valued at $290 billion.

E/ No error.

Q./8. 

A/Automobile major FCA India has

B/introduced their locally made SUV 

C/Jeep Compass in the Indian market 

D/at a price starting ₹14.95 lakh (ex-showroom-Delhi).

E/ No error.

Q.9. 

A/One of his most 

B/recent role was in the 

C/Netflix television 

D/series Bloodline.

E/ No error.

10. 

A/Scientists in the U.S. has not found yet another use for curcumin, 

B/the bioactive component of turmeric that 

C/is widely used in Indian cuisine, 

D/this time to treat cancer in children.

E/ No error.

Answers and Explanations:

Ans.1. B.
Solution:
It should be were instead of was
Because we have plural subject in this sentence so we need to use plural form of verb also.

Ans.2. A.
Solution:
It should be have instead of has
Because in this sentence the subject is police and in this question police is separated.

Ans.3. B.
Solution:
It should be asked instead of asking
Because this sentence is in passive voice so we have to use was+ verb 3rd form.

Ans.4. A.
Solution:
It should be Pakistan’s instead of Pakistan
Because this sentence we are talking about anti-corruption body so we need to use (‘s) to show the possession.

Ans.5. B.
Solution:
It should be further instead of farther
Because we use farther for the distance and further in the meaning of (बाद के लिए) i.e. I don’t have any further question.

Ans.6. D.
Solution:
It should be and instead of to
Because in this sentence we have a word between which is used in the form correlative conjunction with and.

Ans.7. B.
Solution:
It should be on instead of at

Ans.8. B.
Solution:
It should be its instead of their
Because the subject in the given sentence is singular.

Ans.9. B.
Solution:
It should be roles
Because we always use plural noun with one of i.e. one of my friends was hungry.

Ans.10. A.
Solution:
It should be have instead of has.
Because scientists is a plural noun and we use have with plural noun.