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PRACTICE SET - 3
Spotting Errors Directions (11-12): In each of these question, one
sentence has been split into four parts. There is an
1. On my request (a)/ jatin introduced me (b)/ to his
error in one part. Identity the part having the error.
friend (c)/ who is a singer and a scientist (d)/ No
error (e) 11. (a) if we examine the saturation aspect,
(Bank PO) (b) the enterprise market
2. The photograph will give(a)/ the reader far (c) is a short term
better(b)/ notion of the structure (c)/ than any (d) revenue buying programmes.
verbal description (d)/ No error (e). (MBA)
(Bank PO) 12. (a) We are an UK-based consultancy firm
3. I live on a top floor (a)/ of an old house (b)/ when the (b) and have been retained
wind blows (c)/all the windows rattle (d)/No error (c) to provide services to
(e)
(d) an Indian Client.
(Bank PO)
(MBA)
4. It is difficult to assume that (a)/ a increase in the
13. What kind (a)/ of a man (b)/ are you (c)/ No error (d)
number of health institutions (b)/ would
automatically enhance (c)/utilisation of health 14. Travelling by the air (a)/ in much faster (b)/ than
services (d)/ No error (e) travelling by train (c)/ No error (d)
(Bank PO) 15. Laser beams can carry (a)/ long distance signals (b)/
somewhat (c)/ similar to radio waves (d)/ No error
5. It took me (a)/ almost a hour (b)/ to fill the (c)/
(e)
application form (d)/ No error (e)
16. It is universally true (a)/ that an honest and a
(Bank PO)
hardworking (b)/ man is always (c)/ a happy man
6. Asian culture will (a)/ sooner or later, (b)/ become (d)/ No error (e)
international norm(c)/ for entertainment industry
17. A first step in a (a)/ rational solution to any problem
(d)/ No error (e)
(b)/ is the recognition (c)/ that a problem exists (d)/
(Bank PO) No error (e)
7. The Audit Committee of the Board (a)/ has been 18. After many an adventure (a)/ the explorer finally
constituted (b)/ by the Board of Directors (c)/ as per (b)/ set foot on the English soil (c)/ No error (d)
instructions of the Reserve Bank of India (d)/ No
19. Children who have had (a)/ good pre-school
error (e)
education (b)/ are most likely to outdo (c)/ other
(Bank PO) children at school (d)/ No error (e)
8. Ramesh has been both (a)/ an intelligent (b)/ and (SBI PO)
hardworking chap(c)/ since his childhood (d)/ No
20. The teacher drew (a)/ an attention of the (b)/ boys to
error (e)
the importance (c)/ of regular practice (d)/ No error
(Bank PO) (e)
9. She always remembers (a)/ to switch off all the (b)/ 21. He had no (a)/ illusions of being (b)/ either a
lights and fans before(c)/ leaving a rooms (d)/ No distinguished writer(c)/ or a editor (d)/ No error (e)
error (e)
22. He addressed people (a)/ and tried his best (b)/ to
(Bank Clerk) convince them that (c)/ his decisions were correct
10. This is the (a)/ only one of his (b)/ poems that is (c)/ (d)/ No error (e)
worth-reading (d)/ No error (e)
23. In spite of four letters (a)/ we have sent (b)/ we have 33. A dodo was (a)/ the large flightless bird(b)/ found in
received (c)/ no answer from the authority (d)/ No Mauritius (c)/ No error (d)
error (e) (SSC)
24. Sunita opened a almirah (a)/ full of books (b)/ and 34. In 1906 a earthquake (a)/ destroyed much (b)/ of
took one of them (c)/ for reading (d)/ No error (e) San Franciso (c)/ No error (d)
(BSRB) (SSC)
25. The candidate's performance (a)/ was not up to mark 35. The loss of jobs (a)/ is regarded by some as an
(b)/in the interview. (c)/ No error (d) necessary evil (b)/ in the fight against inflation (c)/
(SSC) No error (d)
26. Literature remains the interest of a minority (a)/ and (SSC)
the majority has chosen to ignore those aspects of 36. Headmaster (a)/ has instructed (b)/ the teachers to
language (b)/ which at school they were told to value follow the rules of the school (c)/ No error (d)
highly (c)/ No error (d) 37. An Italian artist and inventor (a)/ Leonardo da Vinci
(SSC) was (b)/ the left-handed (c)/ No error (d)
27. A person I met (a)/ in the theatre (b)/ was the (SSC)
playwright himself (c)/ No error (d) 38. Sudoku was first designed in the 1970s (a)/ by a
(UDC) retired architect (b)/and freelance puzzle
28. Troy was taken by Greeks (a)/ this formed the basis constructor (c)/ No error (d)
of a story (b)/ which has become famous. (c)/ No (SSC)
error (d) 39. What (a)/kind of animal (b)/is the dodo(c)/No error (d)
(Central excise) (SSC)
29. The front page story was about a school girl (a)/ that 40. The single biggest gainer in this process (a)/ was
had hurt herself (b)/ while saving a child in a accident ITC's Gold Flake Kings and sales are estimated (b)/ to
(c)/ No error (d) have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks
(SSC) per month during 1987 and last year (c)/ No error (d)
Directions (30-32): Some parts of a sentence have (MBA)
been underlined. Find out the part that contains the 41. if a man diligently seeks to come into the contact (a)/
error. with the best that has been thought and said in this
30. Whatever (a)/ your views may be (b)/ I still hold that world (b)/ he will become simple and selfish (c)/ No
the purpose (c)/of education is to succeed in the life error (d)
(d) (U.D.C.)
(MBA) 42. Remember that you are part of (a)/ the team and
31. The baby was left (a)/ in charge (b)/ of an (c)/ elderly your success depends on the support (b)/ you are
lady (d) able to give and get from your other team members
(MBA) (c)/ No error (d)
32. Great technical (a)/ advances in aerial and satellite (MBA)
(b)/ photography have (c)/ been made since end (d) 43. It so happens (a)/ that this happy campy ritual is
of the second world war. their way of life (b)/ and one into which (c)/ they
(MBA) don't particularly welcome voyeuristic intrusions
(d)/ No error (e)
(Bank PO)
44. The difference between a successful person (a)/ and
others is not (b)/ lack of knowledge (c)/ but a lack of
will (d)/ No error (e)
(Bank PO)
45. If all goes well (a)/ the examination scheduled for
next month (b)/ is all set to be completely free(c)/
from annoying power cuts and disruptions (d)/ No
error (e)
(Bank PO)
46. Conservationists believe that (a)/ better
management of national parks (b)/ is the only way to
save(c)/ India's tiger population from extinction (d)/
No error (e)
(Bank PO)
47. A milk (a)/ can provide protein (b)/ for a
nutritionally balanced diet (c)/ No error (e)
(SSC)
48. The chief idea of (a)/ very common type of traveler
(b)/ is to see as many (c)/ objects of interest as he
possibly could (d)/ No error (e)
(SBI PO)
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