Error Correction Part-32 for SBI PO/Clerk, IBPS PO/Clerk, LIC, Insurance and others

Directions (1-5): Read each sentence, divided into five parts, to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Below each sentence you are provided with five options. Choose the sequence which consists of correct parts of the sentence. If there is no error in the sentence, choose option (e).

1. Surekha Shinde was eight months pregnancy (A)/when she learned her husband, Ramchandra Shinde, was dead. (B)/It was 1971, and India was in war with Pakistan. (C)/Ramchandra had been killed in the fighting. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A

b) A and D

c) A and B

d) A and C

e) No error

2. This is widely seen as a de facto ban on the Chinese company (A)/though the French government has not said it in so many words. (B)/ Germany too is reducing its reliance against(C)/ Huawei as the mood against China has soured across Europe. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A

b) A and D

c) A and B

d) A and C

e) No error

3. Climate change also represents a crisis for economists. (A)/Decades ago, economists develop solutions – or variants on the same solution(B)/ – to the problem of pollution, the key was being the imposition of a price(C)/ on the generation of pollutants such as carbon dioxide (CO2). (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A

b) A and D

c) A and B

d) A and C

e) No error

4. As in much of rural India, agriculture is the main revenue source for Mokhada. (A)/When rainfall is good, there is abundant surplus food to eat and sell. (B)/In the years that rainfall is poor, agriculture suffers and so does (C)/the nutrition of those relying on the produce for livelihood. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A

b) A and D

c) A and B

d) B and C

e) No error

5. TikTok has success over a much shorter time period. (A)/ Having only launched in 2016, the video-sharing service(B)/ is now fourth most popular app in the world(C)/ and has achieved 1.9 billion downloads worldwide. (D)/ No Error (E)

a) only A

b) A and D

c) A and B

d) A and C

e) No error

Answers:-

1. Sol. D The error is in part A and C
In Part A, “pregnant” should be used at the place of “Pregnancy”.
In Part C, “at war” should be used at the place of “in war”.

2. Sol. D The error is in part A and C
In Part A, “de facto” should be used at the place of “de factory”. De facto means in effect.
In Part C, “reliance on” should be used at the place of “reliance against”.

3. Sol. D The error is in part A and C
In Part A, “developed” should be used at the place of “develop”.
In Part C, “being” should be used at the place of “was being”.

4. Sol. D The error is in part B and C
In Part B, “abundant” should be removed before “surplus” as “surplus” itself indicates “abundance”.
In Part C, “does” should be used at the place of “do”.

5. Sol. D The error is in part A and C
In Part A, “succeeded” should be used at the place of “success”.
In Part C, “the” should be used before “fourth”.

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