SUPERB 30 Quizzes: Sentence Correction & Error Spotting: IBPS Clerk Pre: Day 22 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The rupee’s free-fall is hurting the service (1) of Indian firms that haven’t hedged their overseas borrowings. India Inc. overall is better (2) off than several years ago, after more companies with foreign-currency debt bought (3) protection against rupee declines, which otherwise would push up the cost to minority (4) those obligations. But there’s still a group of debtors that lack such safeguards, just as the rupee’s tumble worsens and a wall of debt comes due.

Question 2

Direction: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The Supreme Court’s observations, while denying bail to defence analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, to the effect that he feared (1) religious feelings in a video posted on social media, were out of place in what was a bail hearing. Such endorsement (2) by the Court, which observed that Mr. Iyer-Mitra would be “safer in jail”, in response to his counsel’s plea that he incited (3) for his life, was less than appropriate. Sending someone to the “safety” of a prison is no answer to questions raised by a prosecution (4) under stringent laws that involve restrictions on free speech on grounds of maintaining public order and tranquillity.

Question 3

Direction: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

An internal survey at JobsForHer, an online job portal for women, explore (1) that nearly 50% of the women on the platform are looking at part-time, freelance or work-from-home jobs because this gives them flexible (2) schedules, earning potential and the freedom to choose who to work for. “Women returnees stand to benefit as well, as project-based options give them the flexibility (3) and opportunity to revealed (4) their options before getting back into full-time positions,” says Neha Bagaria, CEO and founder, JobsForHer.

Question 4

Direction: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The 2016 Paris agreement’s pledge to keep temperature ranging (1) between 1.5 °C and 2 °C above pre-industrial levels was always a bit of eyewash. The consequences of climate change—increases (2) from a rise in mean temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns to a rise in drought frequency, flood hazards and coastal risk—will hit the global south particularly hard. Few countries will be more affected (3) than India. Another recent study in Nature Climate Change quantified (4) the domestic social costs of carbon emissions. At approximately $90/tonne, the cost to India is the highest in the world.

Question 5

Direction: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

In reality, the Made in China 2025 strategy -- which, incidentally, is inspired (1) partly by the U.S. government's own ambitious (2) investment in research and development -- seeks to raise China's manufacturing ability only to the average level of the world's major manufacturing powers by 2035 (not 2025), a rather modest goal. But even if China wanted to set more massive (3) goals, by what right could the U.S. -- which now possesses (4) much larger market shares in the targeted industries -- block it from attempting to do so?

Question 6

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E i.e. All are correct as the answer.

Mr Haasan said this at a (A)/ time when majority opposition (B)/ political parties at Tamil Nadu (C)/ was demanding implementation of (D)/ total ban on sale of liquor in the state.

Question 7

Direction: In the following question, a sentence is divided into five parts and the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four parts, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all four parts are correct, mark (E), i.e., 'All are correct' as the answer.

Actor-turns-politician Kamal Haasan (A)/ said that his party (B)/ do not believe in the implementation (C)/ of total prohibition, as they will (D)/ cause more harm.

Question 8

Direction: In the following question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all four parts are correct, mark (E) i.e. All are correct as the answer.

Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi whose owner (A)/ of Gitanjali Gems, are suspicious of colluding (B)/ with bank officials at Punjab National Bank (PNB) (C)/ to obtain unauthorised loans on a (D)/ six-year period starting in 2011.

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all four parts are correct, mark (E) i.e. All are correct as the answer.

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen played a vital role (A)/ to guide Quetta Gladiators to a six-wicket victory for (B)/ Misbah-ul Haq-lead Islamabad United (C)/ over their Pakistan Super League T20 (D)/ match on Wednesday.

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E i.e. All are correct as the answer.

The country also has one of the most (A)/ biodiverse regions on the planet and it comprise of (B)/ four of 35 biodiversity hotspots of the (C)/ worlds like the Western Ghats, the Eastern Himalayas, (D)/ Indo-Burma and Nicobar Islands in Sundaland.

Question 11

Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below it alternatives to the underlined part are given which can make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. Choose the correct alternative.

As the conference progressed, it became clear that many of the disciplines had remarkable similarities and that treatment can range from just developing feelings of loving compassion, to doing meditation in an attempt to seek balance in the energies within a person.

Question 12

Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below it alternatives to the underlined part are given which can make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. Choose the correct alternative.

Our inner dialogue is often one of our shortcomings, blind spots, weaknesses, our hurts and innermost desires, and our assets and liabilities, but when we portray or defend ourselves in the outer world, we tend to inflate our self-image and often behave that we are correct.

Question 13

Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below it alternatives to the underlined part are given which can make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. Choose the correct alternative.

Just as motion picture images appear to be real, but are only combinations of light and shade, so is the universal variety delusive seeming.

Question 14

Direction: In the following question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required".

The education department argued that the results of the students were inconsistent because of the multiple change in the policy of the examination and the marking scheme midway of the educational session.

Question 15

Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below it alternatives to the underlined part are given which can make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. Choose the correct alternative.

It was just a matter of time before the aerial combatants decided to launching a full-scale attack on the enemy forces station at the forward posts as these posts were causing some serious damage by intermittent firing.

Question 16

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E, i.e., "All are correct" as the answer.

Although Soviet communism collapse in 1989 (A)/ and China has significantly retreated from many aspects of Maoist communism in practice, (B)/ the concept of socialism remain in various forms (C)/ ranging from democratic socialist governments on Latin America and Europe (D)/ to industrialized welfare states.

Question 17

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E, i.e., "All are correct" as the answer.

Socialism have been influential (A)/ on other political ideologies such that radical environmentalism, (B)/ various anarchist movements, (C)/ but even as part of economically capitalist countries (D)/ in the form of social welfare policies.

Question 18

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark option (E), i.e., "All are correct" as the answer.

Nearly nine out of ten, or 86 percent, off (A)/ millennials (those between the ages of 22 and 37) would have considered (B)/ taking a pay cut to work at a company (C)/ whose mission and values align by their (D)/ own, according to LinkedIn’s latest Workplace Culture report.

Question 19

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark (E) i.e. ‘All are correct’ as the answer.

After the founding of a German empire (A)/ in 1871, Germany became the very pattern (B)/ and model for Western Europe into all matters (C)/ relates to theology, philosophy, and technology, (D)/ medicine, science, culture and social engineering.

Question 20

Direction: In the given question, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E i.e. All are correct as the answer.

China appreciates Nepal firm adherence (A)/ from the one-China policy, respects Nepal's independent (B)/ choice of social system and development (C)/ path, and support Nepal in safeguarding its national (D)/ independence, sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests, he said.