spotting errors Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps clerk prelims

Directions:

Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

Question :6

It is only three days ago (a) /that (b) /he has arrived. (c) /No error. (d)

Answer: (c)

The first part of sentence indicates the action happening in the past, that is 3 days ago. However, usage of has in part (c) not only is unnecessary but is also inconsistent with the tense of the event. So, 'that he arrived' is sufficient to convey the meaning.

Question :7

There has been (a) /a number of railway accidents (b) /during the last month. (c) /No error. (d)

Answer: (a)

Replace 'has been' with 'have been'.

Question :8

He has been suffering (a) /with fever (b) /for the last six weeks. (c) /No error. (d)

Answer: (b)

When we use the word suffer, the only preposition to be used along with the object is 'from' and not 'with' as used incorrectly in part (b). Hence, option B has an error and the correct form is 'suffer' from fever.

Question :9

As the thieves ran out of the bank (a) /they got into the getaway car (b) /which was waiting with its engine running. (c) /No error (d)

Answer: (d)

No error

Question :10

Mahatma Gandhi's entire life (a) /was one unrelenting experiment (b) /on truth. (c) /No error (d)

Answer: (b)

Part (b) has an unnecessary usage of the word 'one' when it can be more appropriately and simply put across with the usage of word 'an'. The sentence when formed like 'was an unrelenting experiment' is grammatically correct and makes sense.

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