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

Directions:

In each sentence below, four words/groups of words have been printed in bold and marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of them may be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence or grammatically incorrect. The response of that word (a, b, c or d) is the answer. If there is no error in any of the options, the answer is (e), that is, 'No Error'.

Question :21

The child (a)/ cried (b)/ frantically (c)/ to his mother. (d)/ No error (e)

Answer: (d)

The wrong preposition is used. One cries frantically 'for another.

Question :22

Only those (a)/ who are (b) gullible (c)/ take every one advertisement very seriously. (d)/ No error (e)

Answer: (d)

Simply 'every is correct; 'every one' will not give the correct meaning here.

Question :23

The child (a)/ cling (b)/ to his mother on seeing (c)/ the elephant. (d)/ No error (e)

Answer: (b)

The past tense of 'cling' ('clung') is correct.

Question :24

Outside (a)/ the house there was a heap (b)/ of rot (c)/ egg shells. (d) No error (e)

Answer: (c)

The correct word is the adjective 'rotten' (de- caying) to modify egg shells'.

Question :25

Geographists (a)/ divide mountains (b)/ according to how (c)/ they were formed. (d)/ No error (e)

Answer: (a)

'Geographers, those who study or conduct research in geography, is the right word. There is no such word as 'geographist.

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