MISCELLANEOUS ERROR DETECTION
MISCELLANEOUS ERROR DETECTION
MISCELLANEOUS ERROR DETECTION
Directions : Spotting the errors –
1. Refused to name the group behind/(a) the attack, which left seven pilgrims/(b) dead, he said , “ No one should/(c) jump to any conclusion.”/(d) NO ERROR /(e) ( Refusing should replace refuse).
2. One of the biggest /(a) iceberg(Larcen C Ice Shelf) ever /(b) recorded has just broken/(c) away from Antarctica./(d) NO ERROR /(e) (icebergs)
3. The Juno probe logged it close encounter with/(a) Jupiter’s most distinctive feature on Monday evening/(b) Pacific time as it passed about 9000 km/(c) above the clouds of the mammoth cyclone./(d) NO ERROR /(e) (it’s will replace it )
4. A return to normality must now await for abatement of/(a) the rising waters, and the drafting of a/(b) comprehensive relief plan by the Assam government with help from/(c) the Centre and the specialised units of the disaster response forces./(d) NO ERROR/(e) (for should be removed)
5. Yet, short-term measures can have no last impact/(a) on the Brahmaputra’s course each/(b) year, as several factors influence its tendency/(c) to overrun its banks in the June-July season./(d) no error /(e) (lasting)
6. Several wild animals have died in the floods,/(a) bringing back memories of the dreadful losses/(b) of 2012, when over/(c) 500 hog deer, 19 rhinos and 22 sambar perish./(d) NO ERROR /(e) (perished)
7. The meeting amongst U.S. President Donald Trump and his/(a) Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was their/(b) first after the election hacking scandal/(c) and Mr. Trump’s inauguration./(d) NO ERROR/(e) (between)
8. Hamburg too was notable, with tens of thousand showing/(a) up, and several hundred police/(b) officers injured. These were yet/(c) another reminder that all is not well with the world./(d) NO ERROR/(e) (thousands)
9.This continuing turmoil puts/(a) at risk assurances of reforms to/(b) Brazil’s labour laws/(c) and generous pension system./(d) NO ERROR/(e) (no error)
10. The controversial raise of the retirement age was seen/(a) as a major push to overhaul what was/(b) one of the world’s most/(c) envied social security programmes./(d) no error /(e) (raising)
ANSWERS
- (A) The sentence is in present tense so ‘Refusing’ should replace ‘Refused’.
- (b) One of the / neither of the / none of the/ are always followed by plural noun. So ‘icebergs’ should replace ‘iceberg’.
- (a) Possessive case of ‘it’ should be there in sentence. ‘It’s’ replace ‘it’ in the sentence.
- (a) ‘For’ is used with wait and not await. Wait for = await , for should be removed.
- (a) ‘Lasting’ will replace ‘last.’
- (d) The whole sentence is in past tense . ‘Perished’ will replace ‘Perish’.
- (a) Between will replace amongst.
- (a) Thousands will replace thousand.
- (e) No error
- (a) ‘Raising’ will replace ‘raise’.
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