Directions: In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts namely A, B, C, D and E in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage.
After a bridge collapsed that killed 22 people (A) / in Elphinstone Road Station in Mumbai last month, (B) / the government of Maharashtra resorted to (C) / the populist move of asking an army (D) / to repair the bridge. (E)
The remedy is to corporatise the Railways,(A) / and create organisational forms that (B) / enable large-scale investments those (C) / are required for improve safety, (D) / upgrade signaling and the qualities of rolling stock. (E)
Sustaining and building of (A) / this reversal momentum may be (B) / more challenging in the coming months, (C) / given other economic data that are (D) / a cause of economic concern and some external headwinds. (E)
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath cleared (A) / his first major test of flying colors (B) / as the Bharatiya Janata Party sweeps (C) / the civic body polls in the state (D) / winning 14 out of 16 mayor post in a four-way contest. (E)
Japan is in a potential explosive (A) / neighborhood, and it no longer believes (B) / that a whole scale reliance on (C) / U.S. for a defence umbrella (D) / is sufficient to secure his best interests. (E)
The adjective 'potential' to be replaced by the adverb 'potentially'.
Correct fragment:Japan is in a potentially explosive
Fragment B: neighborhood, and it no longer believe
The verb ‘believe’ to be replaced by 'believes', as Japan is a singular entity.
Correct fragment:neighborhood, and it no longer believes
Fragment C is absolutely correct.
Fragment D:U.S. for a defence umbrella
Article ‘the’ must be used before U.S. because it represents a union of states.
Correct fragment: the U.S.for a defence umbrella
Fragment E: is sufficient to secure his best interests.
The possessive adjective ‘his’ is used for showing possession for a male, whereas Japan is a country thus will be neuter in gender. So ‘its’ should be used here instead of his.
Correct fragment: is sufficient to secure its best interests.
Error Spotting is an extremely important topic of Grammar Knowledge and questions from this chapter are frequently asked in almost every Bank, SSC, UPSC or any other Government or Entrance Exam. Here’s mini quiz based on new pattern Error Spotting questions asked in IBPS Clerk Pre 2017 exam with detailed explanation. Attempt the Spot the Error Quiz based on new pattern and evaluate your performance. After you take the quiz you can go through the solution in detail and learn how to find error in sentence in sentences and prepare well for SBI Clerk 2018 or other upcoming Bank and SSC exams.