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Dear Readers, Here we have given the List of 100 Error Spotting Questions BASED on Previous Year IBPS PO Prelims Examination with explanation, candidates those who are preparing for the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims 2017 can use this.
Error Spotting Questions BASED on Previous Year IBPS PO Prelims
1). a) Pakistan has for the first time admitted to the presence / b) of India‟s most wanted terrorist, Dawood Ibrahim, / c) on its earth, but has said that / d) he has now been chased out and could be in the UAE. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “earth‟ with “soil‟
Answer is: c)
2). a) The Delhi Government will set up seven laboratories / b) in East Delhi to test, verify and calibrate / c) the work and reference standards of different types of balances, / d) weights and measuring equipments used in shops or establishments. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “work‟ with “working‟
Answer is: c)
3). a) Samajik Suvidha Sangam, also known as Mission Convergence, / b) is the most unique initiative of NCT of Delhi / c) for holistic empowerment of women from vulnerable and / d) most vulnerable sections of society. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “the most‟ with “a‟
Answer is: b)
4). a) The Supreme Court has sought a response of the Centre / b) on a PIL seeking effective functioning of the / c) human rights courts in the country / d) to further the cause of according social justice. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “of‟ with “from‟
Answer is: a)
5). a) Caught napping by the powerful mining Mafia after a bid / b) on the life of the SDM, the police has now booked / c) the driver of the tractor trolley and / d) filed an FIR against him. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “has‟ with “have‟
Answer is: b)
6). a) A letter of credit is a guarantee issued/ b) by the importer‟s bank that it will honor/ c) payment up to certain amount of export bills/ d) to the bank of the exporter./ e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Insert “a” before “certain”
7). a) A private company is one which/ b) restricts transfer of shares and does not/ c) invite the public to/ d) subscribe its shares/ e) No error.
Answer: d)
Explanation: Insert “to” before “its”
8). a) Widows by far outnumber widowers,/ b) because studies show that women live longer/ c) than men and tend to marry/ d) men older than them./ e) No error.
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace “them” with “themselves”
9). a) Yesterday my car ran out of gas,/ b) and then my phone ran out of battery/ c) I was up a creek/d) without a paddle/ e) No error.
Answer: e)
Explanation: No Error Found
10). a) We couldn‟t set up the computer network/ b) ourselves, so we are banking with/ c) an IT engineer from the university / d) to set it up for us./ e) No error.
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “with” with “on”, and “bank on” means “depends on”
11). a) All government officials above the rank of undersecretary / b) have been issued circulars by their respective ministries / c) to ask them to attend yoga classes / d) in the run-up to the event / e) No error. Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “to ask” with “asking”
12). a) A serial entrepreneur who made his first fortune / b) in the early days of world wide web / c) he has since helped find / d) a solar power company to generate green electricity / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “find” with “found”
13). a) The three-day trip that India‟s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, made / b) to china is seen in some quarter / c) as a chance to reset the relationship / d) between Asia‟s two giants / e) No error.
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “quarter” with “quarters”
14). a) The char bodies of two women / b) were recovered from a burning pile / c) of dried cow dung / d)at Sultanpur village / e) No error.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “Char” with “charred”
15). a) With so many options lined up / b) in this competitive world, one has to watch / c) out for a proper specialization and a suitable institute / d) before deciding on anything / e) No error.
Answer: e)
Explanation: No Error Found
16). a) A total of ten blocks will be on offer / b) in the third round of coal auctions / c) Which will take place between / d) August 11 to August 17. / e) No error.
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace “to” with “and”
17). a) The lay-offs come among the continued debate / b) over immigration reform in the US / c) as the temporary work visas are / d) at the centre of a fierce debate in Congress. / e) No error.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “among” with “amid”
18). a) Economic laws typically aims at balancing / b) competing interests of various stakeholders / c) as well as interests of government departments / d) charged with implementing such laws. / e) No errors.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “aims” with “aim”
19). a) To provide two special economic zones / b) exclusively for Indian investors / c) is a clear reflection of / d) Bangladesh‟s positive intent. / e) No error.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “to provide” with “providing”
20). a) On a separate occasion, the High Court rapped / b) the Director-General of Police for forwarding a complaint / c) against Raj to the state government / d) instead ordering an enquiry into it. / e) No error.
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace “instead” with “instead of”
21). a) My elder brother is planning / b) to go abroad / c) as soon as he will retire / d) in December next year / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “will retire” with “retires”
22). a) A look at migration data suggests / b) that the number of deaths do not / c) necessarily indicate the crisis / d) that is being described / e) No error.
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “do” with “does”
23). a) The decision has immediately drawn a sharp response / b) from the Congress and the SP, who along with / c) other Opposition parties have been stalling / d) the Bill‟s passage in the Rajya Sabha / e) No error.
Answer: e)
Explanation: No correction required
24). a) For expecting the organization / b) to pay for the transport / c) of the personal belongings / d) of the employee is not fair / e) No error.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “For expecting” with “to expect”
25). a) Ahead of Modi‟s visit of Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister said / b) agreements on the contentious issue / c) of sharing of river waters including that of Teesta / d) would not be on the agenda / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Insert “the” before “Teesta”
26). a) Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy / b) Syria, said that the second round / c) of talks in Geneva has failed / d) to make progress / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “has” with “had”
27). a) Four protesters and one policeman / b) were killed / c) when police cleared protest / d) sites in Bangkok / e) No error.
Answer: e)
Explanation: No Error
28). a) Union members say that little thought / b) has been spared for families of employees / c) who develops health issues owing to / d) living and working in unhygienic conditions / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “develops” with “develop”
29). a) India has one of the largest / b) road network / c) in the world, aggregating to / d) about 3.6 million kilometers at present / e) No error.
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “network” with “networks”
30). a) Till 1970, India was among first nations / b) having the highest quota with IMF / c) and due to this status India was allotted / d) a permanent place in the Executive Board of Directors / e) No error.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Insert “the” before “first”
31). a) The Superintendent of Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad said / b) that Koli had been transferred from Dasna to Meerut Jail / c) as the first had not facilities / d) to carry out the execution / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “first” with “former”
32). a) Once the demand draft will be deposited / b) the individual will be eligible / c) to participate in /d) the online bidding process / e) No error.
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “will be” with “is”
33). a) The woman kill the child because she wanted / b) to take revenge from her daughter-in-law / c)whom she blamed from taking away / d) her son from her / e) No error.
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “from” with “on”
34). a) The Delhi government has issued a notification / b) allowing the opening of new wholesale markets / c) in the capital, which will be outside / d) the purview of the three existing AMPC markets /e) No error.
Answer: e)
Explanation: No Error
35). a) My resignation was a spontaneous action / b) since I have always believed / c) that life unless / d) honor is no living at all / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “unless” with “without”
36). a).One of the most essential and major asset / b). for India right now is electricity, / c). therefore it is important that / d). electricity should reach the end customer. / e). No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “assest” with “assets”
37). a). In India, there is still / b). no widespread repugnance at / c). the thought of little hands / d). toil to make the stuff we buy. / e). No error
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace “toil” with “toiling”
38). a). It has been proven, time and time / b). again, that eggs and dietary cholesterol / c). does not adversely affect / d). cholesterol levels in the blood / e). No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “does” with “do”
39). a). The man who killed an orthopaedic surgeon, / b). his domestic help and the later‟s son said that / c). he was unhappy with the unnecessary diagnostic tests / d). the surgeon had recommended for his daughter. / e). No error
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “later‟s” with “latter‟s”
40). a). “Love Jihad” had come to be / b). one of the latest additions / c). to meaningless polarized debate / d). on a sensitive issue. e). No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “meaningless” with “meaninglessly”
41).a) Shiksha Sahayog Yojana was launched with / b) the object to lessen / c) the burden of parents for meeting / d) the educational expenses of the children. / e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “for‟ with “in‟
42).a) The poverty estimates indicate that / b) the highest poverty headcount ratio exist in Bihar / c) at fifty four percent as against / d) the national average of thirty percent / e) No error.
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “exist‟ with “exists‟
43). a) The predominant presence of the textile industry in Indian economy / b) is manifested in its significant contribution to / c) industrial production, employment generation, / d) and foreign exchange earnings. / e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Insert „the‟ before „Indian‟
44).a) An important objective of development planning in India has been. / b) to provide for increasing employment opportunities / c) not only to meet the backlog of the unemployed / d) but also the new additions to the labor force. / e) No error.
Answer: c)
Explanation: It should be „to meet not only‟
45).a)The importance of sports in harnessing / b) the power of youth towards / c) nation building and economic development / d) was evident ever since the 1986 Olympic games. / e) No error
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace “was‟ with “has been‟
46).a) Women riding pillion on two-wheelers / b) in the capital have to compulsorily / c) wear helmets, according to the final notification / d) issued by Delhi government. / e) No error
Answer: d)
Explanation: Insert „the‟ before „Delhi‟
47).a) Arun Jaitley‟s life has been full or dramatic loops, / b) sudden upswings and a few downturn, / c)till finally he‟s arrived at a job that / d) has him at the helm of the nation‟s economic affairs / e) No error
Answer: e)
Explanation: No Error
48).a) Since the commencement of the Constitution in 1950, / b) it is for the third time that governors-this time / c) as much as nine-have had to go / d) following a change of guard at the Centre. / e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “much‟ with “many‟
49).a) The declaring of a long-term ceasefire / b) between Israel and Hamas, after 50 days of off-again, on- again fighting, / c) has brought immediate relief to both sides / d)of the border between Isreal and the Gaza Strip / e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “declaring‟ with “declaration‟
50).a) Lawmaking is the routine business / b) of government, and / c) reviewing for possible repeal /d) should also happen routinely. / e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “reviewing‟ with “review‟
51). a) As news of police violence spread, / (b) Patel community members, returning to villages / (c) and towns from the rally, / (d) set fire government property. / (e) No error.
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace with “set governance property on fire”
52). a) The only silver line to this recent crisis / (b) over reservation was her successful handling / (c) of talks with other OBC groups / (d) who make up 27 percent of the state‟s population. / (e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “line” with “lining”
53). a) A lots of real estate companies may come up / (b) with tempting offers and discounts but buyers should / (c) always keep their eyes open and must check / (d) whether all approvals are in place or not. / (e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “lots” with “lot”
54). a) Before investing, / (b) you should look after the / (c) overall business dynamics of the company / (d) along with efficient management and good corporate governance. / (e) No error
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “after” with “at”
55). a) Considering that a large part of the population in India / (b) does not have access to banking services, / (c) payments banks are expected to reach far-flung areas /(d) extending the umbrella of financial inclusion to everyone. / (e) No error
Answer: e)
Explanation: No error
56). a) It is time we design / (b) intelligent question papers / (c) that respect competence / (d) rather that just memory. / (e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “design” with “designed”
57). a) With India‟s urban population expected to grow / (b) exponentially over the next couple of decades / (c) urban housing will be a central issue / (d) to the government. / (e) No error
Answer: d)
Explanation: Replace “to” with “for”
58). a) With the crisis of depleting clean water sources / (b) looming over us, / (c) considerable alternative sources/ (d) is imperative. /(e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “considerable” with “considering”
59). a) The Bengaluru Police are proposing to use electronic tags / (b) on habitual offenders to monitor their movements, / (c) after an analysis revealed that they were involved /(d) in more than forty percent crimes reported in the city. / (e) No error
Answer: e)
Explanation: No error
60). a) Having a visionary and motivating leader, / (b) she thinks out of the box and / (c) has her own style of doing things, one of which / (d) is treating and respecting her employees as assets, /(e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “Having” with “Being”
61). a) Farmers bear three-fourth of / (b) the production cost while the balance one-fourth / (c) is paid by the government as subsidy / (d) directly to the fertilizer markers. / (e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “three-fourth‟ with “three fourths‟
62). a) The implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission / (b) in 2008-09 and resultant wage increase / (c) have had a positive rub-off / (d) on sales in urban markets. / (e) No error
Answer: b)
Explanation: Insert „the‟ before „resultant‟
63). a) The governments keenness to keep inflation beyond check / (b) to provide room for the RBI to cut interest rates further / (c) may restrain it from providing any big relief / (d) to farmers by way of higher MSPs. / (e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Replace “beyond‟ with “under‟
64). a) The share of revenue‟s / (b) from the rural market has / (c) gone up steady over / (d) the last few years. / (e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “steady‟ with “steadily‟
65). a) Madan hesitated in accepting the post as her / (b) did not thought that the salary / (c) was enough for a man / (d) with a family of eight. / (e) No error
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “thought‟ with “think‟
66). a) My teacher used to check that we were / (b) on the right track and if any mistake occurred, / (c) he would help us to analyze / (d) and resolve the issues. / (e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Delete “to”
67). a) He always said success was something to be celebrated, / (b) but he also believed that failure is something / (c) that you must concentrate all / (d) your energies on resolving. / (e) No error
Answer: b)
Explanation: Replace “is‟ with “was‟
68). a) The centre accepted the report of a judicial commission / (b) that indicated former chief minister / (c) and six of his ministerial colleagues against corruption, / (d) favouritism, nepotism and administrative impropriety. / (e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “against‟ with “for‟
69). a) Companies like Infosys are moving fast / (b) on automation to ensure differentiation at a time / (c) where the technology industry and business models / (d) are undergoing rapid changes. / (e) No error
Answer: c)
Explanation: Replace “where‟ with “when‟
70). a) With sharp rise in the number of large-scale financial crimes, / (b) the CBI and Indian Institute of Management have initiated / (c) a first-of-its-kind course to train sleuths / (d) from CBI to probe financial frauds. / (e) No error
Answer: a)
Explanation: Insert „a‟ before „sharp‟
71). a) The beautician listed out / b) a few quick tips that / c) one needs to keep in mind / d) in order to get that perfect holiday radiance. / e) No error
Explanation: Delete “out‟
Answer is: a)
72). a) After weeks of talks, / b) the two parties failed to resolving / c) their differences and the makers eventually / d) decided to look for an alternative. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “resolving‟ with “resolve‟
Answer is: a)
73). a) The Minister said that the State was facing / b) an acute financial crunch and feared that / c)the Government might be compelled to take / d) loans to pay the salaries of its employees. / e) No error
Explanation: No Error
Answer is: e)
74). a) The states dependent on oil and gas revenues / b) are growing increasingly anxious about / c) the ripple effect that falling oil prices / d) may have on their local economies. / e) No error
Explanation: In should read „States dependent on oil and gas revenue‟
Answer is: a)
75). a) Though the year witnessed / b) a rise in crimes against women, / c) the police claimed that their changed images has given / d) confidence to women to come forward and lodge complaints. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “ images has‟ with “ image had‟
Answer is: c)
76). a) Although ghost pepper is no longer / b) the most hottest chilli in the world, / c) as India‟s species export, / d) it packs quite a punch. /e) No error
Explanation: Replace “the most hottest‟ with “the hottest‟
Answer is: b)
77). a) Migraines may doubles / b) the risk of a /c) nervous system condition that / d) causes facial paralysis. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “doubles‟ with “double‟
Answer is: a)
78). a) The police tactfully handled / b) the farmers‟ agitation for / c) higher prices which is created / d) law and order problem in the district every year. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “is created‟ with creates‟
Answer is: c)
79). a) For the past one week, / b) people had stop working / c) out of their houses, / d) fearing a sudden attack. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “had stop‟ with “have stopped‟
Answer is: b)
80). a) Mock drills were / b) carried out by / c) security agencies at / d) various parts of the city. /e) No error.
Explanation: Replace “at‟ with “in‟
Answer is: c)
81). a) The orally transmitted Arabic tales were popular / b) as early the 10th country, and / c) through centuries of accretion and framing, gained / d) their current form around 1450 / e) No error Explanation: Replace “ as early „ with “as early as‟
Answer: b)
82). a) The greatest joy in publishing a new magazine / b) over four decades has been to / c) observe the ebb or flow of history / d) accompanied by political tsunamis / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “or‟ with “and‟
Answer: c)
83). a) After 25 years, we have a single / b) party in power with / c) a clear majority and a / d) mandate of development / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “of‟ with “for‟
Answer: d)
84). a) Answer to our population problems / b) lies in education and not in coercive and criminal sterilization / c) drives with unrealistic targets and / d) hard – to – resist monetary incentives / e) No error
Explanation: Add “The‟ before “answer‟
Answer: a)
85). a) “The Arabian Nights “ – with stories such as Ali Baba, Aladdin and Sindbad the sailor / b) are an important cultural artifact / c) and played a role in forming / d) western assumption of the exotic east. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “are‟ with “is‟
Answer: b)
86). a) Extending an invitation to the President of the US / b) for the Republic Day barley a month after Modi‟s visit / c) to the Big Apple puts strengthening of ties / d) among the world‟s two biggest democracies firmly on track / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “among‟ with “between‟
Answer: d)
87). a) Hopefully, this last order of the apex court / b) will help in bringing a speedy closure to the case / c) and sound out politicians and bureaucrats / d) against interfering in CBI investigations. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “ last „ with “latest‟
Answer: a)
88). a) Among the many things that Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami talks / b) about when he talks about running is a brief treatise / c) that capture both the audacity of youth / d) as well as the optimism that comes with dexterity / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “as well as‟ with “and‟
Answer: d)
89). a) Young Indians pursuing different goals in varied arenas / b) are thinking differently, creating new business models / c) and influence our life and times more comprehensively /d) than at any time in our history / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “influence‟ with “influencing‟
Answer: d)
90). a) It is tough to single from a couple of names / b) from among a large number of dedicated and hard – working leaders / c) who have shown the potential to hold / d) the party in good stead in the future / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “ from‟ with “out‟
Answer: a)
91). a) the country‟s the biggest forged wheel factory / b) will be set up in Rae Bareli, / c) the parliamentary constituency of / d) Congress president in UP. / e) No error.
Explanation: Replace “the biggest‟ with biggest‟
Answer: a)
92). a) All completed documents should be submitted / b) along with an earnest money deposit / c) by way of demand draft / d) favourable to principal Controller, Mumbai / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “ favourable to‟ with “in favour of‟
Answer: d)
93). a) It is believed that one‟s past karma / b) is responsible for the situation / c) in the present-birth, and / d) the way he lives here. / e) No Error
Explanation: Replace “he‟ with “one‟
Answer: d)
94). a) Family members of a patients roughed up / b) employees at Max Hospital / c) accusing them for medical negligence / d) after he died after surgery. / e) No Error.
Explanation: Replace “for‟ with “of‟
Answer: c)
95). a) On her voyage into space, / b) Williams said she would carried with her / c) a copy of the upanished and the Bhagaved Gita / d) to reflect and read. / e) No error.
Explanation: Replace “carried‟ with “carry‟
Answer: b)
96). a) In fact, the human civilisation is / b) the history of man‟s growth / c) control over / d) the sources of energy. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “growth‟ with “growing‟
Answer is: b)
97). a) We all know that steam engine / b) marks an epochal change in the production capacity / c) and thus the beginning / d) of modern capitalist world. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “marks‟ with “marked‟
Answer is: b)
98). a) United States of America has not blacklisted India as a priority foreign country / b) in its report on the intellectual property regime / c) of trading partner despite strong demands / d) from its pharmaceutical companies. / e) No error
Explanation: Add „The‟ before „United‟
Answer is: a)
99). a) In Beijing recently, smog had become / b) so thick that virtual sunrise / c) was arranged on huge TV screens / d) across the city. / e) No error
Explanation: No Error
Answer is: e)
100). a) It is said that Prometheus gave the power / b) over fire to man after creating him / c) from water and earth because he had become fond of men / d) than the king of gods, Zeus, had anticipated. / e) No error
Explanation: Replace “fond‟ with “fonder‟
Answer is: c)
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