RBI Assistant Free Error Spotting Questions

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Grammar (English):

Question 1: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) While deliver the verdict

b) the Supreme Court said the accused cannot be tried

c) as an adult as

d) he was not 18 years old

e) No error

Answer: a

Solution: ‘While’ in (a) is a relative adverb and would be followed by a phrase which would indicate a point or period of time. ‘While’ cannot be followed by a verb ‘deliver’. We need a gerund here. The correct form of ‘deliver’ to be used is ‘delivering’.

Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

Question 2: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) Baerbock criticised Merkel’s government

b) for neglect children and families

c) during the pandemic, and

d) accused her rivals of corruption

e) No error

Answer: b

Solution: In part (b), replace the base form verb NEGLECT with its present participle form NEGLECTING to fit the FOR+VERB construction. Thus, (b) is the right answer.

Question 3: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) Trump signalled he would not retaliate militarily,

b) but vowed to continue

c) his campaign at maximum pressure

d) and economic sanctions on Iran.

e) No error

Answer: c

Solution: There is an error in part (c) of the sentence. The usage of the preposition ‘at’ is incorrect as per the context of the sentence. The correct preposition to be used is ‘of’.

Question 4: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) At a time when India’s economy is suffering from

b) a acute slowdown, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said

c) the current downturn can only be

d) reversed through “urgent” policy actions.

e) No error

Answer: b

Solution: The usage of the article ‘a’ is incorrect because it is followed by a vowel-sounding ‘adjective’ ‘acute’. We need to replace ‘a’ with ‘an’.

Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Question 5: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) This has been a position

b) maintained by

c) the Bharatiya Janata Party and its supporters

d) on the issue of CAA

e) No error

Answer: e

Solution: The given is grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.

Hence, option (e) is the correct answer.

Question 6: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) There are thousands of animals

b) and plants alive today that are

c) no different from the way

d) they appears in the fossil record

e) No error

Answer: d

Solution: In D, replace the singular verb APPEARS with the plural APPEAR as the pronoun THEY is plural. Thus, (d) is the right answer.

Question 7: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) He was a highly respected

b) attorney whom held a number

c) of responsible positions

d) in city and county governments

e) No error

Answer: b

Solution: In B, replace the object pronoun WHOM with the subject pronoun WHO as it forms the subject of the verb HELD. Thus, (b) is the right answer.

Question 8: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) In the United Kingdom, most

b) of the broadcast newspapers have cutted

c) costs and increased circulation

d) by adding a tabloid edition

e) No error

Answer: b

Solution: In B, replace the grammatically incorrect verb CUTTED with the past participle form verb CUT, as the present perfect tense construction HAVE + VERB will take the past participle form verb. Thus, (b) is the right answer.

Question 9: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) Strongly reservations are held

b) by some, including the members

c) of the profession involved

d) in the consultative process

e) No error

Answer: a

Solution: In A, replace the adverb STRONGLY with the adjective STRONG as it is being used to modify the noun RESERVATIONS. Thus, (a) is the right answer.

Question 10: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

a) Some organizations seek to be

b) known for the products they offer,

c) while others seek to retain

d) their indispensability to selected markets.

e) No error

Answer: e

Solution: The sentence is grammatically and meaningfully correct, which makes (e) the right answer.