IBPS Specialist Officer English Questions with Answers

Spotting error in a sentence

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is 5 i. e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any).

1. We had to 1. / hurry to the airport 2. /as the flight departures 3. / from Mumbai at 6:30 pm. 4. / No error 5.

2. If you had 1. / watered the plant regularly, 2. /it would not 3. / have died. 4. /No error 5.

3. I wonder if 1. /my colleague would 2. /like it to go to 3. / the conference with me. 4. No error 5.

4. We should focus 1. / our attention at 2. / the roads where accidents 3. / have already occurred. 4 / No error 5.

5. My friends are 1./ not allowed to 2. / go out without 3. / their parents consenting. 4 / No error 5.

6. The economic disparity 1. / has grown rapid in 2. / era of globalization 3. / and free market forces 4. / No error 5.

7. Research shows that people 1. / is more sensitive to perceiving 2. / messages that are consistent 3. / with their opinions and attitudes . / 4. No error 5.

8. Many poverty alleviation schemes 1. / are not applicable of 2. /slum dwellers in metro cities 3. / as they are above the poverty line 4. /No error 5.

9. Rather than considering its 1. / human capital as a drain on 2. /resources, India needs to 3. / resource develop its into a huge 4. / No error 5.

10. The European nations have 1. / become one of the 2. / favorite destinations of the Indian students 3. / seek specialized knowledge and training 4. / No error 5.

11. If a credit card bill 1. / is paid in full and 2. /on time, none finance 3. / charges are levied . 4. / No error 5.

12. Training have a 1. / positive effect on 2. / development of various 3. / skills and abilities 4. / No error 5.

13. Lack of ability to 1. / read or write is just one of 2. /the all barriers that keep 3. / the poor people under developed. 4. / No error 5.

14. Science and technology have 1. / become dominant factors 2. / affecting our economic, cultural 3. /and spiritual development 4. / No error 5.

15. A social business sell products 1. / at prices that make it self sustaining , pays 2. / no dividends and reinvestment 3. / the profits in the business. 4. / No error 5.

16. He is over eighty 1. / but will 2. /still read 3. / without glasses. 4. / No error 5.

17. When we got home 1. / last night we found 2. / that somebody 3. / broke into the flat. 4. / No error 5.

18. He told me that 1. / how he had 2. / become so 3. / rich 4. / No error 5.

19. Neither your unkind remarks 1. / nor your 2. / unfriendly attitude 3. / have done any harm 4. / No error 5.

20. Every citizen 1. / who want to cast his vote 2. / should take time 3. / to form an opinion 4. / No error 5.



Answers

Question No. 1 Answer 3.
Question No. 2 Answer 5.
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Question No. 4 Answer 4.
Question No. 5 Answer 4.
Question No. 6 Answer 2.
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Question No. 18 Answer 1.
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Question No. 20 Answer 2.