ENGLISH:SPOTTING ERRORS FOR SYNDICATE/INDIAN/SBI PO

1. It took the police almost 10 days / to get a owner of the Audi car / to record his statement / and join the investigation.
   1) It took the police almost 10 days
   2) to get a owner of the Audi car
   3) to record his statement
   4) and join the investigation.
   5) No error
2. The real Ishaq Ahmed was nowhere near the / scene of accident; this looks / like an attempt to frame his and / set him up to take the blame.
   1) The real Ishaq Ahmed was nowhere near the
   2) scene of accident; this looks
   3) like an attempt to frame him and
   4) set his up to take the blame.
   5) No error
3. A quick and thorough / probe is essential and / authorities must hand / over exemplary punishment.
   1) A quick and thorough
   2) probe is essential and
   3) authorities must hand
   4) over exemplary punishment.
   5) No error
4. The apex court announced / on Monday that / it will deliver / the verdict in a week.
   1) The apex court announced
   2) on Monday that
   3) it will deliver
   4) the verdict in a week.
   5) No error
5. What keeps the party together is the / prospect of partaking of / power for its remaining / four-and-a-half year.
   1) What keeps the party together is the
   2) prospect of partaking of
   3)  power for its remaining
   4) four-and-a-half year.
   5) No error
6. Panneerselvam was just another / advancing pawn set / in for being moved / off the board en passant.
   1) Panneerselvam was just another
   2) advancing pawn set
   3) in for being moved
   4) off the board en passant.
   5) No error
7. It was as if he wanted into / make his predecessor’s / record as Chief Minister / shine in comparison.
   1) It was as if he wanted into
   2) make his predecessor’s
   3) record as Chief Minister
   4) shine in comparison.
   5) No error
8. Ms. Sasikala could have displayed / the virtues of patience, and / waited for the courts / to clear her before making this move.
   1) Ms. Sasikala could have displayed
   2) the virtues of patience, and
   3) waited for the courts
   4) to clear her before making this move.
   5) No error
9. It would also have been better had she / sought the people’s mandate / in a by-election before thinking / of the chief ministerial chair.
   1) It would also have been better had she
   2) sought the people’s mandate
   3) in a by-election before thinking
   4) of the chief ministerial chair.
   5) No error
10. It is no surprise that there are many who / voted for the AIADMK and Jayalalithaa / less than a year ago whom feel / cheated by the turn of events.
    1) It is no surprise that there are many who
    2) voted for the AIADMK and Jayalalithaa
    3) less than a year ago whom feel
    4) cheated by the turn of events.
    5) No error

ANSWERS

1.Answer – 2)

Explanation : Replace “a” with “the”
The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group. For example: “The dog that bit me ran away.”

2.Answer – 4)

Explanation : Replace “his” with “him”
The forms he, she and they are used when a pronoun is the subject of a sentence. The forms him, her and them are used when a pronoun is the object of a sentence. The forms his, her, hers, their and theirs are possessive in nature.

3.Answer – 4)

Explanation : Replace “over” with “out”
hand out will be correct phrasal verb.
Hand out – to give a number of things to the members of a group
to give advice, a punishment, etc.

4.Answer – 5)

Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct.

5.Answer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “year” with “years”
four-and-a-half years.

6.Answer – 3)
Explanation : Replace “in” with “up”
set-up — the way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged.

7.Answer – 1)

Explanation : Replace “into” with “to”
into is to indicate movement toward the inside of a place.
In Used to indicate a location or place ,indicate a shape, color, or size , a location or place and Used to express while doing something.
Ex – In preparing for the final report, we revised the tone three times.

8.Answer – 1)

Explanation : Replace “could” with “would”.
When could is used as the past tense of can, it refers to an ability that a person generally had in the past or to something that was generally possible in the past (“When I was younger, I could run for miles,” or “It used to be you could buy lunch for a dollar.”).
Would is a past-tense form of will. If you are writing about past events, you can use it to indicate something that was in the future at that point in time, but is not necessarily in the future right now. In other words, you use would to preserve the future aspect when talking about the past.

9.Answer – 5) 

Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct.

10.Answer – 3)

Explanation : Replace “whom” with “who”
Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.