Monday, 6 March 2017

ENGLISH QUIZ:SPOTTING ERROR

1.It is not okay for us to demand freedom / of speech and tell the other / person to shut on when they / have a viewpoint to present.
1) It is not okay for us to demand freedom
2) of speech and tell the other
3) person to shut on when they
4) have a viewpoint to present.
5) No error

2.while progress in health indicators is / commendable, much more / needs to be done to universalise / access to quality healthcare in India.
1) while progress in health indicators is
2) commendable, much more
3) needs to be done to universalise
4) access to quality healthcare in India.
5) No error

3.This dichotomy have made / access to healthcare / expensive and hugely cumbersome / for the vast majority of the people.
1) This dichotomy have made
2) access to healthcare
3) expensive and hugely cumbersome
4) for the vast majority of the people.
5) No error

4.In a state that is more populous than / Brazil and extremely diverse, elections / in each regions follow their / own rhythm and are vastly different.
1) In a state that is more populous than
2) Brazil and extremely diverse, elections
3) in each regions follow their
4)  own rhythm and are vastly different.
5) No error

5.The stakes that it holds in the global economy, / however, ensure that it will never / destabilise global systems because / it stand to gain from them.
1) The stakes that it holds in the global economy,
2) however, ensure that it will never
3) destabilise global systems because
4) it stand to gain from them.
5) No error

6.Connectivity in this century is not / simply about roads and / railways, but also about bits / and bytes and hearts and minds.
1) Connectivity in this century is not
2) simply about roads and
3) railways, but also about bits
4) and bytes and hearts and minds.
5) No error

7.In a world where 3D printing might become / de rigueur, the transportation of / millions of tonnes of manufacturing / goods could be a dying reality.
1) In a world where 3D printing might become
2) de rigueur, the transportation of
3) millions of tonnes of manufacturing
4) goods could be a dying reality.
5) No error

8.For all the accumulation of power / and orchestration of geopolitics, / Putin’s tactics are not going / to fill Russia treasury.
1) For all the accumulation of power
2) and orchestration of geopolitics,
3) Putin’s tactics are not going
4) to fill Russia treasury.
5) No error

9.Through strategic leaks, Putin deftly / placed his finger in the / scale of the American elections, tipping / them in favour of Trump.
1) Through strategic leaks, Putin deftly
2) placed his finger in the
3) scale of the American elections, tipping
4) them in favour of Trump.
5) No error

10.These developments also shaped / the conversations at / the recently concluded / Munich Security Conference.
1) These developments also shaped
2) the conversations at
3) the recently concluded
4) Munich Security Conference.
5) No error

ANSWERS

1.Answer – 3)
Explanation : Replace “shut on” with “shut up”
Shut up is a phrasal verb of shut which means stop (or cause someone to stop) talking. 

2.Answer – 5) 
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct.

3.Answer – 1) 
Explanation : Replace “have” with “has”
This dichotomy is singular noun thus has will be appropriate helping verb.

4.Answer – 3) 
Explanation : it should be each region instead of each regions.

5.Answer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “stand” with “stands”
In the Present Simple verb form 3rd (third) person singular
we add “s”, “es” or “ies” at the end of the verb

6.Answer – 5)
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct.

7.Answer – 1)
Explanation : Replace “might” with “may”
We use ‘might‘ to suggest a small possibility of something and Might is the past tense of may in indirect speech.

8.Answer – 4)
Explanation : Replace “Russia” with “Russia’s”
Use apostrophe for possession.

9.Answer – 2)
Explanation : Replace “finger in” with “finger on”
put your finger on something. to discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is, especially when something is wrong: There’s something odd about him, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

10.Answer – 5)
Explanation : No error
Given sentence is correct.