Common Errors For IBPS Clerk/RBI Mains 2017

Error Detection for IBPS Clerk/RBI Assistant

Directions (Q.1-15): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

1. 1) Pakistan has for the first time admitted to the presence / 2) of India’s most wanted terrorist, Dawood Ibrahim, / 3) on its earth, but has said that / 4) he has now been chased out and could be in the UAE. / 5) No error

2. 1) The Delhi Government will set up seven laboratories / 2) in East Delhi to test, verify and calibrate / 3) the work and reference standards of different types of balances, / 4) weights and measuring equipments used in shops or establishments. / 5) No error

3. 1) Samajik Suvidha Sangam, also known as Mission Convergence, / 2) is the most unique initiative of NCT of Delhi / 3) for holistic empowerment of women from vulnerable and / 4) most vulnerable sections of society. / 5) No error

4. 1) The Supreme Court has sought a response of the Centre / 2) on a PIL seeking effective functioning of the / 3) human rights courts in the country / 4) to further the cause of according social justice. / 5) No error

5. 1) Caught napping by the powerful mining Mafia after a bid / 2) on the life of the SDM, the police has now booked / 3) the driver of the tractor trolley and / 4) filed an FIR against him. / 5) No error

6. 1) If anyone happens / 2) to call while I / 3) am out, please ask them / 4) to leave a message for me. / 5) No error

7. 1) These kind of shoes / 2) seem to be expensive / 3) but they are relatively / 4) easy to care for. / 5) No error

8. 1) He has had / 2) an active career / 3) writing poetry and / 4) reporting for a newspaper. / 5) No error

9. 1) She held something / 2) at her side / 3) which was hiding / 4) by the folds of her dress. / 5) No error

10. 1) Whomever / 2) we think deserves / 3) the award will / 4) certainly get it. / 5) No error

11. 1) It would be a great advantage / 2) if industrial management took long / 3) hard look at / 4) the information provided. / 5) No error

12. 1) My friend being unwilling to attend / 2) the court at an early hour / 3) of the morning sent a letter explaining / 4) why could he not obey. / 5) No error

13. 1) Income tax is / 2) one of the major / 3) source of revenue / 4) for the government. / 5) No error

14. 1) She redeemed the / 2) blunder by / 3) apologising and / 4) rectify the mistake. / 5) No error

15. 1) When I shall reach / 2) the age of sixty / 3) I shall reduce my / 4) working hours. / 5) No error