Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Spotting Errors, Exercise 18: Exercise 18

Directions: The paragraph given below has three parts underlined. Check if these parts are grammatically and contextually correct. Choose the part that does not have an error and select the respective option. If there is no error at all, select 'All are correct'.

COVID’s economic pain (I) is a passing shower, not climate change. The weather of the moment — the first quarter 25 per cent GDP contraction — has passed. The second-quarter (II) contraction will be a fraction of 25 per cent because our labour market shock absorbers like agriculture and self-employment (III) that keep us poor — but not hungry — are working.

Directions: The paragraph given below has three parts underlined. Check if these parts are grammatically and contextually correct. Choose the part that does not have an error and select the respective option. If there is no error at all, select 'All are correct'.

Let’s ignore the breathless demands for the government to borrow 10 lakh crore (I) by stealing from our grandchildren. Let’s, instead, create climate change for our entrepreneurs, firms, and citizens with reforms that will give them economic Poorna Swaraj. And (II) get our per capita income of $2,500 to $10,000 in five years. If not now, (III) then when?

Directions: The paragraph given below has three parts underlined. Check if these parts are grammatically and contextually correct. Choose the part that does not have an error and select the respective option. If there is no error at all, select 'All are correct'.

That parliamentary committees, by convention, (I) functions on a non-party basis makes them a unique experiment by parliamentarians who are otherwise hardcore politicians. (II) This practise has been the strength of these committees. As a matter of fact, Parliament functions, in the real sense, through its committees. Parliamentary committees are created by the Houses of Parliament (III) to scrutinise governmental activities.

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into some parts. Choose the part/ parts which is/are grammatically or contextually incorrect. In case there is no error, choose 'No error' as your answer.

Their offsprings are not at all (a) / convinced that their parents (b) / will be able to pull this out (c) / within such a short span of time. (d)

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into some parts. Choose the part/ parts which is/are grammatically or contextually incorrect. In case there is no error, choose 'No error' as your answer.

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into some parts. Choose the part/ parts which is/are grammatically or contextually incorrect. In case there is no error, choose 'No error' as your answer.

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into some parts. Choose the part/ parts which is/are grammatically or contextually incorrect. In case there is no error, choose 'No error' as your answer.

Though he was on (a) / a vacation, he spent most of the time (b)/ on his laptop and phone (c)/ attending to work commitments.(d)

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into some parts. Choose the part/ parts which is/are grammatically or contextually incorrect. In case there is no error, choose 'No error' as your answer.

Purchasing a new car is (a) / secondary for our main objective (b) / of getting settled in (c) / life before reaching 30. (d)