Spotting Errors_4 (July 2017)

1. Catalysed by an ordinance promulgated / by the government in May, banks /

and their regulator RBI have / kick-started measures to resolve bad loans.
1) Catalysed by an ordinance promulgated
2) by the government in May, banks
3) and their regulator RBI have
4) kick-started measures to resolve bad loans.
5) No error

2. This is a positive development as / systemic aspects of the / banking system

had act as / a drag on the resolution process.
1) This is a positive development as
2) systemic aspects of the
3) banking system had act as
4) a drag on the resolution process.
5) No error

3. A few year after beginning operations for a 4000 megawatt / power plant in
Gujarat, Tata Power is now willing / to sell majority stake in it for a token
rupee as / running it in prevailing circumstances appears unviable.
1) A few year after beginning operations for a 4000 megawatt
2) power plant in Gujarat, Tata Power is now willing
3) to sell majority stake in it for a token rupee as
4) running it in prevailing circumstances appears unviable.
5) No error

4. Apart from continued simplification of / processes and systems, there is / an

urgent needs to achieve rightsizing / of government at different levels.
1) Apart from continued simplification of
2) processes and systems, there is
3) an urgent needs to achieve rightsizing
4) of government at different levels.
5) No error

5. It is up to government to figure of / how to deal with it as Indias / a public

sector bank problem.
1) It is up to government to figure of
2) how to deal with it as Indias
 3) bad loan problem is primarily
4) a public sector bank problem.
5) No error

6. If hapless taxpayers have to once again bail / out banks, it should be on the /
condition that government maintain / an arms length relationship initially.
1) If hapless taxpayers have to once again bail
2) out banks, it should be on the
3) condition that government maintain
4) an arms length relationship initially.
5) No error

7. To circumvent the hurdle that our Constitution / poses, a key step is to

establish / a de facto single-party government, followed / with changes to
the constitutional scheme.
1) To circumvent the hurdle that our Constitution
2) poses, a key step is to establish
3) a de facto single-party government, followed
4) with changes to the constitutional scheme.
5) No error

8. It is symptomatic of the problems various / struggling project face today: the

/ world has changed and they are no longer / workable without large
impairments.
1) It is symptomatic of the problems various
2) struggling project face today: the
3) world has changed and they are no longer
4) workable without large impairments.
5) No error

9. This leads me to believe that there was a section / of Hindu society that felt
aggrieved / that after the creation of a country for / Muslims, Hindus were
denied its own country.
1) This leads me to believe that there was a section
2) of Hindu society that felt aggrieved
3) that after the creation of a country for
4) Muslims, Hindus were denied its own country.
5) No error
10. In 2013, when i worked in the cabinet secretariat / as special secretary, we
had issued instructions that / no action will be taken against officers
merely / on the basis of anonymous or pseudonymous complaints.
1) In 2013, when i worked in the cabinet secretariat
2) as special secretary, we had issued instructions that
3) no action will be taken against officers merely
4) on the basis of anonymous or pseudonymous complaints.
5) No error