Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

"Await" is used when we want to spotlight a particular object or talking about an object.

Like here "the chief guest".

Understand it like this- Await itself contain a "for", so we need not to use 'for' with 'await'.

E.G- The students were 'awaiting' the arrival of 'the chief guest'.

Here "the chief guest" is an object (ie. We are not talking about Ram, Shyam, Mohan etc. Specifically. ).

More clearly;.
E.G1 Sandip awaited me. (Incorrect) {because "me" is not an object. "me" here is a specific person}.
E.G2 Sandip waited for me. (Correct).
E.G1 The students were "awaiting" the arrival of "the chief guest". (correct).
E.G2 The students were "waiting for" the arrival of the chief guest "Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi". (correct).

@Aditya.

You are absolutely right! Thanks.

Thanks all for clarifying this.

I didn't get this sentence. Can anyone help me out here?

I think the answer is incorrect. There is no error actually.

I think the for will come it the sentence because without for the sentence will not sound well.

@adithya: you are right.

or else other answer is waiting for instead of awaiting

or else other answer is waiting for instead of awaiting

I think waiting for is right.