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English Quiz For IBPS PO & Clerk 2019
IBPS had released the calendar for the Recruitment in 2019-20. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exams from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for IBPS PO and Clerk Examinations 2019-20.
Directions (1-15): Read each of the following sentences to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number (A, B, C or D) of this part is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (e) as your answer choice.
Q1. Improving IT literacy is a great task ahead (A)/ because for Digital India to become successful (B)/ it is necessary that masses know how (C)/ to utilized the digital resources.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Use 'utilize' as the sentence is in present tense.
Q2. Indian schools and colleges need to prepare the youth for a very (A)/ different economic and digital world because (B)/ the skills to survive and prospering in the future will be (C)/ very different from what they are today.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part C. 'Prosper' will be correct.
Q3. At the dawn of the 21st century, we are amidst the information revolution (A)/ or ‘information age’ which was termed as the Third wave (B)/ by the celebrated novelist Alvin (C)/ Toffler in his 1980 novel. (D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
No Error
Q4. The e-governance empowers the citizens (A)/ by improve the accessibility of (B)/ government information to citizens at(C)/ any time as per their convenience. (D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part B. 'Improving' will be used in place of 'improve'.
Q5. The consensus on climate change is (A)/ that it has begun to affected (B)/ the intensity and frequency (C)/ of extreme weather events.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part B. 'affect' will be correct and 'affected' is wrong here.
Q6. Green Highways Policy to build a 1.4 km long tree (A)/ line with plantation along both sides of national(B)/ highways will go a long way in (C)/ enhancing the forest and tree cover.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
No Error
Q7. India’s GDP is growing quite well, (A)/ though there is disputes about whether (B)/ it has grown faster under the (C)/ present or previous governments.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part B. 'are' will be used in place of 'is' as 'disputes' is plural here.
Q8. One must bear the fact (A)/ in mind that the significant of (B)/ the Indian Ocean is because of (C)/ the increasing activity therein. (D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
'Significant' is incorrect here. The noun 'significance' is correct here.
Q9. The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) is reportedly (A)/ unable to get the electronic way bill, meant to tracking (B)/ intra-state and inter-state movement of (C)/ goods, as rules have not yet been finalised.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part B. 'To' will take first form of the verb, i.e., 'track'.
Q10. China in recent years under Xi Jinping has hosted a number (A)/ of military parades to celebrate its victory of Japan (B)/ during the second world war, inviting numerous (C)/ foreign leaders as well to be present. (D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
No Error
Q11. Structural forces within the global economy have been (A)/ driving down wages and creating insecure employment while (B)/ increasing the mobility of capital and (C)/increase incomes from ownership of capital. (D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
As per parallelism, 'increasing' will be used in part D also.
Q12. After falling consistently against (A)/ the US Dollar for most (B)/ of the year, the Rupee has (C)/ managed to gained some ground.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part D. Use 'gain' and not 'gained'.
Q13. Over the last one and a half years, (A)/ farmers have been protesting (B)/ across the country (C)/ and organising mass gatherings.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
No Error
Q14. It is a know fact that Indian (A)/ states with a better Human (B)/ Development Index tend to (C)/ have better voter turnouts. (D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
Error is in part A. 'known' will be correct.
Q15. In the aftermath of cyclonic storms, (A)/ the police were advising motorists (B)/ to travel only if their journey was (C)/ absolutely necessary.(D)/
A
B
C
D
No Error
Solution:
No Error
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