IBPS RRB Mains Daily English Mock 10th October-Miscellaneous

Directions
(1-5): Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e),
i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q1. Though the first
portion (A)/ of the book was dull, but (B)/ the later part was (C)/ quite
interesting (D)/.No error (E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q2. Watch (A)/
how careful (B)/ the sparrow knits (C)/ the straws into one another to form a
nest (D)/.No error(E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q3. Like the
commission has recommended (A)/ in its (B)/ report the rules need to be (C)/ enforced
more strictly (D)/ .No error (E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q4. Although he
(A)/ only earns eight hundred rupees a month,(B)/ he manages to support (C)/
his family adequately (D)/.No error (E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. After
toiling very hard (A)/ over a long period (B)/ he found (C)/ he had hardly made
no profit at all (D)/. No error (E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (6-10):
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given
below them.

A.
Commercially reared chicken can be unusually aggressive, and are often kept in
darkened sheds to prevent them pecking at each other.

B. The birds spent far more of their time up
to a third-pecking at the inanimate objects in the pens, in contrast to birds
in other pens which spent a lot of time attacking others,

C.
In low light conditions, they behave less belligerently, but are more prone to
ophthalmic disorders and respiratory problems.

D.
In an experiment, aggressive head-pecking, was all but eliminated among birds
in the enriched environment.

E.
Altering the birds’ environment, by adding bales of wood-shavings to their
pens, can work wonders.

F.
Bales could diminish aggressiveness and reduce injuries; they might even improve
productivity, since a happy chicken is a productive chicken

Q6. Which
sentence should be the FOURTH in the paragraph?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q 7. Which
sentence should be the LAST in the paragraph?

(a) F

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q8. Which
sentence should be the FIRST in the paragraph?

(a) A

(b) F

(d) D

(e) C

Q9. Which
sentence should be the SECOND in the paragraph?

(a) A

(b) F

(d) D

(e) C

Q10.Which
sentence should be the THIRD in the paragraph?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (11-15): Each question below has two blanks, each
blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words for each
blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q11. A __________________
of objects covered the ________________ shelves of the inventor’s messy office (a)Deposition,
committing

(b)Revamping,
vowing

(d)Eradication,
claiming

(e)Reckoning,
pledging

Q12. Monipur
……………… the erratic weather conditions and …………………… experienced by the
inhabitants of the Sunderbans due to tidal movements.

(a) embodies,
impediments

(b)Exemplifies,
vulnerabilities

(d)Epitomizes,
complications

(e) Symbolize,
encumbrance

Q13. If you do
not take your medicine, you condition will ______________, and you will feel ______________.

(a) exacerbate,
worse

(b)
Indispensable, arbitrary

(d) Necessary,
Comprehensive

(e) Eminent,
liberal

Q14. The
thought of the _____________government monitoring religious activities leaves
many______________.

(a) part,
consolidate

(b)
Resposibility, augment

(d) federal, aghast

(e) Resolution,
amass

Q15. If there
was an award for being _____________, my aunt would win because she is always _____________,
about something.

(a)
Emancipation, affiliated

(b)
Renouncement, mentioned

(d)
Expropriation, other

(e) querulous, complaining

SOLUTIONS

S1. Ans. (b)

Sol. Substitute ‘but’ by ‘yet’ or delete ‘but’. Though is always
followed by ‘yet’ or simply comma.

S2. Ans. (b)

Sol. Change ‘careful’ to ‘carefully’ to make it an adverb.

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. Replace ‘like’ by ‘as’.

S4. Ans. (b)

Sol. Change the position of ‘only’. Put it before ‘eight hundred
rupees’. As a general rule ‘only’ or ‘even’ should be placed immediately before
the word it is intended to qualify.

S5. Ans. (d)

Sol. Change ‘no’ to ‘any’ .’Hardly’ is a negative word and hence
should not be followed a negative word.

S6. Ans. (d)