English Quizzes For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 : 1st August – ERROR CORRECTION

TOPIC: ERROR CORRECTION

Directions (1-5): Rearrange
the following six sentence (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given
below.

(A) Cards
are issued to approved clients for purchase of goods or services from authorized
merchant establishments on the credit guarantee of the issuer of credit card.

(B) Credit
card is one of the delivery channels of the banking services.

(D) Due
to the advancement of technology and easy accessibility to credit, the credit
cards are gaining popularity nowadays.

(E) This
is generally useful in emergencies.

(F) They
can purchase goods and services at a large number of merchant outlets up to the
inbuilt ceiling credit limit amount without using cash or cheque.

Q1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q2. Which of the
following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a) F

(b) A

(d) C

(e) D

Q3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence
after rearrangement?

(a) B

(b) A

(d) E

(e) F

Q4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence
after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) D

(d) B

(e) C

Q5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence
after rearrangement?

(a) D

(b) C

(d) E

(e) B

Directions (6-10): 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.)

Q6. The price of (a)/ all petroleum products (b)/ is
controlled (c)/ by the Government. (d)/No error (e).

Q7. There is a (a)/ tax benefit for (b)/ the income of (c)/
senior citizens. (d)/No error (e).

Q8. In my opinion (a)/ Vikas has (b)/ failed to follow (c)/
none of the instructions. (d)/No error (e).

Q9. At least of (a)/ three per cent of (b)/ those who
applied (c)/ will be selected. (d)/No error (e).

Q10. He was a (a)/ well known economist (b)/ who usual
wrote (c)/ for international journals. (d)/ No error (e).

Directions (11-15): In the
following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is
indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against
each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph
meaningfully complete.

The
(11) increase in the number of vehicles on Indian roads has also
led to an increase in road accidents. India accounts for 10 per cent of
the global road crash fatalities. Statistics show that (12) more
than a million people die due to road accidents every year; if we do not do
anything about it by 2020 this figure will double. Vehicular safety standards
are a (13) area.

Hence,
the United Nations has (14) 2011-20 as the “Decade of Action for
Road Safety” with the aim to reduce fatalities by 50 per cent. The UN
has (15) five pillars to achieve this target, i.e. Road Safety
Management, Safer Roads and Mobility, Safer Road Users, Post Crash Response and
Safer Vehicles.

Q11. (a) fantastic

(b) tremendous

(d) excellent

(e) terrible

Q12. (a) globally

(b) always

(d) finally

(e) lastly

Q13. (a) complication

(b) dispute

(d) question

(e) difficulty

Q14. (a) announced

(b) disclosed

(d) circulated

(e) told

Q15. (a) classified

(b) indentified

(d) selected

(e) separated

SOLUTIONS::

S1. Ans. (b)