English Quizzes For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 : 27th July – Miscellaneous

TOPIC: Miscellaneous

Directions
(1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error
or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
(Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

Q1.
 Dozen of (a)/ apples were (b)/
distributed among the (c)/ boys by the class teacher .(d)/ No error (e)

Q2.
The judge has directed to (a)/ the accused and the complainant (b)/ not to
interfere with (c)/ the witness in any manner. (d)/ No error (e)

Q3.
Today most employees complain (a)/ of suffering for the stress (b)/ of
attending to (c)/ rude customers all day. (d)/ No error (e)

Q4.
They had to (a)/ face much troubles (b)/ during their (c)/ journey to Indore.
(d)/ No error (e)

Q5.
 Most of (a)/ the five-years (b)/ plans
of India (c)/ have been successful. (d)/ No error (e)

Q6.
After careful scrutiny of the report (a)/ variety mistakes that had been (b)/
made by the research (c)/ department were found. (d)/ No error (e)

Q7.
One of my student (a)/ tells me  (b)/
that she has failed (c)/ in English. (d)/ No error (e)

Q8.
The celebrities that organised (a)/ the marathon were aiming (b)/ to create an
awareness (c)/ about the treatment of diabetes. (d)/ No error (e)

Q9.
She is (a)/more cleverer (b)/ than any (c)/other girl of her age.(d)/No error
(e)

Q10.
Harder (a)/ you work (b)/,the better (c)/division you get. (d)/ No error (e)

Directions (11-15): Which of the phrases
(a), (b), (c), and (d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase
printed in bold type to make sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is
correct as it is, mark (e), i.e., No correction required, as the answer.

Q11.
The new facts he has discovered could not change my opinion.

(a)  has not changed

(b)  could not be changed

(c)  cannot be changed

(d)  may not be changed

(e)  No correction required

Q12.
On firm ground the tent had held in place by pegs driven into the
ground.

(a)  has been held at

(b)  was held in

(c)  was being held 
with

(d)  should be held at

(e)  No correction required

Q13.
In the midst of his laborious work came a stroke of good

(a)  comes a strike of

(b)  came a strike of

(c)  a strike comes of

(d)  came a stroke for

(e)  No correction required

Q14.
Tourists have still come to Egypt and are probably still inscribing
their names on the old stones.

(a)  are still coming

(b)  have come still

(c)  still have come

(d)  will have still come

(e)  No correction required

Q15.
There was a pause when we had finished and then a strangely subdued voice broke the silence

(a)  the strange subduing

(b)  a strange subduing

(c)  the strange subdued

(d)  a strange and subduing

(e)  No correction required

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans. (a)

Sol. Change ‘Dozen’ to
‘Dozens’. There
is no such thing as ‘dozen’ in the English dictionary.

S2. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘to’ should be
replaced with ‘at’ because at is used to indicate direction.

S3. Ans. (b)

Sol. Change ‘suffering
for’ to ‘suffering from’ because ‘suffering’ takes preposition “from”.

S4. Ans. (b)

Sol. much trouble(not
troubles)

S5. Ans. (b)

Sol. Change
‘five-years’ to ‘five-year’ as hyphenated noun can never be used in plural
form.

S6. Ans. (b)

Sol. Change ‘variety
mistakes’ to ‘variety of mistakes’.

S7. Ans. (a)

Sol. Change ‘student’
to ‘students’ as one of is followed by plural noun.

S8. Ans. (e)

Sol. No error

S9. Ans. (b)

Sol. Remove ‘more’ from
the sentence as two superlative degree can never be used together.

S10. Ans. (a)

Sol. Add ‘The’ before Harder

S11.
Ans. (e)

Sol.
No correction
reqsssuired

S12.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
Replace ‘had held’
with ‘was held’

S13.
Ans. (e)

Sol.
No correction
required

S14.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
 Replace ‘have still come’ with ‘are
still coming’

S15.
Ans. (e)

Sol.
No correction
required