English Quizzes For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 : 14th August – Miscellaneous

TOPIC:  Miscellaneous

 

Directions
(1-5): The question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has
been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning
of the sentences as a whole.

 

Q1. After having been friends for more than a
decade, they had a ________ last year and have not _________ each other ever
since.

(a)
fight, talked 

(b)
argument, met 

(c)
dispute, seen

(d)
quarrel, admired 

(e)
difference, introduced

 

Q2.The workers, several of ________ had
complained about their low wages earlier, have now _______ to move the court
for the labour rights.

(a)
who, indicated 

(b)
whom, decided 

(c)
which, threatened

(d)
them, resolved

(e)
number, warned

 

Q3.The hutment dwellers were jubilant when the
government _________ an apartment to each of them at ________ rates.

(a)
demolished, fast 

(b)
announced, less 

(c)
provided, high

(d)
acquired, low 

(e)
promised, subsidized

 

Q4.The organization was deeply ________ by
difficulties a decade ago but the new CEO brought many _________ changes in it
and took it to a new high.

(a)
indebted, necessary

(b)
plagued, vital

(c)
coping, more

(d)
hurt, critical

(e)
shaken, inevitable

 

Q5. The prime minister, who is _________ in his
holiday home at the moment, said that he was very _________ by the news of
India winning the World Cup.

(a)
visiting, happy

(b)
residing, obliged 

(c)
intruding, dejected

(d)
staying, pleased

(e)
resting, cheer

 

Directions
(6-10) : Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical
mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No
error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

 

 

Q6. If you had not a)/ reached so quickly, b)/
we might well c)/ have had a disaster. d)/ No error e)

 

Q7. Under the terms of the new deal a)/ the
channel can broadcast b)/ the next cricket tournament to be c)/ played among
India and Australia. d)/ No error e)

Q8. The company is in debt a)/ and has been
unable b)/ to pay their employees’ salaries c)/ for the past six months. d)/ No
error e)

 

Q9. Ashok is among the
(a)/ few people in the world (b)/ which did not blindly follow (c)/the path of
others. (d)/ No error (e) 

 

Q10. Most people like
(a)/to rest after a day’s work (b)/ but he seemed (c)/ to have an in exhaustive
supply of energy. (d)/ No error. (e)

 

 

Directions
(11-15) :
Rearrange the  following sentences (A),
(B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) into a meaningful paragraph and then answer the
questions given below it.

 

(A)  The world is losing one tiger a day
due to poaching.

(B) Tiger poaching, therefore, is a
widespread menace.

(C)  One must not forget the fact that
upon the population of tiger depends ecological balance.

(D)  It is not difficult to kill a tiger
because it sticks to a particular track in the jungle that can be identified by
the foresters and poachers.

(E)  The latter have devised ways of
trapping and killing tigers.

(F)  According to present estimates, at
this rate, their entire population may be decimated in a few decades. 

 

Q11. Which of the
following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?

(a) A                           (b)
B

(c) C                           (d)
D

(e) E

 

Q12. Which of the
following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?

(a) B                           (b)
C

(c) D                           (d)
E

(e) F

 

Q13. Which of the
following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?

(a) A                           (b)
B

(c) C                           (d)
D

(e) E

 

Q14. Which of the
following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?

(a) A                           (b)
B

(c) C                           (d)
D

(e) F

Q15. Which of the
following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ?

(a) A                           (b)
B

(c) C                           (d)
D

(e) E

SOLUTIONS:

 

 

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. Dispute means a disagreement or argument.

 

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol.

 

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol.

Subsidized means
support (an organization or activity) financially.

 

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol.

Plagued means to
cause continual trouble or distress .

 

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol.

Option (d) is the correct choice.

 

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol.

There is no error in the statement.

 

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol.

Substitute ‘between’ for ‘among’

 

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol.

Substitute ‘its’ for ‘their’

 

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol.

Use ‘who’ in place of ‘which’. For persons
relative pronoun who is used. 

 

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol.

Use ‘seems’ in place of ‘seemed’. Present
Indefinite form of verb is required. It is a fact about nature. 

 

Directions (11-15); The correct sequence is DEBAFC

S11. Ans.(d)

S12. Ans.(d)

S13. Ans.(b)

S14. Ans.(e)

S15. Ans.(c)