English Language Quiz For IBPS SO Prelims
Directions (1-5): In each of the questions given below, a sentence is given with a phrase/ part of the sentence put in BOLD. Five options follow each sentence, suggesting an improvement for the BOLD part to make a meaningful and correct sentence. Choose the best improvement from these and if the sentence is correct as it is, mark “No Improvement Required” as your answer.
Q1. The purpose of a lottery commercial or radio advertisement is to tantalize people to believing they can become wealthy with the purchase of a lottery ticket.
Q2. Even though you are feeling poor, you should know the indiscriminate use of antibiotics could harm you in the long run.
Q3. While hiking in the hills, we spotted a hawk leave its aerie on the cliff.
Q4. Sara, while remaining outward amiable toward all concerned, was inwardly furious.
Q5. The supervisory authority may forbidden the publication of an offer document that is incomplete or requires additional information.
Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions two sentences are given, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a word each. Fill up the sentences with the same word that make the sentences grammatically and contextually correct.
Q6. (i) By the time England entered the African slave trade, the European ------------- of non-European peoples was already well established.
(ii) There was a strong smell of pine, and subtle wood fragrances filled the air, reminding him of his old life of freedom before the days of his --------------.
Q7. (i) Generally, economic growth is -------------- at best, and at worst it goes into contraction.
(ii) We know that when eyes are shut, oxygen can reach the cornea from the iris solely by way of the ------------- aqueous humor.
Q8. (i) Young bluegills eat mainly zooplankton, but as they grow older, they become opportunistic and --------------- almost anything that fits into their mout hs.
(ii) In terms of commercial success, people will -------------- this bright, clean blues sound.
Q9. (i) They also visit China regularly in order to ------------ its splendors and rich heritage.
(ii) It was advantageous to animals digest and ------------- soybean's nutrition composition.
Q10. (i) The lives of thousands of birds are in ----------- as a result of the oil spillage.
(ii) When people do not know how to bring up or what to teach their children their cultural heritage is indeed in ---------------.
Direction (11-15): 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 of this part is your answer.
Q11. The recent assembly election results data has shown (A) /that though BJP governments in three heartland states—Chhattisgarh, (B)/Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have provide substantial assets and facilities (C)/such as houses, roads, toilets, LPG, broadband connectivity, the party’s (D)/seat share in rural and especially agricultural areas, declined considerably. (E)/
Q12. The stresses in agriculture sector is an outcome of several (A)/ factors— low productivity, two successive years of drought, inadequate (B)/ irrigation, collapsing farm prices, unavailability of modern (C)/ technology, fragmented supply chains, lack of (D)/ food processing clusters, delayed FCI reforms, etc. (E)/
Q13. After BJP’s formidable show (A)/ in north India in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls – which (B)/ saw the region being gripped (C)/ by the Narendra Modi wave – Congress’s return (D)/ to power here was seen as an uphill task. (E)/
Q14. Niti Aayog has published the National Strategy (A) / for Artificial Intelligence which is not only (B)/ a detailed outline of current AI situation (C)/ of the country but is also a roadmap for the future (D)/ indigenous development of the technology. (E)/
Q15. It is imperative for India (A)/to understand the advantages of using (B)/ Data Science to complement policy efforts and (C)/ exploit its potential according, much as it (D)/ has started doing with AI and IOT. (E)/
