English Language Quiz For IBPS SO Prelims
Directions (1-5): 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 (A, B, C or D) of this part is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (e) as your answer choice.
Q1. With just months to went (A)/ for the general election, the (B)/government looks all set to (C)/ open the credit taps of the economy. (D)/
Q2. The Centre has sought (A)/ Parliament’s approval for infuse an additional Rs. 41,000 crore (B)/ into public sector banks that (C)/are starved of precious capital to remain afloat. (D)/
Q3. The detention of a journalist in Manipur under (A)/ the stringent National Security Act for a social media post (B)/ is a clear instance of misuse of power and a (C)/ blatant violation of his rights as a citizen. (D)/
Q4. The U.S. journal Science has termed (A)/ new technologies that reveal how DNA cues (B)/ individual cells to grow through (C)/ time in “Breakthrough of the Year”. (D)/
Q5. A group of 53 institutions and 60 companies (A)/ across Europe, called the LifeTime consortium, is (B)/ studying cell by cell how tissues develops (C)/ cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. (D)/
Directions (6-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are numbered from 6 to 15. They are to be filled with the options given below the passage against each of the respective numbers. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering its meaning. If none of the words given in options fits in, mark ‘None of these’ as your answer choice.
Q6. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q7. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q8. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q9. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q10. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q11. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q12. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q13. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q14. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
Q15. Mass migration has produced a huge world wide economy of its own which has ------6------- so fast during the past few years that the figures have -----7------ experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to ------8------ $232 billion according to the World Bank which ------9------ these figures. -----10----- though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant's family it can't on its own lift entire nation out of poverty. Those who study the ------11----- of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put off basic decisions of economic management like ------12------ their tax collection systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also -----13------ the fact that they do not produce much at home. -----14----- the benefits of remitted cash while ----15---- some of its downside.
