English Quizzes For IBPS Clerk/PO Prelims 2022 : 4th September – Practice Set

TOPIC : Practice
Set

 Directions (1-10): Read each
sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 errors of
punctuation, if any.)

Q1.She did not let the (a)/grief of
her loss effect the (b)/kingdom administration (c)/and the lives of her people.
(d)/ No error (e)

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Q2.The industry (a)/has the
potential of (b)/attaining $34bn export(c)/earnings till the year 2010 (d)/ No
error (e)

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Q3. A lot of companies (a)/in
Tripura have (b)/now been(c)/ focused on branding(d)/No error(e)

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Q4. Epson is one (a)/ of the most
(b)/respected manufacturer (c)/in the print market (d)/No error (e)

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Q5. Unless you (a)/ work hard
(b)/you will not (c)/ pass the examination (d)/No error (e)

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Q6. Scents always have (a)/utter
disregard for (b)/the luxurious life (c)/and momentary world (d)/No error (e)

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Q7. The perfume that (a)/ your
brother (b)/ has bought from Italy (c)/ is smelling good (d)/No error (e)

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Q8. He informed (a)/ me that he
(b)/ knew to play (c)/ on the harmonium (d)/No error (e)

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Q9. Being (a)/ a beautiful city
(b)/ it charmed (c)/ all of us (d)/No error (e)

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Q10. He does (a)/ nothing but to
(b)/ annoy her (c)/ younger sister (d)/No error (e)

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Directions
(11-15): Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words
below the sentence. Each pair is lettered. Choose the pair of words which can
be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete
the sentences meaningfully.

 

Q11. With just three months left in
state assembly elections, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr
Mohan Rao Bhagwat will be on a 10-day _____________ of Rajasthan where
he will _____________ in Jodhpur, Nagaur and Jaipur.

(a) pleasure, stay

(b) stay, sleep

(c) tour, camp

(d) running, run

(e) visit, sleep

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Q12. Jet Airways (India) Ltd _____________
it would _____________ its 49% stake in Jet Privilege Pvt. Ltd, the
frequent-flyer loyalty programme subsidiary.

(a) walked, sell

(b) slept, eat

(c) asserted, play

(d) said, monetize

(e) asserted, manages

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Q13. Solar capacity installations _____________  the country is at 25,000 megawatts (MW), or _____________
of the 2022 target of 100,000 MW, according to Mercom India research.

(a) on, one-eighth

(b) in, one-fourth

(c) below, two-third

(d) at, excessive

(e) in, one-eighth

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Q14. On Monday, the government _____________
that it would merge Bank of Baroda (Bank of Baroda), Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank
to form the third largest _____________ in India.

(a) announced, lender

(b) decided, investor

(c) 
decided, retailor

(d) sought, bank

(e) 
received, lender

 

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Q15. he Union cabinet on Wednesday _____________  a proposal for the complete electrification
of Indian Railways in the next four years, reducing dependance on imported
fossil fuel and saving revenue for the national _____________.

(a) postponed, railways

(b) announced, car

(c) discussed, transport

(d) told, railways

(e) approved, carrier

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S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. The error is in part (b) of the sentence. ‘Affect’ should be replaced by
‘effect’.

Effect-A change which is a result
or consequence of an action or other cause.

Affect-have an effect on; make a
difference to.

S2. Ans. (d)

Sol. The error is in part (d) of
the sentence. ‘till’ should be replaced by ‘by’

“By” is used to describe an action
or event that happens on or before a particular moment.

“Until” is used to describe a state
or situation in the period of time up to a particular moment.

 

S3. Ans. (d)

Sol. The error is in part (c) of
the sentence.

‘Focused’ should be replaced by
‘focusing’

“Have Been + Past Participle” also
known as the Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous. It is
used for an activity that started in the past and still continues to the
present.

S4. Ans. (c)

Sol. The error is in part (c) of
the sentence.

‘Manufacturer’ should be replaced
by ‘manufacturers’

The phrase “one of the”
is always a plural noun, whereas use of verbs as singular or plural will
entirely depend upon the subject of the statement, i.e. singular verb for
singular subject and plural verb for plural subject.

S5. Ans. (e)

Sol. There is no error in the given
sentence. Therefore option (e) is the correct answer choice.

 

S6. Ans. (a)

Sol. The error is in part (a) of
the sentence.

‘Scents’ should be replaced by
‘saints’.

Scents mean a particular kind of
smell whereas saints mean a person distinguished for holiness.

S7. Ans. (d)

Sol. The error is in part (d) of
the sentence.

‘is smelling’ should be replaced by
‘smells’

Verbs such as look, seem, taste,
feel, smell, and sound are sensory (sense) verbs.

subject + sense verb + adjective

S8. Ans. (c)

Sol. The error is in part (c) of
the sentence.

In part (c) of the sentence ‘how’
should be used after ‘knew’

Know + how/where/when/why +
infinitive

S9. Ans. (e)

Sol. There is no error in the given
sentence. Therefore option (e) is the best answer choice.

Though there is no subject of
reference with ‘being’ but ‘it’ has been used as the main subject of the
sentence.

Placing ‘it’ before ‘being’ makes a
perfect sense to the sentence (it being a beautiful city = it was a beautiful
city)

 

S10. Ans. (b)

Sol. The error is in part (b) of
the sentence. ‘to’ has to be removed after ‘but’ to make sentence grammatically
correct.

‘To’ is wrongly used here after
but. Whenever ‘but’ is used after any form of ‘do’, conveying ‘except’ as a
meaning and there is a use of verb after that then ‘to’ should not used.

 

 

S11. Ans. (c)

Sol. The context of the sentence
suggests that RSS Sarsanghchalak will be visiting Rajasthan where he stay there
for days. Among the given options, option (c) provides the best alternatives to
the blank and is the correct answer.

S12. Ans. (d)

Sol. The word ‘manages’ for the
second blank doesn’t impart complete sense to the sense, but an incomplete
sense. Jet Airways would manage its 49% stake… If the stakes were
already belonged to Jet Airways, what is the need to state that it would manages
its own stake. That’s already understood.

The option which provides correct
and relevant alternatives to the blank is the option (d).

 

S13. Ans. (b)

Sol. The context of the sentence
suggests that the blank would be filled by a preposition to impart a correct
relationship between ‘Solar capacity installations is at 25,000 megawatts (MW)’
and ‘the country’. The phrase ‘______ the country’ is behaving as an
adverb-phrase. Among the given alternatives for the first blank, the correct
preposition to be used is ‘in’.

Now, 25,000 megawatts (MW) is one-fourth
of the 100,000 MW.

So, the correct answer is the
option (b).

S14. Ans. (a)

Sol. Kindly focus on the clause ‘it
(government) would merge Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank to form the
third largest ______ in India’. Three banks would be merged to give a larger
bank. Notice that the word ‘lender’ is a synonym for the word ‘bank’. For the
first blank, both ‘announced’ and ‘decided’ are appropriate.

Considering the above, the correct
option which imparts correct and relevant words to the blanks is the option
(a).

Hence, option (a) is the correct
answer.

S15. Ans. (e)

Sol. The phrase ‘reducing
dependence on imported fossil fuel…’ suggests that the proposal was approved.
For the second blank, the appropriate words are ‘carrier’ and ‘railways’.

From above, it can be derived that
the correct answer is option (e).