IBPS Clerk Prelims English Language 5th November, 2020 – Miscellaneous

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. He is so lazy (a)/ that he takes a
(b)/ large number of time (c)/ to complete such a small piece of work. (d)/ No
error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q2. Dileep has spend (a)/ six years in
Calcutta (b)/ but still he does not know (c)/ many parts of the city. (d)/ No
error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q3. Last week when (a)/ I reach
Viru’shouse (b)/ he had already (c)/
left for Mumbai. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q4. The number of foreign tourists (a)/
visiting India are increasing (b)/ day by day during (c)/ this tourist season.
(d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. After 50 years of Independence (a)/
many social problems (b)/ still remaining (c)/ to be solved in India. (d)/ No
error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q6. He does not (a)/ fail to came (b)/
to my help (c)/ whenever I am in trouble. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q7. My parents (a)/ prevented me (b)/ in
accepting (c)/ the invitation. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q8. He climbed (a)/ from the ladder (b)/
to reach (c)/ the ceiling. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q9. My sister (a)/ insists (b)/ that she
should be allowed to (c)/ remain unmarried (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q10.
In another departure from the (a)/ post-Deng practice, no potential successor
(b)/ to Mr. Xi has been included (c)/ in the new line-up of the PBSC.(d)/ No
error (e).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (11-15): Improve the underlined
part of the sentences, if needed.

Q11. Thousands
of buildings had either collapsed or
damage in the earthquake.

(a) or had
damage

(b) or have been damaged
(c) or have damaged
(d) or been damaged
(e) No improvement

Q12. Try to ask
him why does he repeat the same
mistake each time.

(a) he repeat

(b) does he repeats
(c) he repeats
(d) do he repeats
(e) No improvement

Q13. The Desais
soon got used to live in the
country.

(a) were used
to live

(b) got used to living
(c) had used to live
(d) have used to live
(e) No improvement

Q14. The early
national movement succeeded arouse among the people the feeling that
they belonged to one common nation- the Indian nation.

(a) in arousing

(b) with arousing
(c) of arousing
(d) for arouse
(e) No improvement

Q15. From among
various alternatives we should choose the one which is viable and which consumes less time and energy.

(a) is viable
and consuming lesser

(b) is viability and consumes less
(c) being viable and consumes less
(d) has viable and consuming less
(e) No improvement required

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans. (c)

Sol. Use ‘lot’ in place of ‘large
number’ as ‘a large number of/ a number of’ is not used with uncountable noun
‘time’.

S2. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘spent’ will be used in place of
‘spend’ as ‘have/ has/ had/ having+ V3’ is used.

S3. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘reached’ will be used in place of
‘reach’ as the sentence is in past tense.

S4. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘is’ will be used in place of ‘are’
as singular verb is used after ‘The number of’.

S5. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘are still’ will be used in place
of ‘still remaining’ as plural verb ‘are’ is used for ‘many social problems’.

S6. Ans. (b)

Sol. Use ‘come’ in place of ‘came’ as V1
is used after Infinitive Particle (to).

Ex. He does not want to stay here.

She never tries to come here.

S7. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘from’ will be used in place of
‘in’ as preposition ‘from’ is used after ‘prevent, prohibit, abstain, refrain,
escape, absent’

Ex. He prevented me from going
there.

S8. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘up’ will be used in place of
‘from’ as after ‘climb’, preposition ‘up/ down’ is used.

Ex. He climbed up a tree.

S9. Ans. (e)

Sol.
The sentence is grammatically correct.

S10. Ans. (e)

Sol. The sentence is grammatically
correct.

S11. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘or been damaged’
is the correct use as the two verbs used i.e. ‘collapse’ is an Intransitive
verb whereas ‘damage’ is the transitive verb.

S12. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘he
repeats’ is the correct use as the sentence is not a question but a statement
for which ‘subject + verb’ is used.

S13. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘got used
to living’ is the correct use as ‘to’ used after ‘used’ is not an infinitive
particle but a preposition and the verb that comes after any preposition is
always in V4 form.

S14. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘in
arousing’ is the correct use as ‘in +V4’ is used after ‘succeed’

S15.
Ans. (e)

Sol. No improvement is required here.