IBPS Clerk Prelims English Language 20th October, 2020 – Miscellaneous

Directions (1-10): In the
following questions, a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold.
To make the sentence grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold part
with the correct alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is,
give (e) as your answer (i.e. No correction required).

Q1. Being recovered from their astonishment, the explorers realized that the problem
was easy to solve.

(a) Being
recovered with

(b) Having recovered from
(c) Having been recovered from
(d) Recovering with
(e) No correction required

Q2. Sushma was hurried to the station when she dashed
against the truck.

(a) was
hurrying

(b) had hurried
(c) is hurried
(d) was being hurrying
(e) No correction required

Q3. The
marriage ceremony took place in this
very hotel last Saturday.

(a)was took
place

(b) did took place
(c) was taken place
(d) will have taken place
(e) No correction required

Q4. I
complimented him for his success in
the examination.

(a) about

(b) on
(c) at
(d) to
(e) No correction required

Q5. If I will get an opportunity, I shall attend
the conference without fail.

(a) shall get

(b) get
(c) got

(d) had got
(e) No correction required

Q6. He is a far
more serious practitioner now than he would
have to be in the past.

(a) should have
been

(b) should you needed
(c) you should need
(d) you should have needed
(e) No correction required

Q7. What he intends to propose is not clear from
his letter.

(a) intends
proposing does

(b) intending to propose is
(c) is intending to be proposed is
(d) intended to be proposed is
(e) No correction required

Q8. Dhanush,
which is the flagship indigenous artillery gun, appear to be doomed even before its induction and deployment in the
artillery. 

(a) is appeared
to be

(b) appearing to be
(c) appears to be
(d) appears to be
(e) No correction required

Q9. Although
their visas will expire in September
they can have them extended for six months.

(a) had expired

(b) expires
(c) would expire
(d) expire
(e) No correction required

Q10. He is speaking in such a soft voice that
he was not audible even to the people who were sitting in the first row.

(a) had spoke

(b) has been speaking
(c) was speaking
(d) spoke
(e) No correction required

Directions (11-15): 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.)

Q11. Mahesh who
was (a)/ junior in most (b)/ other employees in his office (c)/ has been
promoted.(d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q12. To the
last one month (a)/ each of us (b)/ has been working (c)/ on the same project.
(d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q13. When I
receive (a)/ the letter, the date (b)/ for the interview (c)/ was already over.
(d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q14. We had
(a)/ helped him (b)/ if he had (c)/ requested us earlier. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q15. We have
observed that (a)/ many good programmes (b)/ suffer of shortage (c)/ of funds
and other resources. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘Having
recovered’ will be used.

‘Having + V3’
is Active Perfect Participle whereas ‘Having + been + V3’ or ‘Being + V3’ is
Passive Perfect Participle.

S2. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘was
hurrying’ is the correct choice as ‘Be + V4’ is used in Active Voice but ‘Be +
V3’ is used in Passive Voice’.

Ex. She was
writing a letter. (Active)

The thief was
caught. (Passive)

S3. Ans. (e)

Sol. No
correction is required.

S4. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘on’ will
be used in place of ‘for’ as preposition ‘on’ is used with ‘compliment’.

Ex. I complimented him on his skill.

S5. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘get’ is
the correct use as if two incidents of future has been used, then clause
starting with ‘if, when, as long as, as soon as, before, after’ take simple
present tense while future tense is used for the main clause of the sentence.

Ex. If he comes
here, I will help you.

S6. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘should
have been’ is correct.

S7. Ans. (e)

Sol. No
correction is required.

S8. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘appears
to be’ is the correct use as the subject of the sentence is singular.

S9. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘expire’
will be used as for fixed programme of future, simple present tense is used.

S10. Ans. (c)

Sol.  ‘was speaking’ is the correct use as the
sentence is in past tense. 

S11. Ans. (b)

Sol.  ‘to’ will be used in place of ‘in’ as after
‘junior, senior, inferior, superior, prior, anterior’, preposition ‘to’ is
used.

Ex. She is
junior to me.

S12. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘for’ will
be used in place of ‘to’ as in present perfect continuous or present perfect
tense , ‘for’ is used to represent the period of time.

Ex. He has been
living with me for the last one year.

S13. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘received’
will be used in place of ‘receive’ as the sentence is in past tense as is
indicated by ‘already over’.

S14. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘we would
have’ will be used in place of ‘we had’ as 
for unreal situation of past ‘Subject + would/ could/ might/ should +
have + V3’ is used.

Ex. I would
have helped you if you had come earlier.

S15. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘from’
will be used in place of ‘of’ as preposition ‘from’ is used after ‘suffer’.

Ex. He is
suffering from fever.

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