Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for SBI Clerk 2018 Prelims examination based on error corrections.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 ‘5’. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. 1) To begin with / 2) I don’t like his attitude / 3) and so does he hence / 4) we refuse to help him. /5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: ‘nor does he’
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2. 1) Since the work / 2) is not much, we / 3) need lesser workers today / 4) than we did yesterday. /5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: Replace ‘lesser’ by ‘fewer’.
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3. 1) The workers on strike / 2) agreed to resume their duties / 3) at a condition if / 4) no worker could be victimised. /5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: ‘on condition that’
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4. 1) We all live in / 2) a big house which / 3) has built by my / 4) father 50 years ago. /5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: was built’
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5. 1) The professor’s plan / 2) both worked out / 3) in theory and / 4) in practice. /5) No error
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Option: 2
Explanation: ‘worked out both’
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6. 1) The parents and their child /2) was asked to sit while / 3) from across the table /4) a warm smile flashed. /5) No error
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Option: 2
Explanation: Replace was with were because more than one person has been mentioned.
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7. 1) No sooner had/ 2) they come home/ 3) the mother/ 4) lashed at them./ 5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: It should be ‘than the mother”.
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8. 1) Within a week the principal /2) sent the parents a letter /3) which was stating that /4) their girls had been admitted. /5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: It should be stated in place of was stating.
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9. 1) The hall was /2) spacious enough /3) for the picnic party /4) to live. /5) No error
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Option: 4
Explanation: It should be “to live in”.
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10. 1) It is time /2) the authorities /3) have banned ragging/4) in the educational institutions. /5) No error
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Option: 3
Explanation: Replace have banned with banned.
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