English Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 – 5

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The following set has 10 questions with 8 minutes in time.

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English Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 – New Pattern Error Correction

Following sentences are divided into four parts A, B, C and D. The sentences may have one or more than one error or no error at all or all error. You have to find out which part(s) is/are grammatically correct.

 

  1. The Protea skipper revealed(A)/ which in the January clash against India in (B)/the Test series, the team resolved to(C)/ giving Kohli a silent treatment(D).

(A) BC

(B) AB

(C) ABC

(D) AC

(E) No error

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: D

Solution: B- ‘which’ should be replaced by ‘that’

D- ‘giving’ should be replaced by ‘give’.

 

 

  1. He bagged 15 wickets against South Africa and 14 came from (A)/England, that the remaining were against West Indies(B)/ on home turf which makes him the(C)/ highest wicket-taker for India in Tests this year(D).

(A) CD

(B) BC

(C) ACD

(D) All are wrong

(E) No error

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: A

Solution: A- ‘from’ should be replaced by ‘against’

B- ‘that’ should be replaced by ‘while’.

 

 

  1. India’s top ranked men’s player was the first(A)/ Indian to reach number one in the world badminton rankings on (B)/April but has slumped since his loss to Malaysian (C)/great Lee Chong Wei in this year’s Commonwealth Games final(D).

(A) CD

(B) ACD

(C) BC

(D) D

(E) All correct

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: B

Solution: B- ‘on’ should be replaced by ‘in’.

 

 

  1. A roaring crowd gave Lee (A)/ enough fight to break away (B)/from Verma in the decider after the 47th-ranked Hong Konger(C)/ looked set to collapse after his second game loss(D).

(A) A

(B) BD

(C) BCD

(D) All are wrong

(E) No error

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: E

 

 

  1. Australia coach Graham Arnold name’s (A)/ Mark Milligan captain of the Socceroos at Saturday,(B)/ the defence succeeding Mile Jedinak who(C)/ retired from internationals next month(D).

(A) C

(B) AB

(C) ACD

(D) All are wrong

(E) All are correct

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option:

D

Solution: A- ‘name’s’ should be replaced by ‘named’.

B – ‘at’ should be replaced by ‘on’.

C- ‘defence’ should be replaced by ‘ defender’.

D- ‘next’ should be replaced by ‘last’.

 

 

 

  1. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo(A)/ on Friday promised Ukraine to fight(B)/ the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany,(C)/ saying the project undermined European security(D).

(A) AD

(B) ABC

(C) BD

(D) No error

(E) A

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: D

 

 

  1. Former captain of the Indian hockey team and Arjuna awardee Zafar Iqbal,(A)/ who is also an alumnus of AMU, said that all the political controversy which(B)/ have affected the university in the past will ceased to(C)/ exist if the word “Muslim” is removing from its name(D).

(A) AB

(B) B

(C) A

(D) C

(E) All are wrong

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: C

B- ‘controversy’ should be in plural form ‘controversies’.

C- ‘will ceased’ should be replaced by ‘will cease’.

D- ‘is removing’ should be replaced by ‘is removed’.

 

 

  1. The pipeline, which have also been criticized by Poland and other former Soviet(A)/ bloc countries, aims to double the capacity of the existing Nord Stream I (B)/pipeline with the end of 2019 — further allowing (C)/Russia to bypass Ukraine, its traditional route to supply Europe(D).

(A) BD

(B) AC

(C) BCD

(D) All are correct

(E) All are wrong

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option:

A

A- ‘have’ should be replaced by ‘has’

C- ‘with’ should be replaced by ‘by’.

 

 

  1. Six militants included a terrorist (A)/ responsible for the killing of journalist (B)/Shujaat Bukhari was killed(C)/ in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.(D)

(A) ABD

(B) BCD

(C) BD

(D) All are correct

(E) All are wrong

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option:

C

A- ‘included’ should be replaced by ‘including’.

C- ‘was’ should be replaced by ‘were’.

 

 

  1. Hitting out at the PDP, the Congress and the National Conference,(A)/ People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone Friday said their efforts to form(B)/ a grand alliance was aimed at keeping(C)/ a “third front” led by his party out of power.(D)

(A) BCD

(B) AB

(C) CD

(D) No error

(E) All are wrong

 

Show Answer & Solution
Option: D

 

 

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