English Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2015 – Set 20

Read each sentence to
find out whether there is any 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).

1. Many animals
and plants live in water (a) / but not in the same kind of water (b) / because
not all water is the same. (c) / Sea water, for instance, contains a lot of
salt, fresh water contains very little (d) / No error (e)

2. A sparrow has
made a nest in Kesho’s house (a) / and had laid eggs. Both Kesho and his sister
Shyama (b) / watched the nest for hours every day (c) / even meal times were
forgotten. (d) / No error (e)

3. A skillful
advertiser may be able to create (a) / practically a monopoly for himself (b) /
not because his product is superior to (c) / but because he has succeeded in
inducing people to believe that it is.(d) / No error (e)

4. Whatever may
be the origin of speech (a) / we can be certain that man did not began (b) / to
feel the need to speak (c) / until he began to live in communities (d) / No
error (e)

5. Each animal of
the same species (a) / looks for the same sort of food (b) / Also, there may be
other animals of different species (c) / competing with the same food (d) / No
error (e)

Directions: (Q. 6-10):
In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words
denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the
sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

6. Today, globalisation
has brought the world closer by ________ distance and minimising other ________.

(a) covering, areas

(b) scaling, avenues

(c) reducing, barriers

(d) curbing, routes

(e) inching, hassles

7. Our traditional
art and handicrafts have to be ________ and ________.

(a) protected, promoted

(b) served, respected

(c) saved, materialised

(d) explored, derived

(e) envisioned, evaluated

8. Every branch and
centre finds ________ ways to ________ the people of their areas.

(a) distant, assemble

(b) typical, endeavour

(c) own, motivating

(d) innovative, serve

(e) glorious, aware

9. Today our artisans
are ________ the competition of low-priced imported goods, which are ________
the market.

(a) feeling, dictating

(b) facing, invading

(c) sensing, penetrating

(d) witnessing, selling

(e) fearing, spreading

10. With the
overwhelming majority ________ in rural areas and making a living, concern for
those at the ________ end should
stir us time and again.

(a) languishing, far

(b) panic-stricken, slender

(c) trapped, other

(d) clotted, fag

(e) residing, receiving

Solutions:

1. No Error.
2. ‘has’ should be replaced by ‘had’.
3. ‘for’ should be replaced by ‘of’
4. “began” should be replaced with “begin”
5. ‘with’ should be replaced by ‘for’.

Winners:
1. Francisco – 8/10
2. Dreamer/S@M – First to give – 7/10
3. Optimus Prime – 7/10  – 2nd to give.