English Quiz for Upcoming IBPS Bank Exams – Set 16 | Sentence Correction

1. A fire in an
enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the
fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.

(A) flames
spreading

(B) flame
spreads

(C) flames are
caused to spread

(D) causing
flames to spread

(E) causing
spreading of the flames

2. Roy Wilkins
was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation
through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to
imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like.

(A) so profound
many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember

(B) so profound
that many young Americans cannot imagine, much less remember

(C) so profound
many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember

(D) of such
profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember

(E) of such
profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to
remember

3. The
residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled an old debate among
those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who feel that the
pesticides are necessary to save the trees.

(A) among those
who oppose the use of pesticides and

(B) between
those who oppose the use of pesticides and

(C) among those
opposing the use of pesticides with

(D) between
those who oppose the use of pesticides with

(E) among those
opposing the use of pesticides and

4. In cold-water
habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starches into complex
carbohydrates called glycerols, in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze.

(A) in effect
manufacturing its own antifreeze

(B) effectively
manufacturing antifreeze of its own

(C) in effect
manufacturing their own antifreeze.

(D) so that they
manufacture their own antifreeze

(E) thus the
manufacture of its own antifreeze

5. Slips of the
tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather
are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms
in the brain.

(A) but rather
are the result from

(B) and instead
are the result from

(C) being rather
the result of

(D) and rather
result from

(E) but rather
result from

6. The new
contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.

(A) forbids a
strike by the transportation union

(B) forbids the
transportation union from striking

(C) forbids that
there be a strike by the transportation union

(D) will forbid
the transportation union from striking

(E) will forbid
that the transportation union strikes

7. Monitoring
heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small
transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording
machines.

(A) Monitoring
heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small transmitters
broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines.

(B) Monitoring
the exercise of heart patients, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by
small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording
machines

(C) Small
transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording
machines are now used to monitor the exercise of both heart patients and
athletes.

(D) Broadcasting
physiological measurements to nearby recording machines, small transmitters are
now used to monitor heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising.

(E) Both
athletes exercising and heart patients’ exercise are now monitored by small
transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording
machines.

8. The
commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word “natural”
to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives,
or nothing that has been synthesized.

(A) or nothing
that has been

(B) nor anything
that was

(C) and nothing
that is

(D) or anything
that has been

(E) and anything

9. Bringing
the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the
Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during
a period of wage and price controls.

(A) Bringing the
Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World
War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of
wage and price controls.

(B) What brought
the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second
World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a
period of wage and price controls.

(C) That which
brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the
Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during
a period of wage and price controls.

(D) What has
brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after
the Second World War was a special price increase that the government
sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.

(E) To bring the
Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World
War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price
controls that government sanctioned.

10. Like
Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered
principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn,
Schubert

(B) Like Haydn,
Schubert also

(C) As has
Haydn, Schubert

(D) As did
Haydn, Schubert also

(E) As Haydn
did, Schubert also