Sentence Correction Quiz for Bank PO Exams 2016-17 – Set 1



Hello and welcome to exampundit . So here is the first of 50 Sets of Sentence Correction/Improvement Quizzes.

1. A “calendar stick” carved
centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the
North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
on systematic astronomical observation.
  1. that the North American Indians
    have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
  2. of the North American Indians who
    have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
  3. of the development of advanced
    full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
  4. of the North American Indians and
    their development of advanced full-year calendars based
  5. that the North American Indians
    developed advanced full-year calendars based

2. A 1972 agreement between Canada
and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities
had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
  1. reduced the amount of phosphates
    that municipalities had been allowed to dump
  2. reduced the phosphate amount that
    municipalities had been dumping
  3. reduces the phosphate amount municipalities
    have been allowed to dump
  4. reduced the amount of phosphates
    that municipalities are allowed to dump
  5. reduces the amount of phosphates
    allowed for dumping by municipalities

3. A collection of 38 poems by
Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a
Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
  1. it was only the second published
    by an American woman
  2. it was only the second that an
    American woman published
  3. the second one only published by
    an American woman
  4. the second one only that an
    American woman published
  5. only the second published by an
    American woman

4. A common disability in test pilots
is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet
engines for long periods of time.
  1. a consequence of sitting too close
    to large jet engines for long periods of time
  2. a consequence from sitting for
    long periods of time too near to large jet engines
  3. a consequence which resulted from
    sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
  4. damaged from sitting too near to
    large jet engines for long periods of time
  5. damaged because they sat too close
    to large jet engines for long periods of time

5. A controversial figure throughout
most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some
Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of
freedom.
  1. that some Blacks return to Africa,
    the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
  2. that some Blacks return to the
    African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
  3. that some Blacks return to Africa
    which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
  4. some Black’s returning to Africa
    which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
  5. some Black’s return to the land
    symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

6. 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.
  1. flames spreading
  2. flame spreads
  3. flames are caused to spread
  4. causing flames to spread
  5. causing spreading of the flames

7. A firm that specializes in the
analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can
assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm,
imagination, and ambition.
  1. from a one-page writing sample
    that it can assess
  2. from a one-page writing sample it
    has the ability of assessing
  3. the ability, from a one-page
    writing sample, of assessing
  4. to be able, from a one-page
    writing sample, to assess
  5. being able to assess, from a
    one-page writing sample,

8. A huge flying reptile that died
out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a
wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the
world has ever seen.
  1. believed to be
  2. and that is believed to be
  3. and it is believed to have been
  4. which was, it is believed,
  5. which is believed to be

9. A Labor Department study states
that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a
thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than
sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
  1. numbers of women employed outside
    the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
  2. numbers of women employed outside
    the home grew more than thirty-five percent
  3. numbers of women employed outside
    the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
  4. number of women employed outside
    the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
  5. number of women employed outside
    the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

10. A large rise in the number of
housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by
several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health
much more robust than five years ago.
  1. making the construction industry’s
    economic health much more robust than five years ago
  2. and make the construction
    industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
  3. making the construction industry’s
    economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
  4. to make the construction
    industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
  5. in making the construction
    industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago

11. A letter by Mark Twain, written
in the same year as The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial
assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
  1. A letter by Mark Twain, written in
    the same year as The Adventures of
    Huckleberry Finn     were published,
  2. A letter by Mark Twain, written in
    the same year of publication as The
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn    ,
  3. A letter by Mark Twain, written in
    the same year that The Adventures of
    Huckleberry Finn     was published,
  4. Mark Twain wrote a letter in the
    same year as he published The Adventures
    of Huckleberry Finn     that
  5. Mark Twain wrote a letter in the
    same year of publication as The
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn     that

12. A little under a million years
ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North
Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or
created a cataclysm.
  1. whether the flood was gradual or
    created a cataclysm
  2. if the flood was gradual or
    created a cataclysm
  3. about whether the flood was
    gradual or cataclysmic
  4. whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
  5. whether the flood was gradual or
    it created a cataclysm

13. A majority of the international
journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that
they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
  1. that they will, or could,
  2. that they would, or could,
  3. they will be or could
  4. think that they will be or could
  5. think the power stations would or
    could

15. A migraine typically afflicts one
side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as
once every other month or often, as daily.
  1. as infrequently as once every
    other month or often, as
  2. as infrequently as once every
    other month or as often as
  3. infrequently, as often as once
    every other month, or often, like
  4. infrequently, like once every
    other month, or often, like
  5. infrequently, like once every
    other month, or as often as

16. A new phenomena, which is
visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars,
which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
  1. A new phenomena, which is visible
    at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which
    include many children and
  2. Visible at Managua’s major
    intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new
    phenomena that
  3. A new phenomenon visible at
    Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them
    children, who
  4. Phenomenally new waves of vendors,
    beggars, and many children are visible at Managua’s major intersections, which
  5. A wave of vendors and beggars,
    many of whom are children, are visible at Managua’s major intersections, where
    they are a new phenomenon and

17. A number of linguists contend that
all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people can
be traced back to a common root language.
  1. that all of the thousands of
    languages spoken by the world’s five billion people can be traced
  2. that the world’s five billion
    people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
  3. the world’s five billion people
    speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
  4. all of the thousands of languages
    spoken by the world’s five billion people to be traceable
  5. the ability to trace all of the
    thousands of languages that are spoken by the world’s five billion people

A patient accusing a doctor of
malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of
some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
  1. if there is a lack of some other
    doctor to testify
  2. unless there will be another
    doctor to testify
  3. without another doctor’s testimony
  4. should there be no testimony from
    some other doctor
  5. lacking another doctor to testify

18. A peculiar feature of the
embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the
cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized
orientations exclusive of one another.
  1. beating in unison and adopting
  2. they beat in unison while adopting
  3. beat in unison, and adopt
  4. beating in unison yet adopting
  5. even though they beat in unison
    and adopt

19. A President entering the final two
years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often
unable to carry out a legislative program.
  1. likely to be at a severe
    disadvantage and is often unable to
  2. likely severely disadvantaged and
    often unable to
  3. liable to be severely
    disadvantaged and cannot often
  4. liable that he or she is at a severe
    disadvantage and cannot often
  5. at a severe disadvantage, often
    likely to be unable that he or she can

20. A prolific architect who worked
from the turn of the century until the late 1950’s, Julia Morgan designed
nearly 800 buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph
Hearst’s monumental estate at San Simeon.
  1. Julia Morgan designed nearly 800
    buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearst’s
    monumental estate at San Simeon
  2. perhaps the most notable of the
    nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan was William
    Randolph Hearst’s monumental estate at San Simeon
  3. of the nearly 800 buildings in
    California designed by Julia Morgan, perhaps the most notable was William
    Randolph Hearst’s monumental estate at San Simeon
  4. nearly 800 buildings in California
    were designed by Julia Morgan, of which William Randolph Hearst’s monumental
    estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable
  5. William Randolph Hearst’s
    monumental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800
    buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan

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Answers:

  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 1
  5. 4
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. 3
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. 4
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. 3
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. 1

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