English Questions For IBPS PO Mains 2017

Q1. A. he _____  his ambition to become a press photographer
B. The police crackdown on speeders _____ its purpose.
C. This year, our company was able to  ____ all of its production goals.
(a)get
(b)receive
(c)see
(d)achieved
(e) imagine

Q3. A. Data for the study was _____ from hospital records.
B. she seemed ________  and unaware of her surroundings
C. his pockets contained all he had been able to ______  from the flat
(a)seen
 (b)abstracted
(c)disturbed
(d)see
(e) reported

Q4. A. Some pilots consider the infrared marker to be _________  to the close air-support mission to support ground troops.
B. All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the ______  information.
C. The independence of the electoral commission and the integrity of the supreme court as arbiter of disputes are _____  for a decent election.
(a)crucial
(b)big
(c)vast
(d)stretched
(e) understood

Q5. A. I think his name is John, ______  I’m not completely sure about that.
B. he says he has the team shirt, _______  I’ve never seen him wear it
C. Certainly this could happen, ______  the odds are remote.
(a)and
(b)against
(c)also
(d)although
(e) provided

Q6. A. The cost of materials is an example of an ____ of a building project.
B. The Old Faithful geyser is an example of one ____ of the experience of Yellowstone Park.
C. Their gods are primarily human in ____  .
(a)nature
(b)idea
(c)aspect
(d)gesture
(e) race

Q7.A.This study has a broader ______ than previous studies on the subject have had.
B.it is important that a project is ______ correctly to ensure the budget can be accurately defined.
C. By the time we’d ______ out the problem, it was too late.
(a)area
(b)description
(c)reach
(d)scoped
(e) seen

Q8. A. We need to find ways to _____ overcrowding in our schools.
B. She tried to ______ the tension by making a joke.
C. His latest book is a long, serious novel ______ only by the occasional joke.
(a)discover
(b)relieve
(c)increase
(d)aggravate
(e)code

Q9.A.The general used a long ruler to ____ on the map exactly where the troops would land.
B. We asked how to get to the rear entrance, and he ______ a path leading around the right side of the building.
C. A pronoun used as a direct object ________ the person or thing receiving the action.  
(a)telling
(b)indicate
(c)draw
(d)map
(e)help

Q10.A. My grandmother’s ring is my most ______ possession.
B. The island is ________ by walkers and conservationists
C.The ransom was to be paid in diamonds and ______ .
(a)isolated
(b)treasured
(c) amount
(d)cash
(e) love

Directions (11-15): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and there is no correction required (e) as the answer.

Q11. There has to be efficiently and accountable functioning of the administrative machinery, eradication of corruption, protection of the academic interests of youth, and the early conduct of pending elections to self-governing bodies.
(a)There has to be efficient and accountable functioning of the administrative machinery
(b) There has to be an efficient and accountable functioning of the administration machinery
(c) There have to be efficient and accountable function of the administrative machinery
(d) Their has to be efficient and accountable functioning of the administrative machinery
(e) No correction required

Q12. Contrary to the apprehensions raised, instead a few districts cornering the bulk of medical seats, the year saw much equitable distribution, with districts considered backward gaining substantial seats compared to the previous years.
(a) instead of  few districts cornering the bulk of medical seats, the year saw more equitable distribution
(b) instead of the few districts corner the bulk of medical seats, the year saw more equitable distribution
(c) instead of a few districts cornering the bulk of medical seats, the year saw more equitable distribution
(d) instead of a few districts cornering the bulk of medical seats, the year saw more equitably  distribution
(e) No correction required

Q13. The paradox of aid emphasizes the importance of good institutions to achieve better economic conditions in the developing world, and the ineffectiveness of foreign aid to achieve a substantial improvement in living standards in the absence of the right institutions.
(a)and the ineffectiveness of foreign aid to achieving a substantial improvement in living standards in the absence upon the right institutions.
(b) and the ineffectiveness of foreigner aid to achieving a substantial improvement on living standards in the absence of the right institutions.
(c) and the ineffectively of foreign aid at achieve a substantially improvement in living standards in the absence of the righteous institutions.
(d) and the ineffectiveness of foreign aid to achieving a substantial improvement in living standards in the absence of the right institutions.
(e) No correction required

Q14.It is time the country embark over a new estimation of the pantheon of modern India’s nation builders.
(a) It is time the country embarks on a new estimation of the pantheon
(b) It is time the country embarking in a new estimation of the pantheon
(c) It is time the country embarked at  new estimation of the pantheon
(d) It is time the country embarked on a new estimation of the pantheon
(e) No correction required

Q15.Generations that living under British rule had a more equanimous and sympathetic view of the times though people fought for its end.
(a) Generations that lived under British rule have had a more equanimously and sympathetic view
(b) Generations that lived under British rule had had a more equanimous and sympathetic view
(c) Generations that lived under British rule has had a more equanimous and sympathetically view
(d) Generations that live under British rule had had a much equanimous and sympathetic view
(e) No correction required