Basic English Language Quiz for All Banking Exams- 14th April

Directions (1-15): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is No error, answer is (e). Ignore the errors of punctuations (if any).

Q1. (a) She is either / (b) dumb or / (c) deaf, if / (d) not both. / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q2. (a) It was too cold for / (b) go out last evening / (c) so we all / (d) stayed at home. / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q3. (a) Mangoes taste / (b) more sweetly than / (c) any other fruit / (d) of this world. / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q4. (a) You have / (b) acted nobler / (c) than / (d) all of us. / (e) No error.
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q5. (a) I did not know hardly / (b) anyone in the college / (c) and so I felt lonely / (d) all the time. / (e)No error.
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q6. (a) Vijay could not / (b) scarely conceal his / (c) happiness at / (d) my resignation. / (e) No error.
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q7. (a) Natural catastrophes and epidemics are/ (b) part of nations’ lives and only/ (c) those who face / (d) manly overcome them .(e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q8. (a) We usual have / (b) a meeting of / (c) all department / (d) heads every Friday / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q9. (a) She does her / (b) work good / (c) as she is / (d) a trained nurse. / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q10. (a) My father / (b) is very quicker / (c) than I / (d) at Chess. / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q11. (a) A man of fifty / (b) cannot be / (c) called / (d) as young. / (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q12. (a) She had barely / (b) nothing to wear / (c) when she came / (d) to me for help. / (e) No error.
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q13. (a) Shweta and Rahul stay / (b) in the same residential/ (c) complex at Cantonment but/ (d) did not hardly know each other. (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q14. (a) Karnad carried the richness / (b) and depth of Indian civilisation / (c) nobler and less / (d) self-conscious than anyone else. (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Q15. (a) The last quarter/ (b) of the financial year is/ (c) usual strong for life/ (d) insurance companies. (e) No error
(a)a
(b)b
(c)c
(d)d
(e)e

Solutions

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Change ‘if not both’ into ‘if neither’

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Too” is followed ‘To’

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Taste’ is a verb of sensation that takes an adjective and not an adverb. Change ‘more sweetly’
into ‘sweeter’.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘more nobly’. ‘Nobler’ is an adjective and here we need an adverb.

S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. Hardly cannot take ‘not’ after it.

S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. Remove ‘not’. Since, not is not used with scarely.

S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. Change ‘manly’ into ‘manfully’. ‘Manly’ is adjective. It means ‘brave /strong’.

S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. “usually” is the right adverb

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Good’ is an adjective. Use adverb ‘well’ here.

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Much’ will come with ‘quicker’ (comparative degree).

S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Remove ‘as’.

S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Barely’ will not take ‘nothing’ after it. Change ‘nothing’ into ‘anything’.
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘hardly’ and ‘not’ are not used together. The correct phrase will be ‘but hardly knew’.

S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. Replace ‘nobler’ with ‘more nobly’. ‘Nobler’ is an adjective and here we need to place an adverb.

S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘usually’ must be used in place of ‘usual’.

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