Basic English Language Quiz for All Banking Exams- 24th May

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) Most of the funds
(b)we get from
(c)the centre is use to
(d) build roads, bridges and infrastructure.
(e) No error.

Q2.
(a) He immediately quit
(b) the course in which the enhancement of
(c) neither growth nor placements
(d) were expected.
(e) No error.

Q3.
(a) The sort of knowledge you acquire
(b) depend upon the company you are in
(c) and so you associate
(d) yourselves with sagacious and good natured people.
(e) No error.

Q4.
(a) He is
(b) one of the most intelligent
(c) boy in
(d) the school.
(e) No error.

Q5.
(a) That day when they
(b) brought him back,
(c) there was many old-timers
(d) who were shocked and fearful.
(e) No error.

Q6.
(a) I know that
(b) many a girl
(c) have not done their
(d) homework properly.
(e) No error.

Q7.
(a) Two miles beyond
(b) that building
(c) was seen
(d) thousands of protesters.
(e) No error.

Q8.
(a) A body of volunteers
(b) are responsible for
(c) making this political rally
(d) a great success.
(e) No error.

Q9.
(a) Experts believe that
(b) the large number of cancer cases in the area
(c) are directly related
(d) to the new nuclear power station.
(e) No errors.

Q10.
(a) If Martin Luther King
(b) was alive, he would feel sorry
(c) for the destitute who
(d) still struggle everyday to make both ends meet.
(e) No error.

Q11.
(a) Towns after towns were
(b) conquered
(c) by Alexander but
(d) he found no peace anywhere.
(e) No error.

Q12.
(a) Even after hours of discussion
(b) the committee
(c) could not come
(d) to a final conclusion.
(e) No error.

Q13.
(a) The cattle in the grazing ground
(b) was terrified to hear
(c) the roar of a lion which
(d) appeared to be wild with anger.
(e) No error.

Q14.
(a) This house
(b) is not built
(c) of stones
(d) but of love.
(e) No error.

Q15.
(a) I am looking
(b) for a lady tailor
(c) to stitch a dress
(d) for my daughter.
(e) No error

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Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘are’ should be used in place of ‘is’, since ‘funds’ is the main subject of the given sentence. Hence verb used should agree with the subject. Moreover ‘use to’ should be replaced by ‘used to’.

S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘was’ should be used in place of ‘were’. Since, the subject in the given sentence is ‘enhancement’ (which is singular). Hence, verb used should also be singular in order to agree with the subject.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘depends’ should be used in place of ‘depend’ since, ‘sort of ‘ is singular. Hence, singular verb should be used.

S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘boys’ should be used in place of ‘boy’. Since ‘one of ‘ is followed by plural nounpronoun.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘were’ should be used in place of ‘was’. Since, here verb must agree with first timers’.

S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘has’ should be used in place of ‘have’ and ‘her’ should be used in place of ‘their’. Since ‘many a’ is followed by a singular nounpronounverb.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘were’ should be used in place of ‘was’. since ‘thousands of protesters’ is the main subject of the given sentence, hence plural verb should be used.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘is’ should be used in place of ‘are’. Since collective noun like ‘body’ ,’team’, ‘group’, ‘class’, etc. are used as singular subjects and hence, singular verb should be used with them.

S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error.

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘were’ should be used in place of ‘was’ since, in imaginary sentences, ‘were’ form of ‘be’ is used.

S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Town after Town’ should be used in place of ‘Towns after Towns’.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. Remove ‘final’ as conclusion is always final. Hence, usage of final is superfluous.

S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘were’ should be used in place of ‘was’ since ‘cattle’ is a plural noun.

S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Stone’ should be used in place in place of ‘stones’. The nouns brick and stone are usually used in the singular form to talk about the material used to build a home.

S15. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Tailoress’ should be used in place of ‘lady tailor’. Since ‘Tailoress’ is feminine of ‘tailor’.

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