Basic English Language Quiz for All Banking Exams- 5th May

Directions (1-15): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is no error, answer is (e). Avoid punctuation mistakes (if any).

Q1. Possible Worlds’ (a)/ Episode 1 takes viewers (b)/ on a wild ride with (c)/ the Ship of Imagination(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q2. Book you (a)/ have in your hand (b)/ is different than (c)/ that on the table(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q3. I’m as fond (a)/ of lad as if he (b)/ was a bit of my (c)/ own flesh and blood(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q4. Dmitri was too fond (a)/ of the customs (b)/ of west to (c)/ satisfy the Muscovites(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q5. Fake Accounts (a)/ were such Good (b)/ Idea, they thought (c)/ of It Twice(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q6. The Beavers are showing (a)/ that quarterback depth (b)/ could be a ace up (c)/ their sleeve this season(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q7. Those of us (a)/ within WordPress community can(b)/ lead the charge by (c)/ sharing our experiences and advice(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q8. What sort of (a)/ regular communications you (b)/ will send (c)/ out to class? (d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q9. One of Britain’s biggest (a)/ companies has thrown (b)/ its weight behind (c)/ Great British Spring Clean(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q10. In a shocking incident, (a)/ a speeding car rammed into (b)/ four Class 12 girls in (c)/ Alappuzha in the Kerala(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q11. Ms. Gambrell’s (a)/ translations appeared (b)/ as the English supertitles (c)/ above the set(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q12. Air India Milan-Delhi flight (a)/ quarantined at Delhi airport, (b)/ passengers face (c)/ screening for COVID-19(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q13. We are quite fond (a)/ of this house because (b)/ we are living in it (c)/ for last five years(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q14. To share the destiny (a)/ of such man was to ensure (b)/ a life that could not (c)/ pass unrecorded(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Q15. In fact, stature (a)/ is usually one (b)/ of the characteristics (c)/ of the variety(d)/ No error (e)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
(e) e

Practice More Questions of English for Competitive Exams:

Solutions

S1. Ans. (e)
Sol. There is no error in the given sentence.

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. Article ‘the’ needs to be placed before ‘book’ because we are talking about specific book.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Article ‘the’ is missing before ‘lad’. ‘the’ is used when parallelism is drawn between two things.

S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘the’ will be used before ‘west’ because here ‘west’ is referring to ‘people living in Europe and North America’.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Article ‘a’ needs to be used before ‘good’ because when ‘such, quite, etc’ are placed before noun, ‘a’ is used before that noun.

S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. Article ‘a’ needs to be replaced with ‘an’ because ‘a’ in ‘ace’ is vowel.

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. Article ‘the’ is to be used before ‘WordPress’ because we use definite article before name of community.

S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the given sentence we are talking about specific class, so article ‘the’ should be used before it.

S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘the’ should be used before ‘Great British’ because ‘the’ is used before adjective it is followed by proper noun.

S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘the’ is incorrectly used here because we do not use article before name of state (with some exceptions)

S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘the’ is incorrectly used here because we do not use article (the) before name of language.

S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. There is no error in the given sentence.

S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘the’ will be used before ‘last’ because definite article is used before ordinals.

S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. Article ‘a’ needs to be used before ‘man’ because when noun is placed after ‘such, quite, how, etc.’, ‘a’ is used before noun.

S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. There is no error in the given sentence.