English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2023-20th December

Directions (1-5): Each question below contains four different sentences. Spot the sentence which contains a grammatical or contextual error. If all the sentences appear to be correct, then choose option “All are correct” as your answer.

Q1.
(a) He said he had new evidence, but refused to elaborate any further.
(b) Store manager yield to the CEO and gave in to his demands even though he didn’t agree with them.
(c) Bad weather compounded the travellers’ problems since they were already stranded on the side of the road.
(d) Although their graduation dates coincided, the two classmates never knew each other during college.
(e) All are correct

Q2.
(a) The US has expelled 12 members of Russia’s UN mission from America for being “intelligence operatives”.
(b) After years of home cooked meals prepared by mom, the young man began to associate comfort food off love.
(c) Several parts of Bengaluru will face disruption in water supply on March 3 as authorities will carry out pipeline-linking work across the city.
(d) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a ban on imports of crude oil from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
(e) All are correct

Q3.
(a) Piracy is a difficult crime to punish because it is often committed online.
(b) As Europe plunges into uncertainty following a Russian invasion of Ukraine, global markets are feeling pressure and nervousness.
(c) TikTok has started rolling out the ability that allow users to upload videos that are up to 10 minutes long.
(d) American rock band Green Day has decided to cancel its upcoming concert in Moscow in the wake of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
(e) All are correct

Q4.
(a) The botanist used a blade to dissect and study parts of the withering plant.
(b) The author’s foreword was an introduction to his background in sociology.
(c) The White House on Monday said that President Joe Biden will host the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a special summit in the US from March 28-29.
(d) Delhi government has started reducing COVID-19 beds in hospitals at cases have started declining.
(e) All are correct

Q5.
(a) India was among the 13 countries that abstained from voting at the United Nations Human Rights Council session to hold an urgent debate on Ukraine crisis.
(b) Because of ineffective leadership, the office workers had little guidance or support to grow their skill set.
(c) New Zealand is set to end quarantine curbs for vaccinated nationals returning to the country from Thursday onwards, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said.
(d) Finland will send weapons and ammunition to Ukraine amid ongoing Russian military offensive, PM Sanna Marin said on Monday.
(e) All are correct

Solutions

S1. Ans (b)
Sol. The error lies in sentence (b).
The use of yield is incorrect.
The sentence is talking about a past event, hence using past tense form. Therefore, the verb will take past form as well, i.e., yielded.

S2. Ans (b)
Sol. The error lies in sentence (b).
Preposition with will take place of preposition off.
The word associate will take the preposition with.

S3. Ans (c)
Sol. The error lies in sentence (c).
Since the ability is a singular noun, the verb will take the form of allows.

S4. Ans (d)
Sol. The error lies in sentence (d).
As will replace at because it states the reason for the reducing of COVID-19 beds in hospitals.

S5. Ans (e)
Sol. All of the mentioned sentences make grammatical and contextual sense.