English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-12th February

Directions (1-5): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct?  If the sentence is correct as it is, and no correction is required, mark (e) as the answer

Q1. He firmly believes on punctuality and discipline.

(a) firmly believes in
(b) believes firmly with
(c) firm believer on
(d) firmly believes into
(e) No correction required

Q2. When they reach the airport, the flight had departed.

(a) While they reach
(b) When they reached
(c) When they had reach
(d) When they were reached
(e) No correction required

Q3. The police find it easy to prove the guilty but not innocent of the accused.

(a) guilt but not the innocence
(b) guilty but not innocence
(c) guilt not the innocent
(d) guilt but not innocents
(e) No correction required

Q4. Census reports in India have voiced concerned over the declining trend in the sex ratio.

(a) voice concern over the declined
(b) voiced concerned about the declining had
(c) voiced concern in the declining
(d) voiced concern over the declining
(e) No correction required

Q5. I have told the architect to put on his best in the assignment he was handling.

(a) to put in
(b) to have put up
(c) is putting to
(d) put down
(e) No correction required

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. We believe in something – we agree to it.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. When two events are of past, the first one is expressed in past perfect and the latter one is
expressed in past indefinite.

S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. guilt – the fact of having done something wrong.
innocence – the fact when someone is free of guilt. guilty and innocent are adjectives.

S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. voiced – expressed by saying/concern – worry.

S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. put in- to spent a lot of time or effort doing something.

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