English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-27th January

Directions (1-5): Read each of the following sentences to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of this part is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, mark option (e) as your answer.

Q1. The burning of coal and (A)/wood and the presence of many houses (B)/ in concentrate areas made the cities (C)/ the primary sources of pollution.(D)/
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q2. The spark that led to the mutiny (A)/ was the issue of new gunpowder (B)/ cartridges for the Enfield rifle, which (C)/ was insensitive to local religious prohibition.(D)/
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q3. When studying for final exams,(A)/ its a good idea to highlight the (B)/ most important ideas and relegate (C)/ the smaller details as insignificant.(D)/
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q4. At the end of the Rigvedic period,(A)/ the Aryan society began to expand (B)/ from the north western region off the (C)/ Indian subcontinent, into the western Ganges plain. (D)/
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q5. Other things being equal,(A)/ the broker would be better off (B)/ if he could hedge with equal(C)/ease against all his risks. (D)/
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Error is in part C. Use ‘concentrated’ in place of ‘concentrate’. ‘Concentrated’ is an adjective that means wholly directed to one thing.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. No Error

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Error is in part B. Use ‘it’s’ in place of ‘its’. ‘It’s’ means ‘It is’.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Error is in part C. Use of ‘off’ is incorrect. Correct usage is ‘of’.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. No Error

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