English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 -10th July

Directions (1-10): In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These words may or may not be in their correct position. Following each sentence four sequences are provided. Select the sequence of the words which will make the given sentence contextually meaningful. If the words are correct at their current position, then choose option (e) as your answer.

Q1. Because some people had agree (A) with the bill, the petition (B) amended it to a Senate (C) that everyone could issues (D) with.

(a) DCBA

(b) BADC

(c) ADCB

(d) CADB

(e) No interchange required

Q2. If you want to completing (A) your job, you need to be scrupulous (B) about keep (C) your work in the proper fashion (D).

(a) ABDC

(b) CBAD

(c) DBCA

(d) BDAC

(e) No interchange required

Q3. It will probably (A) take me two days to walk because (B) the large mall through (C) it appears to have innumerable (D) stores.

(a) BADC

(b) CBAD

(c) DACB

(d) ACBD

(e) No interchange required

Q4. The playoffs (A) team was a long shot (B) but surprisingly (C) made the mediocre (D) this year.

(a) CBAD

(b) BADC

(c) ACBD

(d) DBCA

(e) No interchange required

Q5. Yoga is such a exercise (A) form of healthy (B) that it is able to vitalize (C) and enliven one’s mind (D).

(a) ABDC

(b) CDAB

(c) BACD

(d) DBCA

(e) No interchange required

Q6. The book was glossary (A), but it contained a confusing (B) that explained some of the scientific jargon (C) in the last few pages (D).

(a) DCAB

(b) BACD

(c) CBAD

(d) ABDC

(e) No interchange required

Q7. If you want to make your steps (A) real (B), you must take dreams (C) to make them materialize (D).

(a) BDAC

(b) ADCB

(c) CDAB

(d) DCBA

(e) No interchange required

Q8. While toddler (A) in the bath tub, the playing (B) loved to make his toy boat water (C) over into the keel (D).

(a) DCBA

(b) BADC

(c) ADCB

(d) CADB

(e) No interchange required

Q9. A teacher’s thematic (A) approach to reading (B) short stories may help students similarities (C) the understand (D) in these stories.

(a) ABDC

(b) CBAD

(c) DBCA

(d) BDAC

(e) No interchange required

Q10. The intense (A) of the car crash was so impact (B) that it splintered (C) the driver’s femur into shattered (D) shards.

(a) BADC

(b) CBAD

(c) DACB

(d) ABDC

(e) No interchange required

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. In the given sentence, “agree & issues” and “petition & Senate” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that because some people had issues with the bill, the Senate amended it to a petition that everyone could agree with. Thus, the correct arrangement will be DCBA.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “Because some people had issues with the bill, the Senate amended it to a petition that everyone could agree with.”

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the given sentence, “completing & keep” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that if you want to keep you job, you need to need to be scrupulous about completing your work in the proper fashion. Thus, the correct arrangement will be CBAD.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “If you want to keep your job, you need to be scrupulous about completing your work in the proper fashion.”

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the given statement, “because & through” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that it will probably take me two days to walk through the large mall because it appears to have innumerable stores. Thus, the correct arrangement will be ACBD.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “It will probably take me two days to walk through the large mall because it appears to have innumerable stores.”

S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the given statement, “playoffs & mediocre” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is talking about the mediocre team which was a long shot but surprisingly made the playoffs this year. Thus, the correct arrangement will be DBCA.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “The mediocre team was a long shot but surprisingly made the playoffs this year.”

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. In the given statement, “exercise & healthy” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that the yoga is such a healthy form of exercise that it is able to vitalize and enliven one’s mind. Thus, the correct arrangement will be BACD.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “Yoga is such a healthy form of exercise that it is able to vitalize and enliven one’s mind.”

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the given statement, “glossary & confusing” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is talking about the book which was confusing but it contained a glossary that explained some of the scientific jargon in the last few pages. Thus, the correct arrangement will be BACD.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “The book was confusing, but it contained a glossary that explained some of the scientific jargon in the last few pages.”

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. In the given statement, “steps & dreams” and “real & materialize” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that if you want to make your dreams materialize, you must take steps to make them real. Thus, the correct arrangement will be CDAB.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “If you want to make your dreams materialize, you must take steps to make them real.”

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the given statement, “toddler & playing” and “water & keel” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that while playing in the bath tub, the toddler loved to make his toy boat keel over into the water. Thus, the correct arrangement will be BADC.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “While playing in the bath tub, the toddler loved to make his toy boat keel over into the water.”

S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. In the given statement, “similarities & understand” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is talking about a teacher’s thematic approach to reading short stories may help students understand the similarities in these stories. Thus, the correct arrangement will be ABDC.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “A teacher’s thematic approach to reading short stories may help students understand the similarities in these stories.”

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. In the given statement, “intense & impact” and “splintered & shattered” are incorrectly placed as the given statement is saying that the impact of the car crash was so impact that it shattered the driver’s femur into splintered shards. Thus, the correct arrangement will be BADC.
No other rearrangement results in a meaningful sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence formed will be, “The impact of the car crash was so intense that it shattered the driver’s femur into splintered shards.”