English Language Quiz For SBI Clerk Prelims 2023 -11th October

Direction (1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q1. As soon as he reached the venue, (a)/ he enquired at the supervisor (b)/ about the closing time (c)/ of the examination. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. We did not (a)/ participate in the (b)/ programme (c)/ yesterday (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. No effort has been made at all (a)/ to cash on (b)/ the refurnished image (c)/ of Indian tennis. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. Political education in real sense (a)/ should develop people (b)/ who will be committed to (c)/ bringing social charge (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. The police accused him (a)/ for setting fire to the building (b)/ but he denied having been (c)/ in the area on the night of the fire. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q6. The Police asked (a)/ each of us about (b)/ his movements (c)/ on the night of the crime. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. Never before have (a)/ the achievements of technology so conspicuous (b)/ as today when man (c)/ has set his foot on the moon. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Quantum dots lie (a)/ somewhere on between and (b)/ behave in ways that neither (c)/ atoms nor bulk materials do. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. How to solve the problem (a)/ is the main concern (b)/ of the organisers (c)/ at the moment. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. After toiling very hard (a)/ over a long period (b)/ he found he had hardly (c)/ made no profit at all. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solutions

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘of’ will be used in place of ‘at’ because enquire of somebody, enquire into a case, enquire about something is used. Ex. They enquired of me, The police enquired into the case, She enquired about the result.
S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. No. error
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘in’ will be used between ‘cash’ and ‘on’ because the use of ‘cash in on’ is idiomatic which means to get benefit.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Use ‘bring social change’ in place of ‘bringing social charge’.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘of’ is used in place ‘for’ because preposition ‘of’ is used after ‘accuse’. Ex. The teacher accused him of stealing.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘been’ should be used after ‘technology’ because the sentence is in passive form.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The error is in part (b) of the sentence. The correct phrase should be “somewhere in between” instead of “somewhere on between.”
S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. Use ‘any’ in place of ‘no’ as after “hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom etc.”, ‘any’ is used and not ‘no’. Ex. He hardly feels any problem.