English Language Quize for Bank Foundation 2023-14th July

Directions (1-5): Read each of the sentences to find out whether there is any 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, mark option (e) as your answer.

Q1. Efficient composting is possible (A)/ through an optimal combination of (B)/ microbes and temperature to (C)/producing a nutrient-dense soil conditioner. (D)/

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q2. Many Commonwealth jurisdictions have (A)/abolished criminal libel as an offence and even the English, (B)/ who brought this provision on India’s(C)/ statute book, did so a decade ago. (D)/

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q3. Its hardly needs to be emphasised (A)/that water is a scarce and endangered (B)/resource with both rivers(C)/ and groundwater in India running dry. (D)/

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q4. Mankind has lived for thousands(A)/ of years without electricity, as indeed is still (B)/the case for 30 per cent of its villages(C)/, but no substitute has yet be found for water. (D)/

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q5. The recent Election Commission (EC) data indicates that there is a spurt in the (A)/number of eligible women voters from 47 to 48.13 per cent and among the newly (B)/enrolled voters, 4.35 crore are women, while 3.80 crore are men, which means (C)/that more than half of the first time voters will be women in 2019. (D)/

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, a sentence has been given wherein a word/group of words has been given in bold. Some alternatives are suggested for the bold words/group of words, one of which improves the sentence. In case no improvement is needed in the sentence, your answer is ‘No improvement’.

Q6. He said that businesses will have to strive for top performance and will be hold accountable.

(a) hold accounts

(b) hold accountancy

(c) be held accountable

(d) be held accounting

(e) No improvement

Q7. Banks are exploring the feasibility of incorporating blockchain solution for doing payments processes faster, cheaper and more transparent.

(a) with a view to make

(b) accepting payments

(c) getting payment

(d) in order to make

(e) No improvement

Q8. He is not only known for his learning but also for his wealth.

(a) only not known for his learning

(b) known not only for his learning

(c) known only for his learning

(d) for his learning not only known

(e) No improvement

Q9. I worked in this school since 2010.

(a) am working

(b) have been working

(c) had worked

(d) have been worked

(e) No improvement

Q10. His son is now out of reach due to bad company.

(a) out of sight

(b) out of decision

(c) out of control

(d) out of relation

(e) No improvement

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Error is in part D. ‘To’ will take first form of verb. Use ‘produce’ in place of ‘producing’.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. No Error

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Error is in part A. Use ‘It’ in place of ‘Its’. ‘Its’ denotes belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Error is in part D. Use ‘been’ and not ‘be’.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. No error

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘be held accountable’ as the ‘be’ will always be followed by the third form of the verb

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘in order to make’ is the grammatically correct alternative

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘known not only for his learning’ as the sentence is having two parts which are connected with the connector “not only…..but also”. Thus, this is the only alternative which makes it grammatically correct.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘have been working’ is the grammatically correct alternative

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘out of control’ makes the contextual sense