English Quizzes For Bank Foundation 2023 -22nd August

Directions (1-9): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error 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. My friend lived at the top (A)/ of an old house (B)/ which had been (C)/ converted into a flat. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q2. A public safety advertising (A)/campaign in Russia (B)/ hope to draw attention (C)/ of pedestrians crossing the road. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q3. A cash prize was (A)/ award to the most (B)/ successful salesman of the (C)/ year by the President of the company. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q4. The Renaissance was (A)/ a time to ‘re-awakening’ (B)/ in both the arts (C)/ and the science. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q5. Sugar-sweetened drinks does not (A)/ pose any particular health risk, and (B)/ are not a unique risk factor (C)/ for obesity or heart disease. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q6. Airline managements should note (A)/ that the ultimate passenger unfriendliness (B)/ is to have their planes crash (C)/ due to adopted of unsafe procedures. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q7. The award ceremony ended (A)/ on a note of good cheer (B)/ with audiences responding warmly (C)/ to its lineup of films. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q8. Meenakshi’s performance in the (A) / film was better than (B) / Sangeeta’s but not (C) / so better as Madhuri’s. (D) / No Error. (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q9. The actress was ordered to (A)/ wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet and (B)/ submit to random weekly drug testing after (C)/ she failed to appear for a court date last week. (D)/ No error (E)
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Directions (10-10): In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence has been italicized. Below are given alternatives to the part italicized which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. Wherever no improvement is needed choose ‘No correction required’ or ‘No Improvement’ as the answer.

Q10. The increased time devoting to watch television is one of the important causes of decline in reading ability.
(a) devoted for the watch
(b) devoted to watching
(c) devoted for the watch of the
(d) devoted to keep watch
(e) No correction required

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘has’ in place of ‘had’ as present perfect passive verb should be used because ‘an old house’ in the past is converted into a ‘flat’ now.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘hopes’ in place of ‘hope’ as in the sentence the subject ‘campaign’ is singular.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use ‘awarded’ as the subject ‘A cash prize’ is passive hence verb should be passive too.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use ‘for’ in place of ‘to’.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Sugar-sweetened drinks do not’ is correct use as plural subject is followed by plural verb.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘due to adoption (Noun) of unsafe procedures’ is correct use.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. The plural of audience is audience only. So, ‘with audience responding warmly’ is correct use.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘good’ will be used in place of ‘better’ as when two persons/ things is compared in positive degree, then ‘so/ as + positive degree + as’ is used.
Ex. Rakhi is not so/ as good as Venna.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. No error.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Here, time is ‘devoted’ to ‘doing’ something. So the correct from coming after ‘to’ is ‘watching’.