English Quizzes For Bank Foundation 2023- 28th January

Directions (1-8): Read each sentence to find out whether there is anygrammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be one part of the sentence. Thenumber of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignorethe errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q1. I have been knowing Sumedh (A)/for two years now, but (B)/earlier it was like we (C)/ met each other, chatted and left (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q2. Fertiliser should be made (A)/ available to all the needy(B)/farmers as and when (C)/due, certainly before the rain will fall (D)/ No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q3. If we had strong campaign-finance (A)/ disclosure rules, Larry Householder would (B)/not have been able to pervert our political (C)/system the way that he did. (D)/ No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q4. I have been adoring Konkona’s (A)/ work and it was simply (B)/mesmerising for me to (C)/see her perform (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q5. We all have to (A)/make this victory a (B)/special moment inside and (C)/kept it forever inside (D)/ No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q6. Shamet hopes to continue (A)/to be without symptoms and (B)/can rejoin the team after he (C)/ will completed his quarantine (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q7. Agencies and authorities are keeping (A)/the Children’s Special Allowance for itself (B)/ and getting a single envelope (C)/of funding from the province (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Q8. Patience is the acceptance that (A)/things can happen in a (B)/ different order than (C)/ you have in mind (D)/ No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error

Directions (9-15): In the following questions, a word is given in bold followed by three sentences. Choose the appropriate option mentioning the sentence(s) that uses the highlighted word in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.

Q9.
Upend
(I) There are two new entrants —two telecom companies—in the Indian market trying to upend video-conferencing.
(II) An Israeli startup is raising $30 million from Singaporean venture capital firms and other investors to upend agricultural businesses in Asia.
(III) Federal energy regulators dismissed a proposal that would have effectively upended an essential solar policy, according to clean energy advocates.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q10.
Efficacy
(I) CytoDyn released safety data on its experimental drug for Covid-19 but efficacy data were conspicuously absent.
(II) When discussing the South Indian efficacies with friends who aren’t familiar with them, I have been met with quizzical looks and many questions.
(III) 50% efficacy falls short of what some researchers have concluded would have been needed to quash the COVID-19 outbreak.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q11.
Dilemma
(I) The committee set the dilemma for the next several years of research.
(II) One way of dealing with the dilemma is recognition that the hurt inner child isn’t the only inner child one has available to connect with.
(III) A similar dilemma arises for those who condemn termination in any circumstances but support the death penalty.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q12.
Salvage
(I) The UAE has urged the international community to salvage the prospects of peace between Palestine and Israel during the UN Security Council quarterly open debate
(II) He tried to salvage a silver cup embellished with antique gold medallions but threw it back at gunpoint.
(III) Given its lowly valuation, a growing number of brokers believe that the car salvage specialist is a sitting duck for a predator.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q13.
Discernible
(I) One type of filter was not discernible to all the gases used, so the masks were ineffective sometimes.
(II) Although no clearly discernible patterns of theory seem to be present, there is a clear choice of what part of development to study.
(III) He died in 1215, without having enjoyed any discernible success in establishing a self-standing Zen institution.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q14.
Impoverish
(I) Underdevelopment is the process by which capitalist forces expand to subdue and impoverish the Third World.
(II) After the defeat at Simbirsk, some other atamans impoverished Razin and gave him up to the authorities.
(III) In short, deficits undertaken to finance productive investment not only do not impoverish our grandchildren, they enrich them.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Q15.
Abomination
(I) I will never bring myself to describe such an intense and ungodly sight as this abomination of evil.
(II) She read one sentence and could hardly believe that such abomination could possibly exist let alone be described.
(III) Serving cheap, low-quality food and beverages to ungrateful men and women wearing polyester is an abomination.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) All of (I), (II) and (III)

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Have known” will be used instead of “have been knowing” because verbs like know, mean, suppose, understand are used in Indefinite or Perfect tense.
E.g. (i) I have known you for years.
(ii) I have not understood her since I met her.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. “fall” will be used instead of “will fall” because in clause beginning with before, if, when, Future tense is not used. Instead, for relating to future events, Present Indefinite Tense is used.
e.g. Nobody will leave this room before the invigilator ask.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. “If we had had” will be used instead of “If we had” because to express the unfulfilled wish, condition, desire of past, Past perfect tense is used in Conditional Clause. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. “have adored” will be used instead of “have been adoring” because verbs like adore, admire, believe, rely, trust, hope etc. are not used in continuous or Present continuous tense. Usually, these verbs are used in Indefinite tense or Perfect tense.
e.g. I admire her singing (not am admiring)
I have admired her since I met her.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. “keep” will be used instead of “Kept” because here, two infinitives are connected with conjunction “And”. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. “has completed” will be used instead of “will completed” because for Future sense, Present Indefinite tense ‘Shamet hopes to continue’. Also,
He has to complete his quarantine before he joins the team, so for this, Present Perfect Tense will be used.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. “themselves” will be used instead of “itself” because the subject “agencies and authorities” is not used as collective noun here. It represents their members hence they are in plural number. Therefore, ‘are keeping” is used. So, reflexive pronoun will be themselves and not itself. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. “the one” will be used after“than” as comparison is between the “Two orders”. One in which the things can happen and second, that you have in your mind.In other words, things can happen in a different order than the order you have in mind. So to denote the second order,‘the one’ should be used. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. Upend: set or turn (something) on its end or upside down.
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
In (II), Delicacies will be appropriate instead of efficacies.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Dilemma: A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.
Quandary, Predicament, Difficulty, Problem, Conundrum
In (I), agenda will be appropriate instead of dilemma.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. Salvage: To try to make a bad situation better.
Rescue, Retrieve, Recover
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. Discernible: Able to be discerned.
Perceptible, Visible, Detectable, Noticeable, Observable
In (I), Adaptable will be used instead of discernible.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. Impoverish: Make (a person or area) poor.
Weaken, Sap, Exhaust, Drain, Empty
In (II), Betrayed will be appropriate instead of impoverish.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. Abomination: A thing that causes disgust or loathing.
Atrocity, Loathing, Hatred, Aversion
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.