English Quizzes For IBPS PO Prelims 2022- 3rd October

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) Many of the westerners when come to India, have difficulty with the way Hindus adore Gods in the forms of statues.
(B) You must have noticed how uneasy some of the western tourists look when they are in a living temple whether in Badrinath or Meenakshi.
(C) Yet, a few westerners, instead of rejecting outright this ‘Pagan’ habit of adoring stone idols, have tried to analyse it.
(D) How in heaven can there be any form, any divine presence in a piece of stone ?
(E) One such person was Alexander David Neel.
(F) They are stirred by memories of old childhood stories of how Christian missionaries had to battle these superstitious beliefs in idols to install an altar or a church.

Q1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) F
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a)F
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) B
(c) F
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) F
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last) sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) F
(c) C
(d)D
(e) E

Directions (6-15): Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q6. There was such (a)/ a crowd that (b)/ he would be not (c)/ find his brother. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. Whether a person (a)/ takes to smoking (b)/ depends a lot (c)/ in his social network. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Having managed the (a)/ team of two (b)/ years, he knew (c)/ his players well. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. Because of heavy (a)/ rains the trains (b)/ are disabled to (c)/ run on time. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. The idea of turning (a)/ invisible with the (b)/ swish of clock have (c)/ always fascinated scientists. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q11. She had seen (a)/ the approaching truck (b)/ and jumping (c)/ out of the way. (d)/No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q12. Every home and office (a)/ needs the latest equipment (b)/ for keep up (c)/ with times. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. The state government (a)/ has send reports (b)/ to the centre (c)/ on the situation. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q14. The principle that (a)/ a pen is mightier (b)/ then a sword (c)/ was known to early Greeks. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q15. Martha missed her dog (a)/ who died of a (b)/ skin infection at a (c)/ very young age. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADBFCE

S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADBFCE

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADBFCE

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADBFCE

S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADBFCE

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘would be‘ with ‘could’ to express the inability in finding his brother.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Depend’ is always followed by ‘On/Upon’.
E.g., It all depends on you.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use ‘for’ in place of ‘of’. Perfect tense takes preposition ‘for’ or ‘Since’ in case of the period of time. E.g. I have worked with this company for the last ten years. She has been ill since Monday.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘unable’ in place of ‘disabled’. Disable (v) means to injure somebody permanently. E.g., He was disabled in a car accident. And ‘unable’ (adj.) means ‘not able to do something.’ E.g., The train was unable to move.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘has’ in place of ‘have’ because subject (idea) is singular.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘jumped’ in place of ‘jumping’. We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘for’ with ‘to’ because here an infinitive is required. [(To +V1) is used for Purpose implying future time.] i.e. I need a lot of money to buy a villa.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use ‘sent’ in place of ‘send’. [S+ Had/Has/ Have +V3] e.g. She has sent me a letter.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘than’ in place of ‘ then’ because only ‘than’ is used after an adjective or adverb in comparative form. E.g., I am better than you.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. No error.