English Quizzes For SBI Clerk Prelims 2022- 28th September

Directions (1-5): 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.)

Q1. The roads are flooded (a)/ because it has raining (b)/ contentiously for the (c)/ last two days. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. Sunita closed the (a)/ window grill provided that (b)/ her child might (c)/ not fall down. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. He has never (a)/ allowed and will (b)/ never allow such practices (c)/ in this office. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. It was very kind (a)/ about him to (b)/ help us financially (c)/ in spite of his poor economy. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. A large number of (a)/ her classmates called for (b)/ the hospital when (c)/ she was there. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence has been bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. Wherever no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’ or ‘No improvement’ as the answer.

Q6. It is a pity that no one in the family disapproves by his getting up late.
(a) disapproved by his getting up
(b) disapproves of his getting up
(c) disapproved that he is getting up
(d) disapproved why he got up
(e) No correction required

Q7. He is less likely to win unless he practised rigorously and regularly.
(a) until he practised
(b) unless he practise
(c) unless he practises
(d) unless he does not practise
(e) No correction required

Q8. Because it was a stormy night, he dare not to go out in the dark.
(a) dared not go
(b) dare not went
(c) dared not to have gone
(d) dared not to have gone
(e) No correction required

Q9.Just when they reach the station, the train had departed.
(a) Just before they reach
(b) After they just reach
(c) Just when they had reached
(d) Just before they reached
(e) No correction required

Q10. It is now well-known that the world response to the Asian tsunami disaster with an outpouring of generosity.
(a) world responded to
(b) world’s response to
(c) world had a response
(d) world responding for
(e) No correction required

Directions (11-15): In each of the sentences given in these questions, there are two blanks indicating that some words have been omitted. There are four alternatives given. Choose the one that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q11. Because he was _____________ , he left the party earlier and ___________ home.
(a) tired, brought
(b) precarious, approached
(c) preoccupied, sent
(d) ill, contacted
(e) unwell, returned

Q12. The present education system is _________ and needs ____________.
(a) adequate, betterment (b) wrong, improve
(c) defective, reforming (d) good, nothing
(e) excellent, improvement

Q13. The tunnel was so ___________ and congested that we became ____________.
(a) long, enthusiastic (b) deep, cautious
(c) darken, cheerful (d) crowded, isolated
(e) sharp, worried

Q14. Many __________ have taken their families along on their _________ journeys.
(a) enjoy, immensely (b) earn, well
(c) feed, much (d) migrants, difficult
(e) make, well

Q15. No matter what he felt, he couldn’t __________ to ______________ his plan.
(a) genuine, told (b) fond, contested
(c) hesitate, execute (d) sole, addressed
(e) best, executed

Solutions

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Put ‘been’ after ‘has’ because this part of the sentence is in the perfect progressive tense and its structure is [S+Has/have+been+V-ing+……]

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here use ‘So’ in place of ‘Provided that’ because ‘provided that’ is used to express the condition and here it is the case of result.

S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘of’ in place of ‘about’ because of is always used after an adjective in construction like ‘It+is/am/are+Adj.+of+N/Pron+to+V’.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Call on’ should be used in place of ‘call for’ because call for means to demand something, while call on means to visit.

S6.(b) One ‘disapproves of’ a habit or custom. This is the correct usage.

S7.(c) The sentence is in simple present tense; so it should be ‘unless he practises.’

S8.(a) The sentence is in the past tense; so ‘dared not go’ would be the correct answer. ‘Dare not’ or ‘dared not’ is not followed by ‘to’.

S9. (d) The verb ‘reach’ has to be in past tense, but with ‘when they reached’, it would not be correct to say ‘had departed.’ One correct construction would be ‘Just as they reached the station, the train departed.’ We can also say, ‘Just when they reached the station, the train departed’. But as the second clause here says ‘the train had departed’, the answer can only be (d). But check this out–‘Just as they reached the station, they saw that the train had departed.’

S10.(a) ‘Response’ is here used as a noun, to mean ‘reaction’ or ‘feedback’. But what we need is a verb, ‘responded’.

S11. Ans.(e)

S12. Ans.(c)

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Enthusiastic means having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.

S14. Ans.(d)

S15. Ans.(c)