Important English Quiz For SSC and Bank Set-50

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Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of the part is the answer. If there is No error. the answer is e). (Ignore errors of punctuation. If any).

1). a) With no Pied Piper to help it out, the Railways has little choice / b) left but to hire ‘ contract killers ’ to eliminate hundreds of giant rodents / c) that have dug tunnels in the platforms / d) of the British-era railway station. / e) No error.

2). a) The standing committee suggested that separate action should be taken / b) to prepare calamity maps of all important cities / c) by developing standard vulnerable indices / d) so as to minimize loss of life and property. / e) No error.

3). a) The chairman, while recalling the discussions / b) he had with the Union Minister of Textiles regarding / c) strengthening sericulture and silk industry, called upon the participation / d) to avail them the benefit of various schemes of the government. / e) No error.

4). a) A unique feature of the Charbagh railway station is that / b) an aerial view of the station building shows / c) it as a chess board and the domes and pillars of / d) the building appear to be pieces of a chess game. / e) No error.

5). a) The RBI unions have put forward / b) a charter of demands, the most prominent among which / c) relates to / d) the centre’s proposed labour law reforms. / e) No error.

6). a) The infra-firm trade that accounts to / b) about 50 per cent of international trade / c) is carried out / d) only by large firms. e) No error

7). a) If anyone is making Pakistan appear / b) much more formidable than it really is, / c) and a country worthy of its / d) attention, it is only India. / e) No error

8). a) Government has announced many sector-specific initiatives, / b) including that for electronics and textile sectors, / c) and implemented ease-of-doing-business reforms / d) for improving trade and port infrastructure. / e) No error

9). a) Widespread monsoon rains have boosted / b) the plants of key kharif crops such as rice, /c) pulses and oilseeds raising the / d) prospects of a good harvest. e) No error

10). a) Beside the high-speed train, / b) India and China have agreed to cooperate to increase /c) speeds on the existing railway line / d) from Chennai to Mysuru via Bengaluru. / e) No error

Answers:
1) c    2) c    3) d    4) d     5) e    6) a    7) e     8) b     9) b    10) a

Explanation:
1). C) Replace ‘in’ with ‘under’
2). C) Replace ‘vulnerable’ with ‘vulnerability’
3). D) Replace ‘them’ with ‘themselves’
4). D) Replace ‘appear’ with ‘appears’
5). E) No error
6). A) Replace to ‘to’ with ‘for’
7). E) No error
8). B) Replace ‘that’ with ‘those’
9). B) Replace ‘plants’ with ‘planting’
10). A) Replace ‘Beside’ with ‘Besides’


Directions (Q. 1-10): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been Omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best. fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1). As one of the elder universities ______ in a semi-urban agglomeration, ABC University has focused consistently on culturally relatable themes and _____ on the innate strength of departments.
a)   set, constructed.
b)   evoked, grow
c)   began, emphasised .
d)   started, built
e)   shrouded, curtail

2). The neighbours finally  ______, _______ the noise coming from the rooftop party going on in their neighbourhood.
a)   accused, against
b)   grieved, for
c)   Complained, about .
d)   gripe, at
e)   denounced, towards

3). Writing about World Order, Mr. Henry _______ a geopolitical system must balance power and ______ legitimacy, if it is to be stable.
a)   confirms, inspire
b)   believe's, disability.
c)   invents, disseminate
d)   discovers, pledge
e)   observes, possess

4). Of course, true ______ of this phenomenon for Country X will emerge only when the terms and conditions of negotiations _____ both parties are clearer.
a)   ramifications, within
b)   implications, between
c)   measurements, by.
d)   significance, of
e)   connotation, among

5). The ________ procurement of fifty next-generation supersonic fighter jets has   _______ the country's air force fleet.
a)   ,recent, bolstered
b)   latest, deteriorate
c)   test, debilitated
d)   lowest, strengthened
e)   talent, powered

6). In his first interview after Jio's official launch earlier this month, Mittal said the _____ over Points of interconnection will be _______ in the next few weeks.
a)   queue, mulled
b)   rage, questioned
c)   succession, worked
d)   row, resolved
e)   contents, waved

7).  _______ the Line of Control (LoC) better is high on the government's ______ after the Uri terrorist attack.
a)   Ignoring, diary
b)   Counselling, docket
c)   Oberving, plan
d)   Following, card
e)   Monitoring, agenda

8). The finance ministry has proposed that the budget be presented on February 1 as ______ to the current practice of last working day of February, ______ the process to be completed before the new financial year begins.
a)   contradicted, granting
b)   opposed, allowing
c)   protested, confessing
d)   counter, admitting
e)   supposed, conceding

9). Tonbo Imaging, a Bengaluru-based company, will help ______ sophisticated technology to detect and visualise objects in all types of conditions, thus _____ vital intelligence that can secure assets and save lives.
a)   deploy, providing
b)   display, depriving
c)   unfold, removing
d)   withhold, giving
e)   open, taking

10). India's biggest phone company Bharti Airtel sees a ______ in margin ______ account of Reliance Jio's entry.
a)   pressure, in
b)   opening, of
c)   squeeze, on
d)   restraint, at
e)   congestion, by

Answers:
1)d    2)c    3)e   4)b    5)a    6)d    7)e    8)b    9)a     10)c



Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following questions a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To make the sentence grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold part with the correct alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give e) as your answer (ie No correction required).

1). The wholesale price index "have remained negative" for the last eleven months, before it broke the trend and surged.
a)   had remained negative
b)   remains negative
c)   would have remained
d)   has remained negatively
e)   No correction required

2). No one knew what "he had been up to" all this while.
a)   went up to
b)   was out into
c)   had been to
d)   had got to do
e)   No correction required

3). They had been "waking all night" for the semester exams; and will not wake up till the afternoon.
a)   outing all night
b)   in a night out
c)   wake up
d)   awake all night
e)   No correction required

4). She "has been suffering from" Alzheimer's disease since last year.
a)   was suffered
b)   is suffering
c)   had suffered
d)   suffered
e)   No correction required

5). There was a "falling out" in the team after they lost the football match to their arch rivals.
a)   fall of
b)   falling apart
c)   fell enough
d)   fall over
e)   No correction required

6). Fiscal conservatives overlook the fact "that less growing" and low levels of job creation reinforce one another.
a)   of lost deterioration
b)   whether less grown
c)   it low risings
d)   that slow growth
e)   No correction required

7). ‘"May you tell me" where the Principal's office is?' inquired the pretty girl with the child.
a)   Will you tell me
b)   He can tell me
c)   Should you know
d)   Could I tell you
e)   No correction required

8). Throughout his tenure, the Principal "is ensuring" that the college campus remained free from any kind of disruptive politics.
a)   has ensuring
b)   ensured
c)   have ensured
d)   is insured
e)   No correction required

9). The government "have been pushing up" the excise duty imposed on the crude oil, since December 2015 by more than 10%.
a)   have pushed up
b)   is pushing forward
c)   has been pushing up
d)   pushes up
e)   No correction required

10). He was "on the bang" after a six month injury lay-off.
a)   back with a bang
b)   backing out
c)   backing up
d)   4)hustling up
e)   No correction required

Answers:
1)a    2)e    3)d   4)e    5)b    6)d    7)a    8)b    9)c     10)a

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