It’s always been good to learn from history since history repeats itself, similarly, it goes with the exam pattern we always try to find previous year questions to mentally prepare ourselves for upcoming hurdles in the exam and to check whether the level of our preparation is or is not up to the mark. Previous year questions give guidance to us and provide a base for the preparation of any competitive exam. It is always good to have an experience of how the level of exam varies from year to year. For every subject like in English, we come to know the pattern of questions must be followed to prepare the examination.In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which can best improve the given sentence by substituting the BOLD portion. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose 'No Improvement' as your answer.
ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE OF P.O. EXAM. 2009
1. Although interlinking of rivers will (A)/ help tackle drought, the government (B)/
does not pay much (C)/ attention to this project (D)/ No error (E)
2. The rise in prices of food items is (A)/ likely the cause of inflation (B)/ to exceed
eight percent (C)/ during the next quarter (D)/ No error (E)
3. Many people believe that (A)/the nationalization of banks (B)/ in the 1960s have
protected India (C)/ from the current financial crisis (D)/ No error (E)
4. The RBI is in favour (A)/of amending currently (B)/ policies governing operations of
(C)/ foreign banks in India (D)/No error (E)
5. These recently upgraded branch offices (A)/have been fully computerized (B)/ and
are connected to headquarters (C)/ to ensure proper monitoring (D)/ No error (E)
Ans. (E) No error
Ans. (B) Use ‘likely to cause the inflation’ instead of ‘likely the cause of inflation’
Ans. (C) Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’
Ans. (B) Use ‘current’ instead of ‘currently’
Ans. (C) Remove ‘are’
