As IBPS has released the official notification of the Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts and the exam is tentatively scheduled to be held December 2018 & January 2019. Looking at the notification, we have now started subject-wise quizzes for the exam. It will include quizzes of all the subjects- Quantitative Aptitude, English, Reasoning and Computer. All these quizzes will be strictly based on the latest pattern of the IBPS Clerk exam and will be beneficial for your preparations. So, keep following the quizzes which will provide you a set of 10 questions daily.
Q.1-10. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Q.1. As long as the boom be continuing (1)/, the top executives and other employees got huge salaries and (2)/bonuses, which they justified (3)/as reward for supposed wisdom (4)/. No error (5)
Q.2. In a true capitalist system (1)/, greedy companies that taken (2)/on too much risk (3)/should go impoverished (4)/. No error (5).
Q.3. India’s influence on Pakistani culture extends (1)/beyond cinema and soaps (2)/, take for example 'Dosa' (3)/ which has travelled a long way from its home (4)/. No error (5).
Q.4. The mehmaan-nawaazi is visible on (1)/the streets of Karachi, where even posh (2)/, branded shops giving (3)/big discounts to Indians (4)/. No error (5).
Q.5. Normalization of trade ties (1)/with Pakistan and instigating a sense of (2)/understanding will be an important (3)/first step in that direction (4)/. No error (5).
Q.6. He became quiet and (1)/ endured everything in the (2)/ privacy of his home and making sure (3)/ nobody got to know about it (4)/. No error (5).
Q.7. He wanted eminent jurists and senior lawyers (1)/ to debated and suggest harmony (2)/ and balance between (3)/ independence and accountability (4)/. No error (5).
Q.8. American and Afghan officials have repeated (1)/ complained about (2)/ cross-border attacks from the (3)/ region and often retaliated (4)/. No error (5).
Q.9. India refused to comply, saying (1)/ this was a spiritual (2)/conference and the freedom was an (3)/essentiality part of New Delhi (4)/. No error (5).
Q.10. It’s no surprise that (1)/each radio station (2)/sounds like a cloning (3)/of the other (4)/. No error (5).
ANSWERS
Q.1.(1) Use 'Continued' in place of 'be continuing'.
Q.2.(2) Use 'takes' instead of 'taken'.
Q.3.(5)
Q.4.(3) Use 'give' in place of 'giving'.
Q.5.(5)
Q.6.(3) Use 'made sure' in place of 'making sure'.
Q.7.(2) Use 'Debate' and not 'debated'.
Q.8.(1) Use 'repeatedly' in place of 'repeated'. The sentence requires the use of an adverb and 'repeated' is a verb.
Q.9.(4) 'Essential' should be used instead of 'essentiality'.
Q.10.(3) 'Cloning' is a verb-
A noun is needed in the sentence use 'Clone' instead of 'cloning'.
