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.
Here, we are providing you important questions of English Language for IBPS Clerk 2018 exam.
Q.1-5.Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as 1,2,3 and 4. If there is no error, the answer will be (5) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
Q.1. I am one of those (1)/ who believes that (2)/ the rules of grammar (3)/ must be taught to every one.(4) / No error (5)
Q.2. Hardly had we (1)/ begun to eat (2)/ than my father(3)/ along with my brother arrived.(4) / No error(5)
Q.3. At the same time (1)/ the freedom struggle came to a end (2)/ and the major non-formal agency of (3) / political education disappeared.(4)/ No error (5)
Q.4. The situation will not change(1)/ unless we do not take vigorous steps(2)/ to provide genuine political education(3) / on an adequate scale.(4) / No error (5)
Q.. Ability and Technology(1)/ moderate relationships(2) / among motivation(3) / and performance.(4)/ No error (5)
Q.6-10.Which of the Phrases (1), (2) (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrases printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.
Q.6. Alok hesitated to listen to what his brother was saying.
(1) listened to hesitate (2) hesitate listened to
(3) hesitate to listening (4) is hesitated to listen to
(5) No correction required.
Q.7. Sita was asked that why she had not attended the prayer.
(1) Why had she not (2) That why had she not
(3) Why she was not (4) Why she had not
(5) No correction required.
Q.8. They are not beware of all the facts.
(1) are not aware for (2) are not aware of
(3) are not to be aware (4) must not beware for
(5) No correction required.
Q.9. They would have been appreciated your efforts if you had informed him
(1) would have appreciated of (2) Should have been appreciated
(3) Would have appreciated (4) Would be appreciated
(5) No correction required.
Q.10. The stolen gun was found laying under the banyan tree.
(1) had found laying (2) had been finding laying (3) was found lying (4) is found lying (5) No correction required.
Answers:
Q.1.(2) ‘believe’ should replace ‘believes’
Q.2.(3) ‘when’ should replace ‘Than’ because hardly is always followed by ‘when’.
Q.3.(2) ‘an’ should replace ‘a’ because ‘end’ here is as a Noun.
Q.4.(2) Delete ‘do not’ from the sentence because unless itself consists negative meaning.
Q.5.(3) between should replace among because the comparison has been made here in only motivation and performance.
Q.6.(5)
Q.7.(4) Delete ‘that’ because in Interrogative sentence ‘that’ is not used.
Q.8.(2)
Q.9.(3)
Q.10.(3)
