English Language Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 09.05.2017

Q.1-10. Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error if any will be 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)

1. Security forces launch a (1)/massive anti-militancy operation in south(2)/ Kashmir's Shopian district following reports (3)/of movement of militants in villages. (4)/No error(5)

Ans-1 use ‘launched’ instead of ‘launch’

2. A journalist working with a private(1)/ TV news channel was allegedly manhandled (2)/by security staff of Jammu and Kashmir Bank outside(3)/ the finance institution's corporate headquarters. (4)/No error(5)

Ans- 4 use ‘financial’ instead of ‘finance’

3. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (1)/launched a two-month long special sanitation drive (2)/in the view of the impending monsoon season(3)/ as well as to augment efforts under the Swachh Bharat mission. (4)/No error(5)

Ans- 5 No error

4. Two people have died in an apparent murder-suicide(1)/ at a Texas community college, prompted an (2)/active-shooter alert that instructed students and employees (3)/to barricade themselves in rooms. (4)/No error(5)

Ans- 2 use ‘Prompting’ instead of ‘prompted’

5. Consumer inflation may see(1)/ an uptick at 5.5-6 per cent in the fourth quarter(2)/ of 2017 as a result of fading demonetisation impacted, (3)/while rising exports are likely to aid economic recovery. (4)/No error(5)

Ans- 3use ‘impact’ instead of ‘impacted’

6. The Indian Army successfully fired a advanced(1)/ version of the Brahmos land-attack cruise missile (2)/in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, revalidating(3)/ the weapon's strike capability. (4)/No error(5)

Ans- 1use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’

7. The leaders will meet in the next two days(1)/ to decide the Assembly constituency to be vacated(2)/ to the Chief Minister who will have to get elected (3)/to the Legislative Assembly within six months of taking charge as the CM. (4)/No error(5)

Ans-3 use ‘for’ instead of ‘to’

8. While most travellers try to strike the(1)/ best deal by booking flight tickets months (2)/before their trip, a new survey has revealed that (3)/making the bookings precisely 24 weeks prior to departure is the ideal time. (4)/No error(5)

Ans- 5 No error

9. Armed groups targeting civilians in revenge(1)/ killings for the past three months in (2)/Central African Republic have killed(3)/ at least 45 people and displaced 11,000. (4)/No error(5)

Ans-2 use ‘over’ instead of ‘for’

10. A magazine published a blacklist (1)/of six foreign preacher accused of spreading(2)/ hatred, including five boys and an American (3)/Evangelical pastor, banning them for at least two years. (4)/No error(5)

Ans-2 use ‘preachers’ instead of ‘preacher’