English Language Quiz for IBPS Bank Exams

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Hi friends, I am Shravan again. Today I am posting the quiz on English Language. Happy Reading :)

Directions (1-5) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any 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.

1. My daughter never (1)/ would write to me (2)/ so I never know (3)/ what she is doing. (4)/ No error (5)


2. Whenever we have a puncture (1)/ she just sits in the car (2)/ and reads a book (3)/ while I changed the wheel. (4)/ No error (5)


3. He walked to the market (1)/ with both his servants (2)/ on either side of his (3)/ to help him buy things. (4)/ No error (5)

4. Ganesh who has been (1)/ driving all day (2)/ was extremely tired (3)/ and wanted to stop. (4)/ No error (5)


5. My secretary is so (1)/ careful of her work that (2)/ none has so far found (3)/ any error in her work. (4)/ No error (5)

Directions (6-10) : Which of the phrases 1, 2, 3, 4, given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 5, as the answer. 

6. As a member of cabinet, Kiran had the opportunity to observe debates and see which they were resolved. 

1. about they being resolved
2. that it was resolved 
3. to its resolution 
4. how they were resolved 
5. No correction required  

7. May employees are hesitate to volunteer for assignments in a foreign country because of language and cultural issues .

1. hesitated to volunteer
2. hesitant to volunteer
3. hesitating volunteer
4. hesitatingly volunteer
5. No correction required  

8. Salaries in the state owned enterprises today have to be in line on prevailing market rates in order to reduce turnover.

1. been in line with 
2. to be aligned with 
3. been in line for 
4. to be in line with 
5. No correction required  

9. The Board has inability to provide any proper strategy to outdo the competition.

1. not being able to provide 
2. has been unable to provide
3. cannot provide for 
4. is being unable to provide 
5. No correction required  

10. He was determined in completing the project despite opposition from the union.

1. on completing
2. to complete 
3. for completion 
4. about completed 
5. No correction required  

Directions (11-15) : In each of the following sentences there are two blanks. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully correct. 

11. It is accurate to refer to poets as dreamers but it is not ________ to infer that the dreams of poets have no practical value beyond the __________ of literary division.

1. possible, shadow
2. sensible, object
3. discerning, realm 
4. valuable, field 
5. comparable, circle

12. Every _______ step man takes in any field of life, is first taken along the dreamy __________ of imagination. 

1. circulated, vision
2. outward, base
3. forward, path
4. initial, thought
5. parallel, extent 

13. At the dawn of history of India ______ on her unending quest and trackless centuries are _________ with her striving and grandeur of her success and her failures. 

1. started, filled
2. marched, evolved
3. proceeded, pulled
4. started, vanished 
5. marched, filled 

14. It is height of ______ for men who fully appreciate in their own case the great advantages of good  education but ___________ these advantages to women. 

1. arrogance, abstain
2. propensity, bestow 
3. proliferation, advance 
4. selfishness, deny
5. stupidity, prohibit

15. As everybody is _____ attached to his motherland it is difficult to find a man who is ________ of love for his motherland. 

1. constantly, disposed 
2. courageously, suspect 
3. profoundly, deprived 
4. greatly, connected 
5. deeply, devoid 

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