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December 27, 2015

General English Practice Test for IBPS Clerks Main Online Exam

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Directions (Q.No. 1-10) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake / error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'No error', mark (5) as your answer. 
  1. The humour (1)/ is great because (2)/ it was just so random and (3)/ unhinged from reality. (4)/ No error (5) 
  2. Voters regularly (1)/ rank education (2)/ as been more important (3)/ than defence. (4)/ No error (5) 
  3. The restaurant (1)/ ranks among (2)/ the finer (3)/ in the town. (4)/ No error (5) 
  4. This is what happened (1)/ when you make (2)/ rash (3)/ decisions. (4)/ No error (5) 
  5. I didn't (1)/ failed the exam, (2)/ in fact (3)/ I did rather well! (4)/ No error (5) 
  6. It is strange to hear that (1)/ over half the people interviewed (2)/ expressed their readiness (3)/ to die for their country. (4)/ No error (5) 
  7. In the movies (1)/ guns kill people intently, (2)/ but it's not like that (3)/ in real life. (4)/ No error (5) 
  8. There was a cheer (1)/ when it was realized (2)/ that everyone is (3)/ safely back. (4)/ No error (5)
  9. At the end (1)/ of the speech (2)/ he seems to be moving (3)/ into the realms of fantasy. (4)/ No error (5) 
  10. Teachers need to prepare (1)/ his students to deal with (2)/ real-world situations (3)/ outside the classroom. (4)/ No error (5)
Directions: (Q. No. 11 - 15) : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3), and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If there is no error mark (5) No correction required as your answer. 

11. All the relevant records are easily available ready for hand.
1) ready in handy 2) ready to handle 3) ready and handy 4) ready in hand 5) No correction required

12. It is not realistic to expectation people to spend so much money.
1) in expectation 2) in expecting 3) expected 4) to expect 5) No correction required

13. His worst fears were realized when he saw that the door has been forcefully open.
1) has been forced 2) have been forcefully 3) had been forced 4) was forced 5) No correction required

14. Students are taught a number of skills that can be reapplied throughout their studies.
1) are reapplied 2) shall reapply 3) may be reapplied 4) could reapplied 5) No correction required

15. He was the only one who knows  how the system worked.
1) knowing 2) to knew 3) about knowing 4) who knew 5) No correction required

Directions (Q.No. 16-20) : Each question below has a blank/ two blanks, each blank indicating that some-thing has been omitted. Choose the word / set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

16. Police investigating the train derailment have not ruled out _____________
1) sabotage 2) sacrilege 3) sarcoma 4) sanguine 5) salutary

17. The new methods are _____________  different from the old.
1) resolution 2) rationale 3) radically 4) radiantly 5) orderly

18. The winning numbers are _____________ selected by the computer.
1) randomly 2) selectively 3) closely 4) naturally 5) artistically

19. Outwardly she seemed confident but in _____________  she felt extremely _____________
1) inward; confined 2) picture; disgusted 3) posture; resplendent 4) reality; nervous 5) simulation; tension

20. He gave an impressive speech to a _____________ audience.
1) prospective 2) perceptive 3) receptive 4) recitative 5) recalcritant

Directions (Q. No. 21-25) : Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
  • A. The word reader perceives isolated word pictures at a slow rate of speed. 
  • B. But if the process slows down so that each photograph remains before us for a second or more, the movie becomes absurd, boring and almost meaningless. 
  • C. These impressions fail to blend into a meaningful pattern in exactly the same way as do the individual photographs of a slowed-down movie. 
  • D. As the psychologist puts it, "The whole is more than the sum of its parts"
  • E. When the individual photographs of a motion picture film pass before our eyes at the rate of approximately twenty frames per second. 
  • F. The word reader sees the trees, perhaps, but the forest escapes him completely. 
21. What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ? 
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
22. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) F 5) E
23. What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
24. What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
1) B 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) E
25. What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement ?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F

Directions (Q. No. 26-30) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

It is nothing new that the world is full of hate, that men destroy one another, and that our civilization has arisen from the ashes of despoiled and decimated natural resources. But to relate this destructiveness, this evidence of a spiritual malignancy within us, to an instinct and to correlate this instinct associated with love, this was one of the later flowers of the genius of Freud. We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive tendencies away from himself toward enemies that actually threaten him rather than toward the friendly and the defenseless, the more usual victims of destructive energy.

26. Which of the following best expresses the central meaning of the passage ?
  1. The world is full of hate. 
  2. Many people prefer to destruct one other. 
  3. Our civilization has risen from destruction. 
  4. Destructiveness is an evidence of our spiritual malignancy. 
  5. The child must learn to turn his destructiveness against actual enemies.

27. The genius of Freud as per the passage __
  1. Relate destructiveness 
  2. Associate ourselves with love 
  3. Relate destructiveness to an instinct and correlate this with love 
  4. Teach the child about destructiveness 
  5. Threaten the child

28. The synonym of 'decimated' is
  1. Annihilate
  2. Protect 
  3. Dpiritual 
  4. Develop
  5. Wise

29. 'Malignancy' means
  1. Overwhelmed 
  2. Pernicious 
  3. Impediment 
  4. Boulder
  5. Absolve

30. The meaning of 'Instinct' is
  1. Knack 
  2. Miniscule
  3. Plagiarize 
  4. Juxtapose 
  5. Gratitude

Directions (Q. No. 31 - 40) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer.

The majority of Americans have not read a book in the   (31) year. This is the   (32) conclusion   (33) a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion. Six out of ten adults questioned  (34) that the last time they could (35) reading a book - other than the Bible - was a year ago or more. Even (36) college graduates, one out of four   (37) a book in the last 12 months. Fewer books are   (38) in the United States than in any major English speaking democracy. In England about three times as many people are to be   (39) reading books at any given time as in America. One survey   (40) the following percentages of book readers: Great Britain, 55%; Australia, 34%; Canada, 31%; United States, 17%.  

31. 1) last 2) later 3) former 4) end 5) very last

32. 1) sparkling 2) startling 3) staggering 4) astounding 5) amazing

33. 1) with 2) off 3) from 4) of  5) among

34. 1) say 2) says 3) is saying 4) said 5) was saying

35. 1) consider 2) memory 3) keep 4) learn 5) remember

36. 1) among 2) between 3) with 4) amid 5) along

37. 1) has not read 2) had not read 3) have not read 4) have been reading5) have read

38. 1) being read 2) been read 3) read 4) were read 5) reading

39. 1) establish  2) originate  3) create  4) found  5) start

40. 1) evidenced  2)  proof  3) witness  4)  documentation  5) recorded

Key

  1. 3
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 1
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 4
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. 5
  15. 4
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. 1
  19. 4
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. 5
  24. 5
  25. 4
  26. 5
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. 4
  35. 5
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. 3
  39. 4
  40. 5
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