ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI PO, BOB PO, NICL AO 2017

Q.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 part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

1. Nuclear waste will still be (A)/ radioactive even after twenty thousand years, (B)/ so it must be disposed (C)/ of very carefully. (D)/ No error (E)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

2.My friend lived at the top (A)/ of an old house (B)/ which had been (C)/ converted into a flat. (D)/ No error (E)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

3.A public safety advertising (A)/campaign in Russia (B)/ hope to draw attention (C)/ of pedestrians crossing the road. (D)/ No error. (E)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

4 A cash prize was (A)/ award to the most (B)/ successful salesman of the (C)/ year by the President of the company. (D)/ No error (E)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

5.The Renaissance was (A)/ a time to ‘re-awakening’ (B)/ in both the arts (C)/ and the science. (D)/ No error. (E)

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

6.Most of the travellers experienced (A)/ a shock when they arrived (B)/ at the museum only to find (C)/ that it had been burgled. (D)/ No error (E).
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

7.How people do (A)/ to earn their bread (B)/ is dependent largely on (C)/ the locality where they live. (D)/No error (E).
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

8.He confidently asked the crowd (A)/if they thought that(B)/he was right(C) / and the crowd shouted that they do. (D)/No error (E)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

9.I was pretty sure that (A)/ he would support my views (B)/ for changing the ageold (C) and static structure of our organization. (D)/ No error (E).
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

10.I did not like his (A)/ comments on my paper (B)/ but I had no alternative (C) as I had agreed to keep
quiet. (D)/ No error (E).
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E

Correct Answer

1.                     E. No error

2.                     C. Use ‘has’ in place of ‘had’ as present perfect passive verb should be used because ‘an old house’
in the past is converted into a ‘Flat’ now.

3.                     C.. Use ‘hopes’ in place of ‘hope’ as in the sentence the subject ‘campaign’ is singular.

4.                     B. Use ‘awarded’ as the subject ‘A cash prize’ is passive hence verb should be passive too.

5.                     B.Use ‘for’ in place of ‘to’.

6.                     E. No error

7.                     A. Here an interrogative pronoun is required as the object to the verb ‘do’ so ‘what’ should be used because ‘how’ is not a pronoun. For example, what you have said is not true.

8.                     D. Change ‘do’ to ‘did’ as sentence starting in the past should stay in the past.

9.                     C. Change ‘for’ to ‘on’.

10.                E. No error