English Quiz for SBI PO | IBPS – Set 127

1)  How people would ______ in a particular situation cannot be ______ with perfect accuracy.
a) think, observed
b) act, expected
c) behave, predicted
d) react, analyzed
e) feel, resolved

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Answer c) behave, predicted

2)  When the mob turned ______, the police opened fire to control the ______ situation.
a) away, burning
b) up, untoward
c) around, devastating
d) quietly, aggravate
e) hostile, rioting

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Answer e) hostile, rioting

3)  The Government ______ down the opposition ______ for a joint parliamentary committee probe.
a) boiled, proposal
b) shot, demand
c) put, leaders
d) whipped, portfolio
e) struck, party

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Answer b) shot, demand

4)  The handwriting on the letter was very ______, none could ______ it.
a) legible, write
b) illegible, read
c) original, recognize
d) faint, notice
e) shabby, identify

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Answer b) illegible, read

5)  The delay in completing the task ______ can be attributed to their ______
a) expeditiously, lethargy
b) fully, punctuality
c) economically, rigidity
d) religiously, strictness
e) carefully, perfectionism

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Answer a) expeditiously, lethargy

6) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Present-day parents have
b) underwent a radical shift in
c) attitude compared to
d) their earlier counterparts.
e) No error

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Answer b) underwent a radical shift in
Replace ‘underwent’ with ‘undergone’

7) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) He went on attacking her
b) when other passengers arrived
c) and told him
d) to lay off.
e) No error

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Answer b) when other passengers arrived
Replace ‘when’ with ‘until’.

8) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) Get rid of all cigarettes
b) and ashtrays and
c) other paraphernalia
d) associated to smoking.
e) No error

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Answer d) associated to smoking.
Replace ‘to’ with ‘with’

9) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) John’s soldiers
b) were readying
c) themselves for
d) the final assault.
e) No error

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Answer e) No error

10) Find the error in the following sentence.
a) There is a perception that
b) the civilian authority does not
c) fully appreciate the gravity of
d) threats of national security.
e) No error

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Answer c) fully appreciate the gravity of
Replace ‘of’ with ‘to’

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