English Practice Quiz for NIACL and SBI PO 2017
Directions (1
– 5): Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word out of the alternatives
suggested below each question.
1. We could not make the villagers ________ that child
marriage is a ________ to progress.
A) scared, problem
B) hesitate, hesitation
C) realize, hindrance
D) feel, obstruction
E) suffer, problem
2. We could understand from her ________ face that she is extremely ________ of
visiting her old friends and enjoy the day.
A) bilious, tired
B) pale, bored
C) beaming, desirous
D) drooped, unhappy
E) happy, excited
3. It was really ______ of the people to overlook the fact
that the ruling party was ______ of the financial condition of the common mass.
A) foolish, neglectful
B) sad, cheating
C) wise, desirous
D) smart, liking
E) dumb, partial
4. Given that very less percentage of the country’s labour
force is in the organised sector, training options _______ for the unorganized
sectors should also be ________.
A) existing, restricted
B) offered, limited
C) available, enhanced
D) lacking, sustained
E) absent, improved
5. His _______ contribution to the Martyr’s fund was _______
by his staff members.
A) spontaneous, nullified
B) noteworthy, improved
C) negligible, sanctioned
D) meagre, admired
E) generous, appreciated
Directions (6
– 10): Read the 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 (E). Ignore errors of
punctuation, if any.
6. I was shocked to hear (A)/ the music
downstairs (B)/ because I thought (C)/ everyone has come home. (D)
7. As
instructed, (A)/ she bought a (B)/ five-pound bag of cereal (C)/ from the
shop. (D)
8. My aunt lives on ground floor (A)/ of
the building and so she can (B)/ easily come out and (C)/ stroll in the garden.
(D)
9. The Council recognizes the need (A)
to integrate mission expertise (B) and experience and transform the (C) current
ideas in peacebuilding strategies. (D)
10. Stress can make life(A)/ very
unpleasant and stress (B)/ through which you are (C)/ going is really hard to
tackle.(D)
Answers:
1. C) 2. C)
3. A) 4. C) 5. E)
6. D) The error
lies in part 4 of the sentence as an incorrect tense is used. We need to use
past perfect tense here as the sentence is in past tense already and use of
present perfect will be incorrect. So the answer will be 'everyone had
come home.'
7. E) There is no error in the sentence.
The adjective phrase 'five-pound' is correct. Thus option 5 is the correct
answer.
8. A) The error lies in part 1 of the
sentence where the article 'the' is needed before the word 'ground floor' to
make the sentence grammatically correct.
9. D) The error is in part 4. As here
there is a need to integrate mission expertise so that current ideas are
transformed. So we need to use 'into' here instead of 'in'
10. B) The error lies in part 2 of the
sentence where the article 'the' is needed before the word 'stress' because it
is the particular stress that person is facing.
