English Test for IBPS Clerk 2018 Main Exam Set – 15

Directions(1-5): In each of the questions below four sentences are given which are denoted by A, B, C and D By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful para. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of the sentences.

1. (A) Private property rights alone enable the freedom of expression.
   (B) However, in reality, this is a completely meaningless right.
   (C) Where these rights are non-existent, or flouted by the authorities, the freedom of expression disappears.
   (D) Journalists are the first to defend the ‘freedom of expression’.
   BACD
   CADB
   ABCD
   BDCA
   DBAC
   Option E
   

    

2. (A) The system of nature set up by God already rests on the basis of peace.
   (B) Peace is no external factor to be artificially imposed upon man.
   (C) Peace is inherent in nature itself.
   (D) If this system is not disrupted, it will continue to stay the course set for it by the Almighty.
   DACB
   ACBD
   BCAD
   DBAC
   ADCB
   Option C
   

    

3. (A) Which is why we need to promptly stop the ring-fencing of petro-product sales, and thoroughly open up retailing.
   (B) In a liberalising economy it is sheer folly to provide sky-high protection for oil refining.
   (C) Besides, we do need proper price signals for everyday consumption, and fast.
   (D) It would summarily distort investment decisions.
   BDCA
   DCAB
   ADCB
   CABD
   ABCD
   Option A
   

    

4. (A) Drugs are big business after all.
   (B) This is because pharmaceutical companies do not actively promote generic drugs.
   (C) Several generic drugs are better than brand name drugs.
   (D) Yet doctors largely prescribe brand name drugs.
   BACD
   CABD
   DBAC
   CDBA
   ADCB
   Option D
   

    

5. (A) But as long as advertising achieves its objective it is effective.
   (B) People classify advertising as good or bad depending on how it appeals to them.
   (C)In the ultimate analysis there is only effective and ineffective advertising.
   (D)There is no such thing as good or bad advertising.
   ACBD
   DBAC
   ABCD
   CABD
   BCDA
   Option B
   

    

Directions (Q.6-10): Read each of the sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in THREE PARTS of the sentence and ONE PART is error free. That ERROR-FREE part will be your answer. If no part in the sentence has an error, then select ‘No error’ as your answer.(Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

6. Many agree that one of the most pressing problems the world faces today is climate change. /(A) The question of which to do on it, however, has become highly politicised. /(B) Scepticism about climate change is typically a conservative position and trust in the conclusions of the scientific community a more progressive one. /(C) While this politics is perhaps the most evident in the United States, /(D) it is well known around many other countries.
   The question of which to do on it, however, has become highly politicised.
   Scepticism about climate change is typically a conservative position and trust in the conclusions of the scientific community a more progressive one.
   While this politics is perhaps the most evident in the United States,
   it is well known around many other countries.
   No Error
   Option B
   

    

7. Joyce (not her real name) was in east London long before the Cereal Killer cafe, moving from East Ham to the Carpenters estate in Newham months before her son was born in 1972. /(A) She doesn’t describe a life of luxury: /(B) “We had young children, three bedrooms, [but] it was warm.” /(C) Neither were the community on the estate devoid of problems, /(D) but she make friends in her neighbours and was able to put down roots with the kind of security that is becoming increasingly rare.
   She doesn’t describe a life of luxury
   “We had young children, three bedrooms, [but] it was warm.”
   Neither were the community on the estate devoid of problems,
   but she make friends in her neighbours and was able to put down roots with the kind of security that is becoming increasingly rare.
   No Error
   Option A
   

    

8. Disagreements over the terms of Britain’s departure from the EU are obscuring the daunting international challenges that await the country once it supposedly shakes off Europe’s shackles. /(A) It’s a tough, unforgiving world in there, and 2019 is shaping to be an even bigger rough-house than usual. /(B) By jettisoning a pivotal alliance, Britain no-mates is seriously weak its capacity to manage those looming threats. /(C) The spectre of Donald Trump lies upon the heart of ominous turbulence in the global horizon. /(D) Nearly halfway through his term, the 45th US president is helping to create a world where old rules don’t apply and long-held assumptions, such as Britain’s claim to a “special relationship” with Washington, are an anachronistic embarrassment.
   It’s a tough, unforgiving world in there, and 2019 is shaping to be an even bigger rough-house than usual.
   By jettisoning a pivotal alliance, Britain no-mates is seriously weak its capacity to manage those looming threats.
   The spectre of Donald Trump lies upon the heart of ominous turbulence in the global horizon.
   Nearly halfway through his term, the 45th US president is helping to create a world where old rules don’t apply and long-held assumptions, such as Britain’s claim to a “special relationship” with Washington, are an anachronistic embarrassment.
   No Error
   Option D
   

    

9. When smoke begins to spew from your toxic creation, you need to be ready. /(A) Your instincts might be to remove it from the oven, dowse it with water, and start again. /(B) But it is crucial to resist your instincts. Double down, add more of your toxic mixture and turn up the heat even further. /(C) But at the same time, you need to be ready to make a quick exit. /(D) After all, you don’t want to be around when the whole thing blows.
   Your instincts might be to remove it from the oven, dowse it with water, and start again.
   But it is crucial to resist your instincts. Double down, add more of your toxic mixture and turn up the heat even further.
   But at the same time, you need to be ready to make a quick exit.
   After all, you don’t want to be around when the whole thing blows.
   No Error
   Option E
   

    

10. Newspapers are about the present not the past. /(A) It’s rare over a long-dead historical figure to make it into them, let alone twice in just a few days. /(B) That’s the sort of feat that only someone with instant name recognition like Winston Churchill would normally achieve. /(C) So when, just before Christmas, there are two separate news stories about Sylvia Pankhurst, /(D) it made me thinking about how we make use of our history nowadays and what it says about us.
    It’s rare for a long-dead historical figure to make it into them, let alone twice in just a few days.
    That’s the sort of feat that only someone with instant name recognition like Winston Churchill would normally achieve.
    So when, just before Christmas, there are two separate news stories about Sylvia Pankhurst,
    it got me thinking about how we make use of our history nowadays and what it says about us.
    No Error
    Option B