English Test for IBPS Clerk 2018 Prelim Exam Set – 22

Directions(1-5): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) ie ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

1. They didn’t pay any heed to their superior’s instructions. I did neither.
   I either did
   Either I did not
   Neither didn’t I
   Nor did I
   No correction required
   Option D
   

    

2. Every poet gives voice to his anger and his compassion through his poems.
   voiced to give
   gives voice for
   gave voice against
   voiced at giving
   No correction required
   Option E
   

    

3. The police nabbed a notorious criminal who had been terrorizing builders and extorted money from them for the past two years.
   was terrorizing builders and extorted
   had not been terrorized builders and extorted
   had been terrorizing builders and extorting
   had terrorized builders and extorted
   No correction required
   Option C
   

    

4. Managers frequently encounter situations where they need to help others solved problems.
   to helping others solved
   help others solved
   to help others solve
   help others solving
   No correction required
   Option C
   

    

5. From among various alternatives we should choose the one which is viable and consumes less time and energy.
   is viable and consuming lesser
   is viability and consumes less
   being viable and consumes less
   has viable and consuming less
   No correction required
   Option E
   

    

Directions(6-10): In the passage given below there are 5 blanks. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C), and (D). You have to tell which word is APPROPRIATE according to the context. If all are appropriate then mark your answer as “E”.

Most of the new proposals from Democratic senators, which in fact are ___6___ versions of old ideas, come from politicians who hail from safely Democratic states. Voters in Massachusetts, New York and California probably do want single-payer health care. Colorado, where voters rejected a ___7___ -initiative to introduce it by a margin of 80-20 two years ago, does not. Democrats need more votes in places ___8___ Colorado, not ever-greater winning margins in California and Massachusetts. Barry Goldwater on the right in 1964 and George McGovern on the left in 1972 both ran presidential campaigns testing activists’ theory that the country wanted more ideological ___9___. Both were ___10___.

6. abandoned
   resuscitated
   dampened
   emasculated
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

7. devoice
   chance
   ballot
   sustenance
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

8. likely
   such as
   as
   like
   All are Correct
   Option D
   

    

9. purity
   sanity
   duty
   amenity
   All are Correct
   Option A
   

    

10. forfeited
    trounced
    elated
    fortunate
    All are Correct
    Option B