Mixed English Questions for SBI Clerk and Other Exams — Set 451

Directions(1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

1. A. Needless to say, it has had such a huge impact on society that it seems like people cannot live without social media.
   B. However, with these advantages, social media also has a number of disadvantages that have affected our lives.
   C. It has been able to provide a source of entertainment and shopping, and many businesses have even found it useful for promotion and marketing.
   D. This includes the result of major problems having to do with mental health issues, insecurities about one’s self, and addiction.
   E. Today, social media has become a major part of numerous lives through countless websites and apps.

   Which of the following will be the fourth statement after rearrangement?

   B
   E
   D
   A
   C
   Option A
   The correct order is ECABD.

    

2. Which of the following will be the last statement after rearrangement?
   B
   C
   A
   E
   D
   Option E
   The correct order is ECABD.

    

3. Which of the following will be the first statement after rearrangement?
   E
   D
   C
   B
   A
   Option A
   The correct order is ECABD.

    

4. Which of the following will be the second statement after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   E
   D
   Option C
   The correct order is ECABD.

    

5. Which of the following will be the third statement after rearrangement?
   C
   B
   D
   E
   A
   Option E
   The correct order is ECABD.

    

Directions(6-10): In the given questions, a sentence is divided into five parts out of which the last part is correct. Out of the remaining four, there are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E i.e. All are correct as the answer.

6. Ensure hygiene and better farm (A) practicing in the meat industry, if you don’t (B) want to have disease-riding meat coming to your (C) table or viruses jump species and mutating (D) dangerously to infect and kill humans.
   

   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option A
   The error in part B is ‘practicing’. ‘Practices’ must replace it. In part C ‘riding’ is a wrong usage. It should be replaced with ‘ridden’. In part D ‘jump’ must be replaced with ‘jumping’ to maintain parallelism.
   

    

7. Sometimes also, when a charge over a commodity is not of such a figure (A) as to be easy divisible among the ordinary units of retail consumption, (B) so that it can be passed of to a consumer of the articles (C) in the form of an increased price, it may remain fixed (D) upon those who first pay it, at least for a time.
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option D
   In part A preposition ‘over’ is incorrect and should be replaced by ‘upon’. In part B, before divisible we need an adverb and not an adjective. Thus, ‘easy’ must be replaced with ‘easily’. In part C preposition ‘of’ is a wrong usage and must be replaced with ‘on’.
   

    

8. It should be mixed with six or eight times its weight (A) of loam or ashes, charred peat, charcoal-dust or some earthily matter (B), before it is applied of the soil, as from its (C) causticity it is otherwise not unlike to (D) kill or injure the plants to which it is administered.
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option A
   Note that in part B we need an adjective and not an adverb before ‘matter’. Thus, ‘earthily’ must be replaced with ‘earthy’. In part C preposition ‘of’ must be replaced with ‘on’ to make the part correct. In part D we need an adjective ‘unlikely’ in place of the preposition ‘unlike’ to make the part grammatically correct.
   

    

9. On his release he has promised he would (A) maintain the treaty of Arras and withdraw from (B) the Netherlands; but he delayed his departure by (C) nearly a year and took part on (D) a punitive campaign against his captors and their allies.
   A
   B
   C
   D
   All are correct
   Option B
   In part A ‘has’ is incorrect and should be replaced by ‘had’ as the sentence is in past tense. In part C, after departure ‘by’ must be replaced by ‘for’. In part D preposition ‘on’ is a wrong usage and must be replaced with ‘in’

    

10. Official corruption and speculation has (A) led to some unsound ventures (B), but on the great majority (C) of cases the lines constructing (D) have been beneficial and productive.
    A
    B
    C
    D
    All are correct
    Option B
    In part A ‘has’ is incorrect and should be replaced by ‘have’ as the sentence has plural subject. In part C, after but ‘on’ must be replaced with ‘in’. In part D ‘constructing’ must be replaced with ‘constructed’ as the sentence is in past tense.