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IBPS PROBATIONARY OFFICERS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it.
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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 (5).
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Despite of their best efforts (1)/ they failed to retain (2)/ the contract due to (3)/
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unwanted political interference. (4)/ No error (5).
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With rise in population (1)/ man needs more space (2)/ for growing crops (3)/
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and for building houses. (4)/ No error (5).
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Your over dependent on (1)/ others even for (2)/ trivial matters may (3)/
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prove disadvantageous. (4)/ No error (5).
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Everybody know (1)/ that his failure can (2)/ be attributed only (3)/ to his lack of
practice. (4)/ No error (5).
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Beside the chairman (1)/ all the members of the committee (2)/ were present (3)/
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at the meeting. (4)/ No error (5).
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Our company can (1)/ no longer afford (2)/ over-manned units as (3)/ our profits
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has lower. (4)/ No error (5).
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The boy possess (1)/ three beautiful pens (2)/ but he does not (3)/ show them to
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anyone. (4)/ No error (5).
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He is one of (1)/ the best novelists (2)/ that has ever lived (3)/ Don't you agree? (4)/
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No error (5).
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Come and sit down (1)/ for a while, (2)/ you are arranging bricks (3)/ since lunch
time. (4)/ No error (5).
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10. It was with that moment (1)/ that the front door scanner (2)/ warned them that (3)/
someone was approaching (4)/ No error (5).
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Directions (Q. 11-15): In the following questions, a sentence has been given with some
of its parts in bold. To make the sentence correct, you have to replace the bold part
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with correct alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is give (5) as your
answer.
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11. Fishing and swimming are two different activities, independence of one
another.
1) independent of the other
2) independence of the other
3) independent of each other
4) independence on each other
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5) No correction required
12. When I will receive the letter, I found that the date for interview was already
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over.
1) receive the letter
2) the letter I had received
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3) received the letter
4) was receiving the letter
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5) No correction required
13. We appreciate your resourcefulness in effectively handling considerable
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difficult exercises.
1) considerable difficulty
2) considerably difficult
3) considered difficulty
4) considerably and difficulty
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5) No correction required
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14. He persevered and succeeded to the face of all obstacles.
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1) in facing all the
2) to all the face of
3) by the face of all
4) at the face of the all
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5) No correction required
15. You must ensure that I get my cheque encash before Saturday.
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1) my cheque encashed
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3) my cheque cash
5) No correction required
2) cash my cheque
4) encash my cheque
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Directions (Q. 16-25): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces.
Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3),
(4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the
sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
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16. As censorship was ........, people were ........ the furious battle being fought.
1) clammed, oblivious of
2) revoked, indifferent to
3) imposed, unware of
4) dispelled, ignorant of
5) levelled, unmindful of
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17. Man needs food not ........ for the body but for the soul also. The satisfaction of
his physical wants does not imply his ........
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1) merely, contentment
2) properly, superiority
3) only, spirituality
4) necessarily, commitment
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5) certainly, entitlement
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18. We are proud to say that today ........ 26 percent of our total accounts are ........
by women and senior citizens.
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1) approximate, held
2) nearly, authorised
3) over, maintain
4) above, open
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5) around, operated
19. The dimensions of the ........ are known and the solution is ........ on.
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1) problem, agreed 2) theory, dealt
4) risks, tempered
3) measures, decided
5) danger, looked
20. The ........ of the ........ carried out in the company were published.
1) reports, findings
2) articles, observations
3) drawbacks, preparations
4) results, investigations
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5) observations, teams
21. ........ to your error the ........ consignment has been delayed by a week.
1) According, important
2) Duly, urgent
3) Owing, entire
4) Added, crucial
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5) Admitting, special
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22. He ........ to the audience in a soft but confidential tone all ........ had happened.
1) explained, whatever
3) demonstrated, what
2) narrated, that
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5) showed, whatsoever
4) briefed, those
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23. He was ........ not to ........ done the exercise himself.
1) expected, be
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4) warned, be
2) required, being 3) needed, get
5) supposed, have
24. The teacher ........ his students ........ being late to school.
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1) shouted, at
2) reprimanded, for
3) reminded, with
4) narrated, of
5) taught, for
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25. Giving unfair ........ to one's relatives in the matter of appointments and such other
benefits is ........
1) punishment, parochialism
2) advantage, nepotism
3) benefits, pragmatism
4) preferences, chauvinism
5) leverage, communalism
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Directions (Q. 26-30): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F)
and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the
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questions given below them.
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(A) Equally, if you show disloyalty to your company or colleagues, your manners
will be seen as unacceptable.
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(B) Much of this book is concerned with this golden rule.
(C) The other half is good manners invoke taking positive action to make the other
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person feel good about your relationship with him.
(D) They indicate to the person you are dealing with whether you can be relied on to
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act correctly and fairly when he does business with you.
(E) Avoiding these negatives is only half the story.
(F) Manners are the patterns of behaviour.
(G) If he thinks that you are boorish, selfish or indisciplined your behaviour is
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unlikely to be changed.
26. Which of the following is the SEVENTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) C
2) D
4) B
5) A
3) E
27. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) G
2) F
4) B
5) C
3) A
28. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) G
2) E
4) B
5) A
3) F
29. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) G
4) F
5) D
3) E
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30. Which of the following is the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) B
2) D
4) A
5) C
3) F
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Directions (Q. 31-40): In the following sentences there are blanks each of which has
been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five
words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate word in each case.
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In the thirties and forties, geography was ..(31).. subject in schools. Children spent
hours tracing maps and ..(32).. about strange places, people and customs. Harvard
University ..(33).. its geography department after World War II. A string of leading
universities in the United States ..(34).. suit. Geography has been tarred with racist
brush, and no one wants to be ..(35)...
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David S Landes, professor of history and economics at Harvard university,
makes a forceful ..(36).. for geography in his book, 'The Wealth and Poverty of
Nations'. Geography, he says the unpleasant truth that nature is unfair, unequal in its
..(37).. and that its unfairnesses are not easily ..(38)... For Landes, there is
nothing racist in a geography that links ..(39).. and group behaviour to nature, no one
can be praised or ..(40).. for the temperature of the air, the volume or timing of
rainfall, or the topography.
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31. 1) full-fledged
4) boring
32. 1) knowledge
4) learned
33. 1) established
4) developed
2) resourceful
4) wore
35. 1) learned
4) prepared
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36. 1) decision
4) plea
37. 1) behaviour
4) deal
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5) famous
2) drawings
2) nurtured
3) ignored
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5) figures
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3) intensified
2) contaminated
3) neglected
5) abolished
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34. 1) followed
3) decent
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2) cleared
3) prepared
5) filled
5) knowledgeable
2) impeachment
3) lesson
5) plan
2) favours
3) sources
5) functions
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38. 1) sensed
2) placated
3) remedied
4) over-ruled
5) understood
39. 1) expediency
2) sentiments
4) acquisition
5) obedience
40. 1) credited
3) performance
2) implored
4) flattered
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3) admired
5) blamed
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ANSWERS
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1-1; Delete 'of' after 'despite'. The word 'despite' takes no preposition. We use either
'despite' or 'in spite of'.
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3-1; 'Your over-dependence on' is the correct usage. As 'dependent' is an adjective, its
noun form will be used as a subject.
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4-1; 'Everybody' is a singular noun. Hence the correct verb should be 'knows', not
'know'.
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5-1; Replace 'beside' with 'besides'. 'Beside' means 'by the side of' whereas 'Besides'
means 'In addition to'.
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6-4; Replace 'lower' with 'lowered'. If a verb follows 'has/ have', then it must be in
Past Participle form.
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7-1; 'That boy posseses' is the correct usage, as the verb must agree with its subject
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9-3; 'Since lunch time' makes it clear that the sentence should be in Present Perfect
Continuous. So 'are' should be replaced with 'have been'.
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10-1;Replace 'with' with 'at'.
11-3;To express relation between two things we use 'each other'. Independence is a
'noun' whereas 'Independent' is an 'adjective'. An 'adjective' is used to modify a
'noun'. Here 'activities' is a noun and to modify it, the adjective 'Independent'
should be used.
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12-3;The given sentence is in Simple past tense which becomes clear from the word
'found' in it. Hence the part printed in bold should also be in simple past tense,
that is the bold part should be replaced with option 3.
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13-2;As we know an adverb modifies an adjective. The 'difficult' being an adjective
should be modified by the adverb 'considerably'.
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14-1;In the given sentence the correct preposition after 'succeed' should be 'in'. As you
know, the verb following a preposition takes V4 (verb + ing) hence 'the face'
should be 'facing'. After changing the bold part, it should be 'in facing all the'.
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15-1;We know that the verb after 'get' takes Past Participle form, i.e. V3. Therefore, in
the given sentence, in place of 'encash', there should be 'encashed'.
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16-3; 17-1; 18-5; 19-1; 20-4; 21-3; 22-2; 23-5; 24-2; 25-2;
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(Q. 26-30) Order is: F D G A E C B;
26-4; 27-2 ; 28-1; 29-3; 30-5; 31-3; 32-4; 33-5; 34-1; 35-2; 36-4; 371; 38-3;
39-2; 40-5.
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Writer: B. Krishna Kumar
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