IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz – 9

IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz

English Language is a part of almost all major competitive exams in the country and is perhaps the most scoring section also. Aspirants who regularly practice questions have a good chance of scoring well in the English Language Section. So here we are providing you with the IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. This IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz includes all of the most recent pattern-based questions, as well as Previous Year Questions. This IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz is available to you at no cost. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation of each question in this IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz. Candidates must practice this IBPS Clerk English Language Quiz to achieve a good score in the English Language Section.

Directions (1-5): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then tries to decipher its meaning as used in the sentence. Choose the option which gives the meaning of the phrase most appropriately in the context of the given sentence.

  1. The dating applicant spelled outexactly what she wanted in a man.

(a) respected
(b) favoured
(c) sanctioned
(d) rejection
(e) deciphered

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. ‘Spelled out’ means to explain something explicitly, so that the meaning is unmistakable.

  1. Young people used to look downon the rules of society.

(a) disparate
(b) fabricate
(c) neglect
(d) consider
(e) investigate

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘Look down’ means to regard with contempt.

  1. He’s too fat, he’d better cut bread and sugar outof his diet and do more exercise.

(a) manifest
(b) split
(c) displace
(d) eliminate
(e) migrate

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. ‘cut out’ means delete, remove or leave out.

  1. I thought I’d hang aroundfor a while and see if she comes.

(a) unravel
(b) resolve
(c) linger
(d) attend
(e) anticipate

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘hang around’ means loiter, wait around.

  1. The customer service representative couldn’t help me, so he put me throughto a manager.

(a) pass
(b) persist
(c) operate
(d) manage

(e) supervise

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. ‘Put through’ means transfer or connect somebody on the telephone.

Directions (6-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

  1. To curbing the spread of violence, (a)/ authorities brought under curfew (b)/ more areas in the state, where (c)/ youths were killed. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Use ‘To curb’ in place of ‘To curbing” because when “to” is used as INFINITIVE PARTICLE then first form of Verb is used.

  1. Demands for diesel cars, which has (a)/ been on the rise for the last few years (b)/ may dip as the government is increasing the price (c)/ of the fuel, bringing it closer to that of petrol. (d)/ No error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Use ‘have’ in place of ‘has’ because ‘diesel cars’ is plural

  1. The Indian stock market has been one of the well (a)/ performing (b)/ markets globally (c)/ during the current year. (d)/ No error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. “best” should replace “well”

  1. Had the scheme been allowed (a)/ to continue (b)/ it would have generated (c)/ attracted returns. (d)/ No error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. “attractive” should replace “attracted”

  1. People should constantly (a)/ upgrade their skills (b)/ in order to be effective (c)/ and efficient. (d)/ No error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. No error

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