SBI PO Prelims 2022: English Language Quiz –18

07/05/2022

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SBI PO Prelims 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 SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. This SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz includes all of the most recent pattern-based questions, as well as Previous Year Questions. This SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz is available to you at no cost. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation of each question in this SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz. Candidates must practice this SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz to achieve a good score in the English Language Section.

Directions (1-5): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e. “No correction required” as the answer.

The boy bought quite a number of notebooks which is why he got a heavy discount.

(a) many numbers

(b) heavy numbers

(d) quite numbers

(e) No Correction Required

Answer & Explanation

Ans. e

Exp. ‘Quite a number’ refers to a very large amount of something and it has been used in a grammatically and contextually correct manner.

One evening, Angela called me out on the blue and said she was in some kind of trouble

(a) out at the blue

(b) out off the blue

(d) out of the blue

(e) No Correction Required

Answer & Explanation

Ans. d

Exp. The phrase ‘out of the blue’ is used to mean ‘unexpectedly’ and all the mentioned syntax are its incorrect usages.

He escaped from the secret police by the skin off his teeth.

(a) skin off her teeth

(b) skin of her teeth

(d) skin on his teeth

(e) No Correction Required

Answer & Explanation

Ans. c

Exp. ‘By the skin of your teeth’ is an idiom used to mean ‘narrowly or barely’. The sentence is talking about the escape of a man hence the options with ‘her teeth’ are incorrect. The preposition used in this phrase is ‘of’ and not ‘off’ or ‘on’.

Priya is a very lazy girl and hate doing any kind of work.

(a) hates doing

(b) hate to do

(d) hated doing

(e) No Correction Required

Answer & Explanation

Ans. a

Exp. The first part of the sentence is given in the simple present form and hence the verb ‘hate’ will also be in its present participle form. Priya is a singular subject which is why the verb will be used with an ‘s’ at the end to depict the singularity of the subject. Hence, ‘hates doing’ is the best option.

A lot of people are unaware of the fact that Mount Everest is the most highest mountain peak.

(a) most highest

(b) the highest

(d) the moistest highest

(e) No Correction Required

Answer & Explanation

Ans. b

Exp. The word ‘most’ is used with adjectives in their positive degrees. But because the adjective ‘high’ is already in its superlative form, the word ‘most’ becomes redundant.

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

Where Russell was concerned, (a) / the only thing the police seemed (b)/ to have against him was the fact that he (c)/ provided them for no new topic (d)/ No Error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation

Ans. d

Exp. The use of the preposition ‘with’ in the sentence is incorrect. It is to be noted that there is a difference in syntax while using the word ‘provide’ with the preposition ‘for’ and ‘with’. Both versions have two objects, a person who receives and a thing that is given. So, the syntax will be:

Provide [RECEIVER] with [SOMETHING] or Provide [SOMETHING] (for [RECEIVER]). Therefore we can say that the correct phrase should have been “Provided them with no new topic”.

Buying that flashy sports car (a)/ was just his meretricious way (b)/ of showing-off his ex-wife (c)/ that he was doing fine without her (d)/ No Error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation

Ans. c

Exp. The error lies in the phrase ‘showing-off’. Meretricious describes something flashy and attractive but has no real value. ‘Showing-off’ needs to be replaced with showing to make the sentence meaningfully and grammatically correct because the former gives a meaning that he is showing-off his ex-wife while the latter gives the meaning that he is showing his ex-wife that he is doing better.

He is awed by it’s (a)/ fabulous wealth but deeply (b)/ troubled by what he sees (c)/ as its moral depravity (d)/ No Error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation

Ans. a

Exp. It’s is simply contracted form of ‘It is’ while its means ‘belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified’. Hence ‘it’s’ needs to be changed to ‘its’ to make the sentence meaningfully and grammatically correct.

Not less noticeable is the (a)/ tenacity with which isolated fragments (b)/ of the nation have preserved their peculiar (c)/ characteristis, language, customs and traditions (d)/ No Error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation

Ans. e

Exp. The sentence is meaningful and grammatically correct.

There are so many sights of (a)/ parental devotion to be witnessed (b)/ in the avian world just now (c)/ that it seem invidious to single one out (d)/No Error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation

Ans. d

Exp. Seem needs to be changed to ‘seems’ to make the sentence grammatically correct. Seems will be used because it is referring to the singular notion of missing a sight. Invidious means unfair and unjust.

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