English Grammar Model Questions for Bank Exams

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Model Questions
Directions (Q.No. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'No error', mark (5) as your answer.
1.   Many economists and expert committees (1)/ have in the past argued that the RBI is holding (2)/ much higher capital than required (3)/ to cover all its risks and contingency. (4)/ No error (5)
2.   Harmanpreet became the first Indian woman cricketer to score a century in T-20 Internationals. (1)/ Earlier this year, she is embroiled in controversy (2)/ after the Punjab government withdrew her DSP rank (3)/ saying her degree had been found to be fake. (4)/ No error (5)
3.   Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday stoutly defended his controversial move (1)/ to dissolve the parliament, saying it was taken to prevent clashes (2)/ between rival lawmakers (3)/ and also blamed Speaker for not accepting his presidential powers. (4)/ No error (5)
4.   The Election Commission on Friday imposed a near month-long ban (1)/ on holding exit polls (2)/ beginning November 12 (3)/ in the five poll-bound states include Telangana. (4)/ No error (5)
5.   The National Flag will fly at half-mast throughout the country on Monday (1)/ to pay homage Union minister Ananth Kumar (2)/ who died in the early hours. (3)/ The Central government will also accord a state funeral to the senior BJP leader. (4)/ No error (5)
Directions (Q.No. 6-10): Each question below has a blank/ two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word/ set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
6.   She looked at him, and laughed; a cold laugh, ____, yet not bitter.
   1) Disdainful   2) respectful
   3) deferential   4) referential
   5) reverent
7.   My brother was ____; he has attached himself to the retinue of a wealthy Baroness.
   1) Servile   2) imply
   3) comply   4) entail
   5) authoritative
8.   Punishment is ____in deterring from crime only if it be certain and ____.
   1) Useless, slow
   2) futile, leisurely
   3) ineffectual, dawdling
   4) vain, sluggish
   5) efficacious, speedy
9.   The Trump administration's ____ indifference to European concerns boils the blood of even the most ____ of Eurocrats.
   1) simple, bustling
   2) basic, docile
   3) ambiguous, serene
   4) undetectable, quite
   5) Apparent, placid
10.   The hotel's shabby, outdated exercise room was its ____ attempt at a health spa.
   1) hefty   2) paltry
   3) substantial   4) generous
   5) considerable
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Directions: (Q.No. 11 - 15) Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3), and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If there is no error mark (5) No correction required as your answer.
11.   She recommended that John should take the ferry.
   1) She recommended that John takes the ferry.
   2) She recommended that John is taking the ferry.
   3) She recommended that John has taken the ferry.
   4) She recommended that John take the ferry.
   5) No correction required
12.   After the attack on the World Trade Center, the President ordered intelligence agencies should prepare lists of who were America's most wanted terrorists.
   1) would do the preparation of lists of America's most wanted terrorists
   2) preparing lists of most wanted terrorists in America
   3) the preparing of a list of the most wanted terrorists in America
   4) to prepare lists of the most wanted terrorists in America
   5) No correction required
13.   The exhibit, created by painstaking craftsmanship in the jungles of Burma, consisted of hundreds of paintings, each painting a tiny etched landscape inside its own ceramic work of pottery.
   1) all the paintings a tiny etched landscape inside their
   2) all the paintings a tiny etched landscape inside its
   3) every painting a tiny etched landscape inside their
   4) each painting a tiny etched landscape inside their
   5) No correction required
14.   More than one hundred years ago, students of ornithology reported that hummingbirds can hover as insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another.
   1) like insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another
   2) as insects do that flit gracefully from one flower to others
   3) like insects do that flit gracefully from one flower to others
   4) as do insects that flit gracefully from one flower to some other one
   5) No correction required
15.   Forced to cut back their stock, automobile dealers in the area have cut prices; have been priced to sell, and they are
   1) are priced to sell, and they have
   2) are priced to sell, and they do
   3) are being priced to sell, and have
   4) had been priced to sell, and they have
   5) No correction required
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Directions (Q.No. 16-20): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A)   The jump in the ranking, from 100 to 77, is correlated with an improvement in the ratings, a jump of 6.6 per cent over last year.
B)   Such questions are critical to help evolve a more focussed set of policy priorities for India.
C)   What was even more interesting was that construction permits and cross-border trade were two aspects that showed maximum improvement.
D)   What did the government do right? If business has become so much easier, why don't we see a boom in new businesses and investment?
E)   The improvement in India's "Doing Business" rankings was quite a surprise, and among the few pleasant ones in recent weeks.
F)   This is the second year that India has seen a massive jump in the same ratings with its ranking going up by 23 places this year, on top of 30 places last year.
16.   What is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) C
   4) D   5) E
17.   What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) D
   4) F   5) E
18.   What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) D
   4) E   5) F
19.   What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
   1) B   2) A   3) C
   4) D   5) E
20.   What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) C
   4) D   5) F
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Directions (Q.No. 21-25) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Sardar Patel had no time for religious extremists of any kind. It didn't matter whether you were Muslim or Hindu; if you were misusing religion and religious sentiments to further your political power, Patel was not your friend. While he may have had more sympathy towards some Hindu traditions than Jawaharlal Nehru, neither Nehru nor Patel was blind to the fact that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindutva lot consistently bowed to the British rulers while Congress leaders, like themselves, were slammed into jail where some of them even died. After the murder of Bapu, Patel's anger towards the RSS was unimaginable, and he banned the organization. He lifted the ban only after the group signed an agreement saying they would stay away from politics. That assurance was given in shameless bad faith, and today we have the irony of that same RSS trying to hollow out the legacies of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and Ambedkar even while building the gigantic Trojan Horse in Narmada district.
I'm sure there are people in Nagpur chortling into their falangist white shirts, thinking this is sweet revenge, that this statue of Patel will actually be a mausoleum of Gandhi's and Sardar's principles and ideology. The statue itself stares over a land destroyed to make the Narmada Dam and so-called Sardar Sarovar, where thousands of people were ripped out of their traditional lands to create an irrigation project that would benefit only a very few, a project that has failed dismally. To erect this obscene pile on the site of that robbery and disastrous planning is to add insult to injury. The insult is as much to the poor people of Gujarat as it is to Sardar Patel, one of their greatest champions. This statue may be intended as the place to inter Patel's idea of India, but in time, when history kicks back, it might well become the mausoleum for the toxic ideology of Hindutva.
21.   Which of the following statements is true?
   1) Sardar Patel was tolerant towards Hindutva
   2) Sardar Patel entertained religious extremists
   3) Those who were misusing religion and religious sentiments occupied the coterie of Sardar
   4) all the above
   5) None of the above
22.   What is the odd one out from the following options?
   1) Rip out   2) Relegate
   3) Expunge   4) Ratify
   5) Efface
23.   The writer is ____
   1) Comparing Gandhi and Patel
   2) Demonstrating the strength of RSS
   3) Talking about Trojan horse
   4) Vehement about the project
   5) Disparaging the project
24.   The synonym of dismal is:
   1) Drab   2) Grab
   3) Clutch   4) Dangle
   5) Droop
25.   The antonym of obscene is:
   1) Profane   2) Pure
   3) Prurient   4) Ribald
   5) Wanton
KEY:
   1) 4   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) 2
   6) 1   7) 1   8) 5   9) 5   10) 2
   11) 4   12) 4   13) 5   14) 2   15) 2
   16) 1   17) 2   18) 3   19) 5   20) 3
   21) 5   22) 4   23) 5   24) 1   25) 2