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IBPS Clerk Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held On: 4 September 2022 Shift 2) (Previous Year Paper)·English Language
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Question 761

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Directions: There are four sentences given as options, some of which may contain an error. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and contextually correct. If all the given sentences are correct, mark 'All are correct' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    The student's homeworks are due tomorrow.

  2. BOption (b)

    The dog's tail wagged excitedly upon seeing its owner.

  3. COption (c)

    The team have won the championship for three consecutive years.

  4. DOption (d)

    A book can takes you on a journey to different worlds.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are correct

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Answer: (a)A.

The student's homeworks are due tomorrow.

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Question 762

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Directions: There are four sentences given as options, some of which may contain an error. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and contextually correct. If all the given sentences are correct, mark 'All are correct' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    The children's toys is scattered around the room.

  2. BOption (b)

    The cat's fur feels soft to the touch.

  3. COption (c)

    The company have announced their quarterly earnings.

  4. DOption (d)

    A apple a day keeps the doctors away.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are correct 

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Answer: (a)A.

The children's toys is scattered around the room.

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Question 763

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Directions: There are four sentences given as options, some of which may contain an error. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and contextually correct. If all the given sentences are correct, mark 'All are correct' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    The train arrived late due to heavily rainfall.

  2. BOption (b)

    The cat's purring can be heard across the room.

  3. COption (c)

    The company have recently hired a new CEO.

  4. DOption (d)

    My brother and I loves playing video games together.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are correct

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Answer: (a)A.

The train arrived late due to heavily rainfall.

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Question 764

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Directions: There are four sentences given as options, some of which may contain an error. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and contextually correct. If all the given sentences are correct, mark 'All are correct' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    The book I borrowed from the library is interesting.

  2. BOption (b)

    The child's toys needs to be put away

  3. COption (c)

    The team have won the championship three times in a row.

  4. DOption (d)

    My parents and I is planning a vacation next month.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are correct

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Answer: (a)A.

The book I borrowed from the library is interesting.

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Question 765

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Directions: There are four sentences given as options, some of which may contain an error. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and contextually correct. If all the given sentences are correct, mark 'All are correct' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    The students has completed their assignments on time.

  2. BOption (b)

    The company's profits have grown steadily over the past year.

  3. COption (c)

    The dog's barking could heard from a distance.

  4. DOption (d)

    My friend and I is going to the movies tonight.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are correct

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Answer: (a)A.

The students has completed their assignments on time.

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Question 766

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

In the following sentence, some parts have been printed in bold. One of the bold parts is incorrectly spelled. Pick up that part and choose its number. If there is no error in the bold parts, choose option 5- No error as the answer.

Women's suffrage, coeducational studies, and affirmative action policies might change the way "femininity" is expressed, but these practices could not significantly change the overall status of women.

  1. AOption (a)

    Suffrage

  2. BOption (b)

    Affirmative

  3. COption (c)

    Femininity

  4. DOption (d)

    Significantly

  5. EOption (e)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

Suffrage

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Question 767

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

In the following sentence, some parts have been printed in bold. One of the bold parts is incorrectly spelled. Pick up that part and choose its number. If there is no error in the bold parts, choose option 5- No error as the answer.

The political office can be held only for a limited period which must be relinsquished upon completion of one's term or another exigency.

  1. AOption (a)

    Political

  2. BOption (b)

    Relinsquished

  3. COption (c)

    Completion

  4. DOption (d)

    Exigency

  5. EOption (e)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

Political

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Question 768

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

In the following sentence, some parts have been printed in bold. One of the bold parts is incorrectly spelled. Pick up that part and choose its number. If there is no error in the bold parts, choose option 5- No error as the answer.

Riding on the laguna in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's economic hub, the unusual complex floats on a platform made from 700,000 discarded bottles and other boyant debris.

  1. AOption (a)

    Laguna

  2. BOption (b)

    Hub

  3. COption (c)

    Discarded

  4. DOption (d)

    Boyant

  5. EOption (e)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

Laguna

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Question 769

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

In the following sentence, some parts have been printed in bold. One of the bold parts is incorrectly spelled. Pick up that part and choose its number. If there is no error in the bold parts, choose option 5- No error as the answer.

Ordinary people are not endowed with adequate patience and insight that would enable them to make a correct assesment of the situation.

  1. AOption (a)

    Endowed

  2. BOption (b)

    Adequate

  3. COption (c)

    Insight

  4. DOption (d)

    Assesment

  5. EOption (e)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

Endowed

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Question 770

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

In the following sentence, some parts have been printed in bold. One of the bold parts is incorrectly spelled. Pick up that part and choose its number. If there is no error in the bold parts, choose option 5- No error as the answer.

Marx's adherence to class perspective convinced him that a class-divided society cannot have homogeneous interests.

  1. AOption (a)

    Adherence

  2. BOption (b)

    Perspective

  3. COption (c)

    Society

  4. DOption (d)

    Homogeneous

  5. EOption (e)

    No errors

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Answer: (a)A.

Adherence

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Question 771

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word. 

In May 1835  Van Buren was ______ nominated by the Democratic convention at Baltimore.

  1. AOption (a)

    Differently

  2. BOption (b)

    Divergently

  3. COption (c)

    Oppositely

  4. DOption (d)

    Inconsistently

  5. EOption (e)

    Unanimously

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Answer: (a)A.

Differently

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Question 772

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word. 

Rita begged her husband to quit his unhealthy _______ of smoking cigars.

  1. AOption (a)

    Decency

  2. BOption (b)

    Virtue

  3. COption (c)

    Vice

  4. DOption (d)

    Happiness

  5. EOption (e)

    Honor

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Answer: (a)A.

Decency

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Question 773

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

Fill in the blanks.

Raymond wrote imaginary tales for young children containing ___________ characters and events like the Wayfarer Merlion who divided the sea.

  1. AOption (a)

    grotesque

  2. BOption (b)

    fantastic

  3. COption (c)

    corresponding

  4. DOption (d)

    appropriate

  5. EOption (e)

    none of the above

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Answer: (a)A.

grotesque

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Question 774

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Fill in the blanks.

Mr. Loddstone was ___________ on his henchman to aid in the cover up of the murder.

  1. AOption (a)

    Believing

  2. BOption (b)

    Calculating

  3. COption (c)

    Accounting

  4. DOption (d)

    Counting

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the above

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Answer: (a)A.

Believing

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Question 775

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Pick out the most appropriate word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully correct.

In terms of treating acne, neem paste is observed to ______ much of grease and bacteria that can exacerbate the condition.

  1. AOption (a)

    Keep

  2. BOption (b)

    Create

  3. COption (c)

    Increase

  4. DOption (d)

    Eliminate

  5. EOption (e)

    Allow

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Answer: (a)A.

Keep

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Question 776

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The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. Flights from European airports are down by 90% from a year ago, for example

Q. But it is to be hoped that the huge reduction in motor traffic caused by the virus will not be completely reversed

R. It is clear that the ways we travel, and use transport, will not be the same after the coronavirus outbreak as they were before

S. Already, cities including Milan and New York have announced ambitious plans to reconfigure roads

T. There are no comparable figures that suggest how many car journeys the UK should expect in six months or a year’s time

Which of the following is the SECOND sentence of the paragraph?

  1. AOption (a)

    T

  2. BOption (b)

    P

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    Q

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Answer: (a)A.

T

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Question 777

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. Flights from European airports are down by 90% from a year ago, for example

Q. But it is to be hoped that the huge reduction in motor traffic caused by the virus will not be completely reversed

R. It is clear that the ways we travel, and use transport, will not be the same after the coronavirus outbreak as they were before

S. Already, cities including Milan and New York have announced ambitious plans to reconfigure roads

T. There are no comparable figures that suggest how many car journeys the UK should expect in six months or a year’s time

Which of the following is the FIRST sentence of the paragraph?

  1. AOption (a)

    R

  2. BOption (b)

    S

  3. COption (c)

    T

  4. DOption (d)

    Q

  5. EOption (e)

    P

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Answer: (a)A.

R

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Question 778

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The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. Flights from European airports are down by 90% from a year ago, for example

Q. But it is to be hoped that the huge reduction in motor traffic caused by the virus will not be completely reversed

R. It is clear that the ways we travel, and use transport, will not be the same after the coronavirus outbreak as they were before

S. Already, cities including Milan and New York have announced ambitious plans to reconfigure roads

T. There are no comparable figures that suggest how many car journeys the UK should expect in six months or a year’s time

Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence of the paragraph?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    Q

  3. COption (c)

    S

  4. DOption (d)

    R

  5. EOption (e)

    T

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Answer: (a)A.

P

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Question 779

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The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. Flights from European airports are down by 90% from a year ago, for example

Q. But it is to be hoped that the huge reduction in motor traffic caused by the virus will not be completely reversed

R. It is clear that the ways we travel, and use transport, will not be the same after the coronavirus outbreak as they were before

S. Already, cities including Milan and New York have announced ambitious plans to reconfigure roads

T. There are no comparable figures that suggest how many car journeys the UK should expect in six months or a year’s time

Which of the following is the FOURTH sentence of the paragraph?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    R

  3. COption (c)

    Q

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    T

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Answer: (a)A.

P

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Question 780

IBPS Clerk 2022• English Language• English Language

The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. Flights from European airports are down by 90% from a year ago, for example

Q. But it is to be hoped that the huge reduction in motor traffic caused by the virus will not be completely reversed

R. It is clear that the ways we travel, and use transport, will not be the same after the coronavirus outbreak as they were before

S. Already, cities including Milan and New York have announced ambitious plans to reconfigure roads

T. There are no comparable figures that suggest how many car journeys the UK should expect in six months or a year’s time

Which of the following is the THIRD sentence of the paragraph?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    R

  3. COption (c)

    Q

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    T

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Answer: (a)A.

P

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