IBPS Clerk Prelims : English Language Test

English Practice Set for IBPS Clerk Prelims exam :-

Common Errors

1. Thank You/(a) very much/(b) for your/(c) beautiful letter(d).

2.  After/(a) ten months,/(b) he was/(c) the General Manager(d).

3.  I always/(a) take a bath/(b) before going/(c) to bed.(d)

4. This course is/(a) for students/(b) with a basis knowledge/(c) of English(d).

5.  We decided/(a) to have/(b) a bath/(c) in the hotel pool(d).

6.  Political stability/(a) provides/(b) the base/(c) for economic development(d).

7.  His attempt/(a) of seizing/(b) power was/(c) defeated by the army(d).

8.  In Britain,/(a) we have/(b) a lot of /(c) snow at winter time(d).

9.  One of /(a) the prison guards/(b) assisted/(c) them to escape(d).

10.  She was/(a) charged with/(b) assassinating/(c) a taxi driver(d).

11. From a/(a) biological point of/(b) view/aspect, the/(c) two plants are very similar(d).

12. After ten years/(a) as a taxi driver,/(b) he decided it was/(c) time to change his career(d).

Idioms and Phrases

13. Off Hand

(a)    Without preparation                                   (b)    Out of hand

(c)    Rehearsed                                                   (d)     In hand

14.  Count on

(a)    Depend on                                                  (b)   As a result of

(c)    Ceremonially                                             (d)    To wait for the benefactor

15.  To Knuckle under

(a)    To be in a crisis                                         (b)   To submit

(c)    To takes rest                                              (d)    to go to bed

16.  To have a dig at

(a)    To criticize someone                                  (b)    To sow seeds

(c)    To weed out                                               (d)     To praise someone

One word Substitution

17.  The time between midnight and noon

(a) Afternoon

(b) Antipodes

(c) Ante-meridian (AM)

(d) Antenatal

18. Still existing and known

(a) Extent

(b) Extant

(c) Eternal

(d) Immanent

19.  One who cannot be corrected

(a)  Incurable

(b)  Incorrigible

(c)  Hardened

(d)  Vulnerable

20.  A place where money is coined.

(a)  Mint

(b)  Press

(c)  Treasury

(d)  Bank

1. (d) Interesting letter

2. (c) became

3. No Error   American English :  take a bath

                     British English : Have a bath

4. (c)  basic

5. (c)  swim

6. (c)  basis 

7. (b)  to seize

8. (d)  in wintertime

9. (d)  their escape

10. (c)  murdering (check difference between murder and assassination)

11. (c)  point of view 

12. (d) job/occupation ( see for job, occupation and career)

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