Dear readers,
This quiz consists of actual questions from various
Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your answers/
responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct
answers!
Directions (Q1-10): 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 that part is the answer.
If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if
any.)
1. (1)
The Government has asked individuals / (2) with income of over Rs 10
lakhs to / (3) electronic file tax returns for the year 2011-12, / (4)
something which was optional till last year. / (5) No error
2. (1)
The power tariff had already / (2) been increased twice in / (3)
the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had also / (4) levied
additional monthly charges to consumers./ (5) No error.
3. (1)
Despite of curfew / (2) in some areas, minor / (3) communal
incidents were reported / (4) from different areas of the walled city. /
(5) No error
4. (1)
This comes / (2) at a time / (3) when fund allocation / (4)
is been doubled. / (5) No error
5. (1)
As the prison will get / (2) an official telephone facility soon, the
prisoners / (3) won’t have to make calls in discreet manner / (4) through
smuggled mobile phones. / (5) No error
6. (1)
The area was plunged into / (2) darkness mid a wave of/ (3)
cheering and shouting of / (4) slogans like ‘Save The Earth’. / (5)
No error
7. (1)
The poll contestants approached / the commission/ (2) complaining that
the hoardings / (3) violated
the code of conduct / (4) and influenced public perception. / (5)
No error
8. (1)
The country has / (2) adequate laws but problems / arise / (3) when
these are not / (4) implemented in letter and spirit. / (5) No error
9. (1)
The Management feels that / (2) the employees of the organisation are / (3)
nonproductive, and do not want / (4) to work hard. / (5) No error
10. (1) As
far the issue of land encroachment / (2) in villages is concerned,
people will / (3) have to make a start from their villages by / (4)
sensitising and educating the villagers about this issue. / (5) No error
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Answers
1(3)
2(4) 3(1) 4(4)
5(3) 6(2) 7(5)
8(5) 9(3) 10(1)