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This quiz consists of questions from
various Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your
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the correct answers!
Directions (Q. 1-10) Read each sentence to
find out whether there is any grammatical 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. She had created problems even when she
was on training while she was still
waiting to take full charge of her duties.
(a) she has been waiting
(b) she had been still
(d) she would have still
(d) she has still to wait
(e) No correction required
2. The director insisted on his orders
being carried out with the letter.
(a) for the letter
(b) to the letter
(d) by the letter
(d) into the letter
(e) No correction required
3. He admired the speed with which Koti
completed the work and appreciating the
method adopted by him.
(a) appreciate the method being adopted
(b) appreciated the method adopted
(d) appreciate the method of adoption
(d) appreciate the adopting method
(e) No correction required
4. Unless I get some break, I should not be able to do any more
work.
(a) shall not be able
(b) should be unable
(d) shall not be unable
(d) should not be unable
(e) No correction required
5. Some people have a habit of wearing their heart on their sleeves.
(a) bearing their heart on their sleeves
(b) wearing heart on their sleeves
(d) wearing their heart on sleeves
(d) bearing their heart on their sleeve
(e) No correction required
6. You plea that you were thorough ignorant of the consequences cannot be accepted..
(a) had thorough ignorance
(b) were thoroughly ignorance
(d) had thoroughly ignorant
(d) were thoroughly ignorant
(e) No correction required
7. I had met him after the party where he had been given an inspiring
speech.
(a) when he had
(b) where he would have
(c) in which he was given
(d) where he had
(e) No correction required
8. Because of scientific progress, we expect to live better than our parents
have.
(a) should expect to live better than our
parents
(b) expect to live as good as our parents
live
(c) expect to live better than our parents
did
(d) expected to live better than our
parents
(e) No correction required
9. I cannot put up with that nasty fellow.
(a) put up
(b) put at
(d) put on with
(d) put up in
(e) No correction required
10. It is useless to run away from every
danger, risks must not be taken.
(a) no risks must be
(b) any risk must be
(d) although risks must be
(d) some risks must be
(e) No correction required
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Answers
1(e) 2(b) 3(b)
4(a) 5(e) 6(d)
7(d) 8(c) 9(e)
10(d)