"ExamGuruAdda: Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Stay Ahead in Bank Exam Preparation": English Quiz

English Quiz

Directions (Q. 1-5): 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. 1) Reading among the lines of a just-released optimistic report / 2) on global flows of goods, services and finance by the McKinsey Global Institute, / 3) one can conclude that the developed world is benefiting / 4) more from globalisation than the developing one. / 5) No error

2. 1) Money from poor countries / 2) is flowing into richer ones, / 3) in large part due to the active purchase / 4) of foreign assets by central banks. / 5) No error


3. 1) Have you ever had / 2) a concept that you wished / 3) brought to life, bud didn’t / 4) possess the means to fabricate? / 5) No error

4. 1) In framing the new development agenda, the private sector must focus / 2) on tackling unemployment and job creation / 3) on a massive scale and on / 4) dramatically improved access to electricity. / 5) No error

5. 1) Former Telecom Minister A Raja sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s name / 2) in a Delhi court by saying that / 3) all actions were done with his / 4) concurrence and not unilaterally. / 5) No error

Answers
1. 1; Replace ‘among’ with ‘between’
2. 1; Replace ‘poor’ with ‘poorer’
3. 5
4. 4; Replace ‘improved’ with ‘improving’
5. 3; Replace ‘done’ with ‘taken’


Directions (Q. 1-5): 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. 1) Reading among the lines of a just-released optimistic report / 2) on global flows of goods, services and finance by the McKinsey Global Institute, / 3) one can conclude that the developed world is benefiting / 4) more from globalisation than the developing one. / 5) No error

2. 1) Money from poor countries / 2) is flowing into richer ones, / 3) in large part due to the active purchase / 4) of foreign assets by central banks. / 5) No error


3. 1) Have you ever had / 2) a concept that you wished / 3) brought to life, bud didn’t / 4) possess the means to fabricate? / 5) No error

4. 1) In framing the new development agenda, the private sector must focus / 2) on tackling unemployment and job creation / 3) on a massive scale and on / 4) dramatically improved access to electricity. / 5) No error

5. 1) Former Telecom Minister A Raja sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s name / 2) in a Delhi court by saying that / 3) all actions were done with his / 4) concurrence and not unilaterally. / 5) No error

Answers
1. 1; Replace ‘among’ with ‘between’
2. 1; Replace ‘poor’ with ‘poorer’
3. 5
4. 4; Replace ‘improved’ with ‘improving’
5. 3; Replace ‘done’ with ‘taken’


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