IBPS PO Prelims 2016 - English Language

1.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

Forty percent of the people alive today have

never made a phone call, but

thirty percent still have no electricity connections

to their homes.

No error

2.		Which of the following should be the Fourth sentence of the given paragraph?

F

C

B

E

D

3.		Which of the following should be the LAST sentence of the given paragraph?

A

C

B

D

E

4.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 27?

managed

officious

delivered

measured

postponed

5.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 29?

who

whom

whose

which

whomsoever

6.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 28?

are been

have being

have been

has been

is be

7.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

The need to set up

a good library in the locality

has been in the minds of people

for some time now

No error

8.		Which of the following statement is false?

Low cost of labour in China is key to attract foreign investment.

Achieving self-perfection of socialism is a reason for China's incredible growth

Developing country can suffer economically due to globalization.

China is facing a much fiercer competition at home compared to international markets.

None of these

9.

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following Six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) It is the only country in the world that is carbon negative, which means it produces more oxygen than it consumes.

(B) Bhutan, sandwiched between the two most populous nations on Earth, suffers for their sins.

(C) So far, so good. But then, two things happened.

(D) Carbon sinks, 70% forest cover, powered almost entirely by mountain streams—Bhutan is a poster child for green living.

(E) Glaciers are beginning to melt, flash floods and heavy rains—and even droughts—are common, and temperatures are climbing.

(F) One, India and China got richer.

Which of the following should be the First sentence of the given paragraph?

E

D

C

B

A

10.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 26?

barbarity

talent

skills

unskilled

barbaric