IBPS PO Prelims 2016 - English Language

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

Film viewers claim that

the number of scenes depicting

have increased dramatically over

the last decade.

No error

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

Most people would have

attended the union meeting

if they had

had longer notice of it.

No error

3.		Which of the following is the most suitable term for the nature of Chinese opening to the outside world?

Progressive

Self conscious

Comprehensive

Discerning

Selective

4.

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

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

He took to

reading Times

for better knowledge

of the facts.

No error

6.		Which of the following should be the Third sentence of the given paragraph?

A

B

C

D

E

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

managed

officious

delivered

measured

postponed

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

The bridal dress was

most unique: the prince

designed it and his

mother provided the lace fabric.

No error

9.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 30?

profoundly

gradually

superficially

speciously

earnest

10.		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