Weekly quiz on English Grammar for IBPS PO & upcoming exams : 03/09/2017 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: A sentence with one blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits the blank appropriately.

Great quantities of fish ______ in this river in the past few years.

Question 2

The author is not only famous for his writing, but also for his awesome motivational speeches.

Question 3

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

Scrubbers remove aerosols from a stream of gas either by collecting wet particles on a surface followed by their removal, or else the particles are wet by a scrubbing liquid.

Question 4

Direction: Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) given below the sentence can replace the words printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically and structurally correct?

Air pollution may be defined as the presence of any solid, liquid or gaseous substance including noise and radioactive radiation in the atmosphere in such concentration that may be directly and indirectly injurious to humans or other living organisms, plants, property or interferes by the normal environmental processes.

Question 5

Directions: In each question below a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type that part may contain a grammatical error Each sentence is /followed by phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

The minister said that he is proud of the people of his constituency.

Question 6

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as No error. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

I am excited to meet all my sister-in-laws at the wedding ceremony.

Question 7

________ raining, she went to the market to do some urgent work.

Question 8

The hunter shot the huge tiger ________ a rifle.

Question 9

Direction: A sentence with one blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits the blank appropriately.

______ happens, we'll continue with the experiment.

Question 10

Direction: A sentence with one blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits the blank appropriately.

_____ he returns, nothing can be done.