Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, phrase replacement,fillers, Para jumbles)( new pattern) SBI CLERK 2020 .

Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, phrase replacement,fillers,  Para jumbles)( new pattern)  SBI CLERK 2020 . 

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🔘As we know, English section is a very important section of SBI CLERK/PO exam. 
Tackling English section with wits can give you an edge over other students. And English is all about practice, so to make your job easier,we have come up with a series of " TOPICWISE PRACTICE SETS" comprising '200 QUESTIONS '. In this "PRACTICE SET 2 " we have provided 10 practice questions from ERROR DETECTION,PHRASE REPLACEMENT, FILLERS (new pattern)' with detailed solution. 

🔷Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, phrase replacement,fillers,  Para jumbles)( new pattern)  SBI CLERK 2020 . 

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🔷Direction : Sentences with one or more blanks are given, indicating that something has been omitted.Choose the word that fits the blank appropriately. 

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1) A. She does not come from a/an____ family.
B. We are greatly ____ that we have the home minister among us today.

a) affluent
b) affluence
c) forth
d) admire
e) privileged 


2) A. It is a/an ____ venture to serve one's country in the armed forces.
B. Her literary and scientific reputation speedily brought her ____ recognition. 

a) persistence
b) daring 
c) boring
d) honourable 
e) None of these 

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3) If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on ____ , but their intensity _____ as they travel further from their sources.

(a) everlasting, decreases
(b) always, improves
(c) forever, inclines
(d) steadily, deflates
(e) indefinitely, diminishes




4) When asked about her father, Shalini lost her outward enthusiasm and became rather______.
(a) reserved
(b) expansive
(c) talkative
(d) extrovert
(e) outgoing


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5) The changes made in the system were so __ that they didn't require any ___

A) small,major
B) big,expertise
C) certain, expense
D)marginal,expenses
E)modification, intelligence


6) Scarcely had Shivangi returned to India ___ her brother met  with an accident and got Severely injured.

A) as
B) lest
C) but
D)yet
E)when

💠In the following sentences, some parts have errors and some are correct. Find out which part has an error and mark it as your answer.If there is no error, mark 'No error'.

7) Every now and then some retired civil servants come out (a)/ with their memoir,painting (b)/ a glorious picture of the heights of (c)/ administrative efficiency reached during his reign.(d)/No error  
A) ab

B) ad

C) d

D) bd

E) No error  

8) The penalty for drunk driving (a)/ might be the lose of a driving license and a (b)/ heavy fine but under the new (c)/  scheme ,convicted drivers don't pay the fine.(d)/ no error

A) ab

B) c

C) cd

D) bd

E) No error 

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9) It can't be taken as a sole coincidence(A)/  that most of the beauty queens Now-a-days (B)/  is discovered in the developing countries with vast (C)/  population and a good market potential.(D)/ No  error 

1) AB

2) BC

3) CD

4) AC

5) No error 

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10) Rohit was reassembling (a) / carefully his bicycle after (b) /it arrived from (c) / his grandfather's place.(d) / No error 

1) a
2) b
3) c
4) d
5) No error 

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SOLUTION

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1) e
We have to choose one option among the given options that fits both the blanks appropriately. 
Elimination method  - as we can see that we need an adjective(to qualify the noun 'family) to fit in the blank A,so we can easily eliminate options b ,c,d.
Affluence- noun, which means the state of being affluent/rich.
Forth - adverb,which means forward in time ,place etc.
Admire - verb,which means to regard with delight.
Now,between options a and e , option e ,that is,privileged which is an adjective meaning 'having special privileges 'fits in both of the blanks appropriately and grammatically.

2) d
Again ,go with elimination method.
persistence - noun,the property of being persistent 
daring  - Adjective, adventurous, courageous 
 boring - Adjective, dull
honourable  - Adjective, respectable 
Hence,honourable is the word that fits in both the blanks contextually and grammatically. 

3) e
Go with elimination method. 
To fill the second blank ,we need either 'decreases' or 'diminishes'.
Now between everlasting and indefinitely ,we have to choose one that fits in the first blank appropriately.To fill the blank first ,we need an  adverb ,so we can easily eliminate everlasting as it's an adjective. 

4) Among the given options, reserved is the word that fits in the context appropriately and grammatically. 
Reserved(adj)  - slow to reveal emotions or opinions. 


5) D
Option A is incorrect because the statement doesn't deliver complete sense after using the fillers, 'major' doesn't make any sense after 'any'. Similarly fillers given in the options B, C and E either don't fit in the context or renders incomplete sense. Hence option D is our obvious choice.
Marginal (n) - something that is marginal,minor

6) E
Scarcely/hardly  (adv) takes 'when' while 'no sooner' takes than.

7) The errors are in  b and d parts.

Replace 'memoir' with 'memoirs'.

Memoirs - a book describing personal experiences of an author, autobiography/biography.

Replace 'his reign' with their reigns in the d part.

8) a and b parts have errors.

Replace 'drunk driving ' with 'drunken driving '.

And replace 'lose' with 'loss' as we need a noun here.

'Loss' is a noun which is an instance of losing whereas 'lose' is a verb.

9)  A and C parts have errors.

Use 'mere ' in place of 'sole' as mere means 'just' ,'only'. Use 'are'  in place of 'is' in the C part, " 'most of the'+plural noun" will take plural verb. 

10) (a)
The error is in (a) part of the sentence.
An adverb of manner (carefully) can't be put between a verb and its direct object.
It should be 'carefully reassembling ' instead of 'reassembling carefully'.
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