Poonia4India : IBPS EXAM : English Quiz (IBPS PO)

Direction (1-5). Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A.In America, highly educated women, who are in stronger position in the labour market than less qualified ones, have higher rates of marriage than other groups.

B.Some work supports the Becker thesis, and some appears to contradict it.

C. And, as with crime, it is equally inconclusive.

D. But regardless of the conclusion of any particular piece of work, it is hard to establish convincing connections between family changes and economic factors using conventional approaches.

E. Indeed, just as with crime, an enormous academic literature exists on the validity of the pure economic approach to the evolution of family structures.

1.Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?  

a.C

b.E

c.D

d.A

e.B

2.Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?  

a.B

b.A

c.D

d.E

e.C

3.Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement? 

a.E

b.C

c.D

d.A

e.B

4.Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?

a.C

b.D

c.A

d.C

e.B

5.Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?

a.A

b.B

c.C

d.D

e.E

Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is an grammatical error in  it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, mark (5) as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.) 

6.The number of employees (a)/reporting sick (b)/has reduced significantly (c)/because of the incentive. (d)/No error (e)

7.A small piece (a)/of bread is (b)/better than (c)/having nothing to eat(d)/No error (e)

8.All those articles (a)/that had published (b)/in the weeklies will now (3)/be published in the form of a book.(4)/No error(e)

9.Most of the popular tele-serials (a)/are not only illogical (b)/in their story line (c)/but also crude in their presentation (d)/None of these (e)

10.None else (a)/should held responsible (b)/ for this accident (c)/ and the loss. (d)/No error (e)

Answers 

1.  c (AECBD)

2.  b

3.  b

4.  e

5.  e

6.  b (replace "reporting" with "reported")

7.  e

8.  b (replace "had" with "had been")

9.  e

10.b (replace "should" with "should be")