English MCQ for IBPS Clerk/SO 

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

1. 1) Women riding pillion on two-wheelers / 2) in the capital have to compulsorily / 3) wear helmets, according to the final notification / 4) issued by Delhi government. / 5) No error 

2. 1) Arun Jaitley’s life has been full of dramatic loops, / 2) sudden upswings and a few downturn, / 3) till finally he’s arrived at a job that / 4) has him at the helm of the nation’s economic affairs. / 5) No error 

3. 1) Since the commencement of the Constitution in 1950, / 2) it is for the third time that governors – this time / 3) as much as nine – have had to go / 4) following a change of guard at the Centre. / 5) No error 

4. 1) The declaring of a long-term ceasefire / 2) between Israel and Hamas, after 50 days of off-again, on-again fighting, / 3) has brought immediate relief to both sides / 4) of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. / 5) No error 

5. 1) Lawmaking is the routine business / 2) of government, and / 3) reviewing for possible repeal / 4) should also happen routinely. / 5) No error

Directions (Q.6-10): 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)  We find price of goods bought, tuition fee for education, medical fee for physician, premium for insurance cover, interest for loan, rent for house and so on.        

(B)  In the simplest words, price is the amount of money charged for a product or service.        

(C) Prices exist in different forms for products of different nature.        

(D) From the consumer’s viewpoint, price is what he agrees to pay for a product, and from the seller’s viewpoint, price should be such that it not only recovers that cost but also generates some expected income with repeat order.        

(E)   All business entities set a price of their products.        

(F)   In a broader sense, price is the sum value of all the values that consumers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service.

6. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?       

1) A                        

2) B                        

3) C        

4) D                        

5) E

7. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?        

1) D                        

2) C                        

3) A        

4) B                        

5) E

8. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?        

1) C                        

2) D                        

3) E        

4) F                         

5) A

9. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?        

1) E                         

2) F                         

3) A        

4) C                        

5) B

10. Which of the following would be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?        

1) F                         

2) A                        

3) B        

4) D                        

5) C

Answers:

1. 4; Insert ‘the’ before ‘Delhi’
2. 5
3. 3; Replace ‘much’ with ‘many’
4. 1; Replace ‘declaring’ with ‘declaration’
5. 3; Replace ‘reviewing’ with ‘review’
6. 2 (B E C A F D)
7. 5
8. 1
9. 3
10. 4