Expected English Language Questions

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Expected English Language Questions for Canara Bank PO 

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1. In the following question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences. Identify the sentence or part of the sentence that is incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
   

A. An electric fan heater maintains a temperature just above freezing point.

B. Both players were suspended for the spring semester for academic reasons.

C. The arbitration successfully imposed state responsibility for transnational air pollution .

D. The standard technical inspection requires extensive technical expertise and was time-consuming.

E. No Error

2. In the following question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences. Identify the sentence or part of sentence that is incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

A. Elve was no longer at college with us, having been officially kicked out for indolence the previous year.

B. I do not wish to flatter my townsmen, nor to be flattered by them, for that will not advance either us.

C. The children’s faces were flushed with excitement when they saw the Christmas tree surrounded by presents.

D. Information technologies are a very important and malleable resource available to executives.

E. No Error

3. In the following question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences. Identify the sentence or part of sentence that is incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

A. Scientists are blaming a parasite considered common in the United States for changes in the brain that result in suicide attempts.

B. The singer had a sore throat so they cancelled the concert.

C. I had to chastise myself for drawing pessimistic conclusions when they were trying to help.

D. When I was young, my parents really had to struggle to make ends meet.

E. No Error

4.In the following question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences. Identify the sentence or part of sentence that is incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

A. They have a big lunch in school so they don’t need any hot meal in the evening.

B. He is sometimes upbraided by Agarn for having gravy stains on his shirt.

C. The military government has agreed to amend the Constitution to allow multi-party elections within an year.

D. He’s lecturing on English painting in the first half of the nineteenth century.

E. No Error

5. In the following question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences. Identify the sentence or part of sentence that is incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

A. While I was waiting for the bus, I phoned some friends.

B. The flight was delayed and we had to wait for five hours without nothing to eat or drink.

C. That the government should want to tax the poor even more heavily is beyond belief.

D. The best protection against illness is a good diet and lots of exercises.

E. No Error

6.In the question, there are pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

(1) During the summer months, the sheep strip the mountains bare (A)/ bear (B).

(2) Chester visited the beach in Kitty Hawk where the Wright brothers made their historic (A)/ historical (B) first airplane flight.

(3) The revolving door remained stationery (A)/ stationary (B) because Posey was pushing on it the wrong way.

(4) John was a familiar site (A)/ sight (B) in the bar for many years

A. ABAB

B. BBAA

C. BABA

D. AABB

E. ABBA

7.In the question, there are pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

(1) Both lecturers roused (A)/ aroused (B) a lot of interest in the subject of geology.

(2) According to the Bible, an angel (A)/ angle (B) told Mary that she would have God’s son, Jesus.

(3) This can be seen nowhere better than in his attitude toward his adoptive (A)/ adopted (B) father Julius Caesar.

(4) The bomb attacks produced a panic which reigned (A)/ reined (B) over the city.

A. AAAA

B. ABAB

C. BAAA

D. AAAB

E. BABA

8. In the question, there are pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

(1) In regards to (A)/ With regard to (B) your request, we will consider the payment on Friday.

(2) A couple of victories would improve the team’s morale (A)/ moral (B) enormously.

(3) I hope I can meet you to speak (A)/ talk (B) about my plans for the company.

(4) I forgot (A)/ left (B) my homework at home.

A. BBBB

B. BABA

C. AAAA

D.BABB

E. ABBA

9.From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Anti-Romeo squads, a poll promise of the BJP, were set up the Yogi Adityanath government soon after coming to power with an aim to ensure safety of women, especially young girls. The squad had also attracted criticism from some quarters after visuals of policemen targeting young boys and girls were shown on the TV and on social media. _______. Later, however, the government issued strict instructions to the police and the anti-Romeo squads to exercise restraint, saying things like shaving of heads or blackening of face should not be done or innocent people harassed.

A. The number of complaints against abuses came down instantly.

B. According to an official release, 3,38,344 people, mostly youths, were let off with warnings by the squads of policemen.

C. Adityanath complimented the squad for the work done

D. At a few places in the state, some youths were made to do sit-ups at busy crossings holding their ears and taking pledge not to indulge in eve-teasing

E. The locals were seen to be riding on a new euphoria.

10. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Before I even begin with the technicalities, I often ask my students to first think of one good reason they want to learn the language. I tell them that unless it is something they are convinced about, the language learning experience will neither be effective nor exciting. The most common objective they come up with is, meeting the demands of the job market. __________.  After some brain-storming, when they look at me with expectant eyes, I give them the example of Madhav Jha from Chetan Bhagat’s Half-Girlfriend. This example mostly works because, like it or not, they watch (if not read) Chetan Bhagat.

A. And, there I see the source of all that motivation.

B. While that is a perfectly legitimate reason, I prod them to look for something more personal, more immediate.

C. While that is a perfectly legitimate reason, I end the class thereafter.

D. This does not make sense to me.

E. This shows me how gullible they are.

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