IBPS PO PRELIMS Grand Test - 1 - Part 1

Test-I : English Language
Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of the following questions
four words are given, of which two words are most nearly
the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which
are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and
indicate the number of the correct letter combination by
darkening the appropriate oval in your Answer Sheet.
01. (A) Restraint (B) Jovial
(C) Gloomy (D) Evil
1) A B
2) B C
3) A C
4) A D
5) B D
02. (A) Insurrection (B) Contraption
(C) Imagination (D) Uprising
1) A C
2) B C
3) A D
4) B D
5) C D
03. (A) Resist (B) Benefit
(C) Meddle (D) Intervene
1) A B
2) A C
3) B D
4) C D
5) A D
04. (A) Obsequies (B) Hounded
(C) Funeral (D) Departure
1) B C
2) A D
3) C D
4) B D
5) A C
05. (A) Pilfer (B) Respect
(C) Suffer (D) Offer
1) A D
2) BD
3) A C
4) B C
5) A B
Directions (Q. 6-10): 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.)
06. 1) My elder brother is planning / 2) to go abroad / 3)
as soon as he will retire / 4) in December next year. / 5)
No error
07. 1) A look at migration data suggests / 2) that the
number of deaths do not / 3) necessarily indicate the
crisis / 4) that is being described. / 5) No error
08. 1) The decision has immediately drawn a sharp
response / 2) from the Congress and the SP, who along
with / 3) other Opposition parties have been stalling
/ 4) the Bill’s passage in the Rajya Sabha. / 5) No error
09. 1) For expecting the organisation / 2) to pay for the
transport / 3) of the personal belongings / 4) of the
employee is not fair / 5) No error
10. 1) Ahead of Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, External
Affairs Minister said / 2) agreements on the
contentious issue / 3) of sharing of river waters
including that of Teesta / 4) would not be on the
agenda. / 5) No error
Directions (Q. 11-15): In the following questions, a
sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To
make the sentence grammatically correct, you have to
replace the bold part with the correct alternative given
below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give 5) as your
answer (ie No correction required).
11. Had Napoleon not taken offence at the demand that ,
he should withdraw beyond the Vistula, there should
have been no war.
1) would have 2) could have been
3) could have 4) would have been
5) No correction required
12. Each man lives for himself, using his freedom to attain
his personal aims and feels with his whole being that
he can now do or abstain to do this or that action.
1) absent to do 2) abstain from doing
3) absent from doing 4) abstain not to do
5) No correction required
13. The higher a man stands on the social ladder, more
people he is connected to and the more power he has
over other, the more evident is the predestination
and inevitability of his every action.
1) the more people he is connected with
2) more people is he connected to
3) the more people he is connected by
4) is he connected to more people
5) No correction required
14. According to English literary usage, both the
Mahabharata and the Ramayana are called epics.
1) Mahabharata and Ramayana
2) the Mahabharata and Ramayana
3) the Mahabharata as well as the Ramayana
4) Mahabharata and the Ramayana
5) No correction required
15. In my literary essays I have often spoken on the
application of the experimental method to novel and
to drama.
1) have often spoke to 2) have oftenly spoke of
3) have often spoken for 4) have often spoken of
5) No correction required
Directions (Q. 16-20): Each question below has two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been
omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best
fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
16. As the Central government ___ more fiscal freedom
to the states, they seem to be cutting ___ to social
sectors, especially agriculture and allied areas
1) revolves, means 2) involves, resources
3) constriets, distribution 4) constricts, distribution
5) disallow, consumption
17. Today, players are getting ___ aggressive about
recovering lost ___ and the market is opening up too.
1) nearly, faiths 2) harshly, fields
3) barely, confidence 4) extremely, condition
5) increasingly, ground
18. The proposed Environmental Laws Bill ___
substantial damage as an act of violation, omission or
negligence by which the community at ___ is affected
due to pollution damage to land, air to water.
1) revokes, all 2) includes, least
3) inserts, large 4) excludes, par
5) empowers, best
19. A Hawaiian fisherman died when a swordfish he ___
spread in a harbour on the Big Island ___ him in the
chest with its sharp bill
1) had, struck 2) has, strike
3) was, inserted 4) did, left
5) could, shot
20. Around 20 children were rushed to BJR hospital with
___ of food poisoning after they consumed the
afternoon meal at a ____ anganvadi
1) signs, nearby 2) symptoms, nearby
3) fever, nearest 4) symbol, near
5) characteristics, large

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