IBPS PO Prelims 2016 - English Language

1.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 29?

who

whom

whose

which

whomsoever

2.		What is the challenge that is faced by China?

Need to fulfill the enormous demands of more than a billion Chinese people who have recently escaped from poverty.

Adapting to the model adopted by the other countries so as to not get isolated.

Growing pressure from the international market.

Opening the country to the outside world

None of these

3.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

Forty percent of the people alive today have

never made a phone call, but

thirty percent still have no electricity connections

to their homes.

No error

4.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

The bridal dress was

most unique: the prince

designed it and his

mother provided the lace fabric.

No error

5.		How according to author China is contributing to World Economy?

By giving the road development to other developing countries so that they can follow the same path.

By providing a huge market to the World to supply the needs of billion uplifted Chinese population.

By new advancements in technology and human resources.

Focusing their attention to conduct international cooperation and competition.

None of these

6.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

The need to set up

a good library in the locality

has been in the minds of people

for some time now

No error

7.

Directions (11-15): 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) It is the only country in the world that is carbon negative, which means it produces more oxygen than it consumes.

(B) Bhutan, sandwiched between the two most populous nations on Earth, suffers for their sins.

(C) So far, so good. But then, two things happened.

(D) Carbon sinks, 70% forest cover, powered almost entirely by mountain streams—Bhutan is a poster child for green living.

(E) Glaciers are beginning to melt, flash floods and heavy rains—and even droughts—are common, and temperatures are climbing.

(F) One, India and China got richer.

Which of the following should be the First sentence of the given paragraph?

E

D

C

B

A

8.		Which of the following should be filled in place of 30?

profoundly

gradually

superficially

speciously

earnest

9.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

When children have difficulty understanding

a certain mathematical process, it is often because

their teachers do not understand it conceptually

themselves and do not present it in a way that children can understand.

No error.

10.		Identify the error in the sentences given below, if there is no error, choose option (E).

Most people would have

attended the union meeting

if they had

had longer notice of it.

No error