10.

The reports promoted the Chairman of / the

Exam practice 7 organising (a) committee to address a
The celebrating continued / through the evening (a) hurried press conference / where he reprimanded the
(b) media / for conducting a “prejudiced (c)
As more / and more friend joins / in the fun and frolic. (d)
(c) (d) Compaign. “No error. (e)
No error. (e) OBC PO 2009
The Actress believes in / being fit and feels that there /
(a) (b) 11. Despite the merger / the airline has reported /
Are too much hype around size zero / in the sizeable (a) (b)
entertainment (c) (d) Losses and is unable / to pay their employees. No error.
World. No error. (e) (c) (d) (e)
While the actress wins fans for / herself on 12. We have recently began / the process of recruiting
(a) / (a) (b)
screen fireworks it’s her / down to earth attitude and Insurance agents for / our North – eastern branches.
easy going (b) (c) (c) (d)
manner / that wins her friends. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 13. The company’s decision to issue / bonus shares
4. Even through the exchange attract / the attention clearly (a) (b)
of all (a) (b) Indicates / the management ‘s confident / about the
Those present at / the police station , the Inspector future. (c) (d)
(c) No error. (e)
Continued / his tirade against the girl. No error. 14. In spite that organization are aware / of the
(d) (e) importance (a) (b)
5. The very difficult of all question / is whether , Of IT, / they often do not know / how to deploy it
along with / (a) (b) (c) (d)
Our mortality , we will also lose / our mortality , we will Effectively. No error. (e)
also lose / our humanity. No error. 15. Keeping in mind that India / is one of the world’s
(c) (d) (e) fastest / (a) (b)
6. The Indian team cannot win the series / and ever Growing economics many international /
(a) pulling off a draw could / be a tough companies are (c) invested in India. No error.
proposition with / its (b) (c) (d) (e)
7. With this initiative , the corporation / hopes to 16. Although interlinking of rivers will / help tackle
assure the (a) (b) (a) (b)
Public that / it is confident of providing good Drought, the government / does not pay much /
service and renewing their faith with the public transport attention (c)
(d) To this project. No error. (d) (e)
System. No error. (e) 17. The rise in prices of food items is / likely the cause
8. The games scheduled to be held in the state / of (a) (b)
have been (a) plunged into crisis just two months Inflation / to exceed eight per cent the next
prior to the / opening (b) (c) (d)
Ceremony by allegation of corruption / shoddy Quarter. No error. (e)
(c) workmanship and delays in handing over 18. Many people believe that / the nationalization of
venues. (d) No error. banks / (a) (b)
(e) In the 1960s have protected India / from the
9. The sole idea behind / conducting such current (c) (d)
programmes / (a) (b) Financial crisis. No error. (e)
Is to create awareness / among young minds for 19. RBI is in favour / of amending currently / policies
our (c) (d) (a) (b)
Culture. No error. (e) Governing operations of / foreign banks in India.
(c) (d)
 No error. (e)
20. These recently upgraded branch offices / have
been (a) fully computerized / and are
connected to headquarter / (b)
(c) to ensure proper monitoring. No
error. (d) (e)

PNB SO 2010
21. Initially , shop owners tried to / offers some
resistance to (a) (b)
The demolition but / seeing the heavy presence of the
(c)
Police force, / their resistance faded off. No error.
(d) (e)
22. Cleanliness drives will be / conducted in Various
(a) (b)
Localities / to opening the drains blocked / with
(c) polythene bags. No error. (d)
(e)
23. The results of the study showed that / if the
partners were (a) willing to talk to each
other / and arrive at a mutually (b)
(c)
Agreeable decision, / the joint decision were more
better (d)
Than one persons’ judgement. No error.
(e)
24. A year after the global financial crisis saw /
students (a) from the best B – schools the world
struggling for a (b)
Job, / a survey on management education this year
(c) thrown / up some rather interesting
findings. No error.
(d) (e)
25. The district authorities are making / a last – ditch
attempt (a) (b)
To provide / alternative solutions to farmers but / the
(c)
Options is clearly inadequate. No error.
(d) (e)
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (e) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (e)
11. (d)12. (a)13. (c)14. (d)15. (d)16. (e)17. (b)18. (c)19. (b)20. (c)
21. (d)22. 23. (d)24. (c)25. (d)
(c)

Exam Practice 8
NABARD PO 2010
1. More than half the food products / targe ted at Location. No error. (e)
babies (a) (b)
And toddlers have / a high sugar content and are / Indian Bank PO 2011
(c) excessive sweet. No error (d) 11. Dress in black / several students from the
(e) university (a) (b)
2. The foreign company has so far declined to / Took pat / in a protest march in the city on Thursday as
directly (a) (c)
Comment on the Indian company wants to / fight for its Part / of a campaign against female infanticide.
(c) presence in the market. No error. (d)
(d) (e) No error. (e)
3. After forty years of trying to / understand why 12. On the second day of the workshop, / participants
asbestos (a) (b) does a (a) situational analysis of the state / and spoke
Causes cancer, / researchers have finally / unraveled about their (b)
(c) (c) plan of action / for
The mystery. No error. (d) (e) implementing the act. No error.
4. A property dealer was / shoot dead by four (d) (e)
unidentified (a) (b) 13. The court has asked the authorities / to take
Jacket – clad men / while taking a morning walk / in the appropriate steps to restore natural water resources / so
(c) park. No error. (e) that the problem of water shortage / can be solved. No
5. The auditions for India’s first ever / reality based error.
pop (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Band hunt is going on in full swing / with numerous 14. The poor experience in / neighboring countries
(c) which (a) (b)
Entries which came in. No error. have implemented / food stamp programmes
(d) (e) should (c) serve as / a deterrent on our
6. To curbing the spread of violence , / authorities country. No error.
brought (a) (b) (d) (e)
Under curfew / more areas in the state, where / youths 15. The government has warned / that air pollution
(c) were killed. No error. from (a) (b)
(d) (e) Vehicles and power stations / is reducing life
7. Demands for diesel cars , which has / been on the expectancy (c) in the country in the
rise for (a) (b) the last few years / country / in an average of six months. No error.
may dip as the government is increasing (c) (d) (e)
the price / of the fuel, bringing it closer to that of 16. Closing the doors to a foreign citizen / seeking
petrol. (a)
(d) Employments in india, the high court on Thursday
No error. (e) ruled/ that it is not a foreign national’s fundamental
8. Not only was the actress over the moon/ as wining right / to get an employment visa in the country. No
an award , but was / also deeply touched by the support / error.
(b) (d) (e)
(c) she got from the industry. No error. 17. The high Court on Thursday banned / plying of
(e) diesel – run (a) (b)
9. The protestors went on a rampaging / and set Vehicles / including safari cantors in the tiger
ablaze (a) (b) sanctuary / (c) with immediate effect. No
Three shops / resulting in injuries to thirty people / error.
(c) including women and children. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 18. A new study has shown that kids / who have a
10. Hectic schedule can / take a toll on anybody and / high body (a) mass index are / more
the (a) (b) likelier to have high blood (b)
Solutions to this is / a quick holiday to some exotic
(c) (d)
 Pressure, cholesterol and blood insulin levels / by 27. The Opposition disrupted proceedings/ in both
the (c) time they reach houses (a) (b)
adolescence. No error. Of parliament / for the second consecutive day
(d) (e) day / above the (c)
19. For much of the developing world , / historically , Plight of farmers in the country. No error.
(a) (d) (e)
Environment – alism was seen as a luxury / rather 28. In response to the growing crisis,/ the agency is
than as a necessity because / always the development ungently (a) (b)
imperatives (c) Asking for / more contributions to make up for /
(d) was seen to be urgent. No error. its sharp (c)
(e) Decline in purchasing power. No error.
20. The consumer forum directed the power (d) (e)
corporation to / (a) 29. The tennis player easy through / the opening set
Compensate a complaint for the inconvenience / before (a) (b)
and (b) Her opponent / rallied to take the final two sets/ for the
Mental agony who he had to suffer/ because of (c) biggest victory of her young career.
the (c) No error.
Power officials’ irresponsible attitude. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 30. Aggression in some teenage boys/ may be linkage
to / (a) (b)
Corporation Bank PO 2011 Larger glands in their brains,/ a new study has found
21. The present has denied / that the economy is in (c) (d)
(a) (b) recession / or was go into No error. (e)
one / despite a spate of downcast (c)
(d) Answers
Downcast reports. No error. (e) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
22. The angry at being / left out of the bonanza / is (d) (c) (e) (b) (b) (a) (a) (b) (a) (c)
palpable (a) (b) (c) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Among / employees of the organization. No error. (a) (b) (e) (d) (d) (c) (e) (c) (d) (c)
(d) (e) 21. (c)22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
23. His comments came after / the research group (a) (c) (e) (b) (d) (d) (c) (a) (e)
said that (a) (b)
Its / consumer confidence index were / slummed to its
(c) (d)
Lowest leave. No error. (e)
24. If all goes will, / the examination scheduled for
next (a) (b)
Month / is all set to be completely free / from annoying
(c)
Power cuts and disruption. No error.
(d) (e)
25. There are just a few trains / for the ever – grow /
number of (a) (b)
Passengers / in the city. No error. Exam Practice 9
(c) (d) (e) Canara Bank PO 2008
1. The ground outside the village , / abounding
26. The buzz at the party was / that a famous / with frogs (a) (b)
filmstar and (a) (b) And snakes,/ the enemies of mankind , / is soft and
Politician / would probable drop by for a while. (c)
No error. Marshy. No error. (e)
(c) (d) (e)
2. The judge asked the man / if the bag he had lost / Allahabad Bank Po 2010
(a) (b) 13. We are yet starting / offering this facility to / our
Contain five thousand rupees./ the man replied that it (a) (b)
did. (c) (d) Customers as we are / awaiting approval from the Board.
No error. (e) (c) (d)
3. We are all short – sighted / and very often see but No error. (e)
one side (a) (b) 14. The Chairman of all large / public sector banks
Of the matter./ Our views are not extended/ to all that met with / (a) (b)
has (c) (d) Senior RBI officials to give its / suggestions about
A connection with it. No error. (e) (c)
4. I trust you will / show forebearance to me / a few Implementing the new policy. No error.
minutes (a) (b) (c) (c) (d)
More / so that I can finish this work. No error. 15. They have not fully considered / the impact that
(d) (e) relaxing / (a) (b)
5. He was angry with me / because he through my / These guidelines is likely / to have with the economy.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Remark was / aimed before him. No error. No error. (e)
(c) (d) (e) 16. Had this notification / been amended earlier,/ we
6. Just laws are not restraint with / the freedom of could (a) (b)
the good,/ (a) (b) Have stopped / the transfer of funds. No error.
For the goodman desires nothing / that a just law (c) (d) (e)
interfere (c) (d) 17. There are many insurance / disputes now –a –
With. No error. (e) days (a) (b)
7. Had he done / his homework well , / he would not Because of / most people do not fully / understand the
have / (a) (b) (c) (c)
Suffered this embarrassment. No error. Terms and conditions of their policies. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
8. When I heard his knock/ I went to the door and
opend (a) (b) UCO Bank PO 2006
It,/ but I did not recognize him/ at first because I was not 18. The number of students / completing in the
(c) (d) event / has (a) (b)
Wearing my glasses. No error. (e) Been fallen / because of want of incentive. No error.
9. We had heard the engine roar / as the plane (c) (d) (e)
began to (a) (b) 19. I am grateful to you / and all your friends / by
Move / and we saw the people / on the ground waving extending (a) (b)
(c) (d) Required help / in my hour of need. No error.
good bye. No error. (e) (c) (d) (e)
10. This building was to have been finished / by the 20. Ramesh has been both / an intelligent / and
end of last (a) (b) hardworking (a) (b) (c)
Year,/ but there has been so many strikes / that it is not Chap/ since his childhood. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
Finished yet. No error. (d) (e) 21. A small piece / of bread is / certainly better than /
11. I reached the house exhausted / and was very being (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) Nothing to eat . No error. (d) (e)
Disappointed / when I leart that / my father has just left 22. It was clear from the way / they were moving /
(c) (d) that (a) (b) everyone possessed / the
No error. (e) required experience. No error.
12. Everyone now knows that / the debate on (c) (d) (e)
education had been / postponed so that the 23. The fact that he /cannot be able to sing / is known
government / may discuss (c) only / (a) (b) (c)
The latest crisis. No error. (d) (e) to vey few people. No error.
 (d) (e) 35. The limitations and constrains with which / we
24. That boy has / three precious objects,/ and he have been (a) managing our work/ have been
would not / (a) (b) (c) to very few people. duly realized / by our (b) (c) superiors. No
No error. (d) (e) error.
25. When he used to walk / along the road,/ a wild (d) (e)
and (a) (b) 36. How could one,/ who had all along / been a
Ferocious dog/ knocked him down. No error. criminal , / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) Be grantedprivileges? No error.
26. Though he was / no relating to me,/ I helped him (d) (e)
by / (a) (b) (c) 37. The child complaint that / he was denied his /
Giving money and profitable advice. No error. father’s (a) (b)
(d) (e) Love due to / his step – mother’s intervention. No
27. People who are / fortunate enough to own / a error.
house in (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
The city / are very few. No error.
(d) (e)
Answers
Syndicate Bank RDO 2005 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(e) (c) (d) (d) (d) (d) (e) (a) (a) (c)
28. People are worried / more because of the 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
frequency / of (a) (b) (d) (e) (a) (c) (d) (e) (b) (c) (c) (c)
Occurance of the crime rater / than the magnitude 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
of (c) (d) (d) (c) (b) (d) (a) (b) (b) (c) (c) (c)
Each one. No error. (e) 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.
29. The quality of construction / of our building was / (d) (a) (b) (a) (e) (e) (a)
highly (a) (b)
Appreciable by / most of the visitors. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
30. The discreet enquiry revealed / that this
involvement in / (a) (b)
The fraud cases have been / more than what was
first (c) (d)
Guessed. No error.
31. I know nothing / about chess because / my games
(a) (b)
Teacher also/ was not knowing nothing about it.
(c) (d)
No error. (e)
32. Due to uncertainly / capital market conditions /
there (a) (b)has been tremendous / growth
in bank deposits. No error. (c) (d)
(e)
33. Her sympathetic nature/and ability of motivations
of (a) (b) Exam Practice 10
People / make her the best / of all the supervisors. Gurgaon gramin Bank PO
(c) (d)
No error. (e) 1. Our country’s performance / in the last few
34. Too loose weight , / cut down on / what you eat / national and (a) (b)
and exam (a) (b) (c) International games / is fairly ordinary / and
Practice regularly. No error. below our (c) (d)
(d) (e)
 Stature. No error. (e) 12. Sunil refused to admit that / he did not know /
2. We have / fairly standard accounting procedures / what to (a) (b) (c)
that (a) (b) The new machine. No error.
are on the line / with the internationally accepted (d) (e)
(c) (d) 13. There has been / a fall from / the profits of / our
norms. No error. (e) company (a) (b) (c) (d)
3. the company is negotiating / new store launches / Recently. No error. (e)
(a) (b) 14. He has refused / not to take / the promotion
At nearly / half the rent. No error. although / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) He is eligible. No error. (d) (e)
4. Intense fear blocks / both to the generation / 15. The decision to open / offices in Shimla / were
(a) (b) taken at / (a) (b) (c)
And expression / of ideas. No error. The last board meeting. No error.
(c) (d) (e) (d) (e)
5. The Government officials have been met / heads 16. We were so late / than the meeting / was almost
of (a) over / (a) (b) (c)
Commercial banks later this week/ to get their When he arrived. No error. (d) (e)
views on (b) (c) 17. They waited patient / for the chairman ‘s speech /
Liquidity / and growth in deposits. No error. to end in order / to begin the discussion. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
6. Indian entrepreneurs are making waves / 18. Arjun was / not selected / for the post / in spite
throughout the (a) (b) his hard (a) (b)
World ; their ideas / and technical knowledge are (c) (d) work. No error. (e)
yielded/ (c) BSRB Delhi PO 1990
Unprecedented growth in income and 19. They talked for a while / and then they will /
employment. (d) continue to (a) (b) (c)
7. Policy analysts are reacting to thee inflation Play the game / till tomorrow morning. No error.
paranoia/ (a) (d) (e)
With proposing that / central bankers hit the 20. I cannot / afford for buying books / for this course
brakes / (b) (c) because / (a) (b) (c)
On their expansionary policies. No error. They are very expensive. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
8. The aim of the course / will be to cater to students 21. Some skills are / more difficult than other / so it
with (a) (b) takes a (a) (b) (c)
Diverted needs / from basic knowledge / to top Longer time/ to master them. No error.
end (c) (d) (e)
Reason and publishing skills. No error. 22. When someone speaks to us / we saw him,/ but
(d) (e) when we (a) (b) (c)
Read / we don’t see the writer. No error.
Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank OA 2010 (d) (e)
9. Mr. Gupta insisted / the he was / fully prepare / 23. Knowledge of regional language is / necessary for
(a) (b) (c) bank (a) (b)
To prevent the proposal. No error. Officers because / they are to understand / what
(d) (e) their (c)
10. All the documents / have been destroyed / in the Customers say. No error.
fire / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Which occurred last month. No error. 24. He has been working with me / for the last ten
(d) (e) years / but I cannot claim / that I have understood him
11. On his next / official visit to delhi / he plans to / thorough. (c) (d)
visit his (a) (b) (c) No error. (e)
Old colleagues. No error. (d) (e)
25. Since she was not / aware of the effect,/ she might
has / (a) (b) (c)
Done that work. No error.
(d) (e)
26. The link road has / now become / the roughest
road than / (a) (b) (c)
Any other road in the city. No error.
(d) (e)
27. The guide told us / that where the island was /
and went (a) (b) (c)
On / narrating its history. No error.
(d) (e)
28. Even after hearing him / for a fairly long time / we
failed (a) (b)
To understand / that he was harping on. No error.
(c) (d) (e)

Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(c) (c) (e) (b) (a) (c) (b) (b) (c) (b)
11. (d) 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(c) (b) (b) (c) (b) (a) (d) (a) (b)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
(e) (b) (a) (d) (c) (c) (b) (d)
Exam Practice 11 13. The plan was to go for / the cinema and then have
BSRB Delhi PO 1991 / (a) (b)
1. This type of product / is not available in /any of Dinner but Raghu’s late arrival / upset the whole
the shop / (a) (b) (c) thing. (c) (d)
In the market around plaza. No error. 14. Nitin gets so engrossed / in his work that / often
(d) (e) he does (a) (b)
2. Hardly had I / reached the airport where / I learnt Not hear / the phone ring. No error.
about / (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (e)
The powerful bomb explosion. No error. 15. All one can conclude / from his various exploits /
(d) (e) are (a) (b)
3. As a practice / the last batch of / the tins That he is / a food and hardy person. No error.
undergoes / (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (e)
Through check up. No error. 16. Cricket has become so / popular that even
(d) (e) elderly / (a) (b)
4. One of my brother / told me about / the sad People are discussing / the game when they meet.
demise / of your (a) (b) (c) (d) (c) (d)
Uncle. No error. (e) No error. (e)
5. He is not only / sincere in his responsibilities / but 17. Ordinarily, when in difficulty / renuka prefers
also (a) (b) keeping (a) (b)
Very competent / to handle the job. No error. Her counsel / than running about / taking advice.
(c) (d) (e) (c) (d)
6. The minister, along with his / party colleagues , No error. (e)
have / (a) (b) 18. People have a right / to criticize but at the / same
Been given a warm / reception at the function. No error. time each of them / have to remember the duty also. No
(c) (d) (e) error.
7. You should not be / so quick in giving / advice , (c) (d) (e)
lest you (a) (b) (c) 19. Truly speaking / there was little merit / in the
Will be / perceived as interfering in other’s affairs. complaint (a) (b) (c)
(d) No error. (e) Sent in / by the employee. No error.
8. Because of his / innocence , he cannot / (d) (e)
distinguish (a) (b) (c) 20. Hardly has she finish / the typing when the /
A cheat / for an honest person. No error. manager entered the room / with some more work. No
(d) (e) error. (c) (d) (e)
9. Every day when she / passes through this side,/ all 21. Bhupendar along with his wife / and children were
the (a) (b) employee gather / around (a) (b)
to have a glimpse of her. (c) (d) No error. (e) Invited / to the party / held in Hotel Modhul. No error.
BSRB Delhi PO 1992 (c) (d)
10. On my request / Amar introduced me / to his 22. One of my friend / came running to / me and
friend, who (a) (b) (c) gave / (a) (b) (c)
Is a singer/ and a scientist. No error. me this good news. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
11. Nathan’s habit of / delaying his work / put his 23. The fact that the compact / car is better than
colleagues / (a) (b) (c) conventional (a) (b)
To lot of trouble. No error. Cars / has been proved / by its sales. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
12. Prabhakar arrives in the office / as fresh as he 24. The book was so interesting / that Priya decided
starts / (a) (b) to read / (a) (b) the whole book / in sitting.
From home even though / he commutes a long No error. (c) (d) (e)
distance. (c) (d) BSRB Delhi PO 1994
No error. (e)
25. I can hear / the bell ringing / but nobody seems to
be (a) (b) (c)coming / to opening the Answers
door. No error.
(d) (e) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
26. I have been teaching in this school / since several (c) (b) (e) (a) (e) (b) (c) (d) (c) (d)
years / (a) (b) 11. (d) 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
But have never met / such a hopeless class as this (e) (a) (e) (c) (c) (c) (d) (e) (a)
(c) (d) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
No error. (e) (b) (a) (e) (e) (d) (b) (c) (b) (a) (d)
27. When he went out / he left the radio on / so that / 31. 32. 33. 34.
the he was still in the house. (a) (d) (d) (a)
(c) (d)
No error. (e)
28. As I kept a strict watch / with my way of living / I
could (a) (b)
See that / it was necessary to economize. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
29. His father left him a fortune , / but he is so
extravagant / (a) (b)
That he will have spent / it all before he is 30. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
30. The father told his son . that he was a lazy boy /
and that (a) (b)
He hed done / his work very bad. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
31. If I would have realized / what a bad driver you
were / (a) (b)
I would not have / come with you. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
32. He confident asked the crowd / if they thought
that / (a) (b)
He was right / and the crowd shouted that they
do. (c) (d)
No error. (e)
33. I saw the accident / but , fortunately, I did not
have to / give (a) (b)
Evidence as there were / a large number of other
evidences. (c) (d)
No error. (e)
34. Arun is not only eminent / for his writings in
English / (a) (b)
But also for his / paintings on spiritual themes.
(c) (d)
No error. (e)
Exam Practice 12 12. I prefer / interesting with / computers to / human
BSRB Delhi PO 2000 beings. (a) (b) (c)
1. I can see through / her sudden friendliness; / she (d) No error. (e)
wants (a) (b) 13. Being a Sunday / he went out / for a trip to pune /
Me to look over / her dog while she is away. No error. (a) (b) (c)
2. The driver of the car / is sounding horn for / the With his family. No error.
last ten (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Minutes / but nobody tells him to stop. No error. 14. No one in / the locality / is as intelligent / as Ashok
(d) (e) is. (a) (b) (c) (d)
3. He telephoned from a public call – box / so that No error. (e)
the call / (a) (b) 15. It I was you / I would have told / the chairman to
Would not be traced / to his own address. No error. keep / (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) His mouth shut. No error.
Would not be traced / to his own address. No error. (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 16. No sooner did / he reached / the station than /
4. It has been better / to keep money in a bank / the train (a) (b) (c) (d)
than to (a) (b) Departed. No error. (e)
Keep it under / your bed in a suitcase. No error. (c) 17. One of my friend / is seriously ill and / is in / the
(d) (e) (a) (b) (c)
5. If you go on letting / your dog chase cars/ he will Intensive care unit. No error.
end by (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Being / run down one day. No error. BSRB Bangalore PO 1991
(d) (e) 18. Avinash and his friend / were walking towards /
6. He heard the guard / blowing whistle and knew / (a) (b)
it is (a) (b) The station when / they met his common friend. No error.
Time for him/ to enter the train. No error. (c) (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 19. Priyamvada was unhappy / to hear the news / of
7. If you would have read / the instructions her (a) (b) son’s failing / in the final
carefully / (a) (b) examination. No error.
You would not have / answered questions wrongly. (c) (d) (e)
(c) (d) 20. The moment Vignesh was / admitted
No error. (e)
to the hospital / (a) (b)
BSRB Bangalore PO 1990 the Warden decided / to inform his parents. No
8. Just before the race / I asked him / whom he error. (c) (d) (e)
thought / (a) (b) (c) 21. For expecting the company to pay / for transport
Was going to win. No error. of the (a) (b)
(d) (e) Personal furniture of the employee / was not fair
9. How do you say / that neither he or / ramesh has (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) No error. (e)
Qualified / in the examination. No error. 22. Aditi was unable / to support her parent / even
(d) (e) through (a) (b) (c)
10. What this company needs / is not only qualified / Both of them / has no income of their own. No
(a) (b) error. (d) (e)
Manpower but also / dedicated workers. No error. (c) 23. Tax evaders should / be heavily fined / as they are
(d) (e) doing / (a) (b) (c)
11. The captain and his / wife were invited / for the It intentionally. No error.
cultural / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Function at my home. No error. 24. The idea that shook/ the whole world was /
(d) (e) published in (a) (b) (c)
One/ of the unknown journal. No error.
 (d) (e) (c) (b) (c) (e) (d) (c) (a) (c) (b) (e)
25. The information supplied / to us were not as / 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
useful as we first / thought it would be. No error. (c) (d) (a) (e) (a) (b) (e) (d) (e) (b)
(d) (e) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
BSRB Mumbai PO 1990 (a) (b) (e) (d) (b) (e) (a) (a) (d) (b)
26. Are / there any further / reasons you can give / us 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
for (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (b) (c) (d)
Your failure? No error.
(d) (e)
27. If one of the candidate choose / to leave before
the (a) (b)
Examination is over / allow him / to do so. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
28. He was looking impatient / at the unwanted visitor
/ (a) (b)
Who showed / no signs of leaving the room. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
29. After going / o my room I sat down / contentedly
(a) (b) sometimes
Reading / but most of the time not doing
(c) (d) noting. No error.
(e)
30. We should drink / several glasses of the water /
daily (a) (b) (c)
If we want to remain healthy. No error.
(d) (e)
31. The soldier said firmly / that he would rather
starve / (a) (b)
Than stealing / to get what he needed. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
32. These vegetables which are grown / here are /
cheap in / (a) (b) (c)
Cost and rich of vitamins. No error.
(d) (e)
33. The orphanages in / the thickly populated cities in
India (a) (b)
They are / founded / by generous donors. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
34. I object to / war not because it drains / economy
but that / (a) (b) (c)
It seems inhuman. No error.
(d) (e)
35. Whom / do you plan to invite / to your party
besides/ (a) (b) (c)
Mr. Rao and I ? No error.
(d) (e)

Exam practice 13
Answers BSRB BHOPAL AFO
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. If Preeti had / worked hard, she / will have got the 13. Harish is / very much / willing to / come with you.
job/ (a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d)
She desired. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 14. The lady said that / she should be away / from
2. Ravi prefers / self – employment / to job / in any home (a) (b)
officer. (a) (b) (c) (d) Tomorrow as Malati’s / friend had come to visit
No error. (e) Mumbai. (c) (d)
3. I know now and / I have always known / that helps No error. (e)
(a) (b) 15. A journey by car is / as quick or perhaps quicker /
Comes first / from within. No error. (a) (b)
(c) (d) (e) Than that by train / in this particular case. No
4. As soon as he reached the venue,/ he enquired error. (c) (d) (e)
from the (a) (b) 16. He asked what the weather / had been like /
Supervisor / about the closing time / of the examination. during my (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) Holidays / and I said that it had been awful. No
No error. (e) error. (d) (e)
5. We did not / participate in the / programme 17. You are lucky / to get / such a / well paid job. No
yesterday / (a) (b) (c) error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Due to this reason. No error. 18. If I would have / spoken to my father / as you
(d) (e) speak to me/ (a) (b) (c)
6. Carrying such a large / amount of money / with He would have beaten me. No error.
you / is (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Dangerous in Mumbai. No error. 19. We are quite found / of this house / because we
(d) (e) are living (a) (b)
7. Political education in real sense / should develop (c) in it / for the last five years. No error.
people / (a) (b) (d) (e)
Who will be committed to / bringing social charge. 20. Not for nothing / did he prosper / as a business
(c) (d) consultant / (a) (b)
No error. (e) (c) since he arrived in America 20 years ago.
8. The leaders of / the striking workers / called for No error. (d) (e)
the / (a) (b) (c) 21. Money not only satisfies / the basic psychological
Directors for negotiation. No error. needs/ (a) (b)
(d) (e) But also the / higher order psychological needs.
9. India’s independence / had been a result / of the (c) (d)
(a) (b) No error. (e)
Sacrifices of / many patriots. No error. 22. All I know is that / I won’t be at peace / with
(c) (d) (e) myself/ (a) (b) (c)
10. Considering the / gravity of the problems,/ an Unless I do not go there. No error.
early reply / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
I was expected. No error. 23. I did not like / going to night school / but I had no
(d) (e) (a) (b) (c)
BSRB Kolkata PO 1991 Alternative / as I have to work in the day. No
11. From Mumbai / the Rajdhani Express / do not go error. (d) (e)
straight / (a) (b) (c) 24. He said that / if I found the front door locked / I
to new delhi. No error. was to go (a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) Round / to the back. No error.
12. It couldn’t have been / written by Kalidas (d) (e)
because / (a) (b) 25. In a fit of temper / he tore up a sweet letter /
That kind of dress was not worn / till after his death. which his (a) (b)
(c) (d) Wife had / written to him. No error.
No error. (e) (c) (d) (e)
BSRB Kolkata PO 1994
26. He tried as he / could, Naveen did not / succeed in
(a) (b) (c)
Getting / his car to starting. No error.
(d) (e)
27. Foolishly Madhu threw / some water on the
electric (a) (b)
Heater / when it catches fire / and she got a
shock. (c) (d)
No error. (e)
28. Rajesh was expecting / a telegram from his uncle /
which (a) (b)
Would inform / him wheater he went or not. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
29. Neither of the plans / suits him and therefore / he
(a) (b)
Decided not to/ go out yesterday. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
30. In spite of the rumours / of an impending take
over / by (a) (b)
The government,/ Ramlal bought more shares of
that (c) (d)
Company. No error. (e)
31. Simplest solutions / than this expensive / method
which (a) (b) (c)
You are suggesting / should be found out. No
error. (d) (e)
32. The book was so / advanced that even / graduates
in the (a) (b) (c)
Discipline / found it difficult. No error.
(d) (e)
33. Bashu was trying to pass / through the gap on /
the fence (a) (b) (c)
When he / tore his shirt. No error.
(d) (e)

ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(c) (c) (c) (b) (d) (c) (d) (c) (b) (d)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(c) (e) (b) (c) (b) (e) (d) (a) (c) (b)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(a) (d) (d) (d) (b) (a) (c) (b) (b) (d)
31. 32. 33.
(a) (d) (b)

Exam Practice 14
1. Visiting tribals and / talk to them are / the
activities which / (a) (b) (c)
All of us enjoy. No error.
 (d) (e) 13. No sooner he left the office / than it started /
2. If People get / recurring opportunities for / raining (a) (b) heavily / to make him
independent (a) (b) completely wet. No error.
(c) (d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
3. The writing on the paper / was too faint that / it 14. No boy / in the class is / as bright / as his son. No
was (a) (b) error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Impossible to / be sure what it was. No error. 15. There is no doubt / that the majority of workers /
(c) (d) (e) is in (a) (b)
4. Employers have to realize / that mere paper
qualification / (a) (b) BSRB Hyderabad PO 1998
is no guarantee for / successful job performance. 16. Even though he found the subject / rather
(c) (d) interesting (a) (b)
No error. (e) Raghu could not/ manage good marks / in the
5. He is so realistic and / so practical that he thinks/ (c)
(a) (b) Examination. No error. (d) (e)
Imaginary things should / not place even in 17. The enmity between the / two groups had
poetry. (c) (b) reached a level / (a) (b)
No error. (e) Where reconciliation has / become impossible. No
BSRB Lucknow PO 1998 error. (c) (d) (e)
6. One of my best friend / is both a novelist / and a 18. Anita was / unhappy about the results / of the
poet / (a) (b) (c) discussion (a) (b) (c)
Of repute. No error. (d) (e) She / has with Rajani. No error.
7. The teacher asked the students if/ every one of (d) (e)
them / (a) (b) 19. He was driving slowly / down the highway / when
Were ready to take / practical classes everyday. a cat (a) (b) (c)
No error. Ran / across and he had to brake all of a sudden.
(c) (d) (e) (d)
8. Being the best tennis player,/ he was invited / by No error. (e)
the (a) (b) 20. It being rainy day / most of the people / out on
Local sports club / to play a friendly match on a the street (a) (b) (c)
Sunday. (c) (d) Were / carrying umbrellas. No error.
No error. (e) (d) (e)
9. The principal along with the teachers / were seen 21. The need to set up/ a good library in the locality /
(a) has been (a) (b)
Boarding a bus / to go for a picnic / on a national In the minds of people / for some time. No error.
holiday. (b) (c) (d) (c) (d) (e)
No error. (e) 22. After looking through many / advertisements ,
10. Even after hearing the leader / for a long time / Sudhir (a) (b)
the (a) (b) Decide / to buy the cheapest / brand in the
Followers could not make out / which he was market. (c) (d)
talking (c) (d) No error. (e)
about. No error. (e) 23. The interviewer asked me / if I knew that / Kalidas
11. Contrary to earlier / I found him / brighter than I / was (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) (c) The greater / than any other poet. No error.
During our meeting. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 24. To make him succeed / the correct thing to do / is
12. With the introduction of the new syllabus / the to (a) (b)
number (a) Punish him / until he does not try. No error.
Of colleges reporting / high results is decreasing / (c) (d) (e)
year (b) (c) BSRB Hyderabad PO 1999
After year. No error. (d) (e)
25. I was pretty sure that / he would support my
views / for (a) (b)
Changing the old/ and static structure of our
organization. (c) (d)
No error. (e)
26. The report is candid in admitting / that the
investment (a) (b)
By the government / in health and family planning
/ (c)
have been eroded considerably. No error.
(d) (e)
27. No method of making / other people agree to /
your view (a) (b) (c)
Point is / as effective as this method. No error.
(d) (e)
28. This laboratory of physics is / not only equipped
with / (a) (b)
All state of the art instruments / but also with
outstanding (c) (d)
Physicists. No error. (e)

ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(b) (e) (b) (c) (d) (a) (c) (e) (b) (d)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(e) (e) (a) (a) (c) (b) (c) (d) (e) (a)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
(c) (b) (c) (d) (c) (d) (a) (b)

Exam Practice 15
IBPS Clerk 2011
1. The cost of constructing / house are increased /
because (a) (b)
of the high / price of cement. No error.
 (c) (d) (e) Positive view / of the company. No error.
2. According to the twelfth / Five year plan , India (c) (d) (e)
should / (a) (b) 13. The meeting will not end / until the Chairman /
Invest one trillion dollars / in infrastructure gets (a) (b)
projects. (c) (d) Approval form / every members of the Board. No
No error. (e) error. (c) (d) (e)
3. To increase the selling / of products in rural 14. For millions of people / his retirement form /
areas / the (a) (b) cricket has (a) (b) (c)
Company will hire / over five hundred trainees. No Been / a greatest shock. No error.
error. (c) (d) (e) (d) (e)
4. We have spent / most of the profits / that we earn 15. The Chairman has refused / no to sanction / the
/ last (a) (b) (c) required (a) (b) (c)
Year on purchasing new computers. No error. Fund / for the project. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
5. The government / promised to revise / the UCO Bank Clerk 2010
pension (a) (b) (c) 16. As they watched / the football mactch / the huge
Scheme for bank/ staff since next year. No error. crowd / (a) (b)
(d) (e) (c) chant in unison. No error.
6. If a software company / sends its employees (d) (e)
abroad / (a) (b) 17. The noise was / so fainty that / one had to strain /
To work for a foreign client, they / pays them a one’s (a) (b) (c)
daily (c) (d) Ears to hear it. No error.
Allowance. No error. (e) (d) (e)
7. As per RBI guidelines / a bank account in which / 18. When he found out that / the girl had escaped /
there is (a) (b) he was (a) (b)
No transactions for / two years is a dormant Absolute / irritated and furious. No error.
account. (c) (d) (c) (d) (e)
No error. (e) 19. The weather is / much more warmer / than it
8. Farmers can easy / get loans under / the Kisan was / a few (a) (b) (c)
credit (a) (b) (c) Days ago. No error. (d) (e)
Card Scheme which / was launched by RBI. No 20. A vast numbers / of people greeted / the film star
error. (d) (e) on his (a) (b) (c)
9. Today there are very few / tigers left in India / and Arrival/ at the airport. No error.
many (a) (b) (d) (e)
NGOs are / working saving our national animal. 21. Time the concert ended,/ the crowd clapped / and
(c) (d) (a) (b)
No error. (e) Cheered / enthusiastically. No error.
10. People are willing to / pay higher taxes so that / (c) (d) (e)
the (a) (b) 22. The students blamed / their professor / for their
Government can build better roads / and provide late (a) (b) (c)
safe (c) (d) Arrival / in the concert. No error.
Drinking water. No error. (e) (d) (e)
23. We have many rooms / in our house ; / several of
Vijaya Bank Clerk 2010 which / (a) (b) (c)
Have not been in use for years. No error.
11. The University has / not spent enough / mony to (d) (e)
(a) (b) 24. When I heard / footsteps behind me,/ I was being
Maintaining / its valuable library. No error. scared / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) That I would be attacked. No error
12. The survey found / that most of the employees / (d) (e)
has a (a) (b)
25. The manger said that / he wanted to hear / the
pros and (a) (b) (c)
Cons / of the issue. No error.
(d) (e)
Rajasthan Gramin Bank Clerk 2009
26. If a hotel I / very expensive, it does not / mean
that its / (a) (b) (c)
Service is best. No error. (d) (e)
27. Betty has a / term paper to write; / she has a lab /
in finish (a) (b) (c) (d)
Too. No error. (e)
28. According to / a report published / a few months
ago / the (a) (b) (c)
Literacy have dropped. No error.
(d) (e)
30. Look / Somebody had / climbing up / there. No
error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(b) (e) (a) (c) (d) (c) (c) (a) (d) (e)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(c) (c) (d) (d) (b) (d) (b) (c) (b) (a)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(a) (e) (c) (b) (e) (d) (d) (d) (d) (b)

Exam Practice 16
Hadoti Kshatriya Gramin Bank Clerk 2010
1. On about five minutes , they would / cover the
distance (a) from the road to the point / where
the waves would / (b) (c) begin lick most mouths. No error. (d)
their feet. No error. (e)
(d) (e) Satpura Narmada Gramin Bank Clerk 2010
2. The devastating experiences / of many wars
taught some (a) (b) 11. I was previously posted / in Singapore and it / took
Countries / the necessary of pursuing peace / at me a (a) (b)
the (c) Long time / to accustom to the food. No error.
Expense of nationalist egos. No error. (c) (d) (e)
(d) (e) 12. He was afraid that his parents / would not allow
3. The former superstar recently / visit an orphanage him to / (a) (b)
,/ (a) (b) Make the film, so he did / not tell them about it.
Fueling speculations that / she is planning to No error.
adopt a (c) (d) (c) (d) (e)
Child. No error. (e) 13. Our Chairman is deeply concerned / about the
4. According to a new study / talking steps to remain (a)
healthy (a) (b) Environment / and plan to take some steps to
And young / amy help delay / the onset of reduced the / (b) (c)
Alzheimer’s (c) (d) Pollution caused by our factories. No error.
Disease. No error. (e) (d) (e)
5. A day after he was diagnosed with / swine flue, 14. Since this foreign bank has / not performed very
preventive (a) (b) good (a) (b)
Measures were put in place / to ensure that This year,/ it will not be setting / up any new
others were (c) branches. (c) (d)
Not / affected by the dreaded virus. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 15. After retiring she spent / most of her time
6. The administrator has conclusive / that it is teaching young / (a) (b)
retailers (a) (b) Doctors and motivating them / to work in rural
Who are / responsible for upsetting / the city ‘s areas. (c) (d)
household (c) (d) No error. (e)
Budgets. No error. (e) 16. As our country is / experiencing a recession,
7. The assurance unfortunately ; / remained on bank / have (a) (b)
paper ,/ as neither the centre or the state initiated steps / Became very cautions / about giving loans. No
for the (c) error. (c) (d) (e)
Development of the backward region. No error. 17. Chetan puts in a lot / of efforts to ensure / that
(d) (e) the (a) (b)
8. Sediment deposit along the coast / may be the Scheme was / launched in March. No error.
primary (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Reasons for / the change in conditions , / but a lot 18. In the present guidelines,/ the bank is required to
more remains to be understand. No error. obtain / (a) (b)
(d) (e) A photograph from any person / who wishes to
9. A committee will be set up / to explore the pros open an (c) (d)
and cons (a) (b) Account. No error. (e)
By / a common fee structure, and will / take a 19. Seema’s new office is close / to her residence ,
final (c) so / she (a) (b)
Decision on it within a week. No error. Will not longer / have to travel by train. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
10. The infection wh9ich causes / gums to bleed and 20. The majority of the populations believes / that the
teeth to (a) (b) stock (a)
Fall out / results from the build – up of / a Market is recovered / and that is it the / right time
particular bacteria (c) that is common to to buy (b) (c) (d)
Shares. No error. (e)
Indian bank Clerk 2010

21. The employee was / asked to leave her job / she

was not / (a) (b) (c)
Performing well. No error.
(d) (e)
22. In school / we have to enrolled / in sports / and
music (a) (b)
(c) (d) classes. No error. (e)
23. This report / highlights on / the need for / further
(a) (b) (c)
Research. No error. (d) (e)
24. My best friend / left the country ,/ I hope to
hearing / from (a) (b) (c)
Her again soon. No error.
(d) (e)
25. She is pretending / to be sick/ because she don’t /
want to (a) (b) (c)
(d) study. No error. (e)
26. While I am / doing the house works / I like to
listen to / (a) (b) (c)
Music on the radio. No error.
(d) (e)
27. I was very lucky / that day / and catched / a log of
fish. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
28. Several banks / are shown interest / in the
proposed (a) (b)
development / of the public sector.
No error. (c) (d) (e)
29. In order / to be successful /you must worked/ very
hard (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
30. As a child, ? always want to / have a bicycle/ of my
own. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)

Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(d) (c) (b) (e) (e) (a) (c) (d) (b) (d)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(d) (e) (e) (b) (a) (c) (c) (e) (c) (b)
21. 22 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(e) (b) (b) (c) (c) (b) (c) (b) (c) (b)

Exam Practice 17
Bank of India Clerk 2010
1. The professor tried / his best to clean all / their
doubts in (a) (b) (c)
The subject / after his lecturing. No error.
 (d) (e) Order. No error. (e)
12. George had already / submitted his the 14. I would have asked him / to leave our house
document / (a) (b) immediately / (a) (b)
Even before / you asked for it. No error. If my father would not have been / at home and awake.
(c) (d) (e) (c) (d)
13. There was a huge / crowded in front / of the No error. (e)
actor’s/ (a) (b) (c) 15. Mala’d two brothers Rupesh and Bhupat / are
House on his birthday. No error. very (a) intelligent and hardworking / but I
(d) (e) am sue / I like the (b)
4. Reena came early on / Monday because she ha / (c)
(a) (b) Latter most. No error.
To plan out the tam’s schedule / for the whole weeks. (d) (e)
(c) (d) Corporation Bank Clerk 2009
No error. (e) 16. Hostility between the / two groups have/
5. Rupali wanted to get / a clear picture about / the increased in the / (a) (b) (c)
incident (a) (b) (c) Past few months. No error. (d) (e)
So she / speaks to the victims. No error. 17. Her class is very special / because it has children /
(d) (e) (a) (b)
6. Them were very / disciplined and quite / when the With many different / abilities and skills. No error.
new (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Teachers / entered the classroom. No error. 18. many people were / brought to safety / by the
(d) (e) army (a) (b) (c)
7. The door was / open but no one / were there at / Helicopters / from the flood hit area. No error.
home (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Last night. No error. (d) (e) 19. It is difficult to / understand the problems / that
8. All those whom / were at the concert / could not the (a) (b)
stop/ (a) (b) (c) Physically challenged people / encounters in their daily
Praising her performance. No error. (c) (d)
(d) (e) Life. No error. (e)
9. Anemia occurs due / to the deficiency of / 20. I had gone only a little way / down the street,/
hemoglobin (a) (b) When I (a) (b)
(c) in / a person’s blood. No error. Realized that I had / not lock the door. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
10. Please write your / name and address / on the bag 21. Mammoths were a / species of elephants / who
before / (a) (b) lived (a) (b) (c)
(c) you misplace it again. No error. Millions of years ago / but are now extinct. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
11. Most of the popular tele – serials / are not only 22. The sink is / so dirty that / one needs a very strong
illogical / (a) (b) / (a) (b) (c)
In their story line / but also crude in their presentation. Abrasive to cleaning it. No error.
(c) (d) (d) (e)
No error. (e) 23. The talks ended / abruptly when one of / the
12. I am trying to convince him / for the last two days delegate (a) (b) (c)
to come/ (a) (b) Walked / out in protest. No error.
And live with me / till his father’s anger cools down. (d) (e)
(c) (d) 24. A twenty – year old / absconder was caught / in a
No error. (e) local (a) (b)
13. It is a pity that a son / born from very good (c) restaurant / this morning. No error.
parents / (a) (b) (d) (e)
Should live a life of / misery and deprivation of the worst
(c) (d)
25. If she will secure more than 90% marks in the 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
exams,/ (a) (b) I will give her / a (e) (a) (b) (c) (d) (b) (e) (a) (d) (d)
suitable reward. No error. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(c) (d) (e) (c) (d) (c) (e) (a) (c) (d) (d) (a) (a)
OBC Clerk 2010 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
26. Removing speeds from / cotton plants was / a (c) (a) (e) (c) (c)
slowest job (a) (b) (c)
Until / Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. No error.
(d) (e)
27. India is a land of great political leaders/ who ruled
the (a) (b) (c)
Country effectively / and also by protecting its national
(d)
Interest. No error. (e)
28. The climbers will try again / to reach the summit
of the (a) (b)
Mountain / and their chances of doing so are / more
(c) better than they were last week. No
error.
(d) (e)
29. Most birds sings / only in day light / one notable
exception / (a) (b)
(c) being the nightingale. No error.
(d) (e)
30. In the eve of the election / there was heavy /
political (a) (b)
Security / in the state. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
31. The teacher thought / the children would / be
happy for / (a) (b) (c)
Clearing away their toys. No error.
(d) (e)
32. Neither Alice or Mary remembers / what had
happened (a) (b)
Before / the car crashed / into the wall. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
33. This is the woman / that always wears / a black
shawl / (a) (b) (c)
To work. No error. (d) (e)
34. Many leading members / of the opposition party/
(a) (b)
Has tried to justify / their decision. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
35. The view of / the manufacturing and / tourist
industries (a) (b) (c)
Is that / the economy is improving. No error
(d) (e) OBC clerk 2011
ANSWERS 1. The priest did not / want to do any / hard work
but dreamt / (a) (b) (c)
1. (d) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Of be rich in one day. No error.
(b) (b) (d) (d) (a) (c) (a) (e) (e)
 (d) (e) (d) (e)
2. The friends met again after / many years and 13. Ha we known/ that there was a catch / in the offer
could not (a) (b) we (a) (b) (c)
Stop laughing / at the tricks they had played / to their Would not have accepted it. No error.
(c) (d) (d) (e)
Teacher. No error. 14. On of the secret / of success is / to keep up
(e) trying / (a) (b) (c)
3. The four friends were quite different / as one And to give up. No error.
another , yet / (a) (b) (d) (e)
They were best friends and came to / one another’s aid 15. The present study has been designed / to examine
(c) (d) whether (a) (b)
When required. No error. (e) Or not / traditional approaches are / still
4. The animals would hunt for food / and bring it to applicable. (c) (d)
the lion / (a) (b) No error. (e)
And the lion in turn would / distribute the food to all. 16. If you inform me / of your’s arrival time / I shall
(c) (d) come to / (a) (b) (c)
No error. (e) Meet you at the airport. No error.
5. A lion lives in a forest / was loyally served by / a (d) (e)
jackal (a) (b) 17. Provided you promise / me not to repeat this / I
That used to accompany the lion / wherever it went. shall not (a) (b)
(c) (d) Allow you / to take it up. No error.
No error. (e) (c) (d) (e)
6. Unable to control his natural instinct,/the jackal 18. You cannot be / granted admission / unless you do
(a) howled at the top / by his voice in not (a) (b) (c)
the middle/ of the (b) Submit / all the certificates in original. No error.
(c) night. No error. (d) (e) (d) (e)
7. Seema’s parents were happy / to let her marry the 19. I promise / to teach you / everything you /
boy of (a) (b) Need to known. (a) (b) (c) (d)
Her choice / as he seemed to belong to / a good family. No error. (e)
(c) (d) 20. To arrive at a decision / all the interesting parties /
No error. (e) (a) (b)
8. One one accasion / the farmer was rewarded to / Should be invited and / involved in discussion. No error.
a cow by (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
a rich man / for his service. No error. BSRB Delhi Clerk 2001
(c) (d) (e) 21. A large number of / human being visit zoos / and
9. Rakesh anger asked / his son to tell him / what makes (a) (b) (c)
had (a) (b) No answers from the authority. No error.
Happened to / the food and drinks kept in the fridge. (d) (e)
(c) (d) 22. In spite of four letter / we have sent / we have
No error. (e) received / (a) (b) (c)
10. Once upon a time / there lived a tiger / which No answers from the authority. No error.
stray into a (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
city / in search of food. No error. (d) (e) 23. We reached the office / in a great hurry / but the
BSRB Delhi Clerk 2000 concerned (a) (b) (c)
11. The report has been / prepare on the basis/ of Officer / had left the office earlier. No error.
(a) (b) (d) (e)
Information we had / and on our judgment. No error. 24. Ram is a very good painter / but his paintings / are
(c) (d) (e) not (a) (b)
12. Why we do not / meet to discuss / this matter in Easily / accessible with the public. No error.
detail/ (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (e)
On next Friday? No error.
25. Money not only satisfies / the basic psychological (c) (a) (e) (a) (e) (b) (c) (c) (d) (b)
needs / (a) (b) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
But also the / higher order psychological needs. (c) (e) (c) (d) (a) (c) (a) (c) (e) (d)
(c) (d) 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
No error. (e) (b) (c) (b) (c) (c)
BSRB Delhi clerk 2002
26. If you do not / submit the report / in the next two
days / (a) (b) (c)
All of us will be punished. No error.
(d) (e)
27. She had offered / a temporary assignment but /
she turned (a) (b)
It down saying that / she would accept only a permanent
(c) (d)
One. No error. (e)
28. These days Ashok along with / his friends does not
go / (a) (b)
To a walk / in the morning. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
29. All the parties / whose presidents were asked to
resign / (a) (b)
Were involved in / anti – national activities. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
30. I can hear / the conversation inside / but nobody
is (a) (b) (c)
Coming / to opening the door. No error.
(d) (e)
31. I do not understand / what to make employees /
(a) (b)
So agiated on / such trivial issues. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
32. The boss told his secretary / that she was a lazy
girl / (a) (b)
And that she has done / her work very badly. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
33. I have been visiting your office / since last several
years / but have never met / such a hopeless clerk as this.
(c) (d)
No error. (e)
34. As there was no time / the remaining items / were
(a) (b) deferred into / the next
meeting. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
35. We demonstrated / to them how / we were
prepared / (a) (b) (c)
The artistic pattern. No error.
(d) (e) Exam Practice 19
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. BSRB Kolkata Clerk 2000
(d) (d) (b) (d) (a) (c) (e) (b) (a) (c)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
1. In the absence of / clear instruction / one cannot 13. Dileep has spend / six years in calcutta / but still
be (a) (b) (c) be does (a) (b) (c)
Expected / to be functioned effectively. No error. Not know parts of the city. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
2. They could have / helped him / had they 14. The number of foreign tourists / visiting india are
approached (a) (b) (c) (a) (b)
By him / for help well in advance. No error. Increasing / day by day during / this tourist season
(d) (e) (c) (d)
3. He has in / his possession a / price collection of No error. (e)
very old (a) (b) (c) 15. Unless you take / interest into the studies / you
Coins / and some ancient paintings. No error. will not (a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) Succeed / in the examination. No error.
4. Every is / impress by / his zeal / and enthusiasm. (d) (e)
(a) (b) (c) (d) 16. After 50 years of independence / many social
No error. (e) problems / (a) (b)
5. The patient recover / so fast that / the expert Still remaining / to be solved in India. No error.
doctors / (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (e)
Also were surprised. No error. 17. The manager has decided / to visit all the
(d) (e) departments / (a) (b)
6. The observers feel that / the stronger team has to Of the factory tomorrow morning / to review of the
face (a) (b) (c) (d)
Defeat / because the players / don’t play whole hearted. Situation. No error. (e)
(c) (d) 18. Last week when / I reach viru’s house / he had
No error. (e) already / (a) (b) (c)
7. Every animal in the zoo / is fed regularly / and Left for Mumbai. No error.
attended to / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Very promptly. No error. BSRB Kolkata Clerk 2002
(d) (e) 19. People took notice of / the big stone on / the road
8. How you eat / is as important / as what / you eat . only (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) (c) (d) After / someone tripped with it. No error.
No error. (e) (d) (e)
9. All his relatives / expect his daughter / have gone 20. I have always considered / myself for a bowler /
on / (a) (b) (c) right (a) (b)
Month’s vacation tour. No error. From my early / days of cricket. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
10. All renew licences may / be collected from/ the 21. This story impress on our mind / that seven
cashier’s (a) (b) (c) children can / (a) (b)
Counter after / paying the fees. No error. Face any danger if / they have courage. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
BSRB Kolkata Clerk 22. While he was crossing the road / the thought had
11. Jagdish met me yesterday / but he did not tell struck (a) (b)
me / (a) (b) Him / that he had forgotten / to carry the keys
That he has / resigned from the factory. No error. along. (c) (d)
(c) (d) (e) 23. Recently newspaper reported / the deaths by
12. The principal indicated that / the issue of drowning (a) (b)
improved (a) (b) No error. (c) (d) (e)
Quality of teaching / in the college were high / in his list
(c) BSRB Kolkata Clerk 2003
24. Until he does not discipline / himself and try
Of priorities. No error. hard / (a) (b)
(d) (e)
He will not learn / swimming or anything for that matter. (c) (d)
(c) (d) No error. (e)
No error. (e) 36. None of them were aware / of the fact that the
25. The recent Changes / in the monetary policy has / person / (a) (b)
(a) (b) In the civil dress / was a police officer. No error.
Enabled us to aggressively / work in this area. No error. (c) (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 37. The guest picked up the child / very affectionate /
26. The girls sang / a few songs / to entertain the (a) (b)
guests were not pleased. No error. And handed over to him / the packet of sweets.
(d) (e) No error. (c) (d) (e)
27. We are quite found / of this house because / we 38. Honesty , integrity and being intelligent / are the
are living (a) (b) (c) (a)
In it / for the last five years. No error. Qualities which /m we look for when / we are in
(d) (e) office. (b) (c) (d)
27. We are quite found / of this house because / we No error. (e)
are living (a) (b) (c)
In it / for the last five years. No error. Answers
(d) (e) 1. 2. 3. 4. (b) 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
28. I study for / two hours / every morning / before (d) (c) (c) (a) (d) (c) (e) (c) (a)
going to (a) (b) (c) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(d) college . No error. (e) (c) (c) (a) (b) (b) (c) (d) (b) (d) (b)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
BSRB Kolkata Clerk 2004 (a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (e) (c) (e) (d) (b)
29. All of you have the liberty / to come home / as per 31. 32. (c) 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.
your (a) (b) (e) (c) (d) (d) (e) (b) (a)
Convenience / and discussed the problem. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
30. They have the nasty habit of / looking upon down
people / (a) (b)
And criticizing them / for no reason. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
31. I know who / this job should be / entrusted to /
for smooth (a) (b) (c) (d)
Handling. No error. (e)
32. I do not know / why most people feel / depress
and (a) (b) (c)
dejected / even with the slightest provocation. No
error.
(d) (e)
33. They forced the person / to empty his pockets /
(a) (b)
And asked him that why / he had not obtained the
entry (c) (d)
Pass. No error. (e)
34. H opened the lid of the box / and was shocked /
(a)
To find that / it is empty . No error.
(c) (d) (e) Exam Practice 20
35. We were happy that / the audience responded BSRB kolkata Clerk 2005
well / (a) (b)
and gave all the speakers / a patience listening.
1. Some people feel / depressed / whenever they 13. A s a boy he had never / been to school and /
think of (a) (b) (c) therefore he (a) (b)
Future because they do not believe / in their own Had no capacity / to read and write. No error.
(d) (c) (d) (e)
Capabilities. No error. (e) 14. No other temple is / as beautiful as / the famous
2. Mature people behave / with others in a / very (a) (b)
gentle (a) (b) (c) Meenakshi temple / in South India. No error.
Way and / always respected others, feelings. No (c) (d) (e)
error. (d) (e) 15. He being the best / student in the class / Gopal
3. Who do you think / will be able to / do this job in a was (a) (b) (c)
/ very (a) (b) (c) Chosen / to participate in the competition. No
Decently manner? No error. error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) BSRB Bangalore Clerk 2000
4. After careful examining / the medicines installed 16. I have always noticed / that given an option / he
in the (a) (b) prefers (a) (b) (c)
Laboratory / he wrote a detailed report and Tea/ than coffee. (d) (e)
submitted it / (d) (e) 17. Rakesh does not/ know to swim / so he is / afraid
5. we request you to / study the proposal carefully / of (a) (b) (c) (d)
and (a) (b) Water. No error. (e)
Submitted your recommendation / at your earliest 18. Laxman is blind with one eye / and therefore
(c) (d) experiences / (a) (b)
Convenience. No error. (e) Difficulties in reading and writing / and also
6. The notorious gang opens / the door quietly and / crossing (c) (d)
(a) (b)escaped in the dark A road. No error. (e)
with / whatever they ha collected. 19. It is I who have / done this and / you may hold /
(c) (d) (a) (b) (c)
No error. (e) Me responsible for this. No error.
7. We could not / believe that one / of us was / (d) (e).
responsible (a) (b) (c) (d) 20. Mohan has been / suffering from fever / since ten
For thee act. No error. (e) (a) (b) (c)
8. We have now / reliable learnt that / he was Days and / his condition has been deteriorating.
involved / (a) (b) (c) (d)
In the bank robbery. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 21. I am accustomed with / hard work and / I
9. He received timely support / from his elder generally (a) (b) (c)
brother / (a) (b) Do not / get tired easily. No error.
Who has been working abroad / for the last six (d) (e)
years. (c) (d) 22. Each of the / girls are good / and has contributed /
No error. (e) (a) (b) (c)
10. One of the / security men / asked me that / Immensely to our success. No error.
Wanted to (a) (b) (c) (d) (d) (e)
Go in. No error. (e) 23. Whenever I see her / I feel that / she resembles to
BSRB Mumbai Clerk 2000 / (a) (b) (c)
11. I with my family / which consists of my wife / and her deceased mother. No error.
three (a) (b) (d) (e)
Children resides / in a village near Poona. No 24. If you do not agree / to my request / I shall be
error. (c) (d) (e) forced (a) (b) (c)
12. This is the / only one of his / poems that is / worth To take drastic measure. No error.
– reading. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(d) No error. (e) 25. Most of the students / to our college / believe that
the / (a) (b) (c)
Terminal examination is unnecessary. No error. (e) (d) (d) (a) (c) (a) (e) (b) (a) (c)
(d) (e) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(c) (e) (c) (e) (a) (d) (b) (a) (e) (c)
BSRB Bangalore Clerk 2011 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
26. you may rest assured / that Madhav knows / more (a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (a) (d) (a) (b) (e)
than (a) (b) (c) 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
Me / in this matter. No error. (b) (e) (e) (b) (d)
(d) (e)
27. Every one of us / knows that given / an option he
prefers/ (a) (b) (c)
Cold drink than coffee. No error.
(d) (e)
28. No sooner the advertisement appeared / in the
newspaper / (a) (b)
Than there was a rush / on the booking window. (c)
(d)
No error. (e)
29. He has no affection / with anybody / including the
(a) (b) (c)
Members / of his own family. No error.
(d) (e)
30. I am gland / to hear that / you narrowly escapred /
being run (a) (b) (c)
Over yesterday. No error. (d) (e)
31. Both the girls / helped on another / when both of
them (a) (b) (c)
Were in difficulty. No error.
(d) (e)
32. None of us have / seen him in the club / since he
got (a) (b) (c)
Married / two months back. No error.
(d) (e)
33. It is university true / that an honest and
hardworking / man is always / a happy man. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
34. I heard that Mohan / as well as his parents were
present / (a) (b)
In the wedding ceremony / of his brother. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
35. They talked over / the matter for / may hours
without / (a) (b) (c)
Arriving to any decision. No error.
(d) (e)

Exam Practice 21
BSRB Chennai Clerk 2000
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. In a fit of anger / he told his superior / that he will 15. Prabhakar is / famous / in his victory / at madras.
go on (a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d)
Leave / from the same day. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 16. Rajan and I / after office / hours often / plays
2. After he had read the two first chapter / of the chess. (a) (b) (c)
novel / (a) (b) (d) No error. (e)
He felt like reading / the book at one sitting. No 17. My sister / insists / she allowed to / remain
error. (c) (d) (e) unmarried. (a) (b) (c) (d)
3. He came very close to me/ and asked me that if / No error. (e)
(a) (b) 18. Though Vivek / is young / he enjoys / listening old
I would lend / him some money. No error. songs. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(c) (d) (e) No error. (e)
4. Although he is my bosom friend / I cannot ask him 19. Her parents / gave away / the prizes / to our
for/ (a) (b) school children. (a) (b) (c) (d)
Money without any/ vividly reason. No error. No error. (e)
(c) (d) (e) 20. He climbed / from the ladder / to reach / the
5. We are aware / that we do not / always get what / ceiling (a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) No error. (e)
We want to get. No error. 21. Children / should be/ taught to be / kindly
(d) (e) towards (a) (b) (c) (d)
6. We asked them / why did they want to / enter Animals. No error. (e)
into (a) (b) (c) 22. Who of / the two / is joining / the team? No error.
We want to get. No error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(d) (e) 23. My uncle / forced my / friend my / friend and I /
7. Many a man / have been / working / under me. to stay back. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) No error. (e)
8. We would have / accompanied you to / the picnic 24. Be careful so / that you are / not be caught by /
spot (a) (b) (c) the police. (a) (b) (c) (d)
If you / would have told us in advance. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 25. Would you/ like to / come with / us for a drama?
9. What does matter / most is the behaviour / and (a) (b) (c) (d)
not / (a) (b) (c) No error. (e)
The polite conversation. No error. BSRB Patna Clerk 1991
(d) (e) 26. Lata parted / with her mother / with tears but the
10. If all of your quarrel / among yourself / we shall journey / (a) (b) (c)
not (a) (b) (c) To Delhi amused her. No error.
Be able / to solve your problems. NO error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 27. Neither the size / nor the colour / or the gloves /
BSRB Chennai Clerk 2001 (a) (b) (c)
11. He does not/ fail to came / to my help/ whenever I Were right. No error.
am in (a) (b) (c) be able / to solve your (d) (e)
problems. No error. (e) 28. Everyone of the staffs present here / has given a
12. During holiday / I like / visiting friends/ than day’s pay / (a) (b)
staying (a) (b) (c) (d) As their contribution / to the fund. No error.
Indoors. No error. (e) (c) (d) (e)
13. She use / my knife / for cutting / the paper. No 29. Found guilty / on murder / the accused was/
error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) sentenced (a) (b) (c) (d)
14. My parents / prevented me/ in accepting / the To death. No error. (e)
invitation. (a) (b) (c) (d) 30. If I would have / worked regularly ,/ I would have
No error. (e) passed / (a) (b) (c)
The examination. No error. (d) (e)
31. The gentlemen / together with his / wife and (d) (e)
daughter / (a) (b) (c)
Were drowned. No error. (d) (e)
32. The smuggler yielded / for the temptation / and Answer
fell into / (a) (b) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(c) the police trap. No error. (c) (a) (b) (d) (e) (b) (e) (d) (a) (b)
(d) (e) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
33. The girl said / that she preferred / the blue gown / (b) (c) (a) (c) (c) (e) (c) (d) (e) (b)
than the (a) (b) (c) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Black one. No error. (d) (a) (c) (b) (e) (c) (d) (c) (b) (a)
(d) (e) 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
34. India is / one of the leading / film producing (d) (b) (d) (c) (c) (c) (b) (b) (a) (a)
country / (a) (b) (c) 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
In the world. No error. (d) (e) (a) (c) (a) (d) (e)
35. Hardly had / I left the house / then it began / to
rain. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
36. The unreasonable behaviour / of hid daughter /
(a) (b)
Was thoroughly / upset Mr. Gupta. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
37. The father as well as / the sons were /
mysteriously (a) (b) (c)
Missing / trough the house. No error.
(d) (e)
38. Sunil is / a best student / in our class / at present.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
39. It is in 1929 / that we first / flew to / the united
States. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
40. Our country need / a number of self sacrificing
and / (a) (b) (c)
Devoted political leaders. No error. (d) (e)
41. Instead of / his still retains / (a)
(b) (c) freshness and robustness. No error.
(d) (e)
42. The issues are / complex and / has been obscured
(a) (b) (c)
By other factors. No error.
(d) (e)
43. He looked upon me/ level – eyed for / a few
moments / (a) (b) (c)
Before he spoke. No error.
(d) (e)
44. The bus was / hired by / the ladies / for its picnic /
(a) (b) (c)
(d) No error. (e) Exam Practice 22
45. It was seven o’ clock / in the evening when / the BSRB Patna Clerk 1992
train (a) (b) (c)
Steamed / into the station. No error.
1. Some of the question asked / in the examination (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
were (a) (b) 14. He had / taken off hid shirt and threw / it on the
As easy / that even dull students / could answer them. floor / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) Before entering the house. No error.
No error. (e) (d) (e)
2. Ajay is the most / succeeded of all / the 15. The children observed silent / just for a while /
businessman / (a) (b) (c) before (a) (b)
In this city today. No error. They ran / to greet their leader. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
3. Neither Prakash nor his / brother Prashant are / 16. Raghu is more studious / than any other / student
capable of (a) (b) of / (a) (b) (c)
Doing this / work within two days. No error. His age. No error. (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 17. The money – lender said / that he would / like
4. The police succeeded in / recovering the stolen / help us / (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) In our efforts. No error. (d) (e)
Jewellery after a / detailed investigation. No error. (c) 18. An immediate action / has awaited / in order to
(d) (e) complete / (a) (b) (c)
5. No sooner I received / the telegram from Our work in time. No error. (d) (e)
Avinash / than (a) (b) 19. When the thief / entered the house / the
I started contacting / my friends on phone. No watchman on duty / (a) (b) (c)
error. (c) (d) (e) Was fast aslept. No error.
6. Sheela advised to / her child not to / play with the (d) (e)
ball / (a) (b) (c) 20. She must ha / complete hr work / by now because
On the road. No error. / (a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) She is very punctual. No error.
7. It was, in fact,/ her father who prevented / her at (d) (e)
joining / (a) (b) (c) 21. Ramesh possesses /all those good qualities /
The police academy. No error. which (a) (b)
(d) (e) Every ideal / student should possesses. No error.
8. On the time when / lightning struck, all / the (c) (d) (e)
people in the / (a) (b) (c) 22. He overcome with sorrow / when he heard / the
House were asleep. No error. sad news/ (a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) Of his failure. No error.
9. Not only she went / to Kasmir but also stayed / (d) (e)
there for / (a) (b) (c) 23. Some people get / used to changes / very easily
A month. No error. (d) (e) than / (a) (b) (c)
10. Considering / the case , the court / has passed its / Other do. No error. (d) (e)
(a) (b) (c) 24. He has gone / to his native place / with the
Decision. No error. (d) (e) intention / (a) (b) (c)
Of staying there. No error.
BSRB Patna Clerk 1993 (d) (e)
25. The leader advised the people / not to be carried
11. Yesterday while / crossing the road / he was / run away by / (a) (b)
out by (a) (b) (c) (d) The rumours spread / in the city. No error.
A truck. No error. (e) (c) (d) (e)
12. They have requested me / not to take any action / BSRB Patna 1994
unless (a) (b)
And until I don’t see / all the document. No error. 26. Whenever they passes / through this city / they
(c) (d) (e) never (a) (b) (c)
13. Ramu told me / that I am / ready to do / any Forget to / come to our house. No error.
work . No error. (d) (e)
27. We could not see / the places clear / as the train 1. Monisha was to about/tell her teacher the/truth
was / (a) (b) (c) when (a) (b) (c)
Moving very fast. No error. (d) (e) her/ friend interrupted her. No error.
28. Although the patient / was rudely with the / (d) (e)
nurses, (a) (b) 2. Prayag and Parag used / to qork for almost
He behaved / nicely with the doctor. No error. twelve / (a) (b)
(c) (d) (e) Hours in the factory / they are working earlier. No error.
29. Although the driver applied / the brakes , the (c) (d) (e)
could/ not prevent the bus/ from hit the tree. No error. 3. The children were/ playing with a ball/and run
(c) (d) (e) abound (a) (b) (c)
30. Dileep’s performance in the / film worst than / when / the accident occurred. No error.
(a) (b) amit’s, but was not / as bad (d) (e)
as Vinod’s No error. 4. Avinash is not so/good a batsman to / be selected
(c) (d) (e) for the/ (a) (b) (c)
31. The girls were sitting / inside and played card. No national cricket team. No error.
error. (c) (d) (e) (d) (e)
32. The policemen started / firing the crowd / when 5. The policemen started / firing the crowd / when
the (a) (b) (c) the (a) (b) (c)
Striking / students turned violent. No error. striking / workers became violent.No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
33. He was about to telling / the investigators the 6. Although he is usually / rude with everyone / he
truth / (a) (b) behaved (a) (b) (c)
When his companion / suddenly interrupted him. Nice with / all of us today. No error.
(c) (d) (d) (e)
No error. (e) 7. Anjali’s performance in the / drama was best than
34. Mohini washes all her / clothes and cooks food / (a) (b)
for the (a) (b) Deepali’s but not / as good as Vaishali’s .No error
Family before / she going to the office. No error. (c) (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 8. The firemen could not / succeed in rescue the /
35. Praveen is so good / a batsman that / he would be child (a) (b)
certainly (a) (b) (c) Although they / could put out the fire. No error.
Included in the team. No error. (c) (d) (e)
(d) (e) 9. Whenever they go out / for shopping, they / take
their / pet dog with them. No error.
(d) (e)
Answers 10. He ran so fastly / that he reached / the destination
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. in / (a) (b) (c)
(A) (b) (b) (e) (a) (a) (c) (a) (a) (e) just two minutes. No error.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. (d) (e)
(d) (c) (b) (b) (a) (e) (c) (b) (d) (a) 11. The train was / moving so fast / that we could not
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. see / (a) (b) (c) the places
(d) (a) (c) (e) (e) (a) (b) (b) (d) (b) properly . No error.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. (d) (e)
(d) (b) (a) (d) (c) 12. Meenakshi’s performance in the / film was better
than / (a) (b)
Sangeeta’s but not / so better as Madhuri’s. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
13. The policemen fired all the / students when / they
Exam Practice 23 were (a) (b) (c) attacked / by
BSRB Patna Clerk 1995 some of them. No error.
(d) (e)
14. Poonam used to / work for almost ten / hours in
the (a) (b) (c) Answers
Organization / where she has employed. NO error. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(d) (e) (a) (d) (c) (b) (b) (c) (b) (b) (e) (a)
15. They usually comes / to our house / whenever
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
they pass / (a) (b) (c)
(b) (d) (a) (d) (a) (d) (a) (b) (d) (b)
Through our home-town. No error.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
(d) (e)
(a) (a) (e) (a) (a) (d) (c)
16. Although the patient / was rude with the / nurses,
he (a) (b) (c)
Behaved / nice with the doctor. No error.
(d) (e)
17. Sachin is so best / a player that / he would be
certainly / (a) (b) (c)
behaved / nice with the doctor. No error.
(d) (e)
18. He interrupted me when / I was to about / tell the
truth / (a) (b) (c)
to his father. No error. (d) (e)
19. The boys are playing / outside he house whereas /
(a) (b)
The girls are sitting / inside and talked loudly. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
20. The driver could not / prevent the car from hit /
the child (a) (b)
Although he / apllied the brakes suddenly. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
BSRB Patna Clerk 1997
21. As sooner as / you reach the port / report to /
desk (a) (b) (c) (d)
Officer. No error. (e)
22. If I was you / I would have / first introduced him /
to the (a) (b) (c) (d)
Guests. No error. (e)
23. Some people’s / behaviour teaches / us not to /
behave(a) (b) (c)
That way. No error. (d) (e)
24. Despite of our / good contacts we / could not get /
tickets (a) (b) (c)
For our friends. No error. (d) (e) Exam Practice 24
25. Bit your co-operation for / the organistaion of BSRB Patna Clerk 1998
this / (a) (b) 1. All of a sudden / sidhir remembered that / he has
Workshop would not / have been so smooth. No not / (a) (b) (c)
error. (c) (d) (e) locked the office. No error. (d) (e)
26. It was most / unfortunate that he / died at the / 2. No other man / was so successful / an
(a) (b) (c) administrator as / (a) (b) (c)
early age of 41. No error. (d) (e) Himanshu was. No error. (d) (e)
27. Whether it is / English or Hindi I / am with home / 3. To acquire mastery / over compute operations /
(a) (b) (c) (a) (b)
With both the languages. No error. One must had patience / and readiness to work
(d) (e) hard. (c) (d)
 No error. (e) And exam Practice at all. No error.
4. If you listen with / the questions carefully / you (d) (e)
will be (a) (b) 17. The course provide / not only / theoretical inputs /
Able to answer / them easily. No error. (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) But also practical training. No error.
5. Ravi would attempt to open / the lock with all his (d) (e)
might / (a) (b) 18. I have / an appointment / on the 9th of
When his spectacles slipped / off and fell down. September / (a) (b) (c)
No error. (c) (d) (e) On 5 O’ clock. No error. (d) (e)
6. She returned to her / home town after / she had 19. Your scooter would not / have given you so much
finished / (a) (b) (c) trouble / (a) (b)
Her degree in Marketing Management. No error. If you had / maintained it proper. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
7. Having worked / for the whole day / you could 20. He is speaking in such / a soft voice that he was /
have taken (a) (b) (c) (a) (b)
Some rest / and start work tomorrow. No error. Not audible even to the people / who were sitting
(d) (e) in the (c) (d)
8. Had you not / reached in time, / we would have First row. No error. (e)
lost / (a) (b) BSRB Patna Clerk 2000
All our belongings . No error. (d) (e) 21. They could not understand / why all of us / started
9. The taxi driver who had come / to receive us at / (a) (b)
(a) (b) Laughing as / soon as their entry. No error.
The airport was speaking / fluently French. No (c) (d) (e)
error. (c) (d) (e) 22. We were very much / carefully in our approach /
10. I am sure that / all my monthly expenses / would (a) (b)
exceed (a) (b) (c) and hence we would / complete the complicated task. (c)
The income / if I do not economise . No error. (d)
(d) (e) No error. (e)
BSRB Patna Clerk 1999 23. People resort to / malpractices because / they do
11. Neeraj said that / he would rather / fail than not (a) (b) (c)
copying/ (a) (b) (c) Have faithful / in their own abilities. No error.
in the examination. No error. (d) (e) (d) (e)
12. Although their visas / will expire in September / 24. Hardly had he / threw the ball / when it fell /
(a) (b) (a) (b) (c)
They can have them / extended for six months. No On the ground. No error. (d) (e)
error. (c) (d) (e) 25. We are confident / enough to earn / our livelihood
13. Coming events in the village / include a flower by / (a) (b) (c)
show / (a) (b) Toiling hardly. Nom error. (d) (e)
And a treat/ to the school children. No error. 26. Growing awareness / among the people / will put
(c) (d) (e) some (a) (b) (c)
14. His company is / one of the few company / Effect / on the politicain’s action . No error.
(a) (b) (d) (e)
Manufacturing this product / in the whole 27. In our area / the journey by bus / is quick and safe
country. (c) (d) than / (a) (b) (c)
No error. (e) By train. No error. (d) (e)
15. The person which was / recommended for the 28. We had / helped him / if he had / requested us
position / (a) (b) earlier. (a) (b) (c) (d)
Did not fulfil / the prescribed qualifications.No No error. (e)
error. (d) (e) 29. He does / whatever his father / want him / to do .
16. Jayesh is getting / fatter because he / does not No error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
take / (a) (b) (c)
30. Despite of all preparations / our programmes
could not (a) (b)
Succeed / and we had / to bear loss. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
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31. Immediately after boarding the bus/ Mahesh
asked the (a) (b)
Conductor / that if he knew / where the museum
was. (c) (d)
No error. (e)
32. He being the eldest son / his father expects him /
to take care of several things / besides his regular studies
(c) (d)
No error. (e)
33. The Chairman welcomed / all the guests and /
(a) (b)
gave an outline of the / activities performing by the Exam Practice 25
(c) (d) BSRB Patna 2002
company . No error. (e) 1. How is that / you did not tell / us even about /
34. Why did people get / so much annoyed / even at your (a) (b) (c)
little (a) (b) (c) Address and phone number. No error.
Provocation / is a matter of investigation . No (d) (e)
error. (d) (e) 2. One of the reasons / for my leaving the company /
35. The success of our efforts / depend upon the / was the lack of proper / facilities provided there. (c)
number of (a) (b) (c) (d)
People who / actually use the new methods. NO No error. (e)
error. (d) (e) 3. If you would have / told me earlier/ I would not
36. You should inform / your superiors about / all have / (a) (b) (c)
those (a) (b) Submitted my papers. No error. (d) (e)
Events which are / directly related to your work. 4. Can You explain to me / why he did not / Comply
No error. (c) (d) (e) with the (a) (b) (c)
37. From over last five years / I have been trying / my Instruction / given to him. No error.
best to (a) (b) (d) (e)
Convince him / but without success.No error 5. He is not expected / to improve unless you /
(c) (d) (e) provided (a) (b)
38. In spite of toiling / very hardly he / realized that Him detailed / feedback on his behavior. No error.
he had / (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (e)
Not earned anything substantial. No error. 6. He think that he / knows his subject well / and can
(d) (e) (a) (b)
39. We have observed that / many good Taught / this to other also. No error.
programmes / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Suffer of shortage / of funds and other resources. 7. Sita and her children feels / that they have / give a
(c) (d) (a) (b)
No error. (e) Taught / this to other also. No error.
40. You deserve to be / rewarded by your successful /
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(a) (b)
(c) (e) (c) (a) (a) (c) (d) (e) (d) (b)
Completion of the entire work / in such a short
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
time. (c) (d)
(c) (b) (d) (b) (a) (e) (a) (d) (d) (a)
No error. (e)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Answers
(d) (b) (c) (b) (d) (e) (c) (a) (c) (a)
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
(c) (e) (d) (a) (b) (e) (a) (b) (c) (b)
 (c) (d) (e) BSRB Patna 2003
8. Either he nor his brother / was informed about / 21. Things will not / improve unless / you yourself /
the venue (a) (b) (c) of the look into it. (a) (b) (c) (d)
meeting of our society. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 22. He not only believes / in hardworking but / also in
9. Enough is enough / I cannot / tolerate this honesty / (a) (b) (c)
mischief / (a) (b) (c) Of the highest order. NO error.
Any much. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 23. Why is it that / don’t you understand / even when
10. Given a choice , / I will prefer working / in the field it (a) (b)
to / (a) (b) (c) working in this is explained / to you again and again. No error.
office. No error. (c) (d) (e)
(d) (e) 24. You should behave with / other the same way as /
BSRB Patna 2003 (a) (b)
11. In spite of trying / our best we could not / reach You would expect them / to behave with you. No
an (a) (b) error. (c) (d) (e)
Agreement / on any of the issues. No error. 25. This is one company who / not only sells its /
(c) (d) (e) product but (a) (b) (c)
12. What was his response / when you tried / to got Also gives / good after sales service. No error.
some / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Information from him? No error. 26. I had send / him reply / to his latter / some times
(d) (e) last week. (a) (b)
13. Ever since / I joined / he has not / been attend (c) (d) No error. (e)
office. (a) (b) (c) (d) 27. Had you / encouraged him in / his Endeavour he /
No error. (e) would (a) (b) (c)
14. This time election / did not had / heat and dust Had succeeded. No error. (d) (e)
usually / (a) (b) (c) 28. Arun along with his / family goes for / morning
Associated with it. No error. (d) (e) walk (a) (b) (c)
15. I along with family / was planning to / go for a Every day / in the nearby park. No error.
picnic / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
On this weekend. No error. 29. When it comes to comparison / between the
(d) (e) two ,/ (a) (b)
Quality is most / important than quantity. No
16. Had you indicated / your choice clearly / this error. (c) (d) (e)
confusion (a) (b) (c) 30. It was clear / from the manual of instructions /
Would / had been avoided. No error. (a) (b)
(d) (e) Whether it should / be signed or not. No error.
17. If I am well / I would / prefer tea / to cold drink. (c) (d) (e)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e) ANSWERS
18. Being a cold morning, / I decided not / to go for /
(a) (b) (c) 1. (e)2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
My morning walk. NO error. (d) (e) (e) (a) (e) (c) (c) (a) (a) (d) (e)
19. None of us were / able to contradict / what the
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
speaker was / (a) (b) (c) saying
(e) (c) (d) (b) (e) (d) (a) (a) (e) (d)
publicly. NO error.
(d) (e) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
20. There are many / conditions in the rule / with (d) (a) (b) (b) (a) (a) (d) (c) (c) (a)
which / (a) (b) (c)
He do not agree. No error.
(d) (e)
Exam Practice 26
BSRB Lucknow 1991
1. The vehicle which is stopped / by the policeman /
(a) (b)
Contained a number / of smuggled watches. No
error. (c) (d) (e)
2. One should look for his / own faults first / and
then for (a) (b) (c)
Those/ of others. No error.
(d) (e)
3. The obstacles to which / Gandiji had to
surmount / (a) (b)
Were mostly / on the moral and spiritual grounds.
(c) (d)
No error. (e)
4. Unless you do not / take care of your health, /
(a) (b)
You will continue / to suffer. No error.
(c) (d) (e)
5. Sitting under the shade/ of a tree for a while / Although he did not answer / most of the
made us (a) (b) (c) questions correct. (c) (d)
Fresh/ for the further journey. No error. No error. (e)
(d) (e) 18. The robbers were / caught just as they / were
6. Although it us summer / now, the weather at the / about to / (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) Escape from the jail. No error.
Hill station was / quite pleasant. No error. (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 19. Nobody believed him/ when he said that / his son
7. Fear is / one those emotions / which frequently was (a) (b) (c)
roots us / (a) (b) (c) to Gone / out of the country. No error.
inaction. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 20. As soon as he / opened the old / wooden box than
8. I warned him / for the danger / he was going / to a rat / (a) (b) (c)
face (a) (b) (c) Jumped out of it. No error.
During the hiking. No error. (d) (e) (d) (e)
9. I am certain that none / of these two books / is 21. Hardly did she went / out of her house / when the
useful to the / (a) (b) (c) students (a) (b)
th
of the 8 standard. No error. Postman came / with the telegram. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
10. The lawyer asked me / where had I / kept my 22. The faster he completes / the work given to / him
clothes / (a) (b) (c) the (a) (b)
Before taking a dip in the river. No error. Largest / will be his profit. No error.
(d) (e) (c) (d) (e)
11. The plays of shakespear / are not only studied / 23. There has not been / any rainfall in this / part of
(a) (b) the (a) (b) (c)
In European countries / but also in the oriental Country / since the last two years. No error.
(c) (d) (d) (e)
Countries. No error. (e) 24. He has not only built / this big theatre but/ he also
12. To our surprise / we noticed that / every soldier built a (a) (b) (c)
and every (a) (b) Few / bungalows in this city. No error.
(c) sailor / was in his place. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e)
13. Neither he nor I / was able to / finish the task 25. Kunal’s father advised/ him not to / ride the
within / (a) (b) (c) motorcycle / (a) (b) (c)
The time limit. No error. Lately at night. No error (d)
(d) (e) (e)
14. Had you informed me earlier / I would have / BSRB Lucknow 1995
certainly (a) (b) 26. Neither the salary / not the work / atmosphere
Purchase / the car from you. No error. were / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) Good in that office. No error.
15. The few clothes / they had / were all / tattered (d) (e)
and torn. (a) (b) (c) (d) 27. I have been / working on my / autobiography for
No error. (e) the / (a) (b) (c)
Last seven years. No error.
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16. All the people living / in the house / including the 28. If you would have / informed me I would have /
servant / (a) (b) (c) (a) (b)
Was invited there. No error. Immediately taken some/ action against him. No
(d) (e) error. (c) (d) (e)
17. Mahesh thought that he/ would pass in the 29. He always want / to get the best / facilities
examination / (a) (b) whether / (a) (b) (c)
 He deserves it or not. No error.
(d) (e)
30. His only / fame to claim is / that he is / the son of
a rich (a) (b) (c)
(d) man. No error. (e)
31. No sooner did / he announce the / tour the
children / (a) (b) (c)
Screamed with great joy. No error. (e)
32. He is / known for / both his hard / work and
intelligent. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
33. He had no / illusions of being / either a
distinguished (a) (b)
(c) writer / or a editor. No error.
(d) (e)
34. It did not / take me very long / to size up my /
fellow (a) (b) (c)
Interviewees. No error. (d) (e)
35. Ramesh along with / his children was / invited for
the / (a) (b) (c)
Party in Ashoka Hall. No error. (d) (e)

ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (c) (c) (b) (a) (b)
11. (b)12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(e) (e) (c) (e) (d) (d) (d) (c) (c)
21.(a)22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(c) (d) (c) (d) (c) (e) (a) (a) (b)
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
(c) (d) (d) (c) (c)

Exam Practice 27
BSRB Lucknow 1996
1. In today meeting / we must first discuss / and
thrash out (a) (b) (c)
the problem / one by one. No error.
(d) (e)
2. Sanjay is working / in our organization / for the
last few (a) (b) (c)
Years in the / publication department. No error.
(d) (e)
3. As soon as we / enter the hotel the / manager 16. Everyone is requested / to attend the / dinner
welcomes (a) (b) (c) party (a) (b) (c)
Us and / took us to the table. No error. Hosted by / the party president. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
4. In spite of our several request / the owner of the 17. When I receive / the latter , the date / for the
house / (a) (b) interview / (a) (b) (c)
Did not open / the door of his house. No error. Was already over. No error.
(c) (d) (e) (d) (e)
5. After much thought / the boys devised / a clever 18. Had the opportunity / been given to him / he will
plan in (a) (b) (c) have (a) (b) (c)
Escaping / from the cave. No error. Proved successful. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
6. The manager concluded that / either Mahesh / or 19. The Chairman approved / the recommendation /
(a) (b) (a) (b)
Teja were / responsible for the last week’s theft. Of the committee / with partial modification. No
No error. (c) (d) (e) error. (c) (d) (e)
7. Do you fell that / yesterday Meena did not sung / 20. The person whom / you met yesterday / is one of/
(a) (b) (a) (b) (c)
The poem properly / in the classroom. No error. My best friend. No error. (d) (e)
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8. Tell kishore that / he cannot behave / the way he 21. He told me / that he wrote a letter / to his
likes / (a) (b) (c) superior / (a) (b) (c)
In this college. No error. For a certain reason. No error.
(d) (e) (d) (e)
9. I have told Suresh / that it will not be possible / for 22. The teacher said to the boys / that on e/ ought to
me (a) (b) work (a) (b) (c)
Carry on / this kind work. No error. Hard / to earn one living. No error.
(c) (d) (e) (d) (e)
10. Last week Sadanand / made / a request to me / to 23. When I offered him to help / which he needed,/
take (a) (b) (c) (a) (b)
Him to Bangalore. No error. He persisted in refusing it ./ so I left him to his
(d) (e) fate. (c) (d)
11. As compact with / last year , the production / of No error. (e)
this (a) (b) 24. He reminded me / that he has / often told me not
Factory / is not satisfactory. No error. to / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) Play with fire. No error. (d) (e)
12. No sooner did / she reach / the station, then / it 25. I would have asked / you for dinner / if I had
started (a) (b) (c) (d) known / (a) (b) (c)
Raining. No error. (e) That you are staying here to night. No error.
13. In the meeting / hold last month / all other (d) (e)
members (a) (b) (c) 26. He educated not only / his nephew but also / set
Were present / than Vinay. No error. (a) (b)
(c) (e) Him up / in business. No error.
14. He dared to / go at the / blast site so as / to save (c) (d) (e)
his (a) (b) (c) (d) 27. We were still talking / about what we should do /
Colleague. No error. (e) when (a) (b)
15. A committee comprising / of eminent members / We heard / the children shouting. NO error.
from (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Various technical institutions / was set up. No 28. As soon as the peon rings / the first bell / then all
error. (c) (d) (e) (b) (c)
 The studenst assemble / on the playground for Did not / pay any heed. No error.
prayer. (c) (d) (c) (d) (e)
No error. (e) 3. It is always easy / to talk about a thing / than to
29. Dhundiraj has been writing / that easy / for two do/ (a) (b) (c)
hours / (a) (b) (c) It ourselves. No error.
But he still has not finished,. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 4. These stories are / so exciting that / anybody who
30. If the tourists / would have come here,/ I would reads (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) Them / can never forget them. No error.
Certainly have / taken them around. No error. (d) (e)
(c) (d) (e) 5. I know / how difficult / this task / is. No error.
31. Everyone agress that / the Ganga is the holiest / of (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
all (a) (b) 6. He is sure / to succeed because / he is used / to
Other rivers / of India. No error. work (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) Very hardly. No error.
32. No man / in our country / is as rich / as he is. No (d) (e)
error. (a) (b) (c) (d) 7. None of us were / really very happy / when the
(e) guests (a) (b) (c)
33. The teacher remarked / very angrily yesterday / Got entry / into our house. No error.
that the (a) (b) (d) (e)
Boys have / all done it very badly. No error. 8. How do you behave / with others is / an important
(c) (d) (e) (a) (b) (c)
34. Have you / turned detective / that you keep your Consideration / for all of us. No error.
eye / (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
On me like this. No error. 9. All of them / work very careful / right from the
(d) (e) beginning / (a) (b) (c)
35. She asked him / what it was that made him / so Till they finish. No error.
much (a) (b) (d) (e)
Stronger and braver / than any man. No error. 10. Mahesh might has / done this with / some selfish
(c) (d) (e) thought / (a) (b) (c)
In mind. No error.
ANSWERS (d) (e)
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c) 11. Due to / unfavourable conditions/ I was failed / to
6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (e) 9. (c) 10. (e) pay my (a) (b) (c)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (e) 15. (b) Examination fee. No error.
16. (e) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (e) 20. (d) (d) (e)
21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25.(d) 12. If you had not / come in time / the child would
26. (a) 27. (e) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (b) have (a) (b) (c)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (e) 35. (d) Taken away / by the dacoits, NO error.
(d) (e)
13. The customer was prevented / from spending
money / (a) (b)
Exam Practice 28 And was required to save / a certain amount daily.
BSRB Bhopal 1992 (c) (d)
1. I would also / like help you / to build up this wall / No error. (e)
(a) (b) (c) 14. It being a dark night / you must brought / at least
In a short time . No error. a/ (a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) Pocket torch with yourself. No error.
2. The doctor advised him / to give off smoking / but (d) (e)
he (a) (b) 15. Their father has left / behind a huge sum /
(a) (b)
 To be distributed / among the two brothers. No Was his modesty. No error.
error. (c) (d) (e) (d) (e)
BSRB Jaipur 1990 31. He has a scheme / of his own which / he thinks
16. Mohan is one of those / boys whom can / play preferable / (a) (b) (c)
chess / (a) (b) (c) Than that of any other person. No error.
Very well in the school. No error. (d) (e)
(d) (e) 32. Ten new members / have been enrolled / and
17. I am very / thirsty , so give / me little water / to seven have / (a) (b) (c)
drink . (a) (b) (c) (d) Resigned. No error. (d) (e)
No error. (e) 33. Did you see / any of the child / when you were / in
18. Rajesh is one/ of the best / student in / his class. the (a) (b) (c)
No error. Garden? No error. (d) (e)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 34. The applicant / being a house holder / he is /
19. Neither he or / his brother knew / the address of / entitled (a) (b) (c)
(a) (b) (c) To vote. No error. (d)
The school. No error. (d) (e) (e) (e)
20. I prevailed / upon him / to accompany me / to 35. He walked / quick so that / he would not / be late
Surat. (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e) No error. (e)
21. Unless you / return his book / he will not / talk to 36. The teacher said / that Ajay was / capable of doing
you. (a) (b) (c) / (a) (b) (c)
(d) No error. (e) More better work. No error.
22. Yesterday when the teacher / saw the students / (d) (e)
making (a) (b) 37. Dharam Exam practice / every day so / that he
A noise / he punish them. No error. may / (a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (e) Keep himself healthy. No error.
23. Four days passed / since I came / to my home (d) (e)
town / (a) (b) (c) 38. The thirsty / children drank / up all / the water. No
On vacation. No error. error. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(d) (e)
24. He do not / know the difference / between a lion / ANSWERS
(a) (b) (c) 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (e)
And a tiger . No error. (d) (e) 6. (d) 7. (e) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (a)
25. He regulated / me to made / him learn / his 11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (e) 14. (b) 15. (d)
lesson. (a) (b) (c) (d) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (e)
No error. (e) 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (b)
26. If he had informed / me of his difficulties,/ I would 26. (e) 27. (e) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (e)
have / (a) (b) (c) 31. (d) 32. (e) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (b)
Sent the money. No error. (d) (e) 36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (e)
27. If you do not / work hard , you / will not succeed /
in the (a) (b) (c)
Examination. No error. (d) (e)
28. When we / reached there / nobody were / in the
house. (a) (b) (c) (d)
No error. (e)
29. This pen / is very good / but it costed / me ten
rupees. (a) (b) (c)
(d) No error. (e)
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30. One of his many / good traits that / come to my
mind / (a) (b) (c)