IBPS: Sentence Connector & Sentence Correction Quiz 31.10.2018 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In this question, two columns I and II and three sentences are given, which are divided into two parts. Column I (A, B and C) consists of the first half of each sentence and Column II (D, E and F) consists of the second half of each sentence. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are both meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose the option as your answer.

I.
A) He played brilliantly
B) She stood there waiting for him
C) Of all the cops working in the department,

II.
D) Began to jump up and down in excitement.
E) He was the most hard working and punctual.
F) Until he got injured and was substituted.

Question 2

Direction: In this question, two columns I and II and three sentences are given, which are divided into two parts. Column I (A, B and C) consists of first half of each sentence and Column II (D, E and F) consists of second half of each sentence. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are both meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose that option as your answer.

I.
A) Apart from the food everything else
B) Somebody once told me that it is best
C) There was no measures taken to
II.
D) gently obliged and moved on.
E) were going to be at the party.
F) to let the angry thoughts go away while taking a decision.

Question 3

Direction: In this question, two columns I and II and three sentences are given, which are divided into two parts. Column I (A, B and C) consists of first half of each sentence and Column II (D, E and F) consists of second half of each sentence. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are both meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose that option as your answer.

I.
A) There are infinite number of planets in the universe
B) We got out pet dog when
C) It was a pleasure working with you and

II.
D) a huge number of Indian soldier died in the two world wars.
E) yet we seem so alone as a life form.
F) there were no cabs to be seen late at night.

Question 4

Direction: In this question, two columns I and II and three sentences are given, which are divided into two parts. Column I (A, B and C) consists of first half of each sentence and Column II (D, E and F) consists of second half of each sentence. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are both meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose the option as your answer.

I.
A) If it wasn’t for the left winger
B) The secret service uncovered a suspicious explosive device
C) In his defense he said

II.
D) Instead got to the plane and left
E) There were few mistakes in the game.
F) Sent to the president’s residence.

Question 5

Direction: In this question, two columns I and II and three sentences are given, which are divided into two parts. Column I (A, B and C) consists of first half of each sentence and Column II (D, E and F) consists of second half of each sentence. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are both meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose the option as your answer.

I.
A) The building that houses Wasserman Schultz’s Florida office
B) Posts on online message boards dismissed the cluster of suspected
C) Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester repeated on
II.
D) Wednesday that Trump’s public criticism does not affect policy decisions.
E) Was evacuated after a suspicious package was found.
F) There was no irony in that.

Question 6

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required".

In a country that adheres to the austere Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam, which bans gender mixing, concerts and cinemas, the plan’s seemingly anodyne goals to empower women, promote sports and to investments in entertainment has been criticized.
I. promote sports and invest in entertainment have been criticized.
II. promotion in sports and invest in entertainment will be criticized.
III. promote in sports and invests in entertainment were criticized.

Question 7

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

Historians believe that much of Jesus’ story can be reconstructed, without the help of Bible, and with just the views of historians who lived during his time.
I. without the help of Bible, and by just the views
II. without the help from Bible, and with just the views
III. without the help of the Bible, and with just the views

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The God in whom existence they have belatedly come to believe is most emphatically not the eternally rewarding and eternally torturing God of either Christianity or Islam but the God of Aristotle that he would have defined as the first initiating cause of the universe.
i. The god in the existence of whom they have belatedly come to believe in
ii. The God whose existence they have belatedly come to believe in
iii. They have belatedly come to believe in god whose existence

Question 9

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The farmers are asking for government supports to address the crisis in a sector that employs the majority of the country's workforce.
i. are asking for government’s supports to address the crisis
ii. are asking for government support to address the crisis
iii. are asking about government supports to address the crisis

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required".

The scope of AI is disputed: as machines become increasingly capable, tasks considered requiring "intelligence" are often removed from the definition, an invention celebrated as the AI effect, leading to the quip, "AI is whatever hasn't been done yet."
i. a phenomenon acclaimed as the
ii. a fabrication renowned by the name of
iii. a tendency distinguished as