Sentence correction: IBPS PO Main : 27.11.2019 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the given question, a statement with one blank, followed by three alternatives, is given. Out of the given three alternatives, more than one can fill the given blank. Choose the alternative(s) from the given options which can be used to fill the blank.

Internet addiction disorder (IAD), also known as problematic Internet use or pathological Internet use, refers to a situation when a person ________________ ,that it interferes with daily life.
i. Excessively uses internet
ii. Binge watches movies and series
iii. Shows withdrawal symptoms when forced away from technology

Question 2

Direction: In the given question, a statement with one blank, followed by three alternatives, is given. Out of the given three alternatives, more than one can fill the blank. Choose the phrase(s) from the given options which can be used to fill the blank.

Jonas Salk was one of the _________________ of the twentieth century, and the creator of the first polio vaccine.
i. eminent botany experimentalist and entomologist
ii. leading medical researchers and virologists
iii. renowned zoology enthusiast and ornithologist

Question 3

Direction: The following question carries a statement with a blank. The statement is followed by three phrases, more than one of which can fit in the blank. Choose the phrase(s) that can be placed in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

Though the war between England and France _________________, it is popularly known as the “Hundred years’ war”.
I. went on among five generations
II. lasted for 116 years
III. led to French victory

Question 4

Direction: The following question carries a statement with a blank. The statement is followed by three phrases, more than one of which can fit in the blank. Choose the phrase(s) that can be placed in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

Though theoretically aristocracy and democracy are opposite, ____________________ free men were allowed to participate in democratic politics.

I. the difference became apparent only when
II. in practice the distinction has been blurred historically, where only
III. they were practically the same until lately, whereby only the

Question 5

Direction: In the given question, a statement with one blank, followed by three alternatives, is given. Out of the given three alternatives, more than one can fill the given blank. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the blank.

As onomatopoeia is _____________________, it is a word that phonetically describes, resembles and suggests the sound that it describes.
i. the imitation of a sound
ii. a poetry of fiction
iii. streamlining of an array of words