IBPS Clerk - Sentence Correction 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

1. Since we are living in Bombay for five years, we are reluctant to move to another city.
A. Being that we living
B. Since we were living
C. Since we have been living
D. Being that we have been living
Answer : C

2. She is quite well now, except a slight cold .
A. except have a slight cold
B. excepting a slight cold
C. except for a slight cold
D. No improvement
Answer : C

3. On seeing the lion she felt too much afraid.
A. very much
B. excessively
C. much
D. No improvement
Answer : A

4. Manisha purchased the very good of all the saris kept in the shop
A. the better
B. the very better
C. the most good
D. the best
Answer : D

5. In the modern world it is difficult to live through one's ideals.
A. to live upto
B. to live by
C. to live for
D. No improvement
Answer : A

6. Last evening I sent to the optician and bought spectacles .
A. a spectacle
B. two spectacles
C. a pair of spectacles
D. No improvement
Answer : C

7. To various practices and norms for bank's transactions are laid down by the Reserve Bank of India.
A. are laid up
B. are led down
C. are lead up
D. No correction required
Answer : D

8. No sooner I saw the tiger than I ran away.
A. No sooner I had seen
B. No sooner did I see
C. As soon as I saw
D. No improvement
Answer : B

9. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act .
A. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it had been an unathorised act.
B. ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
C. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
D. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from those maintaining that it was an unauthorised act.
Answer : D

10. When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
A. sat for
B. sat in
C. sat at
D. No improvement
Answer : B

11. What are needed are not large houses but small cottages.
A. were
B. was
C. is
D. No improvement
Answer : C

12. Many believed that girls who received western education would make slaves of their husbands.
A. could receive
B. had received
C. have received
D. No improvement
Answer : B

13. The trek is difficult but it is worth well the endeavour.
A. well worth the endeavour
B. worth the endeavour well
C. the endeavour well worth
D. No improvement
Answer : A

14. Goaded to frenzy, the bull charged its tormentors.
A. the tormentors were charged by the bull
B. the tormentors were being charged by the bull
C. the bull charged on its tormentors
D. No improvement
Answer : D

15. Scarcely had he entered the room than the phone rang.
A. when
B. while
C. as
D. No improvement
Answer : D

16. Rohan's mother was feed up of his laziness.
A. fed up in
B. fed off
C. feeds up of
D. fed up of
Answer : D

17. The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out .
A. away
B. over
C. up
D. No improvement
Answer : B

18. Education is a strong instrument for moulding the character of the young.
A. striking
B. powerful
C. potent
D. No improvement
Answer : B

19. Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
A. was sitting
B. have been sitting
C. sat
D. No improvement
Answer : A

20. A high school student is not even understanding the basics of Chemistry and Physics.
A. does not understand even
B. was not even understanding
C. has even not understood
D. No improvement
Answer : D

21. The manager was unhappy at Gaurav because he did not complete the work in time
A. is unhapy at
B. is to be unhappy at
C. was unhappy with
D. No correction required
Answer : C

22. The commoners joined the king's army at crushing the rebels.
A. into
B. in
C. without
D. No improvement
Answer : B

23. Since 1986, there is no earthquakes here.
A. have been
B. are
C. were being
D. No improvement
Answer : A

24. Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.
A. then
B. while
C. when
D. as
Answer : C

25. The intruder stood quietly for few moments .
A. for few time
B. for a few moments
C. for the few moments
D. No correction required
Answer : B

26. After the written exam, you will also have an oral exam .
A. practical
B. viva voice
C. vocal
D. No improvement
Answer : B

27. Im sorry, but I don't believe what you say.
A. I will not believe
B. I am not believing
C. I will not be believing
D. No improvement
Answer : D

28. She gave most of her time to music
A. devoted
B. spend
C. lent
D. No improvement
Answer : A

29. She is scrutinising hard for the final examination.
A. recollecting
B. recapitulating
C. revising
D. No improvement
Answer : C

30. The mother with her children were expected.
A. was
B. will
C. have
D. No improvement
Answer : A

31. The temptations that bestow young people today are ruining them.
A. appeal
B. beset
C. confront
D. No improvement
Answer : B

32. Freedom is a wonderful thing, for Jimmy was eager to experience it.
A. though
B. and
C. but
D. No improvement
Answer : B

33. The officer looked on my complaint.
A. looked of
B. looked into
C. looked to
D. No improvement
Answer : B

34. Though he was more faster than his opponent on the field, his chances of winning the race was low as he lacked the killer instinct.
A. Though he was more faster than his opponent on the field
B. As he was more faster than his opponent on the field
C. Though he was more fast from his opponent on the field
D. Though he was faster than his opponent on the field
Answer : D

35. I have not written many letter to him since my father had died .
A. died
B. was dead
C. has died
D. No improvement
Answer : A

36. If you were the Prime Minister of India what steps would you have taken to end unemployment?
A. will you take
B. will you be taking
C. would you take
D. No improvement
Answer : C

37. Since she directing the play for quite some time, she knows the actors really well.
A. Since she has directed
B. Since she has been directing
C. Since she was directing
D. No improvement
Answer : B

38. The members of the student's union did not give the examination in protest.
A. did not write
B. did not sit for
C. did not show up for
D. No improvement
Answer : B

39. Living with compassion and contributing to others lives would helping us add happiness to our lives as well.
A. will helping us
B. will help us
C. would helped them
D. will helped us
Answer : B

40. Let's buy a new sari with the annual bonus, can we ?
A. can't we
B. don't we
C. shall we
D. No improvement
Answer : A

41. He had to bear the brunt of his father's mistakes.
A. bear the burnt
B. bear the burns
C. bear a brunt
D. No correction required
Answer : D

42. His wife was contentious .
A. contagious
B. quarrelsome
C. content
D. No improvement
Answer : B

43. The gentry of the town was invited .
A. is invited
B. has been invited
C. were invited
D. No improvement.
Answer : C

44. Eaten in Portugal only, the Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they assumed it had poisonous properties since only the white skinned people consumed it.
A. Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they
B. Indians were suspicious of the potato and they
C. potato was viewed with suspicion by Indians who
D. potato was suspicious to Indians, and it was
Answer : C

45. One cannot be indifferent to one's health, can't one
A. can't be ?
B. can one ?
C. isn't it ?
D. No improvement
Answer : B

46. Certain shipwrecks have a particular fascination for those people which have a belief in finding the treasure in them .
A. which have a belief in finding the treasure in them.
B. who believe they hold treasure and that they can find it.
C. who believe that there is treasure to be found in them.
D. who believe about treasure to be found in them.
Answer : C

47. Wise men catch time by the forelock.
A. hold
B. seize
C. take
D. No improvement
Answer : B

48. Bad habits must be nipped at the bud .
A. nipped off the bud
B. nipped in the bud
C. nipped on the bud
D. No improvement
Answer : B

49. If you had told your problem yesterday, we might had helped you
A. would have
B. might have been
C. would have been
D. No correction required
Answer : A

50. It is no good to cry over spilt milk.
A. It is no good crying
B. It is of no good to cry
C. It is of no good crying
D. No improvement
Answer : A