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INSTITUTE OF BANKING SSC EXAM

PROBLEMS BASED ON ARTICLES

(A) In science the credit goes to a man/ (B) who convinces the world,/ (C) not to the man to
whom/ (D) the idea first occurs./ (E) No Error.

2.

(A) It is only after/ (B) the war is over/ (C) that people realize/ (D) how bad it was/ (E) No Error.

3.

(A) Of the two/ (B) answers, this/ (C) is definitely/ (D) better./ (E) No Error.

4.

(A) He is unfortunate enough/ (B) to lose/ (C) few friends he made/ (D) during his stay at Patna.
(E) No Error.

5.

(A) There were a number/ (B) of pretty girls in the party/ (C) but it was Ragini/ (D) who
remained a centre of attraction./ (E) No Error.

6.

(A) I have been/ (B) informed that/ (C) Dr. Sinha visits Patna/ (D) the following month./ (E) No
Error.

7.

(A) He is/ (B) the best artist/ (C) of the time but unfortunately/ (D) least recognized./ (E) No
Error.

8.

(A) He said that he felt nervous/ (B) because a friend of his/ (C) had given him/ (D) a very bad
news./(E) No Error.

9.

(A) I dont like/ (b) that type of a man/ (C) who does nothing but/ (D) find out faults in others./
(E) No Error.

10.

(A) He claims to be a linguist/ (b) but, in reality, he/ (c) does not know even/ (d) the A B C of
linguistics./ (E) No Error.

11.

(A) The remedy lies/ (B) in promoting values of humanism/ (C) and democracy so as to combat/
(D) the oncoming brand of fascism./ (E) No Error.

12.

(A) When the house was/ (B) set on the fire, all the people/ (C) started crying at the top/ (D) of
their voices./ (E) No Error.

13.

(A) A first step/ (B) in a rational solution/ (C) to any problem is the/ (D) recognition of the fact
that a problem exists./ (E) No Error.

14.

(A) Little knowledge/ (B) of music that he possessed/ (C) proved to be a boon for him/ (D) when
he was utterly helpless./ (E) No Error.

15.

(A) Dont talk to/ (B) him, he always/ (C) remains in temper/ (D) these days./ (E) No Error.

16.

(A) He boasts of/ (B) having good knowledge/ (C) of mathematics but everybody/ (D) knows
how far he is good at mathematics./ (E) No Error.

17.

(A) It was/ (B) by a mistake/ (C) that he caught/ (D) her hand./ (E) No Error.

18.

(A) These orders of/ (B) the Manager/ (C) may put the lives of/ (D) two thousand workers in a
danger./ (E) No Error.

19.

(A) I inspired him/ (B) to take the heart/ (C) in all adverse situations/ (D) and deserve to be called
a real hero./ (E) No Error.

20.

(A) In my opinion it is not the failures/ (B) that have made/ (C) him lose the heart but the lack of/
(D) emotional support./ (E) No Error.

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21.

(A) The most happy/ (B) marriage would be/ (C) a upion of a deaf/ (D) man to a blind woman./
(E) No Error.

22.

(A) John suggested to/ (B) his brothers that they should/ (C) go to the school regularly/ (D) and
do their work sincerely./ (E) No Error.

23.

(A) After returning/ (B) from the jail, he has abandoned/ (C) all the criminal activates and is
determined/ (D) to lead a simple life./ (E) No Error.

24.

(A) He was an atheist/ (B) but now-a-days he goes to the church/ (C) and offers prayers/ (D) for
hours./ (E) No Error.

25.

(A) His father/ (B) forbade him to go/ (C) to cinema/ (D) late at night. / (E) No Error.

26.

(A) The fact that the compact car/ (B) is better than/ (C) conventional cars has/ (D) been proved
by its sales./ (E) No Error.

27.

(A) There was little/ (B) milk in the bottle and she gave it/ (C) to the baby when it/ (D) started
weeping./ (E) No Error.

28.

(A) He leads/ (B) a very busy life/ (C) so he goes every where/ (D) by a car./ (E) No Error.

29.

(A) Thanks to an insight/ (B) and persistence of the local doctor./ (C) hundreds of victims have
been/ (D) able to resume a normal life/ (E) No Error.

30.

(A) In a hours time/ (B) when I had finished the work./ (C) I got up and/ (D) slipped out
unnoticed./ (E) No Error.

31.

(A) He uses/ (B) the mock-heroic/ (C) style to depict/ (D) a violence./ (E) No Error.

32.

(A) People in Darwin/ (B) had become so accustomed to cyclone warning/ (C) that few of them
paid any attention to the radio warnings/ (D) which began this morning./ (E) No Error.

33.

(A) One should/ (B) be true to ones promises/ (C) in order to carn/ (D) name and fame in the
life./ (E) No Error

34.

(A) The seed/ (B) of all the modern amenities/ (C) lies in/ (D) the science./ (E) No Error.

35.

(A) Music is science/ (B) but singing is an art/ (C) said the/ (D) music teacher./ (E) No Error.

36.

(A) We should spend/ (B) a good part of the day/ (C) in out of door activities and games/ (D)
because staying indoors all the time is bad for health./ (E) No Error.

37.

(A) He should mix/ (B) his authority with little/ (C) of courtesy and/ (D) common sense./ (E) No
Error.

38.

(A) It is a pity/ (B) that the son of millionaire/ (C) should indulge/ (D) in stealing./ (E) No Error.

39.

(A) It is/ (B) the most important/ (C) question which you have/ (D) to prepare very carefully./ (E)
No Error.

40.

(A) Brahmaputra is/ (B) one of the longest rivers/ (C) that originate/ (D) in the Himalayas./ (E)
No Error.

41.

(A) The Ganges/ (B) is for North India/ (C) what Krishna/ (D) is for South India./ (E) No Error.

42.

(A) The first European/ (B) sailor to come to India/ (C) in modern times/ (D) was Vasco-daGama./ (E) No Error.

43.

(A) The trees in a forest/ (B) must be properly counted and numbered/ (C) and proper entries be
made/ (D) in the register./ (E) No Error.

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