If you are preparing for IBPS PO Exam or any other bank exam, you must be efficient in the General English section to clear the competitive exam. Find below General English Questions for IBPS PO exams and Railway exams.
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General English or verbal ability is checked in all competitive exams including IBPS PO exam, SSC, UPSC, Railways, Bank Exams, etc. It tests a person’s basic English understanding, grammar, vocabulary, etc. The section contains questions related to idioms, spellings, tenses, sentence correction, etc. Hence, verbal ability or general English section can only be perfected with practice. Find below some practice General English Questions for Bank exams.
General English Questions for IBPS PO exam and Railway Exams.
Direction: Complete the following sentences with the help of the given options:
Q1. He deserves my thanks for ……….my purse and returning it to me without taking anything from it.
A. having found
B. found
C. founded
D. find
Answer:
A
Q2. Our armed forces are ……. those of any other country in the world.
A. superior to
B. superior to
C. superior from
D. superior of
Answer
B
Q3. The chairman is ill and we will have to ………..the meeting for few days.
A. put on
B. put of
C. put away
D. put off
Answer
D
Q4. Do you think that flying an airplane is a ……………. experience?
A. terrify
B. terrifying
C. terrified
D. terror
Answer
B
Q5. He has no money now………..
A. although he was very poor once.
B. as he has given up all his wealth.
C. because he was very rich once.
D. because he has received huge donations.
Answer
B
Q6. Practically, very little work could be completed in the last week as it was… … …
A. full of working days
B. A very hectic week.
C. full of holidays.
D. A very busy week.
Answer
C
The following sentences are in Direct Speech. There are four options given in Indirect Speech. Choose the correct one:
Q7. The tailor said to him, “Will you have the suit ready by tomorrow evening? “
A. The tailor asked him if he will have the suit ready by the next evening.
B. The tailor asked him that he would have to try it by the next evening.
C. The tailor asked him if he would have the suit ready by the next evening.
D. The tailor of him if he will like to have the suit ready by the next evening.
Answer:
C
Q 8. Seema asked me, “Did you see the cricket match on television last night ?“
A- Seema asked Whether I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
B- Seema asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
C- Seema asked me did I see the Cricket match on the television last night.
D- Seema asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.
Answer
B
The following sentence is in active voice. There are four options for passive voice. Choose the correct one:
Q9. The government has launched a massive tribal welfare program in Jharkhand.
A. A massive tribal welfare program is launched by the government in Jharkhand.
B. A massive tribal welfare program has been launched by the government in Jharkhand.
C. Jharkhand government has launched a massive tribal welfare program.
D. The government in Jharkhand has launched a massive tribal welfare program.
Answer:
B
Q10. They have published all the details of the invention.
A. All the details of the invention have been published by them.
B. The publication of the details of invention was done by them.
C. All the details have been invented by the publishers.
D. All the inventions have been detailed by them.
Answer
A
Choose the correct one-word answer for the sentence given below:
Q11. A person who renounces the world and practices self-discipline to attain salvation:
A. Sceptic
B. Ascetic
C. Devotee
D. Antiquarian
Answer
B
Q12. A narrow piece of land Connecting two large masses of land:
A. Peninsula
B. Isthmus
C. Continent
D. Gulf
Answer
B
Choose the correct synonyms for the given words from the given options :
Q13. Fiction
A. Imaginary
B. tamed
C. Novel
D. Wildness
Answer
A
Q14. Fugitive
A. Escaping
B. Enduring
C. Vain
D. Weak
Answer
A
Choose the correct antonym for the given words from the given options:
Q15. Impediment
A. Hindrances
B. Obstacles
C. Obstructions
D. Promoters
Answer
D
Q16. Profusion
A. Aspersion
B. Scarcity
C. Aversion
D. Confusion
Answer
B
Q17. On Friday evening /Mamta and me/ took a coach for Patna /and arrived at Amit’s house.
A. On Friday evening
B. Mamta and me
C. took a coach for Patna
D. and arrived at Amit’s house.
Answer
B
Q18. This girl /wrote an essay/ so well that/ her teacher was exceedingly pleased with her.
A. This girl
B. wrote the essay
C. so well that
D. her teacher is exceedingly pleased with her.
Answer
D
Find the correctly spelled word from the given options
Q19.Choose the correct spelling:
A. Bureacracy
B. Bereaucracy
C. Buereacracy
D. Bureaucracy
Answer
D
Q20 . Choose the correct spelling:
A. Treachrous
B. Trecherous
C. Trechearous
D. Treacherous
Answer
D