IBPS Clerk Prelims 2021 Question Paper – December 12, Shift 1

Question : 8 : In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors select ‘No error’ as your answer.


Man is entirely different (A) / than other animals (B) / in the utter helplessness (C) / of his babyhood. (D) /No Error (E)

(1) (A)

(2) (B)

(3) (C)

(4) (D)

(5) (E)

Correct answer : (2)

Question : 9 : In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, willbe in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select theappropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors select ‘No error’ as your answer.
He lack the (A) / power of imparting, (B) / although he is (C) / a good mathematical scholar. (D) / No error(E)

(1) (A)

(2) (B)

(3) (C)

(4) (D)

(5) No error

Correct answer : (1)

Question : 10 : In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, willbe in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select theappropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors select ‘No error’ as your answer.
What Dr. Joshi mainly aimed at, (A) / was to promote the (B) / self-development of the young minds (C) /committed for their charge. (D) / No error (E)

(1) (A)

(2) (B)

(3) (C)

(4) (D)

(5) No error

Correct answer : (4)

Question : 11 : Determine the erroneous part in the options given below. If there is no error, choose Option 5-No error.
The sceneries/ was so beautiful/ that John was mesmerized/ and captivated by all that he saw./ No error

(1) The sceneries

(2) was so beautiful

(3) that John was mesmerized

(4) and captivated by all that he saw.

(5) No error

Correct answer : (1)

Question : 12 :

The sentence given below may contain an error. Identify the part containing the error, ifany, and mark it as you answer. If there is no error anywhere in the sentence, mark NoError(E) as your answer.
More than one (A) person are (B) a secret (C) undercover agent. (D) No Error (E)

(1) (A)

(2) (B)

(3) (C)

(4) (D)

(5) (E)

Correct answer : (2)

Question : 13 : Directions: Read the passage given below carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Pompeii was an (1) city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g.at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the (2) of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Largely preserved under the ash, the excavated city offered a unique snapshot of Roman life, (3) at the moment it was buried, and extraordinarily detailed insight into the everyday life of its inhabitants, although much of the evidence was lost in the early excavations. It was a wealthy town, enjoying many fine public buildings and (4) private houses with lavish decorations, furnishings and works of art which were the main attractions for the early excavators. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were entombed in the ash. Over time, they decayed, leaving voids that archaeologists found could be used as moulds to make plaster casts of unique — and often (5) — figures in their final moments of life.

Which of the following is the most appropriate answer for blank no. 1 ?

(1) former

(2) artificial

(3) ancient

(4) advanced

(5) fraudulent

Correct option : (3)

Question : 14 : Which of the following is the most appropriate answer for blank no. 2?

(1) tremors

(2) eruption

(3) crash

(4) depletion

(5) inflation

Correct answer : (2)

Question : 15 : Which of the following is the most appropriate answer for blank no. 3?

(1) flowed

(2) melting

(3) terminate

(4) frozen

(5) created

Correct option : (4)

Question : 16 : Which of the following is the most appropriate answer for blank no. 4?

(1) despondent

(2) modest

(3) defective

(4) imitation

(5) luxurious

Correct answer : (5)

Question : 17 : Which of the following is the most appropriate answer for blank no. 5?

(1) gruesome

(2) plesant

(3) magnificient

(4) generous

(5) faulty

Correct answer : (1)

Question : 18 : In the following question, four words are given in bold, of which one word is misspelled. Find the misspelled word.
To win a title without him spoke volumes of that team’s strennth.

(1) title

(2) spoke

(3) volumes

(4) strennth

(5) All are correct

Correct answer : (4)

Question : 19 : In the following question, four words are given in bold, of which one word is misspelled. Find the misspelled word.

Meanwhile, cases of Omicron climbed to 33 after a fully vacinated person who travelled to Zimbabwe and South Africa before coming to Delhi tested positive for the new strain in the
national capital on Saturday.

(1) climbed

(2) vacinated

(3) positive

(4) national

(5) no error

Correct answer : (2)

Question : 20 : In the following question, four words are given in bold, of which one word is misspelled. Find the misspelled word.

The main reason for hapiness is that the farmers’ have won.

(1) reason

(2) hapiness

(3) farmers

(4) won

(5) no error

Correct answer : (2)

Question : 21 : In the following question, four words are given in bold, of which one word is misspelled. Find the misspelled word.

The government has said the ambitious project will complement the Purvanchal Development
Corridor.

(1) government

(2) ambitious

(3) complement

(4) corridor

(5) No error

Correct answer : (5)

Question : 22 : In the following question, four words are given in bold, of which one word is misspelled. Find the misspelled word.

“The tourism sector is ecspected to grow insignificantly“, he said.

(1) tourism

(2) ecspected

(3) grow

(4) insignificantly

(5) no error

Correct answer : (2)

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