Errata for IBPS PO2019 – English Material

SCHO2001901

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48. The poor man said at last that if he won lottery, half of the amount would be earmarked for charity.
I. if he wins lottery’s
II. if he won lottery’s
III. if he won a lottery

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36. (3) (1), (2) and (4)

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45. The new furniture ordered by the manager matches with the carpet and the other furnishings of the
office.
I. matches a carpet
II. matches on the carpet
III. matches the carpet

SCHO2001907

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35. Taj Mahal is an enduring and timeless monument to love, / which is regarded as one of the seven wonders on the /
world every encyclopedia
(A) (B)
(C)
and / is located Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
(D)
(1) Only A (2) Only A and B (3) Only C (4) Only A, B, C and D (5) No Error

SCHO2001908 (Corrected part is highlighted)

20. My parents forbade me to come home late, no matter whatever the reason was.

Directions for questions 32 and 33: In each question given below, a sentence is given and is divided
into three parts I, II and III. For each part, a replacement/correction has also been given. You have to
determine which PART REQUIRES CORRECTION and mark it as your answer.
(Error Identification – MULTIPLE errors)

32.Raju told Ram he has been living in America for four years (I) and is planning to complete his
master’s degree (II) in Economics at Yale University between January to July this year (III).
I. Raju told Ram he has been living in America for the past years
II. and was planning to complete his master’s degree
III. in Economics at Yale University between January and July this year.
(1) Only I (2) Both I and II
(3) Only III (4) Only II
(5) None of the above.
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33. The customer said that the LG TV is much better (I) and therefore, he paid for it insisted on (II) door delivery
of the same before the end of the day. (III)
I. The customer said the LG TV is much better
II. and therefore, he paid for it insisted on
III. door delivery the same before the end of the day.

49. The time available to us is short. We'll have to submit the report in draft form on Monday.
(a) According to the time available to us,
(b) Considering paucity of the time,
(c) Given the paucity of time

RCPE2001901

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Q.2. (2) It said that it would be raising a significant amount of money though a debt offering

Correct Choice

Q.35. (1) conventional

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Q.31 to 35

In paragraph-4, seventh line some text is printed in bold font. Now, change that bold part to the sentence
given below that.

But it’s a mismatch that looks unsustainable in the longer term.

Q.34 is replaced with New question. New question is given below.

34. In the context of the fourth paragraph, the highlighted sentence fragment ‘But it is a
mismatch that looks unsustainable in the longer term’ can best mean that
(1) Sales for motor vehicle may dwindle
(2) All is not bad with the merchandise.
(3) Wages for workers kept increasing.
(4) Growth will persist in automobile industry.
(4) The mismatch will grow continuously.

VAHO2001901

Correct Directions for Q. 1 to 12

Directions for questions 1 to 12: Each question has a word followed by choices. From the choices,
identify the one which is SIMILAR in meaning (synonym) to the main word and mark the corresponding
number with it as your answer.

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Q.37
(3) asinine / foolish
(4) hilarious / comical
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41. Superhero flicks are unavoidably ______: the heroes are difficult to be killed not because of their
superpowers, but because they serve a higher power, an industrial blockbuster economy.

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16. They may also cause harm to other web users by making it possible, say, for an intruder to ______
take over their device and use it to attack other computers.

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34. (1) blatant / meretricious

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Q.7. Choice (2) B – C

Correction Question (Corrected part is highlighted)

17. Considering statement (F) “This could soon cause water supply shortage in parts of India, Pakistan
and Nepal, a study has warned.” as the second sentence of the rearranged paragraph, then among
the following pairs, which one of them is formed with two consecutive statements after the
rearrangement?

SM2001905 – Ex-10

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40. The correct option is (2) Both  and . The meaning of Saunter is walk in a slow relaxed manner. In sentence
 and  the word is aptly used while in sentence  the word sauntering is not correct. Instead supervising
could be used, the meaning is totally different. Choice (2)

9. ‘Deluge’ means a severe flood, spate, torrent, a lot of something. The correct answer is option (5): All ,  and
. Choice (5)