19. Final Exam Simulation (30 Questions)

Treat this last set as a genuine mock rather than a study aid: attempt all thirty questions in twenty minutes flat, without pausing to re-read Section 3, and only check the key once the clock has run out. This mirrors the actual pressure of meeting error-spotting questions mixed in among every other English-section question type on exam day.

1. (A) The bank has decided / (B) to waive off / (C) the processing fee for first-time applicants. / (D) No error
2. (A) One of the assistant managers / (B) have been transferred / (C) to the regional office this week. / (D) No error
3. (A) She has worked in this branch / (B) since / (C) the last four years without a single transfer. / (D) No error
4. (A) The auditor asked the clerk and I / (B) to reconcile the ledger / (C) before the quarterly review. / (D) No error
5. (A) He is well versed / (B) with the latest amendments / (C) to the recruitment rules. / (D) No error
6. (A) The award was given / (B) to a most deserving / (C) candidate from the rural belt. / (D) No error
7. (A) The proposal covers reducing costs, / (B) improving efficiency, / (C) and to increase transparency. / (D) No error
8. (A) Kindly revert back / (B) at the earliest / (C) with your confirmation for the workshop. / (D) No error
9. (A) Between the two internal candidates, / (B) she was found / (C) the most suitable for the promotion. / (D) No error
10. (A) The employee was neither informed / (B) or consulted / (C) before the transfer order was issued. / (D) No error
11. (A) Walking briskly towards the counter, / (B) her token number / (C) was called out by the clerk. / (D) No error
12. (A) This quarter, / (B) less complaints / (C) were registered compared to the previous quarter. / (D) No error
13. (A) The bank wants to / (B) illicit customer feedback / (C) through a short survey this month. / (D) No error
14. (A) One of the biggest hurdles / (B) facing new branch managers / (C) are staff shortage during peak season. / (D) No error
15. (A) By the time the auditor arrived, / (B) the discrepancy already got / (C) corrected by the branch staff. / (D) No error
16. (A) Every employee must submit / (B) his or her leave application / (C) at least a week in advance. / (D) No error
17. (A) He is capable to manage / (B) even the most difficult customer complaints / (C) with complete composure. / (D) No error
18. (A) Her working style / (B) was largely similar with / (C) her predecessor's approach to the role. / (D) No error
19. (A) Branch staff who deal with cash / (B) must comply to / (C) the revised security protocol. / (D) No error
20. (A) She gave the trainee / (B) very useful guidance / (C) about how to approach difficult client. / (D) No error
21. (A) The most employees / (B) who attended the workshop / (C) found it genuinely useful. / (D) No error
22. (A) The branch received / (B) a large amount of / (C) applications for the new savings scheme. / (D) No error
23. (A) The policy aims not only to reduce fraud / (B) but also improving / (C) customer trust in digital transactions. / (D) No error
24. (A) A good manager is one who listens patiently, / (B) delegates wisely, / (C) and who is remaining fair to the entire team. / (D) No error
25. (A) The final outcome of the internal review / (B) will be shared / (C) with all department heads by Friday. / (D) No error
26. (A) Each and every transaction / (B) above the specified limit / (C) requires additional verification. / (D) No error
27. (A) The committee discussed / (B) the past history of similar fraud cases / (C) before revising the protocol. / (D) No error
28. (A) Her performance this quarter / (B) was as good, if not better, / (C) than her performance last quarter. / (D) No error
29. (A) Of the two branches audited, / (B) this one performed / (C) the best on compliance metrics. / (D) No error
30. (A) The revised guidelines / (B) are entirely different than / (C) the ones circulated last year. / (D) No error

Final Simulation — Answer Key

1. (D) No error — "waive off," though sometimes flagged as informally redundant ("waive" alone can suffice), is broadly accepted in Indian formal-register banking usage and the sentence is otherwise clean; included as a reminder that not every borderline phrase is a scored error.
2. (B) — "one of the...have been transferred" should be "has been transferred."
3. (B) — "since the last four years" should be "for the last four years."
4. (A) — "the clerk and I" as the object of "asked" should be "the clerk and me."
5. (D) No error — "well versed with" is a correctly used, accepted collocation.
6. (D) No error — "a most deserving candidate" is a correct fixed idiom in which "most" functions as an intensifier (meaning "a very deserving candidate"), not as a true superlative requiring "the."
7. (C) — "and to increase" breaks parallelism with the preceding gerunds "reducing" and "improving"; should be "and increasing transparency."
8. (A) — "revert back" is redundant; should be simply "revert."
9. (C) — only two candidates compared, so "the most suitable" should be "more suitable."
10. (B) — "neither...or" should be "neither...nor."
11. (B) — dangling modifier; "her token number" cannot walk — should be restructured, e.g., "...her token number was called out as she walked briskly towards the counter."
12. (B) — "less complaints" should be "fewer complaints."
13. (B) — "illicit" should be "elicit."
14. (C) — "hurdles...are staff shortage" — the true subject is "one," singular; should be "is staff shortage."
15. (B) — "already got corrected" should be "had already been corrected," using the past perfect passive for the earlier of two past actions.
16. (D) No error — "his or her leave application" correctly matches the singular "every employee."
17. (A) — "capable to manage" should be "capable of managing."
18. (B) — "similar with" should be "similar to."
19. (B) — "comply to" should be "comply with."
20. (C) — missing article: should be "about how to approach a difficult client" or "difficult clients" generally.
21. (A) — "The most employees" should simply be "Most employees."
22. (B) — "a large amount of applications" should be "a large number of," since "applications" is countable.
23. (B) — "but also improving" should be "but also to improve," matching the infinitive "to reduce."
24. (C) — "who is remaining fair" should be "and remains fair," matching "listens" and "delegates."
25. (A) — "final outcome" is redundant; should be simply "outcome."
26. (A) — "each and every" is redundant; should be "each" or "every."
27. (B) — "past history" is redundant; should be simply "history."
28. (C) — the "as good...as" frame is broken; should be "was as good as, if not better than, her performance last quarter."
29. (C) — only two branches were audited ("of the two branches audited"), so the comparative "the better one" is required, not the superlative "the best."
30. (B) — "different than" should be "different from."