English Language Quiz for Prelims Exams- SBI & IBPS 2020- 16th December, 2020

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences
(A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

A. The general impressions that skilled negotiators seem
to convey is they are people who keep their cards close to their chest and do
not reveal their feelings.

B. Hence, they used a surrogate method- they countered
the number of times that the negotiators talked about their feelings or
motives.

C. This contrasts sharply with the amount of information
given about external events such as facts, clarifications and general
expressions of opinion.

D. The results showed that contrary to the general
impressions, skilled negotiators are more likely to give information about
internal events than are average negotiators.

E. Feelings are in themselves not observable and
Huthwaite’s researchers could not measure them directly.

Q1. Which of the
following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?

(a)A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E

Q2. Which of the
following should be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?

(a)A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E

Q3. Which of the
following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?

(a)E (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) A

Q4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a)A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E

Q5. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (last) sentence after rearrangement?

(a)A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E

Directions
(6-10): Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words below
the sentence. Each pair is lettered. Choose the pair of words which can be
filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete the
sentences meaningfully.

Q6. When you
are living with your ____________ values and principles, you can be
straightforward, honest and ____________.

(a) core, upfront

(b) inherited, distinct

(d) cultural, perceptive

(e) inborn, vehement

Q7. In the role of counselor, you are an
authority figure whose objective is to ____________ attentively and sensitively
to employees who ____________ you with
their feelings.

(a) project, focus

(b) manage, direct

(d) concentrate, believe

(e) consider, explain

Q8. Man is
____________. He likes to know how things work. The search for understanding is
____________ in its own right.

(a) evolving, prophetic

(b) inquisitive, legal

(d) curious, philosophical

(e) social, judgemental

Q9.
Leadership is one of the world’s oldest ____________. The understanding of
leadership has figured strongly in the ____________ for knowledge.

(a) culture, desire

(b) institutions, passion

(d) subjects, preference

(e) undertakings, conviction

Q10. Our
____________ to understand the process of learning underlying behavior change
are ____________ by the fact that any given behaviour is determined jointly by
many processes.

(a) normalcy, determined

(b) scope, precede

(d) restrictions, moderated

(e) attempts, complicated

Directions
(11-15) :Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e),
i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q11. On a
number of occasions, (a)/ we had noticed that (b)/ those two employees (c)/
were often in state of confused. (d)/ No error (e)

Q12. Most
politicians predict (a)/ that the same members will (b)/ be elected despite of
(c)/ their failure to perform. (d)/ No error (e)

Q13.He was
selected for that post (a)/ because he was familiar (b)/ with both urban as
well as (c)/ rural way of life. (d)/ No error (e)

Q14. It is
not worthy the (a)/ company’s reputation
(b)/ to compromise on quality (c)/ for the sake of profit. (d)/ No error (e)

Q15. The
company which has (a)/ won the government contract (b)/ also plans to invest
(c)/ with the power sector. (d)/ No error (e)

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans.(a)