English Language Quiz for Prelims Exams- SBI & IBPS 2020- 1 JANUARY, 2021

Directions (1-5): In the following passage, some of the
words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the
suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks
with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Vikram was a brave
king. Once, he had to fight (1) a large army with just a few
soldiers, he was (2). He had to run for his life. Vikram took
shelter in a forest cave. He was very depressed. His courage had left him. He
was blankly gazing at the ceiling of the
cave. An interesting scene captured his attention. A small spider was
trying to (3) a web across the cave ceiling. As the spider
crawled up, a thread of the web broke and the spider fell down. But the spider
did not give up. He tried to climb again and again. Finally, the spider (4)
climbed up and completed the web. Vikram began to think, “If a small
spider can face failure so bravely, why should I give up? I will try with all
might till I win”. This thought gave strength to the defeated king.

Vikram got out of
the jungle and collected his brave soldiers. He fought against the large army.
He was defeated again. But now, he would not give up his fight. Vikram again
and again fought against the large army and finally, after many attempts
defeated the large army and (5) his kingdom. He had learnt a lesson
from the spider.

Q1.
(a) around (b)
for

(e) with

Q2.
(a) blocked (b)
astonished

(e) rejected

Q3.
(a) make (b)
weave

(e) construct

Q4.
(a) imminently (b)
completely

(e)
successfully

Q5.
(a) take (b)
expropriated

(c)regained (d) salvage

(e) retak

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B),
(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) One
singular aspect of the problem of euthanasia is the Law.

(B) It
is because intelligent people have seen that modern medical technology can be
misused wittingly or unwittingly.

(C) Before
their eyes is the picture of a man or woman for whom you can do nothing but is
still hooked onto an artificial machine.

(D) Why
is it that euthanasia is being talked about more and more these days ?

(E) It
is in situation like this that one’s deep sense of humanism and compassion
should come into play to relieve the pain and suffering.

(F) It
is more or less like keeping a corpse live.

Q6. Which
of the following should be the Sixth (LAST) sentence after the
rearrangement?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C

(d) D (e)
E

Q7. Which
of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C

(d) D (e)
E

Q8. Which
of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C

(d) D (e)
E

Q9. Which
of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?

(a) D (b)
B (c) C

(d) A (e)
E

Q10. Which
of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C

(d) D (e)
F

Directions (11-15) : In each of the following sentences, a part
of the sentence has been italicized. Below are given alternatives to the part
italicized which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.
Wherever no improvement is needed choose ‘No correction required’ or ‘No
Improvement’ as the answer.

Q11. He will be greatly surprised if
he was felicitated by his staff members.

(a) if he will have felicitated

(b) unless he was felicitated

(d) if he would have felicitated

(e) No correction required

Q12. Do you know when shall he be
leaving for his higher studies in the USA?

(a) should he be left

(b) he would be leaving

(d) would he have left

(e) No correction required

Q13. The labour contractors reported
that they had finished the work of building the stone wall.

(a) had been finished

(b) was finished

(d) has finished

(e) No correction required

Q14. For want of financial resources, he
was unable to continue his studies.

(a) enabled to continue

(b) unable to be continued

(d) unable to continuing

(e) No correction required

Q15. He complained of being unjustly
treatment.

(a) of being unjustly treated

(b) for being injustice in treatment

(d) for being unjustly treatment

(e) No correction
required

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans. (c)

S2. Ans. (d)

S3. Ans. (b)

S4. Ans. (e)

S5. Ans. (c)

S6. Ans. (a)