English Language Quiz For SBI PO, Clerk Prelims 2021- 30th May

Directions
(1-15): In each Question below, a sentence is given with four words given in
Bold in the sentence. Among these bold words one may be wrongly spelt or
incorrectly used with respect to the context of the passage. The option of that
word is the answer. If all four words are correctly spelt or used mark (e).
i.e. ‘All Correct’ as the answer.

Q1.
The inventor arguably had the worst idea in the world for recycle
toilet paper.

(a)
Inventor

(b)
arguably

(c)
world

(d)
recycle

(e)
All Correct

Q2.  A judge’s perspective of the justice
system is qute different from a convicted felon’s perspective.

(a)
perspective

(b)
justice

(c)
qute

(d)
convicted

(e)
All Correct

Q3.
To the pianist, running his fingers over the keys was a meditative
approach to dealing with his problems.

(a)
running

(b)
keys

(c)
meditative

(d)
dealing

(e)
All Correct

Q4.
Before the movie hit the big screen, a screenplay was drafted
to map out the plot.

(a)
before

(b)
movie

(c)
screenplay

(d)
drafted

(e)
All are Correct

Q5.  The methodology to been a
successful teacher involved gaining the students’ respect, providing
explicit guidelines and giving appropriate assignments.

(a)
methodology

(b)
been

(c)
gaining

(d)
appropriate

(e)
All Correct

Q6.  My elderly neighbour still has the racist ideolgy that was prominent
during his teen years.

(a)
elderly

(b)
neighbour

(c)
ideolgy

(d)
prominent

(e)
All Correct

Q7.  The first sale is conditional and will
be cancelled if the seller cannot produce a thousand units for
a week’s time.

(a)
conditional

(b)
cancelled

(c)
produce

(d)
for

(e)
All Correct

Q8.
During the summer months, the mosquitoes are very conspiguous
near the water.

(a)
during

(b)
months

(c)
mosquitoes

(d)
conspiguous

(e)
All Correct

Q9.
It was obvious from the man’s anxious demean that he was nervous
about being on the witness stand.

(a)
obvious

(b)
anxious

(c)
demean

(d)
witness

(e)
All Correct

Q10.
We are not accustomed to the overwhelming authoritarian superiority
of the new director.

(a)
accustomed

(b)
overwhelming

(c)
superiority

(d)
new

(e)
All Correct

Q11.
In the solar system, Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, takes just
88 days to make one revolution around the sun, while Neptune, the far
one, takes 165 years to make one round.

(a)
planet

(b)
revolution

(c)
far

(d)
round

(e)
All Correct

Q12.  Laws of gravity expect us to see stars
closer to the centre of galaxies rotatig faster than the stars on
the edge.

(a)
expect

(b)
closer

(c)
rotatig

(d)
edge

(e)
All Correct

Q13.
Cosmologists have come up with various hypothesis and theory
to explain the Dark Matter.

(a)
cosmologists

(b)
various

(c)
hypothesis

(d)
theory

(e)
All Correct

Q14.  Detailed surveys of the cosmos
indicate that almost 85% of the total mass of the Universe is compose
of dark matter.

(a)
detailed

(b)
surveys

(c)
universe

(d)
compose

(e)
All Correct

Q15.
If you look at the policeman’s stern demeanor, you can see he is serious
about catching the suspect.

(a)
stern

(b)
demeanor

(c)
serious

(d)
catching

(e)
All Correct

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SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Recycle’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be
‘recyclable’ instead of ‘recycle’.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Quite is the correct spelling.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Dealing’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be ‘deal’
instead of ‘dealing’. According to standard english, ‘to’ is not followed by
the third form of verb.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. All are correct.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. ‘Been’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be ‘being’
instead of ‘been’. ‘Been’ is used after ‘have’ and is thus inappropriatly used
in the sentence.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Ideology 

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘For’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be ‘within’
instead of ‘for’.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. Conspicuous

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. ‘Demean’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be
‘demeanor’ instead of ‘demean’. ‘Demeanor’ means outward behaviour or bearing.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. All are correct. 

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. ‘Far’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be ‘farthest’
instead of ‘far’. Since a comparison is being made here, we will use ‘farthest’.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Rotating

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Theory’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be
‘theories’ instead of ‘theory’.

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Compose’ is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be
‘composed’ instead of ‘compose’. Since the sentence is in passive voice, ‘is’
will take the third form of verb here.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. All are correct.