English Language Quiz For SBI PO, Clerk Prelims 2021- 13th May

Directions (1 – 10): In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed
below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits
the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words.

Above all, be of single aim, have a ………
(1)………. and useful purpose, and devote yourself ………(2)………. to it. Let nothing
draw you aside; remember that ‘The double-minded man is ………(3) ……….  in all his ways. Be eager to learn but slow
……… (4) ……… have a thorough understanding of your work and let it be your own;
and as you proceed, ever following the inward guide, the ……… (5) …….. voice,
you will pass on from victory to victory, and will rise step by step to higher
resting-places, and your ever broadening outlook will gradually ………(6) ……….to
you the essential beauty and purpose of life. Self-purified, health will be
yours; faith protected, Success will be yours; self-governed, power will be
yours and all that you do will ……….(7) ………, for ceasing to be a disjointed
unit, self-enslaved, you will be in harmony with the Great Law, working no
longer against, but with the universal life, the Eternal with you; what success
you achieve will be ……..(8)……… all human computation, and will never pass away;
and what influence and power you ………(9) ………. will continue to increase
throughout the ages, for it will be a part of that ……….(10)……….. principle
which supports the universe.

Q1. (a) legal

(b) legitimate

(c) genuine

(d) true

(e) beneficial

Q2. (a) decidedly

(b) practically

(c) profoundly

(d) unreservedly

(e) seriously

Q3. (a) volatile 

(b) floating

(c) unstable

(d) instable

(e) vacillating

Q4. (a) to beg

(b) to forget 

(c) to ignore

(d) to neglect

(e) to be careless

Q5. (a) dauntless

(b) infallible

(c) unshakable

(d) incorruptible

(e) unfailing

Q6. (a) demonstrate

(b) disclose

(c) resurrect

(d) revamp

(e) reveal

Q7. (a) prosper

(b) flourish

(c) burgeon

(d) promote

(e) stabilize

Q8. (a) bewildering to 

(b) outside

(c) beyond

(d) limited by

(e) unrestricted by

Q9. (a) command

(b) exercise

(c) practise

(d) carry

(e) wield

Q10. (a) unchangeable

(b) inexorable

(c) irrefutable

(d) inscrutable

(e) irredeemable

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

Q11. All banks must
necessary (a)/ keep a certain (b)/ percentage of deposits (c)/ with the Reserve
Bank.(d)/ No error (e).

Q12. Students will be (a)/
the worse affected (b)/ by the public transport (c)/ strike next week. /(d) No
error (e).

Q13. Our company has (a)/
the ambitious goal (b)/ of eliminating poverty(c)/ for ten years. (d)/ No error
(e).

Q14. I cannot sanction
(a)/ such a large sum (b)/ without no permission(c)/ of the manager. (d)/ No
error (e).

Q15. Seventy out from the
(a)/ eight hundred employees of (b)/ the company have opted (c)/ for voluntary
retirement (d)./ No error (e).

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans.(b)

S2. Ans.(d)

S3. Ans.(c)

S4. Ans.(a)

S5. Ans.(b)

S6. Ans.(e)

S7. Ans.(a)

S8. Ans.(c)

S9. Ans.(e)

S10. Ans.(a)

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. Only an adverb can
qualify a verb, so use ‘necessarily ‘ in place of ‘necessary’.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. Use ‘worst’ in place
of ‘worse’. Worse is the comparative
form, while Worst is the superlative
form. E.g., This is the worst movie I have ever seen. It is worse than that.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Use ‘within’ in place
of ‘for’.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Replace ‘no’ with
‘any’. You cannot use, double negatives in a sentence. It makes an error. I
cannot give you nothing. (Wrong) I cannot give you anything. (Right)

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. ‘Out of’ is correct
expression. Ten out of twenty people
are blind.