Just a few days are left for SBI PO and NIACL Assistant Examination. It is time to pace up your preparation with New Pattern Questions of English section for SBI PO Prelims and NIACL Assistant Prelims 2017. These English questions will also help you in preparing for BOB PO and NIACL AO 2017 recruitment examination. We have also provided study notes for the grammatical part.
Directions (1-10): In the following questions, a part of the sentence has been highlighted in bold, out of the given options find the most suitable option in terms of standard written English. Concise and Grammatically correct.
Q1. A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.
(a) it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make
(b) that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a result, to make
(c) that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the result of this, they are unable to make
(d) that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words, and result in not making
(e) as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words, resulting in being unable to make
Q2. To Josephine Baker, Paris was her home long before it was fashionable to be an expatriate, and she remained in France during the Second World War as a performer and an intelligence agent for the Resistance.
(a) To Josephine Baker, Paris was her home long before it was fashionable to be an expatriate,
(b) For Josephine Baker, long before it was fashionable to be an expatriate, Paris was her home,
(c) Josephine Baker made Paris her home long before to be an expatriate was fashionable,
(d) Long before it was fashionable to be an expatriate, Josephine Baker made Paris her home,
(e) Long before it was fashionable being an expatriate, Paris was home to Josephine Baker,
Q3. The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,” a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to found.
(a) a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a
(b) a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a
(c) a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well
(d) critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of
(e) critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own envisioning of
Q4. The report recommended that the hospital should eliminate unneeded beds, expensive services should be consolidated, and use space in other hospitals.
(a) should eliminate unneeded beds, expensive services should be consolidated, and use space in other hospitals
(b) should eliminate unneeded beds, expensive services should be consolidated, and other hospitals’ space be used
(c) should eliminate unneeded beds, expensive services should be consolidated, and to use space in other hospitals
(d) eliminate unneeded beds, consolidate expensive services, and other hospital’s space used
(e) eliminate unneeded beds, consolidate expensive services, and use space in other hospitals
Q5. Many house builders offer rent-to-buy programs that enable a family with insufficient savings for a conventional down payment to be able to move into new housing and to apply part of the rent to a purchase later.
(a) programs that enable a family with insufficient savings for a conventional down payment to be able to move into new housing and to apply
(b) programs that enable a family with insufficient savings for a conventional down payment to move into new housing and to apply
(c) programs; that enables a family with insufficient savings for a conventional down payment to move into new housing, to apply
(d) programs, which enables a family with insufficient savings for a conventional down payment to move into new housing, applying
(e) programs, which enable a family with insufficient savings for a conventional down payment to be able to move into new housing, applying
Q6. Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities in India date from the time of the Kushan Empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.
(a) Empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or
(b) Empire, fashioned from either the spotted sandstone of Mathura or from
(c) Empire, either fashioned from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or
(d) Empire and either fashioned from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or from
(e) Empire and were fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or from
Q7. That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault: Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970.
(a) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault
(b) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(c) It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(d) It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(e) That fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said
Q8. A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith’s two books are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism
(a) Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what
(b) Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism like
(c) Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
(d) Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
(e) Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what
Q9. The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month.
(a) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month
(b) world proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival’s month
(c) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month
(d) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
(e) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival
Q10. While all states face similar industrial waste problems, the predominating industries and the regulatory environment of the states obviously determines the types and amounts of waste produced, as well as the cost of disposal.
(a) all states face similar industrial waste problems, the predominating industries and the regulatory environment of the states obviously determines
(b) each state faces a similar industrial waste problem, their predominant industries and regulatory environment obviously determine
(c) all states face a similar industrial waste problem, their predominating industries and regulatory environment obviously determines.
(d) each state faces similar industrial waste problems, the predominant industries and the regulatory environment of each state obviously determines
(e) all states face similar industrial waste problems, the predominant industries and the regulatory environment of each state obviously determine
Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) We at Infoquicktech thus make sure that our clients receive the best and the quickest services in the field of I.T.
(B) Information Technology has transformed a lot in this decade and this metamorphosis is exceedingly quick.
(C) The user can now get the desired information in a fraction of a second.
(D) Our newer packages now perform in a far better way than our clients used to get in the past.
(E) Our search engines have been astoundingly powerful to process and fetch the required information to the user.
(F) These improvements perform a real magic, in the true sense of the term, to facilitate quicker access.
Q11. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q12. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q13. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q14. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q15. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F
