English Quizzes for SBI PO, Clerk Prelims 2021 – 20th June

Directions
(1-5): Rearrange the following
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 government’s argument was that banks would be able to track the
buyers of electoral bonds through their KYC details and thus ensure that clean
money comes into the system, while protecting the donor’s anonymity.

(B) Electoral bonds are bearer instruments in the nature of Promissory Notes
issued by banks.

(C) There is also no cap on the quantum of electoral bonds. The MDB party
was the biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds in 2017-18, accounting for 94.5%
of the bonds worth a little over ₹210 crore.

(D) They are interest-free instruments that can be purchased from specified
branches of the State Bank of India by any citizen of India or body
incorporated in India within fixed periods.

(E) However, critics argue that this has made political funding more opaque
since there is no way of knowing who donated and how much to a political party.

Q1. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence
after rearrangement?

(a)
A

(b)
B

(d)
D

(e)
E

Q2.
Which of the following is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
A

(b)
B

(d)
D

(e)
E

Q3.
Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
A

(b)
B

(d)
D

(e)
E

Q4.
Which of the following is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
A

(b)
B

(d)
D

(e)
E

Q5. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?

(a)
A

(b)
B

(d)
D

(e)
E

Directions
(6-15): Read the following
passage and answer the questions as directed.

What do elections have to
do with democracy? There seems to be a strong belief that a democratic society
is (A)………………… by its elections. The
principle of one person, one vote (with some conditions) is seen as a defining
principle of democracy. This principle has become so dominant that it has
successfully reduced the idea of democracy (B)…………………………………………
. (C) As a consequence, participation in
democracy, instead of being a dynamic and continuous process, has been reduced
to one act of voting, that too once in a few years.

(D) By reducing character to this singular act, we have
managed to build a society that is fundamentally undemocratic in democracy. Many have commented on the
fact that the parties which speak for democracy have little democratic (E)ethos within them. All the political
parties are dominated by families or friends or, as is often the case now,
business partners. Nepotism and exclusion are the basic working principles of
our political parties. The latest drama in Karnataka manifests well all the
problems of our democracy.

(F)
But what can democracy be other than enabling elections? To understand this, we
have to first understand the …………………. of voting. What do we do when we cast our
vote for one person or the other? Today when voting has become a business
transaction where the voters are ‘compensated’ for their votes, what does
voting really mean? And what does it actually………………..?

The process of voting is
extremely important. But its importance is not because it is about choice. Very
often, we tend to mistake democracy with choice — the ability to choose between
different candidates. The significance of democracy does not lie in the act of
voting somebody to power but only in the way that (G)…………………………………………………. Elections are a means of making sure that
those who have power are accountable in some way and that they exercise that
power in a democratic manner. The focus on elections as a sign of democracy is
a classic instance of the means overtaking the ends. (H) Elections are only a means towards the goal of controlling those
who wield power, but instead they have became the end in themselves.

(I)Thus, the essence of democracy is not really
about the freedom to choose or the freedom to exert choice. Rather, it is primarily
about how the elected wields power.
The incorrect association of democracy with choice has even led to the absurd
claim that the free-market economy reflects democracy. (J) What has happened in
India is that given the emphasis on
choice as being equivelent to
democracy, we end up choosing people who then govern most undemocratically.

Q6.
Which of the following words given in the options should come at the place
marked as (A) in the above paragraph to make it grammatically correct and
meaningful. Also, the word should fill in the blanks given in the two sentences
given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful.

(I) He had never in his life seen a horizon so
cleanly………………, a pencil line drawn without a breath of haze.

(II)
He ……………….. almost every principle that governed commercial transactions in
such a manner that his successors had to only apply the rules he had laid down.

(a) conduct

(b) holding

(d) define

(e) exaggeration

Q7.
Which of the following phrases should fill the blank in (B) to make it
contextually correct and meaningful?

(a)
to a ritual of cast votes

(b)
too a ritual of casting votes

(d)
to an ritual of casting votes

(e)
to a ritual of casting voting

Q8.
In the passage given, a sentence (C) is given in BOLD. There may or may not be
an error in one part of the sentence. Choose the part which has an error in it
as your answer. If there is no error then choose option (E) as your answer.

(a)
As a consequence, participation in democracy,

(b)
instead of being a dynamic and continuous process,

(d)
that too once in a few years.

(e)
No Error

Q9.
The sentence given in (D) has four words given in BOLD. Amongst the given BOLD
words which of the following must replace each other to make the sentence
contextually correct and meaningful.

(a)
character-managed

(b)
managed-fundamentally

(d)
democracy-character

(e)
No change required

Q10. A word is given in bold in (E). Choose the
word which is similar in meaning to the word given in bold in (E). If no such
word is their, choose option (E) as your answer.

(a) physical

(b) spirit

(d) mental

(e) None of the above

Q11. In the passage given, a paragraph (F) is
given in BOLD with two blanks. Corresponding to the paragraph two columns are
given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two
columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the paragraph contextually
correct and meaningful.

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(a) A-D

(b) B-D and C-D

(d) A-E

(e) B-E and B-F

Q12. Which of the following phrases should fill
the blank in (G) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?

(a)
power is exercise by those elected

(b)
power is exercised by them elected

(d)
power is exercised by those elected

(e)
power is exercising by those elected

Q13.
In the passage given, a sentence (H) is given in BOLD. There may or may not be
an error in one part of the sentence. Choose the part which has an error in it
as your answer. If there in no error then choose option (E) as your answer.

(a)
Elections are only a means towards

(b)
the goal of controlling those who

(d)
became the end in themselves.

(e)
No Error

Q14.
The sentence given in (I) has four words given in BOLD. Amongst the given BOLD
words which of the following must replace each other to make the sentence
contextually correct and meaningful.

(a)
essence-exert

(b)
exert-primarily

(d)
essence-wields

(e)
No change required

Q15.
The sentence given in (J) has four words given in BOLD. Amongst the given BOLD
words one may or may not be wrongly spelt. Choose the word that has a wrong
spelling as your answer. If all words are correctly spelt, choose option (E) as
your answer.

(a)
happened

(b)
emphasis

(d)
undemocratically

(e)
No Error

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(d)