Dear Students, SBI PO exam will be a challenge given the difficulty level of English Section. SBI introduced New Pattern English Question based on the CAT exam last year this year we can expect more new type of questions, So we are providing new pattern quizzes that will help you understand the new pattern.
Directions (1-15): In each of the following questions, there are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
Q1. A. That the US and the UK are the most popular destination for management studies is not big news.
B. But the finding of a survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council have thrown up some surprises.
C. Number 4 on the list of the Top 10 preferred destination for B-school aspirants is India.
D. According to experts, India’s foray into the elite league has a lot to do with the emergence of institutions such as the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
(a) A only
(b) A and D
(c) B and C
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q2. A. The fact is that Indian cities, unlike many cities abroad, lack in leadership.
B. The mayor, supposed to be the first citizen of the city,
C. has neither the time or the power to steer the city’s affairs.
D. His tenure is a glorious one year in cities like Delhi and Bangalore or a extended 20 months is some other cities.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) B and C
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q3. A. CPM’s diminished clout today is surely thanks the mismatch
B. between adherence to ideological purity and the inability to follow through in practice.
C. Survival in politics is to the nimble-footed.
D. Hence ‘revolutionary’ communists have been outrun by social democrats.
(a) A only
(b) B and D
(c) C and D
(d) A and D
(e) None of the above
Q4. A. Forget the fact that the Chinese economy has grown faster than India.
B. Forget the fact that in terms of infrastructural development be it power plants
C. and highways or hospitals and schools in China is way ahead.
D. Perhaps the most fundamental difference between China and India is the vulnerability of each to terror.
(a) A only
(b) B and D
(c) C and D
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q5. A. The organization that benefitted from the scam were the Internet Service Providers.
B. Rather than a risky military operation, American officials hope to isolate Mr Khameini.
C. Shahrukh Khan plus Kareena Kapoor mean a hit film.
D. 93.5, the first FM station, launched a few years ago turning teenagers to radio listeners.
(a) All are correct
(b) All are incorrect
(c) A and B
(d) C and D
(e) None of the above
Q6. A. Mild showers turning gusty increasing to a storm today.
B. Any mention and explanation of the idea is likely to be dismissed.
C. Since becoming a Project Manager in April, I have been working in Bangalore.
D. It was a great concept and execution on the project.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) C only
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q7. A. The cause of the power outage is not known to us.
B. These were the circumstances when I made that decision to quit.
C. The King rewarded him for a commitment evidenced by years of loyal service.
D. He cut off his long hair, which made him look younger.
(a) A and D
(b) A and C
(c) B and C
(d) B and D
(e) None of the above
Q8. A. Diseases when suffered by poor appear
B. to be more deadly than when they afflict better of people.
C. The less affluent, indeed are more likely to die
D. off diseases than people who are rich.
(a) A only
(b) D only
(c) B and C
(d) C only
(e) None of the above
Q9. A. In autumn of 1940, Warsaw’s Jewish population,
B. swollen by forced immigration, amounted to nearly 450,000 people
C. all of those walled into an area covering less than four square kilometers.
D. By early 1942, about 83,000 died from hunger.
(a) D only
(b) B only
(c) B and D
(d) C only
(e) None of the above
Q10. A. The first human settlements in Myanmar appeared some 11000 years ago.
B. The stone and fossilized-wood tools used by these people
C. have been named Anyathian, from Anyatha (another term for Upper Burma);
D. little else, however, is known of these people.
(a) B, C and D
(b) A, C and D
(c) A, B and D
(d) A, B and C
(e) None of the above
Q11. A. With the expansion of Indian commerce in Southeast Asia
B. between the 1st to the 4th centuries AD, Myanmar’s importance increased.
C. Indian merchants and seamen came to Myanmar as traders
D. rather as conquerors or colonists.
(a) A and D
(b) A and C
(c) B only
(d) B and C
(e) None of the above
Q12. A. It’s some time since anyone accused GM of making a good move.
B. The company surrendered its title as the worlds top-selling carmaker
C. to Toyota this year, in part because GM underestimated drivers appetite
D. for leaner, greener cars – a desire filled spectacularly by Toyotas Prius.
(a) B and C
(b) A and D
(c) C and D
(d) A
(e) None of the above are correct.
Q13. A. Dhobi Ghat is the story of 4 characters: Arun, the famous lonely painter (Aamir);
B. Munna, the dhobi who wants to be a star (Prateik),
C. Shai, the banker on a sabbatical in India (Monica),
D. and Yasmin, the recently married Muslim girl who records her life in Mumbai for her brother back home (Kriti).
(a) A only
(b) B, C and D
(c) A and D
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q14. A. All over the world, children study math and science
B. in the hope for becoming Bill Gates. But the hero-entrepreneur myth can be dangerous,
C. because what healthful economies really need is not more entrepreneurs,
D. but rather enough people who are willing to work for them.
(a) A only
(b) B, C and D
(c) A and D
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Q15. A. Not only the Earth’s surface is warming,
B. but the troposphere is heating up too.
C. In review of four decades of data on troposphere temperatures,
D. the scientists found that warming was occurring in troposphere layer.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) A and B
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
