The State Bank of India conducts a three-level examination to recruit Probationary Officers every year. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for SBI PO Examination 2019-20.
Directions (1-10): Read the following passage and attempt the questions as directed.
In the 4th Century BC, the Greek philosopher Diogenes went searching for an honest man. He travelled far and wide carrying a lamp with him even in broad daylight so that he would have the best (A)............... of finding this person. All his travels became an (B)......................... because Diogenes couldn’t find an honest person anywhere. (C)If put ourselves in Diogenes’ shoes and start looking for an honest person today, I am sure we would have the same experience as Diogenes had thousands of years ago.
According to contemporary sociologists and psychologists, we are living in a time where people are lying more and more each day. (D) What is disturbing sad and profoundly truly is to see the extent to which lying is now considered not only acceptable by many, but it has also become quite commonplace in our daily interactions. In A Pack of Lies: Towards a Sociology of Lying, JA Barnes says, “Lies are everywhere. We hear continually about lying in public and private life. Very few people would claim never to have told a lie and even fewer would say they have never been (E)duped by a liar.” It is this widespread acceptance of lying that has contributed to an erosion of cultural values in our communities today.
Just think of all the small, (F)........... untruths many people engage in on a daily basis. When we are asked a very basic question like how old we are, a lie is often used in lieu of the truth. We also tell a lie to avoid conflict or avoid hurting someone’s feelings. For example, when we know we are inconvenienced when someone asks for our help, we are often not honest with our answers, saying instead that we will be happy to help even when we know very well this isn’t true; or (G)...................................................................................
Experts tell us that these kinds of lies are something that we learn in childhood. (H)It is during our childhood when we learn how to lie to avoid get punished by our elders or disappointing them, or hurting their feelings.(I) How many of us can remember those times when we boldly spoke the truth, which we had been taught to practise by our parents only to find out that speaking the truth didn’t help our case at all. On the contrary, practising honesty often landed us in trouble with our parents. It is then that many of us realized we needed to be more circumspect when it came to speaking the truth because the truth can cause pain. We learned slowly but surely how to lie in order to protect others and ourselves from pain or harm. It is certainly very (J) perplexing for children when they see very few people around them are actually speaking the truth. In All About Love, feminist scholar Bell Hooks writes, “Concealing the truth is often a fun part of childhood play, yet when it becomes a common practice, it is a dangerous prelude to lying all the time.”
Q1. 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) There is a ………………….. that school will be cancelled if it snows hard enough.
(II) There is a ……………….. that you will win the lottery, but it is very unlikely.
chances
possibility
ability
predicted
opportunity
Solution:
"possibility" fits in correctly in all the three blanks.
Q2. Which of the following phrases should fill the blank in (B) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?
Apple of one’s eye
Above board
Exercise in futility
Axe to grind
Out of the way
Solution:
Exercise in futility: an activity that is not successful or worthwhile
Q3. 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 in no error then choose option (E) as your answer.
If put ourselves in Diogenes’ shoes
and start looking for an honest person today,
I am sure we would have the same experience
as Diogenes had thousands of years ago.
No Error
Solution:
No Error
Q4. 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
acceptable-interactions
truly-acceptable
disturbing-interactions
disturbing-truly
No change required
Solution:
Replace "disturbing-truly " to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.
Q5. A word is given in bold in (E). Choose the word which is similar in meaning to the word given in bold and can replace the word given in bold without changing the meaning of the sentence.
assisted
cheated
helped
baffle
delude
Solution:
'cheated' is similar to 'duped' and can replace 'duped' correctly.
Q6. Which of the following words given in the options should come at the place marked as (F) 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) The officer did not arrest the teen for the ................ crime.
(II) For me, it is pointless to get upset about a .................. late fee that is only twenty cents.
greater
enormous
minority
irrelevance
petty
Solution:
"Petty" means of little importance; trivial and it fits in all the blanks correctly.
Q7. Which of the following phrases should fill the blank in (G) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?
we even make up a story based on a false to get out of the situation
we even make up a story based on a falsehood to get out of the situation
we even make up a story based on a falsehood to get out of the situate
we even making up a story based on a falsehood to get out of the situation
we even makes up a story based on a falsehood to get out of the situation
Solution:
"we even make up a story based on a falsehood to get out of the situation " is grammatically correct.
Q8. 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.
It is during our childhood when
we learn how to lie to avoid get
punished by our elders or disappointing
them, or hurting their feelings.
No Error
Solution:
Use of 'get' is incorrect here' Instead 'getting' should be used here.
Q9. 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.
remember-boldly
boldly-taught
taught-speaking
remember-speaking
No change required
Solution:
No change required.
Q10. A word is given in bold in (J). Choose the word which is similar in meaning to the word given in bold and can replace the word given in bold without changing the meaning of the sentence.
demotivating
easy
relaxing
trouble
confusing
Solution:
'confusing' is similar to 'perplexing' and can replace it correctly in the sentence.
Directions (11-15): In each of the questions given below, a sentence is given which is divided into FOUR parts such that the parts are jumbled and they do not make a meaningful sentence. Rearrange the following parts to form a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence and choose the correct rearrangement from the options given below each question.
Q11. last closes an important chapter in(A)/ India’s quest to bring the (B)/ Masood Azhar’s listing as a designated (C)/ terrorist by the UN Security Council at long (D)/ Jaish-e-Mohammad chief to justice(E)/
ABCDE
BDCAE
CDABE
DCABE
ACDBE
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is CDABE.
Q12. the death of 15 security personnel (A)/ reminder of the Indian state’s (B)/ in a landmine attack in Gadchiroli (C)/ on Wednesday is another grim (D)/ continued failure to crush naxalism(E)/
ABCDE
BDCAE
CDABE
DCABE
ACDBE
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is ACDBE.
Q13. one of them being the unprecedented (A)/ India is in the middle of (B)/ noteworthy in many respects, (C)/ a historical election which is (D)/ focus on women’s employment (E)/
ABCDE
BDCAE
CDABE
DCABE
ACDBE
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is BDCAE.
Q14. in Sri Lanka emerge, many (A)/ questions remain about the(B)/ behind the Easter Sunday attacks (C)/ as reports about those (D)/ motives of the extremists(E)/
ABCDE
BDCAE
CDABE
DCABE
ACDBE
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is DCABE.
Q15. development is the first line (A)/ really kick in with intensified global warming (B)/ of defence against adaptation(C)/ and the kind of adaptation that would (D)/ is something we have to prepare for(E)/
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