Dear Students, The SBI PO Mains Exam is scheduled on 4th June 2017. The NIACL Assist. mains exam is scheduled on 23 May 2017. In the English section, there will be total 40 questions. Questions might be asked from Reading Comprehension , Cloze test ,Phrase replacement and also new pattern questions as well. In this post, we will discuss questions related to ‘Fill in the blanks’. These types of questions are based on the vocabulary and phrasal verbs. Students are advised to revise vocabulary and phrasal verbs. We have already provided Important Phrasal verbs for SBI PO and other bank exams as well.
Directions
(1-5): A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced,
form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Choose the most LOGICAL ORDER of sentence from the
choices given to construct a COHERENT PARAGRAPH.
(1-5): A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced,
form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Choose the most LOGICAL ORDER of sentence from the
choices given to construct a COHERENT PARAGRAPH.
Q1. A. Wind
whips off the North Sea, blasting the shelters made of tarps, tents, plastic
sheeting and scrap lumber in this sprawling, ramshackle end of the line.
whips off the North Sea, blasting the shelters made of tarps, tents, plastic
sheeting and scrap lumber in this sprawling, ramshackle end of the line.
B. The roads
in the camp are muddy; the portable toilets are filthy.
in the camp are muddy; the portable toilets are filthy.
C. On the
outskirts of the northern French town of Calais, a massive, makeshift refugee
camp called “The Jungle” grows daily, swelling with asylum-seekers fleeing war
in Afghanistan, Syrai, Iraq, Sudan and beyond.
outskirts of the northern French town of Calais, a massive, makeshift refugee
camp called “The Jungle” grows daily, swelling with asylum-seekers fleeing war
in Afghanistan, Syrai, Iraq, Sudan and beyond.
D. Their
countries of origin are a map of the targets of U.S. bombing campaigns.
countries of origin are a map of the targets of U.S. bombing campaigns.
E. More than
6,000 people in this, France’s largest refugee camp, hope for a chance to make
the last, dangerous leg of their journey through the nearby channel tunnel to
England.
6,000 people in this, France’s largest refugee camp, hope for a chance to make
the last, dangerous leg of their journey through the nearby channel tunnel to
England.
Q1. Which of
the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A
Q2. Which of
the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. Which of
the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A
Q4. Which of
the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. Which of
the following will be the Fourth sentence after rearrangement?
the following will be the Fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A
Directions (6-15): In the following sentence
correction questions, a part of the sentence or complete sentence has been
highlighted in bold. Out of the given options, select grammatically correct
option. The first option repeats the bold part. if there is no correction
required, then select option A.
correction questions, a part of the sentence or complete sentence has been
highlighted in bold. Out of the given options, select grammatically correct
option. The first option repeats the bold part. if there is no correction
required, then select option A.
Q6. Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even
the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta
warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his
afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36
years to complete.
the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta
warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his
afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36
years to complete.
(a) the army of terra-cotta warriors created
to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than
2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than
2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
(b) Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, was
protected in his afterlife by an army of terracotta warriors that was created
more than 2,000 years ago by 700,000 artisans who took more than 36 years to
complete it
protected in his afterlife by an army of terracotta warriors that was created
more than 2,000 years ago by 700,000 artisans who took more than 36 years to
complete it
(c) it took 700,000 artisans more than 36
years to create an army of terra-cotta warriors more than 2,000 years ago that
would protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife
years to create an army of terra-cotta warriors more than 2,000 years ago that
would protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife
(d) more than 2,000 years ago, 700,000
artisans worked more than 36 years to create an army of terra-cotta warriors to
protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife
artisans worked more than 36 years to create an army of terra-cotta warriors to
protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife
(e) more than 36 years were needed to
complete the army of terra-cotta warriors that 700,000 artisans created 2,000
years ago to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife
complete the army of terra-cotta warriors that 700,000 artisans created 2,000
years ago to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife
Q7. When Congress reconvenes, some newly
elected members from rural states will try and establish tighter
restrictions for the amount of grain farmers are to be allowed to grow and to
encourage more aggressive sales of United States farm products overseas.
elected members from rural states will try and establish tighter
restrictions for the amount of grain farmers are to be allowed to grow and to
encourage more aggressive sales of United States farm products overseas.
(a) and establish tighter restrictions for
the amount of grain farmers are to be allowed to grow and to encourage
the amount of grain farmers are to be allowed to grow and to encourage
(b) and establish tighter restrictions on the
amount of grain able to be grown by farmers and encouraging
amount of grain able to be grown by farmers and encouraging
(c) establishing tighter restrictions for the
amount of grain farmers are allowed to grow and to encourage
amount of grain farmers are allowed to grow and to encourage
(d) to establish tighter restrictions on the
amount of grain capable of being grown by farmers and encouraging
amount of grain capable of being grown by farmers and encouraging
(e) to establish tighter restrictions on the
amount of grain farmers will be allowed to grow and to encourage
amount of grain farmers will be allowed to grow and to encourage
Q8. The
yield of natural gas from Norway’s Troll gas field is expected to increase
annually until the year 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet
a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for 50 years’
production.
yield of natural gas from Norway’s Troll gas field is expected to increase
annually until the year 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet
a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for 50 years’
production.
(a) 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion
cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for
cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for
(b) 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion
cubic feet a day, an extraction rate that will allow at least
cubic feet a day, an extraction rate that will allow at least
(c) 2005 and then stabilizing at six billion
cubic feet a day, with such an extraction rate at the least allowing
cubic feet a day, with such an extraction rate at the least allowing
(d) 2005, then stabilizing at six billion
cubic feet a day, allowing such an extraction rate for at least
cubic feet a day, allowing such an extraction rate for at least
(e) 2005, then stabilizing at six billion
cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate for at least
cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate for at least
Q9. Doctors generally agree that such factors
as cigarette smoking, eating rich foods high in fats, and alcohol consumption not
only do damage by themselves but also aggravate genetic predisposition toward
certain diseases.
as cigarette smoking, eating rich foods high in fats, and alcohol consumption not
only do damage by themselves but also aggravate genetic predisposition toward
certain diseases.
(a) not only do damage by themselves but also
aggravate
aggravate
(b) do damage by themselves but also are
aggravating to
aggravating to
(c) are damaging by themselves but also are
aggravating
aggravating
(d) not only do damage by themselves, they
are also aggravating to
are also aggravating to
(e) are doing damage by themselves, and they
are also aggravating
are also aggravating
Q10. In a plan to stop the erosion of East
Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore
a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act
as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting
the beaches.
Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore
a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act
as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting
the beaches.
(a) act as a buffer, so that it absorbs
(b) act like a buffer so as to absorb
(c) act as a buffer, absorbing
(d) acting as a buffer, absorbing
(e) acting like a buffer, absorb
Q11. The 32 species that make up the dolphin
family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as
the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its
aggressive hunting pods.
family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as
the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its
aggressive hunting pods.
(a) include the animal known as the killer
whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
(b) include the animal known as the killer
whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
(c) include the animal known as the killer
whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
(d) includes the animal known as the killer
whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
(e) includes the animal known as the killer
whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
Q12. Affording strategic proximity to the
Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the
first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did
not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.
Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the
first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did
not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.
(a) if they did not hold it, their grip on
Algeria was always insecure
Algeria was always insecure
(b) without it their grip on Algeria would
never be secure
never be secure
(c) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure
if they did not hold it
if they did not hold it
(d) without that, they could never be secure
about their grip on Algeria
about their grip on Algeria
(e) never would their grip on Algeria be
secure if they did not hold it
secure if they did not hold it
Q13. The first trenches that were cut into
a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for
centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East
that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more
celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is not southern Iraq.
a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for
centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East
that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more
celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is not southern Iraq.
(a) that were cut into 500-acre site at Tell
Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising
simultaneously with but
Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising
simultaneously with but
(b) that were cut into a 500-acre site at
Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yield strong evidence that centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously
with but also
Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yield strong evidence that centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously
with but also
(c) having been cut into a 500-acre site at
Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising
simultaneously but
Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising
simultaneously but
(d) cut into a 500-acre site at Tell
Hamoukar, Syria, yield strong evidence of centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but
also
Hamoukar, Syria, yield strong evidence of centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but
also
(e) cut into a 500-acre site at Tell
Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously
with but
Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously
with but
Q14. Once they had seen the report from the
medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered
from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state
prison.
medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered
from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state
prison.
(a) did not doubt whether the body recovered
from the river was
from the river was
(b) have no doubt whether the body recovered
from the river was
from the river was
(c) had not doubted that the body recovered
from the river was
from the river was
(d) have no doubt whether the body recovered
from the river was that of
from the river was that of
(e) had no doubt that the body recovered from
the river was that of
the river was that of
Q15. His studies of ice-polished rocks in his
Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis
Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets
had existed in now currently temperate areas.
Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis
Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets
had existed in now currently temperate areas.
(a) in which great ice sheets had existed in
now currently temperate areas
now currently temperate areas
(b) in which great ice sheets existed in what
are now temperate areas
are now temperate areas
(c) when great ice sheets existed where there
were areas now temperate
were areas now temperate
(d) when great ice sheets had existed in
current temperate areas
current temperate areas
(e) when great ice sheets existed in areas
now that are temperate
now that are temperate
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