SBI PO English Language Quiz: 25th April

Directions (1-10): In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE. 

Q1. ARDUOUS 

(i) Playing the piano may seem arduous at first, but it gets easier with practice. 

(ii) Needless to say, mastering a foreign language is an arduous challenge. 

(iii) The teacher believes the arduous students will check their answers.

Q2. OBSTREPEROUS 

(i) The football fans were obstreperous throughout the championship game. 

(ii) Since the defendant was obstreperous during the trial, he was kicked out of the courtroom by the judge. 

(iii) After winning the battle, the obstreperous troops had to be calmed down by their commanding officer.

Q3. WAGGISH 

(i) I was called waggish because I refused to change my mind about not going to prom. 

(ii) The television show’s waggish bloopers are sure to entertain its fans. 

(iii) Filled with determination, the waggish boxer slowly rose to his feet.

Q4. CONVOLUTED 

(i) I had a hard time understanding the movie’s convoluted plot. 

(ii) In hopes of confusing the jury, the lawyer made a convoluted argument which only a few people could understand. 

(iii) Since the two countries are convoluted allies it is not surprising they will work together in the war to defeat their shared enemy.

Q5. STAUNCH 

(i) The men and women who serve in the military are staunch defenders of our country. 

(ii) The staunch police officer accepted the money the drug dealers gave him to look away from their illegal deals. 

(iii) The union has shown a staunch commitment to provide industrial workers with decent salaries and medical insurance.

Q6. VENAL 

(i) Because the mayor was a venal man, he had no problem accepting bribes from real estate developers. 

(ii) When the politician was revealed as a venal woman who took bribes from lobbyists, she was quickly removed from office. 

(iii) It was very easy for the wealthy defendant to sway the venal judge with the offer of a blank check.

Q7. ILLUSORY 

(i) The magician is known for his ability to deceive people with illusory tricks. 

(ii) The video has been edited and illusory out of context to misrepresent the event as it actually occurred. 

(iii) Some sellers will attempt to misrepresent the illusory of a house to buyers.

Q8. OPTIMUM 

(i) To expiate for breaking his neighbor’s window, John shoveled snow for optimum months. 

(ii) In order to get the job, Ben knew he had to have the optimum resume, so he included every skill and job he ever did. 

(iii) When the writer pens a story, he hopes each of his readers will develop his own optimum understanding of the narrative.

Q9. VOLITION 

(i) You should choose the people you vote for on your own volition and not by the preferences of others. 

(ii) Because of his personal doubts about his abilities, Jason will not act on his volition to accept the promotion. 

(iii) On Halloween, children will try to impel strangers into giving them volition.

Q10. FIDELITY 

(i) After his arrest for fraud, the fidelity of all the reports he had turned in came into question. 

(ii) The company provides excellent customer service to ensure the fidelity of everyone who has ever done business with them. 

(iii) If the technician doesn’t follow all the steps with precise fidelity, the results of the test will be unreliable.

Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions, a paragraph has been given with htree blanks. Same word is to be used in all the THREE blanks in either same or different way. Choose the option (word) corresponding to the question which will APPROPRIATLY fit into all the three blanks. If none of the given options is your answer, choose (e) as your answer choice. 

Q11. According to figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, the Chinese economy grew at 6.4% in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period last year. While this rate of ------------------- is equal to the pace registered in the December quarter and faster than economists’ expectations of a 6.3% expansion, it is still slower than the ----------------- rate of 6.8% recorded in the same period last year. Retail sales and factory output also showed strong -------------------- momentum.

Q12. The collapse of Jet Airways has caused turbulence in the market and also raised some serious questions over why the domestic --------------------- industry is proving to be so perilous for enterprises. There have been more than half-a-dozen private ------------------- companies that have fallen by the wayside in the last decade and more, and it is well-known how Air India is propped up with government support. While it is true that fuel costs, which account for about half of the expenses of running an ---------------------, have been difficult to manage, the fact is that reckless competition is responsible for the sorry plight of the industry.

Q13. No matter who wins in May, we -------------- need to fight against this entrenched broad brush-stroke politics. At some point in the future, a logistical Everest -------------- have to be climbed and we ---------------- need to get rid of this obsolete first-past-the-post voting system; sooner or later we are going to have to embrace proportional representation, no matter how many million voters are participating in the ballot.

Q14. -------------------- is better than cure is a proverb which teaches us to follow ------------------ methods and be careful always to remain away from the problems so that we don’t have to take the help of cure as ---------------------- is much better than the cure.

Q15. Simple -------------------- and high thinking go hand in hand. Only those who believe in -------------------- a simple life can think high and do great deeds in life. Those who prefer ------------------- lavishly only think about fulfilling their own desires one after the other and there is no end to it.