English Language Quiz For SBI Clerk Prelims 2021- 7th May

Directions (1-15): In the following questions two columns are given containing three sentences/phrases each. In first column, sentences/phrases are A, B and C and in the second column the sentences/phrases are D, E and F. A sentence/phrase from the first column may or may not connect with another sentence/phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Each question has five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the sentences/phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, mark (e), i.e. “None of these” as your answer.

Q1.
Column (1)
(A) The fear of being always connected to work and overworking
(B) most lottery winners go from being conservative
(C) A good first step for companies to overcome the trust and perception concern
Column (2)
(D)was so profligate as to line all the walls of his apartment
(E) is to ensure workers are measured by output and not by the hours they have worked
(F) is a significant deterrent for this age group

(a) C-E and B-F
(b) A-F
(c) C-E
(d) both (b) and (c)
(e) None of these

Q2.
Column (1)
(A) There were many number of reasons
(B) The apex court observed that it was important to strike a balance
(C) Today’s young employees are used to a less formal and more engaging work approach
Column (2)
(D) the Congress alleged that there were financial irregularities in the Intergovernmental Agreement
(E) I routinely take shelter in a bookshop or a public library
(F) making it important for companies to do away with rigid hierarchical structures

(a) C-F
(b) C-E and B-F
(c) A-E
(d) both (a) and (c)
(e) None of these

Q3.
Column (1)
(A) The focus is on laws, policies and legal frameworks that have been developed
(B) But population estimates for the sensitive zones
(C) This is not going to be easy
Column (2)
(D) with the participation of young people and which help them realize their full potential
(E) of allowing extractive industries such as quarrying and mining
(F) drawing by solar power are available.

(a) C-F
(b) B-F
(c) A-D
(d) C-E
(e) None of these

Q4.
Column (1)
(A)The Centre had then returned the Bills
(B) Rising costs, drop in income and increasing incidence of indebtedness
(C)There is a history of misuse of laws aimed
Column (2)
(D)limited to the question whether holy books of other religions did not warrant the same protection.
(E)in the name of protecting the feelings of a section of society.
(F) among small and marginal farmers manifested in a spate of suicides over the years

(a) C-F
(b) B-F
(c) A-D
(d) C-E
(e) None of these

Q5.
Column (1)
(A)Leader field, Leader for short,
(B)Tourism in these parts made a small start around 2003
(C) The popular PPF and the girl-child oriented Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana(SSY) are
Column (2)
(D)of a Garo married to a Khasi living in a village in this part of the Khasi Hills.
(E) variable rate products in which rates applicable on the investment keep changing throughout the tenure
(F) most vulnerable to rising energy costs

(a) C-F
(b) B-F
(c) A-F
(d) C-E
(e) None of these

Q6.
COLUMN A
(A) The net interest margin is expected to be around 2.65%
(B) The bank expect slippages to moderate
(C) the lender came under RBI’s PCA framework

COLUMN B
(D) capital infusion of ₹11,740 crore in three tranches during 2018-19
(E) with visible improvement in cost-to-income ratio.
(F) the break even during Q1 FY20

(a) A-F
(b) C-D
(c) A-E
(d) C-D & B-E
(e) None of these

Q7.
COLUMN A
(A) Car major Toyota has cautioned
(B) The global automobile industry has
(C) country is one of the most dynamic

COLUMN B
(D) exists in the Indian automotive sector
(E) that the Indian automotive sector might suffer skill mismatch
(F) went through radical changes

(a) B-F
(b) C-D
(c) A-E
(d) C-D & B-E
(e) None of these

Q8.
COLUMN A
(A) JSW Steel plans to scale up the capacity
(B) The lender said this was not a default
(C) The rating revision factors in further

COLUMN B
(D) being there was a ‘cure period’ of seven days
(E) deterioration in company’s liquidity profile
(F) of its flagship integrated steel plant

(a) C-F
(b) C-D
(c) A-D
(d) A-F
(e) None of these

Q9.
COLUMN A
(A) The election results have indeed made
(B) Earnings could not be result as there
(C) The effect of the strong inflows is evident

COLUMN B
(D) market participants quite bullish on stocks
(E) overseas investors bullied on Indian equities
(F) first time ever during intraday trades

(a) B-F
(b) A-D
(c) C-E
(d) A-D & C-F
(e) None of these

Q10.
COLUMN A
(A) The country’s services sector activity for
(B) the emergence of the 5G ecosystem in India
(C) The collaboration seeks to advance the development

COLUMN B
(D) invest jointly in research and development
(E) electrification technology to support transition to a autonomous
(F) increased at slowest pace in a year in May

(a) A-F
(b) C-D
(c) A-E
(d) C-D & B-E
(e) None of these

Q11.
COLUMN 1
(A) Both the Centre and the State have moved the Supreme Court on
(B) Rajnath Singh on Sunday said any future talks with Pakistan would focus
(C) The Supreme Court cautioned the government about
COLUMN 2
(D) only on the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
(E) sought reduction of tensions between India and Pakistan
(F) the legislative route could be discussed in future

(a) (A) and (D)
(b) (B) and (D)
(c)(C) and (E)
(d)(B) and (D) and (A) and (F)
(e) None of these

Q12.
COLUMN 1
(A) The bench, comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose were
(B) the Southern Railway has sent an SOS to the Ministry of Railways
(C) the BJP has asked all its legislators to
COLUMN 2
(D) attend the swearing-in so that those chosen would be available on time
(E) undergo a crucial orbit manoeuvre around 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning

(F) the move, called the Lunar Orbit Insertion or LOI

(a) (C) and (D)
(b)(A) and (E)
(c)(B) and (D)
(d)(C) and (F)
(e) None of these

Q13.
COLUMN 1
(A) The moon-bound Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is scheduled to
(B) People across the length and breadth of the country
(C) There is absolutely no doubt that we must keep
COLUMN 2
(D) However, the current state of affairs in the country is an example of
(E) made sacrifices in one way or the other
(F) undergo a crucial orbit manoeuvre around 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning

(a) (A) and (F) ,and (B) and (E)
(b)(A) and (D)
(c)(D) and (C)
(d)(B)and (E)
(e) None of these

Q14.
COLUMN 1
(A) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his Independence Day address
(B) the creation of the post of the Chief of the Defence Staff
(C) the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is expected to bridge
COLUMN 2
(D) Considering that the Prime Minister underlined this announcement
(E) this is to be a ‘single-point’ advisory position to the government
(F) such dangerous gaps and reduce response time.
(a) (A) and (D)
(b)(B) and (F)
(c)(A)and (E)
(d)(C) and (F)
(e) None of these

Q15.
COLUMN 1
(A) authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts
(B) China were subjected to a phased 10% levy, with a clear threat that these levies too can be raised to 25%
(C) The U.S. has also imposed sanctions on
COLUMN 2
(D) on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and the police
(E) it left dozens injured, two senior officials and eyewitnesses said
(F) parallel to all this, based on the allegation that

(a) (A) and (E)
(b)(B) and (E)
(c)(A) and (D)
(d)(C) and (F)
(e) None of these

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Solutions

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Sentence (C) and (E) makes a perfect match, the connection between C and E can be traced from the key words, “companies” and “workers.”
Deterrent- a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
Phrase (A) and (F) makes a perfect match. The connection between A and F can be traced from the key words, “fear” and “deterrent.”
Hence option (d) is the correct answer choice.

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. Only phrases (C) and (F) make proper combination as the phrase, “less formal and more engaging work” used in sentence (C) makes a match with the phrase, “do away with rigid hierarchical structures.”
Hence option (a) is the correct answer choice.

S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. Only sentence (A) and (D) makes a perfect match as in sentence (A) has mentioned some new developed laws, policies and frameworks and in sentence (D) has mentioned that these will help realizing the young people their full potential. Hence option (c) is the correct answer choice.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Only sentence (B) and (F) makes a perfect match.
Indebtedness- the condition of owing money.
Spate- a large number of similar things coming in quick succession.
Phrase (B) states increasing costs, decrease in income and pegged up condition of indebtedness these all conditions can be easily correlated with the succession of a large number of suicidal cases among the farmers that has been mentioned in the stanza (F).
Hence option (b) is the correct answer choice.

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Only sentence (C) and (E) makes a perfect match as both are talking about the investment schemes,
Phrase (C) has mentioned the investment schemes and phrase (E) as talked about the pattern of the interest rates in such schemes. None of the other two sentences make the meaningful coherent sense.
Hence option (d) is the correct answer choice.

S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. There is a grammatical error in part (B) ‘expect’ should be replaced with ‘expects’ because ‘s/es’ is used with the verbs of third person singular subjects. Apart from A-E, none of the given options makes a contextually correct sentence. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. From the given options, B-F makes a contextual meaningful sentence but there is a grammatical error in that, ‘went’ should be replaced with ‘gone’ because of ‘has +V3’ sentence structure. And from the remaining options, only option (c) is able to make a contextual and meaningful sentence.

S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. From the given options C-D makes a meaningful sentence but there is a grammatical error in that sentence. ‘Being’ should be replaced with ‘since’ because ‘since’ is used to indicate cause. Also, A-F makes a contextual and meaningful sentence. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. From the given options, only A-D and C-F are able to make a meaningful and contextually correct sentence. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. There is a grammatical error in part (E) and (F). In part (E) ‘a’ should be replaced with ‘an’ and in option (F) article ‘the’ should be placed before slowest because ‘the’ is used before superlative degree. And option (D) fails to make a meaningful sentence with the remaining options. Hence, option (e) is the correct answer.

S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Focus’ takes preposition ‘on’ after it . so, option (b) the most appropriate choice.

S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. Only (C) and (D) make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The sentence is talking about BJP asking its legislators to attend the swearing –in. Moreover preposition ‘to’ is always followed by first form of verb.(C) and (E) make a grammatically correct sentence because ‘to’ is followed by first form of verb but it is not meaningful hence option (a)is the most appropriate choice.

S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. The grammatically correct and meaningful sentences are :
The moon-bound Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a crucial orbit manoeuvre around 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning . ( preposition ‘to’ is always followed by first form of verb)
People across the length and breadth of the country made sacrifices in one way or the other.
(This sentence is talking about people making sacrifice in different ways.)
Hence , the obvious choice is option (a).

S14. Ans. (d)
Sol. The only meaningful sentence is ‘ The Chief of the Defense Staff (CDS) is expected to bridge such dangerous gaps and reduce response time. Hence, the answer would be option (d).

S15 Ans. (c)
Sol. Only phrases (A) and (D) make grammatically correct and meaningful sentence . All other phrases are parts of different sentences.