English Language Quiz For SBI Clerk Prelims 2023-23rd November

Directions (1-5): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.

Q1. Come hell or high water
(a) To do the best of one’s capabilities
(b) To be very expensive
(c) To take place
(d) Possible obstacles in your path
(e) To overtake

Q2. To cook the books
(a) To study day and night
(b) To modify financial statements
(c) To get success in life
(d) To get extremely tired
(e) To be defeated in a battle

Q3. Your guess is as good as mine
(a) To have a strong competitor
(b) To have a controversial view
(c) To have a good plan
(d) To have complete idea about anything
(e) To have no idea about anything

Q4. To square the circle
(a) To attempt something impossible
(b) To attempt something easy
(c) To be passionate about something
(d) To hide a mistake
(e) To put blame on others

Q5. To Upset the Apple Cart
(a) To irritate somebody
(b) To make a sudden reaction
(c) To disturb the peace
(d) To avoid the main topic
(e) To go against the rules

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided into five parts out of which one part is incorrect. You must choose the grammatically incorrect part as your answer.

Q6. Root canal treatment (A)/ for milk teeth become (B)/ necessary when infection (C)/ or severe decay jeopardises (D)/ the tooth’s health. (E)
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) C

Q7. In India’s evolving foreign policy (A)/imagination, the pursuit of power(B)/ and influence seeming to eclipse (C)/the country’s traditions of normative (D)/behaviour and principled positions(E).
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) C

Q8. It is in this context that Mr. Modi’s (A)/‘informal summit’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin(B)/ in Sochi is viewed as an attempt by both(C)/ to reassuring each other that the (D)/relationship has not lost its warmth(E).
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) C

Q9. Speaking about diabetes detection, (A)/ he said that testing were important for (B)/ everyone over 35 years of age, but it (C)/ was crucial for people who had a family (D)/ history of diabetes and lead a sedentary lifestyle to go for regular diabetes screening. (E)
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) C

Q10. There will be lot more(A)/ flexibility to determining the demands(B)/ of national interest(C)/, for national interest is itself not(D)/ static, only the idea of it is. (E)
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) C

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Come hell or high water: Possible obstacles in your path

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. To cook the books: To modify financial statements

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Your guess is as good as mine: To have no idea about anything

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. To square the circle: To attempt something impossible

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. To Upset the Apple Cart: To disturb the peace

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Part B has error in it. Use ‘becomes’ in place of ‘become’.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Part C has error in it. Use ‘seems’ in place of ‘seeming’.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Part D has an error in it. Use ‘to reassure’ in place of ‘to reassuring’.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Part B has an error in it. Use ‘was’ in place of ‘were’.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Part B has an error in it. Use ‘ to determine’ in place ‘to determining’.

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