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Important English Quiz for SBI Clerk Prelims Exam: 29th April 2018

This section can be easy as pie if your basics are clear. Sometimes, even those who can communicate very well in English, fail to perform to the best of their ability in the banking exams. 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 being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions.

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences given below. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.

Q1. The court ordered the Pathankot district judge ……………. and not delegate it to another court. The trial shall be held under the Ranbir Penal Code.

(a) to summon the victim

(b) to suspend the advocates

(d) to conduct the trial

(e) to finish the law

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Q2. According to sources, the ongoing financial crunch could ………….. completion of projects.

(a) have accelerated

(b) have prevented

(d) have initiated

(e) have confirmed

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Q3. For this reason, the first variety loads …………, leaving the second variety to thrive, causing concern at trading.

(a) have answered

(b) have mixed

(d) have cheated

(e) have ignored

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Q4. Despite the discouraging conditions, they have some consolation that the price is ………… their domestic markets.

(a) greater

(b) high

(d) low

(e) better than

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Q5. Sniffer dogs were brought into service, but …………………. The victim is survived by his pregnant wife.

(a) many evidences have been located

(b) nothing has been found yet

(d) all started barking

(e) remained senseless

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Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is divided into 5 parts. It is then followed by 5 options. Choose the option which locates the part contained with the error.

Q6. The father of the eight-year-old girl(A)/, who was gang-raped and killed(B)/ in Kathua, welcomed the Supreme(C)/ Court’s decision and said(D)/ he has full faith in the judiciary(E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

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Q7. A 30-year-old gym owner was stabbed(A)/ into death by a DJ inside a pub(B)/ following a brawl over(C)/ playing a song(D)/ in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area(E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

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Q8. Even when the neighbouring countries adopted(A)/ dictatorship and communism, Nehru continued(B)/ to upheld secularism and(C)/ democracy enshrined in the(D)/ Constitution authored by Ambedkar(E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

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Q9. Artists of Manipal Sand Heart Team — Srinath Manipal and Venki Palimar — have created(A)/ a sculpture with mixed medium to(B)/ promote awareness about voting(C)/, and it is now on display(D)/ at Chithralaya Art Gallery at Palimar in Udupi district(E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

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Q10. Mr. Anand Piramal and Ms. Isha Ambani have been(A)/ long-time friends and both(B)/ their families sharing a strong(C)/ bond of friendship for(D)/ over four decades, said the source(E).

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

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Directions (11-15): 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.

Q11. Make a clean breast of it

(a) to not to accept the fault

(b) to remain neat and clean

(d) to confess

(e) to punch on the face

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Q12. Cross one’s t’s and dot

(a) to be precise

(b) to be concise

(d) to be careless

(e)to be annoying

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