SBI PO Prelims English Questions: 7th May |

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English Quiz For SBI PO Exam 2019

The State Bank of India conducts a three-level examination to recruit Probationary Officers every year. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. 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 on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for SBI PO Examination 2019-20.

Directions (1-3): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided into five parts. There may or may not be error in any one part of the sentence. You must choose that part with error as your answer. If all the parts are correct choose (E).

Q1. A ray of light passing through (A)/ the centre (B) /of a thin lens keep(C)/ its original direction (D)/No error (E).

Solution:

There is error in part (c) of the sentence. ‘keeps’ will be used instead of ‘keep’ because the subject of sentence is ‘A ray ‘ and this is singular.

Q2. The teacher was (A)/ happy when (B) /he entered the (C) /class which comprises (D)/of a hundred students.(E)

Solution:

Instead of comprises, ‘comprised’ should be used.

Q3. When I shall get back (A)/ I shall pay of the money (B)/ that I borrowed (C)/from you last month (D)/No error(E)

Solution:

‘When I shall get back’ will not be used , instead ‘when I get back’ will be used. Hence there is error in part (a) of the sentence.

Directions (4-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, some words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Q4. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Benefitting

Preaching

Facilitating

Anticipating

Abstracting

Solution:

Preaching must be the word that must come in the blank as educational institutions that deal with gender issues have incorporated equality and modernity only through textbook mode. So option (b) is the appropriate choice.

Q5. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Engagement

Amending

Empathy

Inferring

Furthering

Solution:

Option (a) is the most suitable choice for the blank. Engagement is the word to be filled because the line refers about involvement of talks between males and females in a classroom which is impossible due to male attitudes towards women.

Q6. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Forced

Included

Acknowledged

Distinct

Helped

Solution:

Option (c) is the appropriate choice. Acknowledged is the word that must fill the blank most suitably. Acknowledged means admitted or accepted as true, valid, or legitimate. Here the statement
means that the terror experienced by the girls at an early stage cannot be recognized and discussed .Rest all the words are contextually incorrect.

Q7. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Equality

Compare

Disparity

Practicality

Order

Solution:

Option (c) is the appropriate choice to be filled in the blank. Disparity means a great difference.

Lessons on gender difference mention prejudices and stereotypes i.e. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. Equality means same consideration. Practicality and order and contextually are wrong words to use here.

Q8. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Explicit

Direct

Specific

Embedded

Precise

Solution:

Embedded means fixed firmly and deeply in surroundings. In the given statement it is the only word that fits most suitably in the blank. Explicit means stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

Specific means clearly defined or identified.

Precise means marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

Q9. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Hampered

Employed

Observed

Protected

Separated

Solution:

Option (a) is the most apt choice. Hampered means hinder or impede the movement or progress of. Here the statement that includes the given word means that education which has the potential to improve the male minds and their ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner is hampered and lessened by the easy access provided by child pornography. All other words do not fit contextually.

Q10. Educational institutions usually deal with gender issues in a textbook mode, ____________(4)equality and mythologizing modernity. In the typical ethos of a social science classroom, no ______________(5) is possible with male attitudes towards women either. Nor can the terror internalized by girls at an early age be _______________(6) and discussed. Lessons on gender ______________(7) mention prejudices and stereotypes, but they seldom include the ones ______________(8) in religious practices and festive rituals. While education has improved the distribution of eligibility and job opportunities for women, it has made little impact on male aggression and self-righteousness. The potential that education has for improving male sanity has been severely ______________(9) by the unprecedented and easy access provided by digital devices to pornography, including child pornography. The situation is quite dire. A helpline was set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a facility for children who have been abused. It was _______________(10) by callers looking for pornography. Apparently, the state apparatus has no immediate answers to offer for a social phenomenon growing at a wild pace.

Endured

Expressed

Wrecked

Emptied

Inundated

Solution:

Option (e) is the most suitable choice to be filled in the blank in the given statement.

Inundated means overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.

Endured means remain in existence; last.

Wrecked means exhausted or damaged. Both are contextually inappropriate.

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold which may or may not be fitting into the sentence either due to grammatical error or contextual error. There are four expressions given below each sentence, out of which one of them can be used to replace the existing highlighted phrase to make the sentence both grammatically and contextually correct. Choose the most appropriate alternative among the five options that determine the correct phrase that should replace the phrase given in bold. If the phrase given in bold doesn’t require any replacement, choose option (e) i.e., “No correction required” as your answer.

Q11. Flipkart tried to raise hard money locally but was ridiculed and turned away, leaving only the foreign giants to rescue it.

tried hard to raise

hardly trying to raise

raising hard to try

will be trying hard to raise

no correction required

Solution:

To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace the phrase given in bold with “tried hard to raise”. It is to be noted that “hard” is used here as an adverb which is modifying the verb “tried” in the given sentence, hence, it should be placed next to ‘tried’. Moreover, the sentence is in the past tense, therefore, the phrase “tried hard to raise” fits precisely in the given grammatical syntax of the sentence. Hence, option (a) becomes the most suitable answer choice.

Q12. Before the storm, there were an unprecedented demands for food supplies that left many stores empty.

was the unprecedent demands

were an unprecedenting demand

was an unprecedented demand

has been an unprecedented demands

no correction required

Solution:

The sentence can be made grammatically correct and contextually meaningful by replacing the phrase given in bold with “was an unprecedented demand”. It is to be noted that the phrase given in bold uses a plural verb [were] for a plural subject [unprecedented demands]; however, the article [an] is an indefinite article used for singular nouns. When using a plural noun, these ‘a’ and ‘an’ articles are unnecessary. Plural nouns can take either a definite article or no article at all. Moreover, the correct word is ‘unprecedented’ which is an adjective and it means never done or known before. Hence, option (c) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Q13. The advertising campaign generating a lot to business for the company.

generating a lot of

generates lots to the

is generating a lots of

generated a lot of

no correction required

Solution:

To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful replace, the phrase given in bold with “generated a lot of”. ‘A lot of’ is a quantifier which means ‘a large number of something’. It can be synonymously used for ‘lots’. Moreover, option (a) becomes incorrect as it lacks an auxiliary verb for the precise grammatical syntax. Hence, the most viable answer choice is option (d).

Q14. With the impending hurricanes, I was knew that my sister's situation was desperate since her house was flooded.

I knew my sister’s situation

I know my sister’s situations

I knew my sisters situation

I am knowing my sister’s situation

no correction required

Solution:

By replacing the phrase given in bold with “I knew my sister’s situation”, the sentence can be made grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. It is to be noted that the correct grammatical syntax of a sentence in past tense is “subject + past form of the verb”. Since, only option (a) is satisfying this syntax it becomes the most suitable answer choice.

Q15. You have to carefully nurture the vines if you want them to produce good grapes.

you could be nurture carefully

you must carefully be nurture

you were carefully nurturing

you would nurturing be carefully

no correction required

Solution:

The given phrase in bold is grammatically correct and contextually meaningful and therefore, it does not require any correction or replacement. Hence, option (e) becomes the most suitable answer choice.