SBI PO Exam 2019 English Language Quiz: 8th April 2019 |

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 (1-15): In each Question below, a sentence is given with four words given in Bold in the sentence. Among these bold words one may be wrongly spelt or incorrectly used with respect to the context of the passage. The option of that word is the answer. If all four words are correctly spelt or used mark (e). i.e. 'All Correct' as the answer.

Q1. The inventor arguably had the worst idea in the world for recycle toilet paper.

Inventor

arguably

world

recycle

All Correct

Solution:

'Recycle' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'recyclable' instead of 'recycle'.

Q2. A judge’s perspective of the justice system is qute different from a convicted felon’s perspective.

perspective

justice

qute

convicted

All Correct

Solution:

Quite

Q3. To the pianist, running his fingers over the keys was a meditative approach to dealing with his problems.

running

keys

meditative

dealing

All Correct

Solution:

. 'Dealing' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'deal' instead of 'dealing'. According to standard english, 'to' is not followed by the third form of verb.

Q4. Before the movie hit the big screen, a screenplay was drafted to map out the plot.

before

movie

screenplay

drafted

All Correct

Solution:

All are correct.

Q5. The methodology to been a successful teacher involved gaining the students’ respect, providing explicit guidelines and giving appropriate assignments.

methodology

been

gaining

appropriate

All Correct

Solution:

'Been' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'being' instead of 'been'. 'Been' is used after 'have' and is thus inappropriatly used in the sentence.

Q6. My elderly neighbour still has the racist ideolgy that was prominent during his teen years.

elderly

neighbour

ideolgy

prominent

All Correct

Solution:

Ideology

Q7. The first sale is conditional and will be cancelled if the seller cannot produce a thousand units for a week’s time.

conditional

cancelled

produce

for

All Correct

Solution:

'For' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'within' instead of 'for'.

Q8. During the summer months, the mosquitoes are very conspiguous near the water.

during

months

mosquitoes

conspiguous

All Correct

Solution:

Conspicuous

Q9. It was obvious from the man’s anxious demean that he was nervous about being on the witness stand.

obvious

anxious

demean

witness

All Correct

Solution:

'Demean' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'demeanor' instead of 'demean'. 'Demeanor' means outward behaviour or bearing.

Q10. We are not accustomed to the overwhelming authoritarian superiority of the new director.

accustomed

overwhelming

superiority

new

All Correct

Solution:

All are correct.

Q11. In the solar system, Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, takes just 88 days to make one revolution around the sun, while Neptune, the far one, takes 165 years to make one round.

planet

revolution

far

round

All Correct

Solution:

'Far' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'farthest' instead of 'far'. Since a comparison is being made here, we will use 'farthest'.

Q12. Laws of gravity expect us to see stars closer to the centre of galaxies rotatig faster than the stars on the edge.

expect

closer

rotatig

edge

All Correct

Solution:

Rotating

Q13. Cosmologists have come up with various hypothesis and theory to explain the Dark Matter.

cosmologists

various

hypothesis

theory

All Correct

Solution:

. 'Theory' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'theories' instead of 'theory'.

Q14. Detailed surveys of the cosmos indicate that almost 85% of the total mass of the Universe is compose of dark matter.

detailed

surveys

universe

compose

All Correct

Solution:

'Compose' is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be 'composed' instead of 'compose'. Since the sentence is in passive voice, 'is' will take the third form of verb here.

Q15. If you look at the policeman’s stern demeanor, you can see he is serious about catching the suspect.

stern

demeanor

serious

catching

All Correct

Solution:

All are correct.