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English Questions For SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 (Phrase Replacement)

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English Questions For SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 (Phrase Replacement)

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. Some sentences are given which may or may not be in sequence. Rearrange these sentences so that they make a coherent paragraph and choose the correct sequence as your choice. In question(s) where the first and the last sentence is numbered it means they are fixed and are not needed to be jumbled. 
Q1. 
A. The Director walked into the room and took a look around the class
B. Mitch wanted to scream-the illogicality of the entire scene struck him dumb 
C. The managers stared at him with the look of fear that no democratic country should tolerate in its people 
D. Mitch walked out of the room – it was his irrevocable protest against an insensible and insensitive situation.
(a) ACBD
(b) BDAC
(c) BCAD
(d) ABCD
(e) CADB
Q2.
A. An essay which appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon’s ‘Of Studies’.
B. His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose, demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader
C. He considers studies as they should be, for pleasure, for self-improvement, for business 
D. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness affectation, and precocity.
(a) DCBA
(b) ABCD
(c) CDBA
(d) ACBD
(e) DABC
Q3.
A. By reasoning we mean the mental process of drawing an inference front two or more statements or going from the inference to the statements which yield that inference.
B. So logical reasoning covers those types of questions which imply drawing an inference from the problems.
C. Logic means, if we take its original meaning, the science of valid reasoning
D. Clearly, for understanding arguments and for drawing the inference correctly it is necessary that we should understand the statements first.
(a) ACBD
(b) CABD
(c) ABCD
(d) DBCA
(e) CDAB
Q4.
A. In rejecting the functionalism in positivist organization theory, either wholly or partially, there is often a move towards a political model of organization theory.
B. Thus, the analysis would shift to the power resources possessed by different groups in the organization and the way they use these resources in actual power plays to shape the organizational structure.
C. At the extreme, in one set of writings, the growth of administrators in the organization is held to be completely unrelated to the work to be done and to be caused totally by the political pursuit of self-interest.
D. The political model holds that individual interests are pursued in organizational life through the exercise of power and influence. 
(a) ADBC 
(b) CBAD
(c) DBCA
(d) ABDC
(e) BCDA
Q5.
(i) Making people laugh is tricky.
A. At times, the intended humour may simply not come off.
B. Making people laugh while trying to sell them something is a tougher challenge, since the commercial can fall flat on two grounds. 
C. There are many advertisements which do amuse but do no even begin to set the cash tills ringing.
D. Again, it is rarely sufficient for an advertiser simply to amuse the target audience in order to reap the sales benefit.
(vi) There are indications that in substituting the hard sell for a more entertaining approach, some agencies have rather thrown out the baby with the bath water.
(a) CDBA
(b) ABCD
(c) BADC
(d) DCBA
(e) DABC
Directions (6-10): Choose the word which is closest in meaning to the word underlined as has been used in the sentence
Q6. Person suffering from leukemia is really unfortunate because it is a chronic disease. 
(a) deadly
(b) deep-rooted
(c) infectious
(d) incurable
(e) contagious
Q7. Due to the long lapse of time, I could not recognise my old friend.  
(a) delay
(b) duration
(c) passage
(d) hours
(e) task
Q8. We must define our rights and duties to avoid any sort of collision with our colleagues. 
(a) limit
(b) authorise
(c) demarcate
(d) device 
(e) extent

Q9. Often a coalition government finds itself in a bind while taking any harsh decision
(a) conflict
(b) problem
(c) indecision
(d) compulsion
(e) freedom
Q10. An MBA degree is compulsory before submitting the application for the job of an executive. 
(a) necessary
(b) obligatory
(c) important
(d) indispensable
(e) prognostic

Direction 11-15: You are to choose from the given words below the two sentences, the word which has the same meaning and can be used in the same context as the BOLD part in both the sentences.
Q11. 
(i) He pulled the teapot towards the chair
(ii) The advocate wrote up an agreement for the partners. 
(a) made
(b) drew
(c) dragged
(d) arranged
(e) hauled
Q12.
(i) Alok was the first suspect in that case.
(ii) The driver decided to tune the engine before going to sleep that day. 
(a) complete
(b) major
(c) counter
(d) buffer
(e) prime
Q13.
(i) Sam’s ready wit often got him out of tight spots.
(ii) The tasks they did was so different that the difference was apparent. 
(a) transparent 
(b) clear
(c) sharp
(d) visible
(e) intelligible
Q14.
(i) A special team of observers had been dispatched to appraise the situation.
(ii) Can you estimate the distance between the two sides of the river? 
(a) predict
(b) guesstimate
(c) measure
(d) control
(e) gauge
Q15. 
(i) Repeated denial and criticism of a child makes him stubborn.  
(ii) Because of unyielding approach of union leaders no agreement could be reached. 
(a) firm 
(b) adamant
(c) rebellious
(d) admonishing
(e) disturbing 



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