Dear Students, Finally the most challenging and toughest exam SBI PO has started today, 29 April 2017. In the English section, there were total 30 questions. Reading Comprehension 10 Q, Cloze test 10 Q and Phrase replacement 10 Q. In this post, we will discuss questions related to ‘phrase replacement’. These types of questions are based on the errors of Nouns, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and tense based errors. Students are advised to revise rules regarding these parts of speech and tense. We have already provided Important Phrasal verbs for SBI PO and other bank exams as well.
Directions (1-10): In the following questions, a part of the
sentence (a word or a phrase) has been highlighted in bold. four different ways
of writing the word or phrase has been given in the options (b), (c), (d) and
(e). Find the correct replacement of the given bold word or phrase. If the
given word or phrase is grammatically correct, then select option (a). Option
(a) repeats the same word or phrase.
sentence (a word or a phrase) has been highlighted in bold. four different ways
of writing the word or phrase has been given in the options (b), (c), (d) and
(e). Find the correct replacement of the given bold word or phrase. If the
given word or phrase is grammatically correct, then select option (a). Option
(a) repeats the same word or phrase.
Q1. Carnivorous mammals can endure what would otherwise be lethal
levels of body heat because they have a heat-exchange network which kept
the brain from getting too hot.
levels of body heat because they have a heat-exchange network which kept
the brain from getting too hot.
(a) which kept
(b) that keeps
(c) which has kept
(d) that has been keeping
(e) having kept
Q2. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of
the word “natural” to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives,
chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.
the word “natural” to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives,
chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.
(a) or nothing that has been
(b) or that has been
(c) and nothing that is
(d) or anything that has been
(e) and anything
Q3. The Iroquois were primarily planters, but supplementing their
cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.
cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.
(a) but supplementing
(b) and had supplemented
(c) and even though they supplemented
(d) although they supplemented
(e) but with supplementing
Q4. As contrasted with the honeybee, the yellow jacket can sting
repeatedly without dying and carries a potent venom that can cause intense
pain.
(a) As contrasted with the honeybee,
(b) In contrast to the honeybee’s,
(c) Unlike the sting of the honeybee,
(d) Unlike that of the honeybee,
(e) Unlike the honeybee,
Q5. None of the attempts to specify the causes of crime explains
why most of the people exposed to the alleged causes do not commit crimes and,
conversely, why so many of those not so exposed have.
why most of the people exposed to the alleged causes do not commit crimes and,
conversely, why so many of those not so exposed have.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) shall
(d) do
(e) could
Q6. The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of
prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching
unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were
put on show.
prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching
unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were
put on show.
(a) excited
(b) it excited
(c) exciting
(d) would excite
(e) it had excited
Q7. For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in
Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military
equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military
equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
(a) a method to protect
(b) as a method protecting
(c) protecting
(d) as a protection of
(e) to protect
Q8. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest
and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven
filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized
spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the
soil of a Michigan forest.
and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven
filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized
spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the
soil of a Michigan forest.
(a) extending
(b) extends
(c) extended
(d) it extended
(e) is extending
Q9. Quasars, at billions of light-years from Earth the most
distant observable objects in the universe, believed to be the cores of
galaxies in an early stage of development.
distant observable objects in the universe, believed to be the cores of
galaxies in an early stage of development.
(a) believed to be
(b) are believed to be
(c) some believe them to be
(d) some believe they are
(e) it is believed that they are
Q10. Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western
Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds
successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds
successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
(a) bringing
(b) and brings
(c) and it brings
(d) and it brought
(e) and brought
