Weekly English Section Test for SBI PO Prelims for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

A) With that, I swallowed the shampoo, and obtained the most realistic results almost on the spot.
B) The man shuffled away into the back regions to make up a prescription, and after a moment I got through on the shop-telephone to the Consulate, intimating my location.
C) Then, while the pharmacist was wrapping up a six-ounce bottle of the mixture, I groaned and inquired whether he could give me something for acute gastric cramp.
D) I intended to stage a sharp gastric attack, and entering an old-fashioned pharmacy, I asked for a popular shampoo mixture, consisting of olive oil and flaked soap.

Question 2

Direction: In the given question, five statements labeled A, B, C, D and E are given. These statements when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

A. Since then, intelligence tests have been mostly used to separate dull children in school from average or bright children, so that special education can be provided to the dull.
B. In other words, intelligence tests give us a norm for each age.
C. Intelligence is expressed as intelligence quotient, and tests are developed to indicate what an average child of a certain age can do. What a five-year-old can answer, but a four-year-old cannot, for instance.
D. Binet developed the first set of such tests in the early 1900s to find out which children in school needed special attention.
E. Intelligence can be measured by tests.

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, a short passage with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Marginal revenue is simple to compute when a firm can sell all it wishes without having any effect on market price. The extra revenue obtained from selling one more unit is just this market price. ________________. If it faces a downward-sloping demand curve for its product, then more output can be sold only by reducing the good’s price. In this case, the revenue obtained from selling one more unit will be less than the price of all other units.

Question 4

Direction: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Reading for character is more difficult than reading for plot; for character is much more complex, ambiguous and vacillating. Considerable skill is needed to describe what a person is. Even the puzzles posed by the detective story are less complex and put less strain on comprehension as do the tiny corners, nooks and crannies of human nature. Hence, escape fiction tends to emphasise plot and to present characters that are relatively simple and easy to understand. Writers have to exercise great caution in creating characters that limited readers demand. _____________

Question 5

Direction: The following questions have a paragraph from which a sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one which fills in the blank and completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

When a bank accepts funds from a client under its remittance facilities scheme, it becomes a liability in its books. The liability of the bank accepting funds will extinguish only when the correspondent bank honours the drafts issued by the accepting bank to its customers. As such, the balance amount in respect of the drafts issued by the accepting bank on its correspondent bank under the remittance facilities scheme. Remaining unpaid should be reflected in the accepting bank's books as liability under the head 'Liability to others in India' and the same should also be taken into account for computation of DTL for CRR/SLR purpose. _______________________________________________.

Question 6

Direction: In the given sentences, only one maybe grammatically correct. Choose the correct statement. In case of error in all the statements, mark 'none is correct' as the answer.

Question 7

Direction: Out of the five statements given below, only one is grammatically correct. Choose the correct statement as your answer.

Question 8

Direction:From the given statements, choose the one which is grammatically correct.

Question 9

Direction: Five statements are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

Question 10

Direction: Five statements are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

Question 11

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

Bacon believes that the medical profession should be permitted to ease and quicken death where the end would otherwise only delay for a few days and at the cost of great pain.

Question 12

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No correction required".

Many of these environmentalists proclaim to save nothing less than the planet itself.

Question 13

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment industry taking a giant stride forward in our country.

Question 14

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required"

Mr Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a member of the community group, will be in charge of the negotiations.

Question 15

Direction: In the given statement some words have been highlighted. These words may not be at the correct place making the sentence grammatically and contextually incorrect. Choose the option which represents the correct sequence of words, which will make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose E i.e. ‘No rearrangement required’ as your answer.

The usual traffic (A) of getting through the Amsterdam method (B) is to take (C) to your local railway station and cycle (D) the train.