Weekly Section Test for SBI PO Exam (English) for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Directions: Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words below each sentence. Each pair is, numbered. Choose the pair of words which can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete the sentence meaningfully.

It's not just language where there is a difference in ________- female Olympic athletes are still garnering far fewer column inches and given less TV airtime than their male________.

Question 2

Directions: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the pair of words that best fits in the blanks.

The first ________ of gravitational waves at the US LIGO laboratories in late 2015 has been described as one of the most important physics breakthroughs in decades. Being able to sense the _______ warping of space-time that occurs as a result of cataclysmic events offers a completely new way to study the Universe, one that does not depend on traditional telescope technology.

Question 3

Directions: Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words below each sentence. Each pair is, numbered. Choose the pair of words which can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete the sentence meaningfully.

The practice of painting slogans on rock faces, once a thriving industry in Britain, has fallen into _____ but there has recently been a/an _______ in Country Antrim.

Question 4

Directions: Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words below each sentence. Each pair is, numbered. Choose the pair of words which can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Like the ____part of an iceberg, much of what is really interesting in the capital is not_________.

Question 5

Directions: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the pair of words that best fits in the blanks.

The central bank’s monetary policy committee has _______ to sit pat on rates and choose to give _______ time to “assess how the transitory effects of demonetization on inflation and the output gap play out.”

Question 6

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).

----------------------------------------------------- The art form began as an attempt to recreate the drama of classical Greece. The first operas were therefore suitable for performance in the Teatro Olimpico (completed 1583) in Vicenza, Italy, a building by architect Andrea Palladio based upon classical design. The horseshoe configuration that developed in later opera houses reflected social class distinctions with its tiers of boxes that fanned out from a royal box.

Question 7

Direction: A short passage, with one of the lines 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).

___________________The discovery and astronomical exploration of the Kuiper Belt over the past decade have fueled a revolution in scientists’ views of the solar system. Today astronomers recognize the Kuiper Belt as the third major region of the solar system (the other two regions are the inner solar system, with its small rocky planets, and the outer solar system, with its gas-giant planets). They believe that the belt helps explain Pluto’s small size, eccentric orbit, and icy composition—characteristics so different from those of other planets but so similar to KBOs. Astronomers also see the belt as the site of the initial stages of planet-building in this part of the solar system long ago.

Question 8

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).

_________________. In this model, the universe expanded much more rapidly at first, to about 10⁵⁰ times its original size in the first 10^-32 second, then slowed its expansion. The theory was advanced in the 1980s by American cosmologist Alan Guth and elaborated upon by American astronomer Paul Steinhardt, Russian American scientist Andrei Linde, and British astronomer Andreas Albrecht. The inflationary universe theory solves a number of problems of cosmology.

Question 9

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.

_______________________________The field of artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from university laboratories to practical application in industry, and machines are being developed that can perform cognitive tasks, such as strategic planning and learning from experience. Increasingly, diagnosis of failures in aircraft or satellites, the management of a battlefield, or the control of a large factory will be performed by intelligent computers.

Question 10

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.

Mutual funds are only one kind of financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries gather savings from investors and invest these monies in a portfolio of financial assets. mutual fund is the purest form of financial intermediary because there is almost perfect pass through of money between unit holders and the securities in which the fund invests. ___________________________.

Question 11

Directions: Five statements are given below, labeled i, ii, iii, iv and v. 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.

i. The dates when the CEO’s assumed their current positions have not been specified.
ii. No information is given concerning the average number of years that CEO’s remain in office.
iii. The information is based only on companies that have been operating for at least 20 years.
iv. Information concerning the exact number of companies in the sample has not been given.
v. CEO’s in general tend to be older now.

Question 12

Directions: Five statements are given below, labeled i, ii, iii, iv and v. 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.

i. The amount of energy that the Earth receives from the Sun is monitored closely and is known not to be constant.
ii. Volcanic eruptions, the combustion of fossil fuels, and several other processes that also cannot be quantified with any accuracy are known to have a significant and continuing impact on the constitution of the atmosphere.
iii. As current models of the atmosphere are improved, even small increments in complexity will mean large increases in the number of computers required for the representation of the models.
iv. Frequent and accurate data about the atmosphere collected at a large number of points both on and above on the ground are a prerequisite for the construction of a good model of the atmosphere.
v. With the existing models of the atmosphere, large scale weather patterns can be predicted within greater accuracy than can relatively local weather patterns.

Question 13

Directions: Five statements are given below, labeled i, ii, iii, iv and v. 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.

i. More money is spent on cancer research now than was spent 100 years ago.
ii. Immunizations and other health care measures protect humans from non – cancer diseases that were fatal 100 years ago.
iii. Heart disease causes a higher percentage of deaths now than it did 100 years ago.
iv. New technologies produce many cancer-causing agents.
v. Modern medicine alleviates the pain that cancer patients endure.

Question 14

Directions: Five statements are given below, labeled i, ii, iii, iv and v. 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.

i. The chords of a song are its most distinctive feature.
ii. The choice of chords, the voice timbre is typical of the Beatles.
iii. No other musicians used the chords or had the voice timbre and battering found in the tape.
iv. Music is the only form of art.
v. The Beatles are the most distinctive musical group.

Question 15

Direction: Five statements are given below, labelled 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 16

Direction: In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the given word.

Consonance

Question 17

In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Garrulous

Question 18

In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Furtive

Question 19

In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the given word.

Imbue

Question 20

Direction: In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Petulant