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

Question 1

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is (5) i.e. No error. Ignore errors of punctuation if any.

The new dress code imposed (1)/ at my office has enraged (2)/ the employees so much that they have decided to go (3)/on a strike since tomorrow. (4)

Question 2

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is (5) i.e. No error. Ignore errors of punctuation if any.

People who intend (1)/ to visit the tourist spots (2)/ are always thrilling(3)/ to see the scenario here. (4)

Question 3

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

It is too limited to provide a (1)/ plausible explanation for the (2)/ ice ages, despite of recent (3)/ research findings. (4)

Question 4

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

An advantage of studying the (1)/ ocean sediments is that it shows little (2)/ variations in ratios of radioactivity when samples are (3)/taken from different continental locations. (4)

Question 5

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as No error. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

In the forests of New Brunswick various pesticides (1)/ have been sprayed in the past 25 years for efforts to (2)/ control the spruce budworm, (3)/ an economically significant pest. (4)/ No error (5)

Question 6

Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

There is ____ among powerful farming communities due to the perception that real economic power lies in the hands of the big corporations, and the state, overtly or ____, acts in their interest.

Question 7

Direction: Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

In the next stages of the LPG programme, there would be a real advantage if the two sectors, petroleum and health, were to work together to make sure LPG makes its full contribution to health — the ____ to provide access and the _____ to help ensure usage.

Question 8

Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Digi-Procedure can be ____ to enable law-tech startups to create solutions that courts and other actors can use and on which they can provide ____ feedback.

Question 9

Direction: Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The standard lecture format, where students do their listening in class and their thinking at home is ____-turvy: It does not encourage students to bring their questions to the teachers and does not help teachers figure out what students have_____ and where they need help.

Question 10

Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The election to the most powerful office on the planet and the economic project that ________ the life of every citizen of the second most populous country were based not on reason, but ______ popular anxieties and insecurities.

Question 11

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 12

Direction: In the question given below, there are five statements marked A-E. All the statements except one belong to the same context. Find the odd one out and mark the correct answer from the given options.

Question 13

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 14

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

Pernicious

Question 15

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

Decrepit

Question 16

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

Obscene

Question 17

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

Tactile

Question 18

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

Tantamount

Question 19

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

Abrogate

Question 20

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

Penurious