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

Question 1

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.

Man needs food not _______ for the body but for the soul also; and the satisfaction of his physical wants does not imply his ________.

Question 2

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

One paints a wall with broad and _____________ brush strokes that spread a single colour from end to end, you create a masterpiece with little touches, masses of detail and the _____________ of light and shadow.

Question 3

Directions: Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words below each sentence. 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 problem is this that there is a class to whom the durability or the _____________story will always be more _____________ than the Portugal story.

Question 4

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.

This abstract concept was ____________ up in poetry, song and dance to make it understandable and ______________ to people.

Question 5

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.

A comet strike may have _______________ the rapid warming of earth caused by an ______________ of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, which offers analogs to global warming today.

Question 6

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

Intrepid

Question 7

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

Trenchant

Question 8

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

Epoch

Question 9

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

Pauper

Question 10

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

Contrite

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

Direction: Out of the five given statements, identify the one which is grammatically correct.

Question 14

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

Question 15

Direction: Given below are five statements out of which only one is grammatically correct. Identify the correct statement.

Question 16

Direction: In the given question, six statements labeled 1, A, B, C, D and 6 are given. Statements A, B, C, and D when properly sequenced between 1 and 6 form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. The fragile Yugoslav state has an uncertain future.
A. Thus, there will surely be chaos and uncertainty if the people fail to settle their differences.
B. Sharp ideological differences already exist in the country.
C. In addition, ethnic, regional, linguistic and material disparities are profound.
D. The country will also lose the excellent reputation it enjoyed in the international arena.
6. At worst, it will once more become vulnerable to international conspiracy and intrigue.

Question 17

Direction: The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 and 6 as the first and the last line respectively.

1. Commercial energy consumption shows an increasing trend and poses the major challenge for the future.
A) The demand, for petroleum, during 1996 – 97 and 2006 – 07 is anticipated to be 81 million tonnes and 125 million tonnes respectively.
B) According to the projections of the 14th Power Survey Committee Report, the electricity generation requirements from utilities will be about 416 billion units by 1996 – 97 and 825 billion units by 2006 – 07.
C) The production of coal should reach 303 million tonnes by 1996 – 97 to achieve Plan targets and 460 million tonnes by 2006 – 07.
D) The demand for petroleum products has already outstripped indigenous production.
6. Electricity is going to play a major role in the development of infrastructural facilities.

Question 18

Direction: The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 and 6 as the first and the last line respectively.

1. The necessity for regional integration in South Asia is underlined by the very history of the last 45 years since the liquidation of the British Empire in this part of the world.
A) After the partition of the Indian Subcontinent, Pakistan was formed in that very area which the imperial powers had always marked out as the potential base for operations against the Russian power in Central Asia.
B) Because of the disunity and ill-will among the South Asian neighbours, particular India and Pakistan, great powers from outside the area could meddle into their affairs and thereby keep neighbours apart.
C) It needs to be added that it was the bountiful supply of sophisticated arms that emboldened Pakistan to go for warlike bellicosity towards India.
D) As a part of the cold war strategy of the US, Pakistan was sucked into Washington’s military alliance spreading over the years.
6. Internally too, it was the massive induction of American arms into Pakistan which empowered the military junta of that country to stuff out the civilian government and destroy democracy in
Pakistan.

Question 19

Direction: In the given question, six statements labeled 1, A, B, C, D and 6 are given. Statements A, B, C, and D when properly sequenced between 1 and 6 form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Count Rumford is perhaps best known for his observations on the nature of heat.
A. He undertook several experiments in order to test the theories of the origin of frictional heat.
B. According to the calorists, the heat was produced by the “caloric” squeezed out of the chips in the process of separating them from the larger pieces of metal.
C. Lavoisier had introduced the term “caloric” for the weightless substance heat, and had included it among the chemical elements, along with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.
D. In the munitions factory in Munich, Rumford noticed that a considerable degree of heat developed in a brass gun while it was being bored.
6. Rumford could not believe that the large amount of heat generated could have come from the small amount of dust created.

Question 20

Direction: In the given question, six statements labeled 1, A, B, C, D and 6 are given. Statements A, B, C, and D when properly sequenced between 1 and 6 form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Visual recognition involves storage and retrieval of memories.
A. Psychologists of the Gestalt School maintain that objects are recognised as a whole in a procedure.
B. Neural activity, triggered by the eye, forms an image in the brain’s memory system that constitutes an internal representation of the viewed object.
C. Controversy surrounds the question of whether recognition is a single one-step procedure or a serial step-by-step one.
D. When an object is encountered again, it is matched with its internal recognition and thereby recognised.
6. The internal representation is matched with the retinal image in a single operation.