SBI PO Superb 30: Day 22 - Connector & Vocab for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

I look at everyone’s wedding invitation or garage sale pamphlet, mission statements or emotional social media statuses. There is almost no day gone when I do not do that.

a) Hardly a day goes by when
b) I always look at
c) No day is sparred

Question 2

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

This pre-election initiative goes against the XYZ case. The Supreme Court has prescribed an upper limit of 50 percent for reservation.
I. Looking at
II. It has been argued that
III. One presumes that

Question 3

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below. The single sentence thus formed must imply the same meaning as expressed in the question statements.

The threats posed by offensive missile capabilities are no longer limited to a few regions around the world. The Pentagon in its report said there were now a number of states in South Asia that are developing an advanced and diverse range of ballistic and cruise missile capabilities.
I. Noting that
II. Within the context
III. As parts of its strategy

Question 4

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

You cannot be sure whether the princess has to do with her youth or her upbringing in a royal household. But this high school student is the only one to have addressed her dress-designer with respect.

I. Having addressed her dress-designer with respect
II. Despite addressing her dress-designer with respect
III. Although, the princess addressed her dress-designer with respect

Question 5

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

‘Le Bal’ is a modernized fashion event by French influential Ophelie Renouard that came into existence 25 years ago. It has been modelled on the English and French balls of yore.

a) Models of the English and French balls of yore
b) Modelled on the English and French balls of yore
c) Despite modelling on the English and French balls of yore

Question 6

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

Allege

Question 7

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

Abode

Question 8

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

Streamline

Question 9

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

Painstaking

Question 10

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

Handful

Question 11

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, while implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used combines both the given sentences in one.

She was occupied with her exams. She had no leisure to attend to the visitors.
a. Given that
b. Since
c. Being occupied

Question 12

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below. The single sentence thus formed must imply the same meaning as expressed in the question statements.

Charulata is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, Nastanirh (The broken Nest), and set in Calcutta in the late nineteenth century. Bengal Renaissance was at its peak and India was under the British rule.
a) Consequently, at a time when...
b) When the...
c) Which is marked...

Question 13

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which can combine both the above sentences in one.

Communism is a specific stage of socioeconomic development predicated upon a superabundance of material wealth, which is postulated to arise from advances in production technology and corresponding changes in the social relations of production. Communist society is the type of society and economic system postulated to emerge from technological advances in the productive forces, representing the ultimate goal of the political ideology of Communism.
a) Although communist society
b) Furthermore, communist society
c) Therefore, communist society

Question 14

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

By engaging the stakeholders early on, everyone will have a better understanding of the intervention and the challenges it faces in implementation. Also, the evaluation team will be better informed about the key issues for the evaluation and about what information is needed, when, and by whom.
a) Besides allowing everyone
b) Inspite of the engagement
c) As a consequent of the engagement

Question 15

Direction: Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. Pick out the option which when used to start a sentence combines both the above sentences in one.

In 1960 King and his family moved to Atlanta, his native city, where he joined his father as co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. This new position did not stop King and his SCLC colleagues from becoming key players in many of the most significant civil rights battles of the 1960s.
a) Despite taking the new position
b) Before attaining a position
c) As the position as key players

Question 16