English Language Quiz For SBI Clerk / RBI Assistant | 08-02-2020

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Mahendras has started special quizzes for SBI Clerk / RBI Assistant examination so that you can practice more and more to crack the examination. This SBI Clerk / RBI Assistant special quiz series will mold your preparations in the right direction and the regular practice of these quizzes will be really very helpful in scoring good marks in the Examination. Here we are providing you important question of English Language for SBI Clerk / RBI Assistant 2020 Exam.

1. In the following question, a word is given followed by three sentences consisting of a blank. Choose the sentence/s in which the given word can be correctly used.

PROTRACT

I. The choir ought to be cautioned not to _________the singing of the hymn too much.

II. Serving the people and giving them what they deserve are the factors which ___________ the existence of government.

III. Why should I _________a tale which I already begin to feel is too long?

(1) Only I

(2) Only II

(3) Both I and II

(4) Both II and III

(5) All of the above.

2. In the following question, a word is given followed by three sentences consisting of a blank. Choose the sentence/s in which the given word can be correctly used.

PLUMMET

I. Finally, we educate policy-makers on the developmental issues that _________to policy formulation.

II. There is no automatic reason why share prices as a whole should _________as a result of the attacks.

III. For some still undetermined reason, the numbers of voles, lemmings, and hares soar in some years and _________in others.

(1) Only I

(2) Only II

(3) Both I and II

(4) Both II and III

(5) All of the above.

3. In the following question, a word is given followed by three sentences consisting of a blank. Choose the sentence/s in which the given word can be correctly used.

SPLAY

I. The hands of our gym instructor _________ across his broad shoulders.

II. The girls in the college party_________ their fingers to flaunt their manicured nails.

III. To _________ money on things yielding no return is an act of sheer carelessness.

(1) Only I

(2) Only II

(3) Both I and II

(4) Both II and III

(5) All of the above.

4. In the following question, two words have been given in bold which may or may not be correct contextually. If the words are incorrect, choose the option which replaces both the words respectively. If the words are correct, mark ‘no change required’ as your answer.

Even top schools in major cities in India suffer from the entrenched tendency to impart rote learning may have some shock value to those who believe that private educational institutions place greater emphasis on quality and holistic education.

A. supposed, explicable

B. retained, intended

C. retrenched, retracted

D. perceived, pertained

(1) Only A

(2) Both A and C

(3) Both B and D

(4) Only D

(5) No change required

5. In the following question, two words have been given in bold which may or may not be correct contextually. If the words are incorrect, choose the option which replaces both the words respectively. If the words are correct, mark ‘no change required’ as your answer.

It is time not merely for pestering greater awareness about the need for concrete steps to deal with illiteracy but also to chalk out more imaginative pedagogic means to make education an inclusive and quality-centric epidemic process.

A. encouraging, procured

B. conceiving, complex

C. shunning, knowledgeable

D. fostering, epistemic

(1) Only A

(2) Both A and C

(3) Both B and D

(4) Only D

(5) No change required

6. Which of the Phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below the sentence should replace the phrase given in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

The Prime Minister has drafted Indian diaspora communities having eminence significant gave its increasing political heft, in several countries for advancing their strategic objectives.

(1) eminent significance gave its increasing political heft

(2) eminence significant given their increasing political heft

(3) eminence significance gave it increasing political heft

(4) eminent significance given their increasing political heft

(5) No correction required

7. Which of the Phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below the sentence should replace the phrase given in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

The automobile company confirms that the lenders who had not agreed to grant the extension have exited by selling the pledged shares and those who value the assets, have in-principally agreed to grant more time to the company.

(1) selling the pledge shares and whoever value

(2) sell the pledged shares and those valuing

(3) sold the pledging share and who value

(4) selling the pledged shares and that which values

(5) No correction required

8. Which of the Phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below the sentence should replace the phrase given in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

Intense and incessant rains and flooding of major and minor rivers as well landslides has resulted in thousand of cities across the country getting either swallowed up by rivers or submerged in mud.

(1) as well as landslides has resulted in thousands of

(2) as well landslides has resulted in thousands of

(3) as well as landslides have resulted in thousand of

(4) as well as landslides have resulted in thousands of

(5) No correction required

9. In the following question, three sentences are given which are divided into two parts i.e., (A) and (B), either of them is free from errors. Find out which part of which sentence contains an error. If there is no error in all the three sentences, mark option (5) i.e. ‘No Error’ as your answer.

I. Tax cuts have enthused Corporate India, (A)/ and there is a fiscal problem to deal with. (B)

II. We settle perforce for solutions that are (A)/ conveniently accessible and available. (B)

III. A reasonable convention forbade one man (A)/ not to harm someone’s dignity. (B)

(1) I-A, II-B, III-A

(2) I-B, II-A, III-B

(3) I-A, II-B, III-B

(4) I-B, II-A, III-A

(5) No error

10. In the following question, three sentences are given which are divided into two parts i.e., (A) and (B), either of them is free from errors. Find out which part of which sentence contains an error. If there is no error in all the three sentences, mark option (5) i.e. ‘No Error’ as your answer.

I. Between you and I, you are much (A)/ more energetic and lively. (B)

II. The scenery of Jammu and Kashmir is (A)/ more beautiful than Shimla. (B)

III. Poverty as well as unemployment (A)/ influence elections in our country. (B)

(1) I-A, II-B, III-A

(2) I-B, II-A, III-B

(3) I-A, II-B, III-B

(4) I-A, II-A, III-A

(5) No error

Answer: 

1. (5) Explanation – In sentences I, II and III , Protract (v) – prolong; extend is correct and meaningful. 

2. (4) Explanation – In II and III sentences, Plummet (v) – decrease rapidly in value or amount. 

In I sentence, Pertain (v) – be appropriate, related, or applicable to. 

3. (3) Explanation – 

In I and II sentences – splay (v) – thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart. 

In III sentence, splurge (v) – spend (money) freely or extravagantly. 

4. (5) Entrenched (adj.) – (of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained. 

Holistic (adj.) – characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole. 

For other options- 

Explicable (adj.) – able to be accounted for or understood. 

Retrench (v) – reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty 

Retract (v) – draw or be drawn back or back in. 

Pertain (v) – be appropriate, related, or applicable to. 

5. (4) Foster (v) – encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable). 

Epistemic (adj.) – relating to knowledge or to the degree of its validation. 

For other options- 

Pester (v): trouble or annoy 

Epidemic (n): a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. 

Shun (v) – ignore 

Procure (v) – obtain 

6. (4)  Eminent (adjective to qualify noun) significance (a noun is required according to ‘having’) given (adj. – specified/stated) their (referring to a plural subject – communities) increasing political heft. 

7. (5)  No correction required. 

8. (4) As well as (and in addition) landslides have (plural subject takes plural helping verb) resulted in thousands (plural number of cities) of. 

9. (2) In I sentence, ‘but’ should replace ‘and’ as part ‘B’ is contradicting part ‘A’. 

In II sentence, to qualify settle (verb), place ‘perforce (adverb – inevitably)’ before it. 

In III sentence, remove ‘not’ as presence of ‘forbade (v) – refuse to allow (something)’ already makes the sentence negative. 

10. (3) In I sentence, ‘you and me’ is correct as objective case of pronoun will be used here. 

In II sentence, add ‘that of’ before Shimla, to express the comparison between the scenery of two places. 

In III sentence, ‘influences’ will be correct. When ‘as well as’ is used with two subjects, the helping verb is used as per the number of the first subject.