Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. We are kicking off English Quizzes for SBI PO 2015-16. Now, these questions might seem easy for many, but we cannot raise the bar than this.


Directions for questions 1 to 5: Each of the following sentences are divided into parts, which are marked (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). One of these parts may contain an error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. Select the part containing the error and mark it your answer (a), (b),(c) or (d) if no error then (e).
1. (a) It is said that /( b) the state of his affairs/(c) are such as to cause anxiety/(d) to his creditors like me.(e) No Error




2. (a) When Gayatri said that /(b) she is coming to see me the next day /(c) I wondered /(d) what problems she would bring. (e) No Error




3. (a) You must know/(b) who Akbar was/(c) even if you have no/(d) special liking to history. (e) No Error




4. (a) No less than / (b) twenty persons /(c) were killed in / (d) the air crash. (e) No Error




5. (a) In India/(b) malnutrition is/(c) the cause / (d) for many diseases. (e) No Error




Directions for questions 6 to 10: Each of these questions has a sentence which has two blanks. Choose the pair of words among the given options that will meaningfully fit the blanks.
6. The columnist was almost ____ when he mentioned his friends but he was unpleasant and even ____ when he discussed people who irritated him.
(a) recalcitrant, sarcastic
(b) reverential, acrimonious
(c) sensitive, remorseful
(d) insipid, militant
(e) joyous, apathetic




7. The meaning of this line seems clear: The poet, though not denigrating the concept of _______, nonetheless emphasizes the importance of man’s role in humanity in the ________ .
(a) independence, abstract
(b) community, extreme
(c) unity, synthesis
(d) individuality, aggregate
(e) capitalism, world




8. Although Shakespeare received little formal education, scholars have in recent years______ the view that he was_______the work of classical authors.
(a) substantiated, unimpressed by
(b) eroded, obsessed by
(c) supported, oblivious to
(d) undermined, unfamiliar with
(e) declined, unethical to




9. As a staunch ________of our right to leisure time, Krishna had few________ .
(a) proponent, friends
(b) advocate, defenders
(c) disciple, rivals
(d) defender, equals
(e) avenger, foes




10. Ideas _____ to us and gradually ________ into behaviour.
(a) happen, occur
(b) Strike, form
(c) occur, coalesce
(d) shape, recede
(e) come alive, decline



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