English Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2015 - Set 4

1. Poor people simply refer to people living below the poverty line. ____we are still on the path of ____, there is large number of people living without basic needs.

(a) as if, evolution

(b) provided that, flowering

(c) since, smirk

(d) as, development

(e) but, maturity

2. Whenever I think ____to my childhood days, stories of my grandmother ____to my mind.

(a) of, lewd

(b) back, come

(c) off, enter

(d) after, elevate

(e) back, approach

3. As a fresher, he decided to go to Delhi with Rs.1000 in hand, and landed ____at the export firm that dealt with brass, for a job. Soon he grew in ____and bought the same establishment that he worked for.

(a) up, stature

(b) by, status

(c) to, impotence

(d) in, position

(e) out, rank

4. I and my daughter decided to work on same project ____conflicts of ideas ____her to relieve herself of this project and assets were sold.

(a) though, drive

(b) even if, manage

(c) then, dissuade

(d) by the time, with

(e) but, let

5. Keeping the student’s top of mind will help you ____the big mistake so many famous professor make, they deliver their lecture from their own____. Instead, you need to deliver your lecture from the perspective of the students whom you want to train.

(a) avoid, perspective

(b) avert, scene

(c) face, outlook

(d) stay, aspect

(e) skip, objectivity

6. (a) Incentives and other facilities (b)/ should be shuffled towards morale building (c)/and the consequent empowerment (d)/of vulnerable groups of employees.(e)/ No error

7. (a) Accordingly the prevention of haunting of wild animals (b)/ needs to be addressed not only (c)/ in relation to the source areas (d)/ also in the demand areas the transit points and the forest routes. (e)/ No error

8. (a) After the death of my first husband at a rather young age, (b)/and a young daughter to care for, (c)/ I decided to marry with Devesh (d)/, an old businessman and father to a son, from his own previous marriage. (e)/ No error

9. (a) Forgetting the pain and violence Raghu suffered (b)/ is not going to be easy for him, (c)/ but with counselling,(d)/ he is slowly recovering and daring to dream of a brighter future. (e)/ No error

10. (a) Anubhab tried to give the clients directions orally, (b)/but they couldn’t understand him, (c)/so he pointed out of (d)/the turning they were supposed to take.(e)/ No error

Solutions:

6.  Replace ‘shuffled’ with ‘oriented’
7.  Add ‘but’ before ‘also’
8. Omit "with"
9. No error
10. Omit ‘of’ after ‘out’