English Quiz for SBI Clerk Mains 2016 – Set 8

Directions (Q. 1–5 ): In the following questions four alternatives are
given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold. Choose the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it as your answer. If none
of the alternatives are correct, mark 5), ie None of these, as your answer.

1. He faced the music for reporting to his boss late.

1) faced pleasure

2) faced reprimand

3) faced opposition

4) faced punishment

5) None of these

2. If we give him this
concession, it will be the thin end of the
wedge.

1) the least we could do for them

2) the beginning of further
concessions

3) inadequate for their needs

5) a compromise on principles

5) None of these

3. Enemy soldiers fell upon the platoon as soon as it
crossed the border.

1) attacked

2) happened to see

3) accidentally met

4) overpowered

5) None of these

4. The manager fought tooth and nail to save his firm.

1) with tricks

2) with weapons

3) persistently

4) with corruption

5) None of these

5. The pedestrian had a hair-breadth escape from a street accident.

1) lucky

2) quick

3) easy

4) narrow

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6–10): Rearrange the following sentences in the proper
sequence ìso as to form a meaningful paragraph. Then answer the questions given
below them.

(A) A case in point is the
programme involving the Sardar Sarovar Dam, which would displace about 2,00,000
people.

(B) Critics decry the fact that a
major development institution appears to absorb more capital than it
distributes to borrowers.

(C) For all its faults, critics,
however, concede that the bank remains a relatively efficient instrument for
distribution of development aid money.

(D) One of the key complaints
focuses on this nonprofit bank’s recent “profitability”.

(E) Although the lives of
millions of people around the globe have been improved by the bank’s
activities, it is now under fire.

(F) The bank is also being blamed
for large-scale involuntary resettlement to make way for dams and other
construction projects.

6. Which of the following will be
the FIRST sentence of the paragraph?

1) D 2) B 3) E

4) C 5) A

7. Which of the following will be
the FIFTH sentence of the paragraph?

1) C 2) D 3) B

4) A 5) E

8. Which of the following will be
the SECOND sentence of the
paragraph?

1) E 2) B 3) A

4) F 5) D

9. Which of the following will be
the LAST sentence of the paragraph?

1) F 2) B 3) A

4) E 5) C

10. Which of the following will
be the FOURTH sentence of the
paragraph?

1) A 2) B 3) D

4) F 5) E