SBI PO Mains 2017: English Quiz based on New Pattern – 11

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for SBI PO Mains 2017. This can also be used for NICL AO Mains 2017.

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Directions:
Following are 3 statements taken from a paragraph and jumbed up. One extra
incoherent sentence is added. Identify one Incoherent sentence added into the
following sentences:

1. Incoherent
Passage Question

A. During
September of 1781, the combined land forces of Rochambeau and Washington
marched south.

B. American
forces marched over 200 miles in a period of about two weeks. The plan worked perfectly.

C. Rochambeau
forces were always considered to be most powerful forces in America.

D. The plan was
strictly confidential, and the generals kept their final destination secret
from even the soldiers.

Incoherent
statement is:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. None of these
– all statements are coherent.

2. Incoherent
Passage Question

A. Reliance
Industries (RIL), India’s largest company, saw its earnings before interest and
taxes jump 15 per cent from the first quarter to the second, though net profits
grew at a far more modest 2.6 per cent.

B. Part of the
reason for this was a sharp, 8 per cent-plus fall in its refining margins, down
from $8.40 per barrel in Q1 to $7.70 per barrel in Q2.

C. For RIL,
refining and selling oil and making petrochemicals are not new. Investors
understand these businesses and value them realistically.

D. This fall
happened because the Asian demand — and, therefore, pricing — of lighter fuels
like diesel and petrol was under pressure, possibly because most major emerging
economies are growing slower than they were before.

Incoherent
statement is:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. None of these
– all statements are coherent.

3. Incoherent
Passage Question

A. Banks are
places where people can keep their money.

B. Today, when a
person earns money from their job, their paycheck is deposited (put) into their
account.

C. Bank account
are used to earn money by making fixed deposits.

D. Most people
use banks to save money in their savings accounts and to pay money from their checking
accounts.

Incoherent
statement is:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. None of these
– all statements are coherent.

4. Incoherent
Passage Question

The United
States is a large country.

A. It is the
third largest in the whole world!

B. Parts of the
United States touch three different oceans.

C. United States
is largest economy in the whole world!

D. It is located
in a continent called North America.

Incoherent
statement is:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. None of these
– all statements are coherent.

5. Incoherent
Passage Question

A. There are
consolation prizes which console, and some which char the soul.

B. I am not
suggesting we write a condolence letter, but sympathy is certainly due to
Sachin.

C. Membership of
Parliament is a handsome freebie for Sachin Tendulkar

D. Nomination to
the Rajya Sabha is a pretty desultory substitute for someone who has been
promised the Bharat Ratna.

Sachin did not
ask for this honour. Delhi’s politicians, ever eager to climb a bandwagon, led
the clamour for Sachin’s elevation to jewel of India after he got his 99th
international hundred.

Incoherent
statement is:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. None of these
– all statements are coherent.

Answers