SBI PO Prelims 2022: English Language Quiz 10

SBI PO 2022: English Language 

English Language is a part of almost all major competitive exams in the country and is perhaps the most scoring section also. Both the preliminary and main exams for SBI PO include a section on the English language. Aspirants who regularly practice questions have a good chance of scoring well in the English Language Section. So here we are providing you with the English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. This English Language Quiz includes all of the most recent pattern-based questions, as well as Previous Year Questions. This English Language Quiz is available to you at no cost. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation of each question in this English Language Quiz. Candidates must practice this

English Language Quiz to achieve a good score in the English Language Section.

Directions (1 – 5): In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (e) as the answer.

  1. If he will discharge his duties sincerely, he will not come to any harm.

(a)had discharged
(b) has discharged
(c) discharges
(d) has been discharging
(e) No improvement

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c
Exp. ‘discharges’ is the correct use as if the sentence starts from ‘if, unless, until, when, before’ and is in future tense, then simple present tense is used in the starting clause of the sentence.

Ex. If he works hard, he will succeed.

  1. My father told me that he would not talk to me if I do not attend to what he said.

(a)have not attended
(b) will not attend
(c) does not attended
(d) did not attend
(e) No improvement

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. ‘did not attend’ is the correct use as if the reporting verb of the sentence is in past tense, then the reported speech is also used in past tense.

Ex. He told me that I was at fault.

  1. He could neither clearly identify the man who attacked him nor he could name the weapon with which he was attacked.

(a) He neither can
(b) Neither he could
(c) He can neither
(d) Neither he can
(e) No improvement

Answer & Explanation
Ans. b

Exp. ‘Neither he could’ is the correct phrase to be used in the sentence as the use of ‘nor’ in the sentence is before the subject ‘he’.

  1. He has been at the job ever since he began it this morning but whether he will finish it today is nobody’s guess.

(a)has nobody’s guess
(b) has nobody guessed
(c) was anybody’s guess
(d) is anybody’s guess
(e) No improvement

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. No improvement is required here.

  1. They forced the person to empty his pockets and asked him that why he had not obtained the entry pass.

(a) that why do not
(b) why he did not
(c) why he had not
(d) that why he has not
(e) No improvement

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘why he had not’ is the correct phrase to be used in the sentence as if reported speech in indirect narration starts with wh- question (who, when, why, what etc.) then no conjunction is used before interrogative word.

Ex. He asked me why she was late.

Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentence there is a blank space. Below each sentence there are four words given. Choose the most appropriate word (s) that must fill the blank and make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If none of the given words fill the blank correctly choose (e) i.e., none of these as your answer choice.

  1. In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and successive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a_______________life.

(A) practical

(B) vagrant

(C) itinerant

(D) frivolous

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. ‘vagrant’ means a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging while itinerant means travelling from place to place. Therefore, both the words provide an absolute meaning in the context of the sentence. Hence, option (d) is the correct choice.

Frivolous means not having any serious purpose or value.

  1. The student’s_______________ actions towards the teacher got him suspended from school.

(A) flippant

(B) fanciful

(C) jaunty

(D) sedate

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. ‘Flippant’ is an adjective which means not showing a serious or respectful attitude. Therefore, the sentence can be made contextually comprehensible only with ‘flippant’. All the words fail to aptly fit in the blank. Hence, option (a) is the mist suitable answer choice.

Fanciful means over-imaginative and unrealistic.

Jaunty means having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner. Sedate means calm, dignified, and unhurried.

  1. Not even the leading experts in criminology could understand the killer’s _______________ motives.

(A) enigmatic

(B) impenetrable

(C) untrodden

(D) inscrutable

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (A), (B) and (D)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. ‘Inscrutable’ is an adjective which means impossible to understand or interpret. ‘impenetrable’ and ‘enigmatic’ are synonyms of inscrutable. As, all three words completely satisfies the context of the sentence option (d) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Untrodden means (of a surface) not having been walked on

  1. As soon as the citizens learned their brutal leader was dead, they burned a / an _______________of his image.

(A) elegy

(B) alloy

(C) effigy

(D) convex

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C)

(d) only (A), (B) and (D)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘Effigy’ is a noun which means a sculpture or model of a person. Therefore, the sentence can be made contextually comprehensible only with ‘effigy’. All the words fail to aptly fit in the blank. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice.

Elegy means (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Alloy means a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

Convex means having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere.

  1. Everyone is excited about the idea of the handsome athlete playing a _______________ spy in the new movie.

(A) vagabond

(B) aweless

(C) scrupulous

(D) meticulous

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (A), (B) and (C)

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp.  None of the given words can be used to fill the blank coherently. Hence, option (e) becomes the correct answer choice.

Vagabond means a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

Serene means calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.

Scrupulous means (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

Meticulous means showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

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