SBI PO Pre exam 2020-21 Memory Based English Questions: 4th Jan for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

Customers of the museum are (1)/ in the processing of collecting and (2)/ preserving unique masks and (3)/ face shields from the current ones. (4)

Question 2

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

Goods manufactured in (1)/ Asia could have (2)/ dominated the Western market (3)/ due for its low price. (4)

Question 3

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The aircraft returned to (1)/ the airport soon after (2)/ the takeoff as the pilot (3)/ encountered some technical snags (4).

Question 4

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The amount disburse (1)/ was less (2)/ than the (3)/ original amount. (4)

Question 5

Direction: In the given statement some words have been highlighted. These words may not be at the correct place making the sentence grammatically and contextually incorrect. Choose the option which represents the correct sequence of words, which will make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose E i.e. ‘No rearrangement required’ as your answer.

According to study, we do not past (A) more complex jobs that we had in the involve (B), but today jobs performed (C) numerous tasks that do not really need to be have (D).

Question 6

Direction: In the given statement some words have been highlighted. These words may not be at the correct place making the sentence grammatically and contextually incorrect. Choose the option which represents the correct sequence of words, which will make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose E i.e. ‘No rearrangement required’ as your answer.

Climate change is concern (A) risks to human emerging (B) and well being and thus is health (C) as a serious posing (D) worldwide.

Question 7

Direction: In the given statement some words have been highlighted. These words may not be at the correct place making the sentence grammatically and contextually incorrect. Choose the option which represents the correct sequence of words, which will make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose E i.e. ‘No rearrangement required’ as your answer.

Being self-employed also means finding (A) yourself unions (B) the without (C) of HR department or trade protection (D).

Question 8

Direction: In the following question, a idiom/phrase is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given idiom/phrase. Identify the sentence(s) in which the idiom/phrase fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.

See eye to eye

I. Studios went to war with exhibitors and it’s unclear if they’ll ever see eye to eye.

II. The siblings did not see eye to eye, but their disagreements did not make them wrangle in public.

III. Wright saw eye to eye of the filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial.

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, a idiom/phrase is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given idiom/phrase. Identify the sentence(s) in which the idiom/phrase fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.

Stone's throw away

I. The deal isn't yet a stone’s throw away, but we're confident it will go ahead as hoped.

II. A jaw-dropping feat of volcanic architecture has risen in the Italian city of Nola, just a stone's throw away from the cataclysmic Mt. Vesuvius.

III. The doctors tell me that, unless I give up playing music, I'll be stone’s throw away by the time I'm 40.

Question 10

Direction: In the following question, a idiom/phrase is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given idiom/phrase. Identify the sentence(s) in which the idiom/phrase fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.

Salad Days
I. He may have grown old, but he has shed none of the brashness and aggression of his salad days.
II. Many people sell old patio furniture, although you may have to be willing to use a little salad day to get used items back into shape.
III. The festival came at perfect timing for kids who suffered salad days in March due to the long, cold winter.