English Language Practice Test for SBI Clerks 2018 Online Exams

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Directions (1-5) : Read each sentence and check whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5).

1. He had worked hard (1)/ and had enough of a bank (2)/ balance to see him through (3)/ even in rainy days. (4)/ No error (5). 
2. He was a great man. (1)/ He left not only impression (2)/ on our constitution (3)/ but also on our social life. (4)/ No error (5). 
3. His daughter (1)/ never would write to him (2)/ so he never knows (3)/ what she is doing. (4)/ No error (5). 
4. When ever his car has a puncture (1)/ his wife just sits in the car (2)/ and reads a book (3)/ while he changed the wheel. (4)/ No error (5). 
5. Ravi, who has been (1)/ working all day (2)/ was very tired (3)/ and wanted to take rest. (4)/ No error (5). 

Directions (1-5) : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrases given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (5) as your answer.

1. The employees are distressing because of the unkind attitude of the management. 
   1. have been distressing with
   2. are distressed because
      
   3. are distressed at
   4. were distressing by
   5. No correction required  
2. As he had been behaved arrogantly, his friends disliked him.
   1. he was behaved
   2. he has been behaved
   3. he had behaved
   4. would have behaved
   5. No correction required  
3. It has become a commonly habit to drink water before lunch.
   1. commonly habit on
   2. common habit for
   3. common habit to 
   4. commonly habit for
   5. No correction required  
4. Pragati is so punctual that she cannot tolerate any splendour.
   1. tolerate hardly any splendour
   2. hardly tolerates lethargy
   3. tolerate any haste
   4. tolerate any delay
   5. No correction required  
5. An honest person of a reasonably self-esteem never pockets any insult.
   1. reasonable self-esteem
   2. reasonable self-esteemed
   3. reasonably self-esteemed
   4. reasonably a self-esteem
   5. No correction required  

Directions (1-5) : Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below them.
A) No one knows their names.
B) With irrigation systems, farmers were able to grow more food with less labour.
C) The first engineers lived in the Middle East probably around 3500 BC
D) Today's city, thus, is essentially still a place where specialists live and work.
E) Thus, an increasing number of people are relieved of agricultural chores and able to gather in cities to practice specialties.
F) However, they conceived and built elevated irrigational canals.

1. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E
2. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E
3. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E
4. Which of the following will be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement ?
   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E
5. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
   1. A 
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D
   5. E

Correct order : C A F B E D

Directions (1-10) : In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five worlds are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case :

From the time I started writing this book I have come to see it as a personal     1      to an outstanding fellow Indian, whose     2     and compassion have often moved me. Insight, not objectivity, is the key to understanding of a life as multilayered as that of Swami Vivekananda and in the           3      of writing this book, I have often felt           4        by the realization that a historian may not always be a good biographer. I have also been           5         by the several inconsistencies and            6          of Vivekananda's life, and only by bringing these out more sharply, I felt, could one consciously            7            from the hagiography that            8          biographical work on him. It is impossible to reach an understanding of a personality as complex as Vivekananda's without studying his ambiguities and shifting              9               on various issues. In trying to integrate these in a           10             assessment of Vivekananda, I have largely gone by what the Swami has himself suggested "Judge a man ultimately by his strengths, not his weaknesses".

1.  
   1. Justice
   2. Devotion
   3. Contribution
   4. Attribution
   5. Tribute
2.  
   1. deliberation
   2. projection
   3. vivacity
   4. acknowledgement
   5. appreciation
3.  
   1. course
   2. manifestation
   3. objective
   4. implementation
   5. serenity
4.  
   1. represented
   2. relieved
   3. compensated
   4. burdened
   5. occupied 
5.  
   1. absorbed
   2. perplexed 
   3. carried
   4. ventured 
   5. loaded 
6.  
   1. duplications 
   2. paradoxes 
   3. assumptions 
   4. levels
   5. pluralities
7.  
   1. desist
   2. estranged
   3. distinguish
   4. depart
   5. abstain
8.  
   1. evolves
   2. focuses
   3. permeates
   4. empowers
   5. emphasizes 
9.  
   1. positions
   2. engagements
   3. possibilities
   4. provocations 
   5. flexibilities 
10.  
    1. modern
    2. conducive
    3. commensurate
    4. diabolic
    5. holistic

Directions (1-5) : Pick out the most effective words from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 

1. Each person on the team must understand and ____________ in the team goals and be __________to their achievement.
   1. involved, manifested
   2. commit, projected
   3. advocate, absorbed 
   4. support, possessive
   5. share, dedicated 
2. Even if clouds of sorrow _____________ our lives sometimes, we should not feel ___________
   1. endanger, encouraged
   2. colour, engulfed
   3. damage, revamped 
   4. blinds, accountable
   5. darken, depressed 
3. Friendship is the silken tie of love and ____________ which binds two persons. It is the priceless possession of a man who ___________ sweetness of life. 
   1. affection, contains
   2. kindness, focusses
   3. esteem, imparts
   4. durability,  injects
   5. warmth, generates 
4. Books never _______ us even when all fair-weather friends have deserted us. They ____________ the dark clouds of gloom from our minds and increases happiness. 
   1. desert, dispel
   2. abandon, augment 
   3. destroy, devalue
   4. corner, distribute
   5. irritate, provoke
5. Many managers think of ethics as a question of personal ___________, a confidential matter between individuals and their ______________
   1. scruples, conscience 
   2. convenience, predilection 
   3. bonafide, surrounding 
   4. strategy, families
   5. direction, abilities 

Meanings to Difficult Words :

• Distress (V) = embrass
• Splendour = brightness, brilliance
• Chores = works that are done regularly
• Conceive = think
• Elevated = raised (adj)
• Compassion = kindness, mercy
• Insight = understanding
• Hagiography = A book about saints
• Attribution = indication, application 
• Deliberation = consideration, discussion 
• Vivacity = cheerfulness, liveliness 
• Manifestation = the act of revealing 
• Serenity = peace
• Perplexed = confused, worried 
• Venture = dare, undertake 
• Paradox = mystery
• Desist = cease, stop
• Estrange = alienate, separate 
• Abstain = avoid
• Permeate = spreading (emotion / belief)
• Tribute = honour
• Conducive = condition which makes work easy
• Commensurate = matching something in size, quality, time
• Diabolic = cruel
• Holistic = considering every detail 
• Manifest = reveal
• Engulf = submerge
• Fair-weather friends = Friends in prosperous days
• Desert (V) =  To leave alone without help
• Gloom = A feeling of sadness 
• Dispel = To drive away the feeling
• Scruples = beliefs in honesty and correctness 
• Predilection = special liking
• Augment = increase
• Bonafide = real, true and not intended to deceive

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