SBI PO English Language Quiz: 18th April

English Quiz For SBI PO Exam 2019

The State Bank of India conducts a three-level examination to recruit Probationary Officers every year. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for SBI PO Examination 2019-20.

Directions (1-15): In each Question below, a sentence is given with four words given in Bold in the sentence. Among these bold words one may be wrongly spelt or incorrectly used with respect to the context of the passage. The option of that word is the answer. If all four words are correctly spelt or used mark (e). i.e. 'All Correct' as the answer.

Q1. Retail inflation as measured by the consumer price index have reached a five-month high of 2.86% in March 2019 due to the rise in food and fuel prices.

measured

have

reached

rise

All correct

Solution:

'Have' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'has' in place of 'have', since the subject of the sentence i.e. 'retail inflation' is singular in nature.

Q2. The first image of a black hole is a reassurance of science and reson.

image

reassurance

and

reson

All correct

Solution:

'Reason' is the correct spelling here.

Q3. While price gains still remain below the RBI’s stated inflation threshold of 4%, the trajectory is hardly bound to be reassure.

remain

threshold

trajectory

reassure

All correct

Solution:

'Reassure' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'reassuring' in place of 'reassure'.

Q4. The black hole itself cannot be seen, because light cannot escpe its intense gravitational attraction.

itself

because

escpe

intense

All correct

Solution:

'Escape' is the correct spelling here.

Q5. The so-called event horizon that enveloping the black hole is the point of no return and any object transgressing this boundary is lost.

enveloping

point

return

transgressing

All correct

Solution:

'Enveloping' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'envelops' in place of 'enveloping'. 'Envelops' will be used here as the sentence is in simple present tense.

Q6. Visual proof of the existence of black holes cames a century after they appeared in scientific literature.

existence

cames

after

appeared

All correct

Solution:

'Comes' is the correct spelling here.

Q7. A black hole marks the end of spacetime as commonly understood and nothing that enters it can escape from the tremendous gravitational attraction.

marks

commonly

nothing

tremendous

All correct

Solution:

All are correct.

Q8. Titan and Earth are the solar system’s two places with stand bodies of liquid on their surface.

the

places

stand

their

All correct

Solution:

'Stand' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'standing' in place of 'stand'. 'Standing' will be used as the sentence is in present continuous tense.

Q9. Challenging a common perception, a new study suggests primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for creating the earth’s first life forms, more so than the oceans.

Challenging

perception

primitive

creating

All correct

Solution:

All are correct.

Q10. In 2017, a consortium of institutions around the world decided to pool the scaning abilities of eight telescopes — from Hawaii to the South Pole — and focus on getting a picture of a black hole.

around

scaning

abilities

getting

All correct

Solution:

'Scanning' is the correct spelling here.

Q11. Since the 1970s, astronomers have known that their are ‘super massive’ black holes (about a billion times heavier than the sun) in the Milky Way or galaxies close to it.

Since

astronomers

their

galaxies

All correct

Solution:

'Their' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'there' in place of 'their'.

Q12. While black holes themselves are invisible, the region around them — the luminous frenzy of charged particles from matter in their vicinty — is, in theory, ‘visible’.

themselves

invisible

luminous

vicinty

All correct

Solution:

'Vicinity' is the correct spelling here.

Q13. The treatment of tuberculosis is becoming more difficult as most patients don’t adhere to the treatment regimen which include six to nine months of daily antibiotics.

treatment

difficult

adhere

include

All correct

Solution:

'Include' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'includes' in place of 'include'. 'Includes' will be used as the subject in the sentence is singular in nature.

Q14. A good massage will leave you with supple muscles afterwards.

good

massage

supple

muscles

All correct

Solution:

All are correct.

Q15. Scientists have discovered a unique oil eating bacteria in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the earth’s oceans, a find that may pave way for sustainable ways to clean up oils spills.

discovered

deepest

find

sustainable

All correct

Solution:

'Find' is used inappropriately in the sentence. It should be 'finding' in place of 'find'.

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