English Test for SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 Exam set – 2

Directions(1-5): In the sentence, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged.Choose the pair(s) of words which need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

1. While the research has (A)done the bug and some of its key (B)characteristics, much work remains to be (C)identified before it can be used to (D)treat large amounts of
   (E)waste plastic.

   A-D and B-E
   B-E and C-D
   B-E
   A-C
   C-E
   Option D
   

    

2. Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (A)apprehended the administration–technically a district magistrate or any other (B)executive magistrate–to issue an order in (C)urgent cases of (D)nuisance or (E)empowers danger.
   A-D and B-E
   A-E
   B-C and D-E
   C-D
   A-C
   Option B
   

    

3. The age of the remains (A)marks Central Java as Homo erectus’s final stand, and (B)confirms the species as the longest surviving human (C)ancestor by far, its presence (D)evolutionary across the (E)stretching tree for about 1.8m years.
   A-D and C-E
   B-C
   A-B and C-D
   A-E
   D-E
   Option E
   

    

4. El Niño is the weather (A)system in the Pacific that can result in (B)records high temperatures, as it did in 1998, which until 2005 held the (C)crown of the (D)warmest year since (E)unusually began in 1850.
   A-C and D-E
   B-D and C-E
   A-E
   B-E
   C-D
   Option D
   

    

5. Since the (A)liberalization of the economy occurred under the Narasimha Rao government, even the Congress has (B)fervently itself from the Nehruvian socialist (C)ideology it had so (D)distanced advocated right up until and during Rajiv Gandhi’s (E)leadership.
   C-E
   B-D
   A-C
   A-B and C-D
   B-E and A-D
   Option B
   

    

Directions(6-10): In the following question, one part of the sentence has an error. Read the sentence to find the error and mark the corresponding option. If the sentence has no error choose option 5 ‘No error’ as your answer.

6. Currently, India’s largest community health worker program, (1)/started in 2005 and now is subsumed in (2)/ the National Health Mission, consists of nearly (3)/ one
   million accredited social health activists. (4)/ No error (5)

   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   Option B
   The error lies in part 2 of the sentence as the verb ‘is’ is not needed in this sentence and must be omitted.
   For eg: The monument was constructed in the early 1990s and now renovated in 2014, has gained a lot of popularity.

    

7. Although the official relations between (1)/ the two countries were suspended (2)/ in the past, Syrian-Iraqi relations experienced (3)/ developments in recent years. (4)/ No
   error.(5)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   Option E
   There is no error in the sentence.

    

8. Kashmir is an ethnically diverse (1)/ Himalayan region famed of the (2)/ beauty of its lakes, meadows and (3)/ snow-capped mountains.(4)/ No error(5)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   Option B
   The error lies in part 2 of the sentence as the preposition ‘of’ is incorrect and must be replaced with the preposition ‘for’ to make the sentence correct. A place/ object is
   famed ‘for’ something.
   For eg,” The author is famed for her flair of writing and instigating ambitious desires in a person.”

    

9. It was one of (A)/ the most inspiring speeches (B)/ that has ever been made (C)/ in the lower house of parliament (D)/. No error (E)
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option C
   The error lies in part C.
   When the subject of a verb is a relative pronoun the verb agrees in number and person with the relative.
   Here the antecedent of ‘that’ is ‘speeches’ and not ‘one.’
   Therefore, the verb should be plural – ‘have’ and not ‘has.’

    

10. Due to a vague description and (1)/ lack of quality surveying, part (2)/ of the western border with the (3)/ United States was unclearly and disputed.(4)/ No error (5)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option D
    The error lies in part 4 of the sentence as the word ‘unclearly’ does not exist and must be replaced with the adjective ‘unclear’ to make the sentence correct. The word acts
    upon the noun ‘part of the western border’ thus it must be an adjective.
    For eg: The motive of the person was unclear.