English Test for SBI PO 2018 Prelim Exam – Set 2

Hello Aspirants

State Bank of India (SBI) is going to conduct examination for its recruitment for the post of Probationary Officers (SBI PO 2018) for a total of 2000 vacancies.

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The examination will be held in three phases i.e. Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and Group Exercise & Interview. The Preliminary Exam is scheduled on 1st, 7th & 8th of July 2018. Details of the exam are as under:

Practice the questions so as to familiarize yourself with the pattern of questions to be asked in the exam. 

Direction: Which of the sentences a, b, c, and d given below are grammatically or structurally correct? Please note that more than one sentences can be correct so mark accordingly

1. a. You have to do this paint job over.
   b. You have to do over this paint job.
   c. You have to do it over.
   d. You have to do over.
   Only c & b
   All a, b & c
   Only a & c
   All except d
   All are Correct
   Option D
   

    

2. a. They country went through most of its coal reserves in one year.
   b. Did he go through all his money already?
   c. No one can imagine what she and the children have gone through.
   d. She started to go the bundle through of letters.
   Only a
   All a, b & c
   Only a & c
   All except c
   All are Correct
   Option
   

    

3. a. My brother dropped out of school before he could graduate.
   b. Drop the troops out of the plane once you’re safely over the compound.
   c. the boys got into mischief and started dropping each other’s things out of the window.
   d. I’m going back to school because I always regretted dropping out of college.
   Only a
   All a, b & c
   Only a & c
   All except d
   All are Correct
   Option E
   

    

4. a. Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late.
   c. I’ll be very surprised if they show up.
   c. The writing didn’t show up very well on yellow paper.
   d. The white seat covers showed every speck of dirt up.
   Only a
   All a, b & c
   Only a & c
   All except d
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

5. a. It was only a matter of time before someone found him out.
   b. We may never find out the truth about what happened.
   c. Her parents found that out she had a boyfriend.
   d. I don’t want anyone else to find out about this.
   Only a
   All a, b & c
   All except c
   All except d
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

Directions: In the passage given below there are 10 blanks. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C), and (D). You have to tell which word is APPROPRIATE according to the context. If all are appropriate then mark your answer as “E”.

In his first 17 months running Barclays, Jes Staley seemed scarcely to put a foot ____1____. The American has ____2____ the British lender’s ambitions, to focus on retail business at home, corporate and investment banking on both sides of the Atlantic, and credit cards. He is pulling Barclays out of Africa, after a century, and has sped up its retreat from other markets. He has also ____3____ several folk from JPMorgan Chase, where he spent 34 years and ran the investment bank.
On April 10th it emerged that Mr Staley had clumsily planted a ____4____ out of ____5____. Last June Barclays’ board and an executive received anonymous letters about a “senior employee” hired earlier in 2016. These, say the bank, raised concerns “of a personal nature” about this person and Mr Staley’s role in dealing with the matter “at a previous employer”.

6. right
   wrong
   left
   right
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

7. diversified
   broad
   narrowed
   congested
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

8. coverted
   sauted
   poached
   shirred
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

9. sank
   speck
   flower
   boot
   All are Correct
   Option D
   

    

10. bounds
    leaps
    hurdles
    vailts
    All are Correct
    Option E