English Test for SBI PO 2018 Prelim Exam – Set 44

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. 


 

Directions: In the passage given below there are 5 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”.

Amidst creeping inflation and a falling rupee, it would seem that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was left with ___1___ option but to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points. India is not anywhere near the situation it faced in September 2013 when taper tantrums roiled the rupee and led to FIIs rushing for the exit door, but there are some troubling similarities. FIIs ___2___ net sellers in recent months, exiting out of emerging markets to the safety of the dollar, with the Euro Zone decelerating and exhibiting signs of financial instability. Meanwhile, the US is normalising its monetary policy. If FII outflows have created pressure on the rupee, rising crude prices have added ___3___ it. A 12 per cent rise in oil prices since the last MPC meet in April to $76 a barrel has played a role in pushing the rupee down by 5 per cent since its January value, to ₹67 today. It is notable that the rupee and the Indonesian rupiah have been among the worst-performing Asian currencies. Meanwhile, Moody’s ‘external vulnerability index’ — the ratio of short-term debt, maturing long-term debt and NRI deposits over a year to forex reserves — has been valued at 74 per cent in the case of India and 51 per cent in Indonesia’s case. With exports growing by just 3 per cent, and imports at ___4___ 10 per cent, the MPC needed to take steps to restore confidence in India’s external account. However, in future, the Reserve Bank ___5___ consider other ways to manage rupee demand, such as a forex swap window for oil companies.

  1. no
    a little
    little
    some
    All are Correct
    Option C

     

  2. has
    are
    have
    have been
    All are Correct
    Option D

     

  3. to
    in
    with
    among
    All are Correct
    Option A

     

  4. almost
    about
    over
    likely
    All are Correct
    Option C

     

  5. ought
    should
    would
    could
    All are Correct
    Option D

     

  6. Directions: The following five sentences have to be arranged in the proper sequence, so as to form a meaningful paragraph. On the basis of your sequencing, answer the questions that follow

    1. The all-digital instrument cluster gets a gear indicator.
    2. The X-Blade gets hazard lights as well.
    3. A chunky exhaust garnished with a bit of shine on the side gives the motorcycle some much-needed width at the rear and a tyre-hugger tops off the ‘performance-bike’ look.
    4. The rest of the features are the usual bunch— horizontal rev counter on top, speedo, odo, trip meters, fuel indicator, etc.
    5. Switchgear is all right, but what the X-Blade misses out on is an engine-kill switch, which could’ve been included.

  7. After the rearrangement of sentences, what will be the second sentence?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option E
    3-5-1-4-2

     

  8. After the rearrangement of sentences, what will be the fourth sentence?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option D
    3-5-1-4-2

     

  9. After the rearrangement of sentences, what will be the first sentence?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option C
    3-5-1-4-2

     

  10. After the rearrangement of sentences, what will be the Last sentence?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option B
    3-5-1-4-2

     

  11. After the rearrangement of sentences, what will be the Third sentence?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option A
    3-5-1-4-2

     


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