English Test for SBI PO Prelims 2020 Exam set – 20

Directions(1-3): Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as option E, i.e., ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

1. I suppose it is unwise of me (1)/ to make this confession now, (2)/ lest our insurance (3)/ company reads this article. (4)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option E
   

    

2. Priya is only one (1)/ of the students (2)/ who like (3)/ playing chess. (4)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option C
   The error is in the third part of the sentence. The use of modifier adjective ‘only’ emphasizes on fact of Priya being the sole person, indicating singular subject.
   In the given sentence, plural verb i.e. ‘like’ is used, which is erroneous. It should be replaced with ‘likes’ to form a grammatically correct sentence.

    

3. At the age of eight, Rowell (1)/ started to mesmerise the village (2)/ with the melodious sound of his four-stringed (3)/ guitar and his soul singing. (4)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option D
   The error is in the fourth part of the sentence.
   We need to replace ‘soul’ with ‘soulful’. We need an adjective to modify the gerund/noun ‘singing’. ‘Soul’ being a noun is incorrect and must be replaced by ‘soulful’ which is an adjective.

    

Directions(4-9): In the given question, a statement has been divided into five segments, each of which is denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent statement.

4. A) with Australia’s average summer temperatures increasing,
   B) there has been an increase in the frequency and intensity
   C) for three years with declining average rainfall levels
   D) of heat waves and droughts and
   E) vast parts of the country were reeling under a drought
   DBCEA
   DBCEA
   CABDE
   ABCDE
   ABDEC
   Option E
   

    

5. A) and global coordination
   B) vigilance, preparedness,
   C) speed, transparency
   D) from becoming a global emergency
   E) are now crucial to stopping a new infectious disease
   DBCEA
   BCAED
   CABDE
   ABCDE
   ABDEC
   Option B
   

    

6. A) more than 10 million hectares of forestland
   B) have burnt down across the country,
   C) leading to mass evacuations and
   D) thousands of people stranded at seashores,
   E) considering it safer
   DBCEA
   BCAED
   CABDE
   ABCDE
   ABDEC
   Option D
   

    

7. A) and screen travellers from Wuhan in central China
   B) have mounted an enormous operation to track
   C) authorities in the country and around the world
   D) railway and skies to be with their families for the new year holidays,
   E) as hundreds of millions of people in China take to the roads,
   EDCAB
   BCAED
   EDCBA
   ABCDE
   ABDEC
   Option C
   

    

8. A. track and will meet the
   B. the government’s capital
   C. expenditure is on
   D. budgeted target by
   E. the end of the year
   BEADC
   EADBC
   BCEAD
   CDEAB
   BCADE
   Option E
   

    

9. A. the UN and several Western
   B. concern over the promotion
   C. of Major General Silva last
   D. month despite the allegations against him
   E. nations expressed
   EBCDA
   AEBCD
   ABCDE
   BCDEA
   CDBAE
   Option B
   

    

10. Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., ‘No correction required’.

    I (have not seen) him since we acted together at the Rumyantsovs’ theatricals.

    Had not seen
    Had not been seen
    Did not see
    Had not being seen
    No correction required
    Option E