English: Odd Words for SBI PO Set 3 (New Pattern)

New Pattern English Questions Odd Words for SBI PO. Odd Words for upcoming bank exams like IBPS PO, Clerk, NIACL Assistant , SBI PO, IPPB.

Direction  : In each question below there are four or five statements. Each statement has pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then choose the best option.

1. (i) The prince wanted to ascent (A)/ ascend (B) to the throne
   (ii) The doctor did not expect (A)/ except (B) the patient to die during the operation.
   (iii) He delivered a speech on India shining with panacea (A)/ panache (B)  
   (iv) The accused swore the he did not steel (A)/ steal (B) the dead body of the saint
   (v) The customer could not gain access (A)/ excess (B) to his ATM account
   A) BABBA
   B) ABBBA
   C) AAABB
   D) AAABA
   E) BBABA
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: BABBA
2. (i) This situation will not effect (A) /affect (B) the results.
   (ii) He made several illusions(A)/ allusions (B) to the murder of the prime minister
   (iii) There is little reason to altar (A) /alter (B) my decision
   (iv) The chairman remarks were not very apposite (A)/ opposite (B)
   A) ABBA
   B) BABB
   C) BABA
   D) BBBA
   E) BBAB
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: BBBA
3. (i) He accepted (A)/ excepted (B) my reason for being late
   (ii) The ministers drank to access(A)/ excess(B)
   (iii) That was a terrible accident (A)/ incident (B) in his life
   (iv) We must adopt (A)/ adapt (B) ourselves to the situation.
   (v) They must adopt (A)/ Adapt (B) the child if it is to be saved
   A) ABABA
   B) BABBA
   C) ABBBA
   D) BBBBA
   E) BAABA
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: ABBBA
4. (i) He used to be audited (A)/ addicted (B) to drinking but now he is devoted to his studies
   (ii) He acted on his lawyers advise (A)/ advice (B)
   (iii) The lawyer nodded in a/an assent (A)/ ascent (B) at 6.p.m
   (iv) We will avenge (A)/ revenge (B) the helpless and poor people
   (v) He stepped on the breaks(A)/ brakes (B).
   A) BBAAB
   B) ABBAB
   C) BAABA
   D) BBABA
   E) BBAAA
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: BBAAB
5. (i) My brother’s vocation (A)/ vacation (B) is banking
   (ii) These customs are a relics of barbarisms (A)/ barbarity (B)
   (iii) He could not bare (A)/ bear (B) such hardship
   (iv) Water ran down the creak (A)/ creek(B) rapidly
   (v) His acts were beneficent(A)/ beneficial (B) to all.
   A) AABBB
   B) ABAAB
   C) BABAB
   D) ABBAB
   E) BAABA
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: AABBB
6. (i) Kindly reserve a birth (A)/ berth (B) for me
   (ii) Shakespeare was borne (A) born (B) in Stafford
   (iii) The bridle (A)/ bridal (B) ceremony lasted for two hours
   (iv) They canvas (A) /canvass (B) strongly for their party.
   (v) There is a special cell (A)/ sell (B) for hard core criminals.
   A) ABABA
   B) BBBBA
   C) AAAAB
   D) BAABA
   E) BBABA
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: BBBBA
7. (i) His manner was rather ceremonious (A)/ ceremonial (B)
   (ii) The cession (A)/ cessation (B) of the territory was demanded by the British
   (iii) The bill will be introduced in the current (A)/ cession (B) session
   (iv) The teller was asked to cheque (A)/ check (B) his accounts
   (v) The mans attitude was too childish (A)/ childlike (B) for his age
   A) ABBBB
   B) AABBA
   C) ABABA
   D) ABBBA
   E) BBABB
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: ABBBA
8. (i) The speaker will cite (A)/ site (B) many reasons for our failure
   (ii) My work is the compliment (A)/ complement (B) of his
   (iii) Her speech was scarcely comprehensible (A)/ comprehensive (B)
   (iv) He spoke with baited (A)/ bated (B) breath.
   (v) The young man made his uncle confidant (A)/ confident (B).
   A) ABBBA
   B) ABABA
   C) BABBA
   D) BAABA
   E) AAABA
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: ABBBA
9. (i) I will keep your counsel (A)/ council (B) in mind
   (ii) She was conscientious (A)/ conscious (B) of her faults
   (iii) He is a contemptible (A)/ Contemptuous (B) chap
   (iv) He worked continuously (A)/ Continually (B) from morn till night
   (v) Corporal (A)/ Corporeal (B) Punishment is forbidden in schools..
   A) ABBAA
   B) BAAAA
   C) ABAAA
   D) ABBBB
   E) BBABA
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: ABAAA
10. (i) This coarse (A)/ Course (B) of action will eventually ruin us.
    (ii) The rumour was to far fetched to be credible (A)/ creditable (B)
    (iii) Drunkenness is not among his crimes (A) /vices(B)
    (iv) This custom habit (A)/ habitual (B) still exists among savages
    (v) The deceased (A)/ diseased (B) sheep were examined by the vet
    A) BAABA
    B) ABBAA
    C) AAABB
    D) BABAB
    E) BBBBA
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: BABAB