English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option ‘D’ is the answer.

1. The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.                                        (3)

1. 1. hell bent on getting
2. 2. hell bent for getting
3. 3. hell bent upon getting
4. 4. No improvement

2. When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the protestant leaders joined the princes at crushing them.                                                    (2)

1. 1. into crushing
2. 2. in crushing
3. 3. without crushing
4. 4. No improvement

3. If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.                  (3)

1. 1. If the room was brighter
2. 2. If the room are brighter
3. 3. Had the room been brighter
4. 4. No improvement

4. The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge. then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger than measured 11 feet and 6 inches.                                                     (2)

1. 1. improved
2. 2. broken
3. 3. bettered
4. 4. No improvement

5. his powerful desire brought about his downfall.                                                                    (2)

1. 1. His intense desire
2. 2. His desire for power
3. 3. His fatal desire
4. 4. No improvement