English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

Directions (1-5):
In each of the following sentences, part/parts of the sentence is/are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

1. In pursuance of their decision to resist what they saw as anti-labor policies, the company employees’ union launched agitation to ____________ .                 (4)

1. (1) show their virility
2. (2) reaffirm their commitment to the company
3. (3) bring down the government
4. (4) demonstrate their strength
5. (5) make their demands completely fulfilled

2. The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition as it has developed up to now, with all its diverse proponents, is that it consists of a ____________ Plato.                      (1)

1. (1) series of footnotes to
2. (2) set of prologues to
3. (3) collection of chapters on
4. (4) string of commentaries to
5. (5) compilation of events

3. The interest generated by the soccer World Cup is ____________ compared to the way cricket ____________ the nation.            (2)

1. (1) milder, fascinates
2. (2) lukewarm, electrifies
3. (3) tepid, inspires
4. (4) unusual, grips
5. (5) ruthless, controls

4. No doubt, it was our own government but it was being run on borrowed ideas, using ____________ solutions.                    (2)

1. (1) worn out
2. (2) second hand
3. (3) impractical
4. (4)appropriate
5. (5)meager

5.  The telephone symbolizes that awkward ____________ in all communication technologies; while it ____________ to bring us together, it keeps us apart.           (1)

1. (1) paradox, needs
2. (2) irony, intends
3. (3) paradox, tries
4. (4) irony, wishes
5. (4) paradigm, targets