English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

Directions (1-5): For each of the following questions, a part or the whole of the original sentence has been bold. You have to find the best way of writing the bold part of the sentence. If the sentence is grammatically correct, mark option (e) .i.e. “No correction required”.

1. The concerned matter was referred back to the sports committee since the solution to the problem was different from the one proposed earlier.                                                               (2)

1. (1) referred back to the sports committee since the solution in the problem was different from the one proposed earlier.
2. (2) referred to the sports committee since the solution to the problem was different from the one proposed earlier.
3. (3) referred back to the sports committee since the solution to the problem was different than the one proposed earlier.
4. (4) referred to committee since the solution to the problem was different than the one proposed earlier.
5. (5) No correction required

2. Completing the mental examination, the memory loss was found to be diseased.                                         (2)

1. (1) Completed the mental examination, the memory loss
2. (2) Having completed the mental examination, the memory loss
3. (3) When the mental examination was completed, the memory loss
4. (4) The mental examination completed, the memory loss
5. (5) No correction required

3. The smaller firms in any industry sell either on a price or quality-of-workmanship basis.                          (3)

1. (1) The smaller firms in any industry sells either on a price or quality-of-workmanship basis.
2. (2) The smaller firms in any industry either sell on a price or quality-of-workmanship basis.
3. (3) The smaller firms in any industry sell on either a price or a quality-of-workmanship basis.
4. (4) The smaller firms in any industry sell on either a price or on a quality-of-workmanship basis.
5. (5) No correction required

4. Current economic conditions demand that we not only cut jobs and prices but also reduce the rate of interest on PF deposits.                                                                                         (5)

1. (1) that we not only cut jobs and prices but also
2. (2) not only cutting job and prices but also to
3. (3) not only to cut jobs and prices but also
4. (4) not only a cut in jobs and prices but also to
5. (5) No correction required

5. All-rounders in any cricket team, in theory, make good sense; in actuality, however, they are normally difficult to discover.                                                                                   (3)

1. (1) they were normally
2. (2) it is normally
3. (3) such players are normally
4. (4) it is usually expected that it is
5. (5) No correction required