English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

Directions (1-15): For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word/phrase from the alternatives that is most the appropriate substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.

1. Batten: As the economy grows worse, investors need to batten down the hatches and prepare for tough times ahead.             (4)

1. 1.bereave
2. 2. forfeit
3. 3.oust
4. 4.fix
5. 5.drain

2. Consecrate: The little company of seven determined to consecrate their union by vows.             (4)

1. 1.enter
2. 2. smear
3. 3.desecrate
4. 4.dedicate
5. 5.rehearse

3. Burly: Several burly guards bowed to Sirian and Rissa and trailed them into the street.            (2)

1. 1.scrawny
2. 2. sturdy
3. 3.frail
4. 4.twiggy
5. 5.lean

4. Inured: Does violence on television inure children to violence in real life?              (2)

1. 1.disdain
2. 2. familiarize
3. 3.laxity
4. 4.scorn

5. Chimera: She notes that in Greek mythology, that third was known as a chimera.           (1)

• 1.delusion
• 2. dope
• 3.verity
• 4.papability
• 5.gospel