English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

Directions (Q.1-5): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

1.North Korea often fires short-range missiles _____ tensions rise on the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang gets particularly upset ____ the annual U.S.-South Korea drills, which, it says, are preparations for an invasion. (4)

1. 1. were,for
2. 2. for,on
3. 3.to,at
4. 4. when,about
5. 5. on,at

2.The Southern Railway has launched an initiative ____ would enable women travelling on long-distance overnight trains to request _______ change of their berth. (5)

1. 1.for,that
2. 2.so,for
3. 3.for,at
4. 4.that,so
5. 5. that,for

3. Nehra has shown terrific ambition to prove his critics wrong. The old warhorse from Delhi has been the real ______ package and former India coach Greg Chappell must be wondering how Nehra, likened to a brittle, thin wafer, has ______ to pull off this seeming miracle. (3)

1. 1.managed,flown
2. 2.set,watch
3. 3.surprise,managed
4. 4. wish,for
5. 5. initiative,which

4.Thirteen banks, led by State Bank of India (SBI), ______ by Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi and advocate Robin Ratnakar David, told a Bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Nariman _____ the liquor baron is said to have left the country on March 2, the day they approached the DRT. (1)

1. 1.represented,that
2. 2.that,for
3. 3.shown,at
4. 4.won,as
5. 5. which,managed

5.North Korea has a large stockpile of short-range missiles and _____ developing long-range and intercontinental missiles as well. The missiles fired ___ Thursday flew about 500 km (300 miles) off its east coast city of Wonsan and were likely from the Soviet-developed Scud series, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. (2)

1. 1.for,set
2. 2.is,on
3. 3.was,at
4. 4.will,since
5. 5. has,from