English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

1. The INS Arihant, India’s first nuclear ballistic missile submarine that completed its sea patrol earlier this month, will contribute significantly to making India’s deterrence capability more …………………. (3)

1. 1. serene
2. 2. maintain
3. 3. robust
4. 4. frail
5. 5. fragile

2. Submarine-based nuclear capability is the most survivable leg of a nuclear triad, and its benefit must be seen ……………… in the light of the growing naval capabilities of India’s potential adversaries. (4)

1. 1. digitally
2. 2. suddenly
3. 3. hurriedly
4. 4. especially
5. 5. Both (b) and (c)

3. While it is true that India’s deterrence capability is a work in progress, there is ………………… a need to carry out an objective assessment of what INS Arihant can and cannot do, and the implications thereof.          (1)

1. 1. nevertheless
2. 2. since
3. 3. but also
4. 4. moreover
5. 5. thereof

4. Cricketing reputations are sometimes made or shattered based on how a player performs against Australia.
That’s been something of a …………….. ever since the West Indies began its free fall after losing to Australia in the mid-1990s.                (3)

1. 1. disputed
2. 2. hurdle
3. 3. trend
4. 4. remorse
5. 5. stand

5. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 100 international centuries, but even today his splendid 114 at Perth during the 1992 tour of Australia is regarded as one of his……………………. (5)

1. 1. worst
2. 2. cutest
3. 3. rarest
4. 4. farthest
5. 5. finest