SBI PO Previous Papers : English Language - Fill Up the Blanks (Double Spaces) - Set 1

English Language - Fill Up the Blanks (Double Spaces)

Directions (1-10) : Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. (SBI Associate Banks PO Exam 14.02.1999) 

1. Vision is usually ___________ most effectively when many different ___________ are used.
1. developed - manifestations
2. adapted - organisations
   
3. communicated - vehicles
4. exhibited - forms
5. described - thought
2. People who have been through difficult, painful and not very ___________  change efforts often end up ___________  both pessimistic and angry conclusions.
1. successful - drawing
2. meaningful - projecting
3. reliable - evolving
4. strong - following
5. challenging - lamenting

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SBI PO Previous Papers : English Language - Phrase Replacement (Set 1)

Directions (1-15) : Which of the phrases (1), (2),(3) and(4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no change is required, mark (5) as the answer. (Asked in SBI PO Exam. 09.01.2005) 

1. The military has highly sophisticated simulators on which soldiers train.

1. which soldiers training on
2. on which soldiers have trains
   
3. which the soldiers do train
4. on which the soldiers have been train
5. No change required

2. Any policy of social welfare will be likely to face resistance from vested interests.

1. would be like facing
2. will be likely facing
3. is likely to face
4. is likely to be facing with
5. No change required 

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SBI PO Previous Papers : Reasoning - Ranking / Arrangement (Set 1)

Reasoning (Ranking / Arrangement) Practice Test from SBI PO Previous Papers

Directions (1-4) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : (SBI Associate Banks PO Exam. 18.07.2000) 

(1) Six boys B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 and six girls C1, C2„C3, C4, C5 and C6 are standing in rows in such a way that each girl faces one boy, not necessarily in the same order.

(2) C1 is to the immediate right of the girl who is facing 55 the boy at the extreme right. Only B2 is between B4 and B5. B6 is to the immediate left of B1 and to the immediate right of B3. C3 is facing Bi and. is to the immediate left of C2. C6 is third to the left of C4. 

1. Which of the following girls is facing B4 ?

1. C5
2. C4
3. C3
4. C6
5. None of these

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SBI PO Previous Papers : English Language - Sentence Rearrangement (Set 1)

Sentence Rearrangement Questions Asked in SBI PO dated 20th August 2000

Directions : Rearrange the following seven sentences A, B, C, D E, F and G in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them :

• (A) The history of that system is, however, a warning than a stimulus to reorganize a similar scheme. 
• (B) However, we can't resign ourselves merely because there are no data
• (C) One of the commonest risk which agricultural life is exposed to in this country is famine or failure of crops.
• (D) There are, however, no reliable data on which such scheme of insurance can be based. 
• (E) A kind of Famine insurance system was attempted by the British Government of India in the last century. 
• (F) Still, the need for such a scheme to cover the losses due to famine, cattle plague crop pests, etc., can't be undermined.
• (G) It is obviously because of failure of rain and the consequence is starvation.  

1. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after re-arrangement ?
1. A
   
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
2. Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence after re-arrangement ?
1. E
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. E
3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after re-arrangement ?
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. E
5. F

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SBI PO Previous Papers : Reasoning - Classification (Set 1)

Reasoning (Classification) Practice Test from SBI PO Previous Papers

1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ? (SBI Banks PO Exam. 11.02.2001)
1. 131
2. 151
3. 181
4. 171
5. 161
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ? (SBI Banks PO Exam. 11.02.2001)
   
1. Anxiety
2. Anger 
3. Sorrow
4. Joy
5. Feeling
3. Which of the following does not have the same relationship as that of Cloth : Garments ? (SBI Banks PO Exam. 11.02.2001)
1. Leather : Footwear
2. Wood : Furniture
3. Earthen pots : Clay
4. Gold : Ornaments
5. None of these

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SBI PO Previous Papers : English Language - Common Errors (Set 1)

Questions asked in SBI Associates PO Exam dated 16th July 2000

Directions (1-5) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

1. This laboratory of physics is (1)/ not only equipped with (2) / all state-of-the-art instruments (3) / but also with outstanding physicists (4) / No error (5)
2. No method of making (1) / other people agree to (2) / your view-point is (3) / as effective as this method (4) / No error (5)
3. I was pretty sure that (1) / he would support my views (2) / for changing the age-old (3) / and static structure of our organization.  (4) / No error (5)
   
4. I did not like his (1) / comments on my paper (2) / but I had no alternative (3) / as I had agreed to keep quiet.  (4) / No error (5)
5. The report is candid and admitting (1) / that the investment by the government (2) / in health and family planning (3) / have been eroded considerably  (4) / No error (5) 

Solutions :

1. (2) Equipped not only with should be used in place of not only equipped with.
2. (1) When we compare two things belonging to the same group, we use no other. Where as when two things belonging to different groups are compared, we use no. 
3. (3) Views should be followed by on and not for. 
4. (5) No error. 
5. (4) Have been should be replaced with has been.

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SBI PO Previous Papers : Reasoning - Argumentation (Set 1)

Directions (1-5) : In making decision about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish be-tween "Strong" arguments and "Weak" arguments so far as they relate to the questions. "Strong" arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the questions or may be related to a trivial aspect of the questions. (Asked in SBI Banks PO Exam. 20.08.2000) 

Instructions : Each question be-low is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a "Strong" argument and which is a "Weak" argument. 

Give answer (1) if only argument I is "strong".

Give answer (2) if only argument II is "strong". 

Give answer (3) if either I or II is "strong". 

Give answer (4) if neither I nor II is "strong", and 

Give answer (5) if both I and II are "strong". 

1. Statement : Should government established higher level Institutes of Technology (IIT's) be privatised ?

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SBI PO Previous Papers : Reasoning - Conclusions / Inferences (Set 1)

Reasoning (Conclusions / Inferences) Practice Test from SBI PO Previous Papers

Directions (1-2) : Given below is one passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the pas-sage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity. (SBI Associate Banks PO Exam. 14.02.1999) 

Mark, if you think answer

(1) the inference is 'Definitly True' i.e. it properly follows from the statement of facts given. 

(2) the inference is 'Probably True' though not 'Definitely True' in the light of the facts given.

(3) the 'Data are Inadequate' i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false.

(4) the inference is 'Probably False' though not 'Definitely False' in the light of the facts given. 

(5) the inference is 'Definitely False' i.e it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given or it contradicts the given facts.

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SBI PO Previous Papers : English Language - Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS 

Directions (1-3) : Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in bold. (SBI Associate Banks PO Exam. 21.07.2002)

1. PREDISPOSED

1. Reluctant
2. Unprepared
3. Ready
   
4. Hesitant
5. Interested 

2. STRESS

1. Enforce
2. Emphasise
3. Pressurise
4. Suppress
5. Implement 

3. AFTERMATH

1. Devastation
2. Disharmony
3. Posterity
4. Consequence
5. Contemporary 

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