Sbi po English quiz Directions: 1 – 10 A word has been used in four different ways in the sentences that follows. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage is incorrect or inappropriate.
Q1. Deal
(a) He has a great deal of support from the people.
b) His father deals in diamonds.
c) Deal with this complaint the way you feel fit.
d) She was asked to deal three books to each student.
e) None of the above
Q2. See
(a) I can’t understand what she sees in him.
(b) I can still see through my daughter as she was years ago.English based on new pattern capsule
c) The last fifty years have seen sweeping changes in technology
.(d) She could not see the task through as she fell ill.
E) None of the above
Q3. Know
(a) Millions in our country have known poverty for generations.
(b) She knows to write well.
(c) We do not yet know the solution to this problem.
d) Many top politicos were in the know of the scam for a very long time.
e) None of the above
Q4. Look
(a) She is looking really pretty in that pink dress.
(b) We are looking at the possibility of relocating
(c) We look to have good year in the B-School.
(d) The business seems to be looking up this year.
(e) None of the above
Q5. Mean
(a) The average of 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 is 6 whereas the mean is 5.
(b) I believe; I’ll be meant to the job.
(c) His criticism of others is often petty and mean.
(d) His physical handicap makes his selection to the B – school no mean feat.
(e) None of the above
Q6. Tag
(a) They tagged the telephone trying in vain to reach each other.
b) The shirt was tagged at Rs. 1500.
c) He moved on with several people tagging along.
d) The teacher asked them to add a tag question to every sentence.
e) None of the above
Q7. Hold
(a) Can the roof hold all that weight?
(b) The restaurant holds 400 diners.
(c) The rule holds in most cases.
d) Let’s hold till we have more data.
(e) None of the above
Q8. Form
a) The captain of the team, generally low profile, was in unusual form during the crisis.
(b) The map shows the form of North America with its mountains, rivers, and plains.
(c) Being confined to one’s house under house arrest is a form of punishment
.(d) The inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached.
e) None of the above
Q9. Refer
(a) This story refers an incident during the Second World War
(b) He referred the complaint to another department.
c) Students asked several questions referring to yesterday’s lecture.
(d) The teacher constantly refers the students to their studies.
e) None of the above
Q10. Set
a) Let’s set the error down to inexperience.
b) It is wise to set food and money by in case of a future emergency.
c) A parent must set a good example for the children.
D) Evening was setting as I took the road over the hill.
E) None of the above
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ANSWERS for Sbi po english quiz
S1. Ans.(d)Sol. In option D, the word ‘deal’ doesn’t fit appropriately. In other sentences, it is correctly used.
S2. Ans.(d)Sol. In option A, B and C the word ‘see’ is correctly used but in option D, its usage is inappropriate.
S3. Ans.(c)Sol. The word ‘know’ is not correct according to the context of the sentence. In other sentences, ‘know’ is correctly used.
S4. Ans.(b)Sol. In option B, the usage of the word ‘look’ is not appropriate. It can be replaced correctly by ‘considering’ or with any other word.
S5. Ans.(b)Sol. In option B, the word mean is incorrect. It can be replaced by ‘considered’ or ‘selected’Or any other word.
S6. Ans.(a)Sol. In sentence A, the use of word ‘tag’ is not appropriate. In option C, the phrasal verb ‘tag along’ is used. It means tag along (after someone)-to follow along after someone; to go along with someone.
S7. Ans.(d)Sol. In option D, the word ‘hold’ is incorrect. It can be possibly replaced by ‘wait’ or any other appropriate word.
S8. Ans.(b)Sol. The word ‘form’ in the sentence B is inappropriate. In Option A, C and D the usage of word ‘form’ is correct.
S9. Ans.(b)Sol. In the second option, the use of the word ‘refer’ is not appropriate.
S10. Ans.(a)Sol. In option A, the use of word ‘Set’ is not correct. We need some other word to make the intended meaning clear.