2016 SBI CLERICAL MAIN --also useful for SBI PO PRELIMINARY EXAM
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Q 1-5. Rearrange
the following sentences (A),(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H) and (I) in the
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given
below them.
A.
The reserved seats meant for the poor
thanks to money power.
B.
In elite schools and unfortunately,
there are many people who don’t fall within
C.
India’s education sector, be it for rich
or the poor, is dismal.
D.
The Economically Weaker Section (EWS)
category, but still hog
E.
The poor are at a loss because they cannot
pay for it.
F.
Then, even among the poor, only those
who have proper documents
G.
There are other problems in the sector
as well : the rich can buy seats
H.
While the rich demand quality and see it
as a right since they can afford it.
I.
Can claim the benefits of free education
1. Which
of the following would be the SEVENTH sentence after rearrangement?
a)
I b) F
c) C d)
G e) A
2. Which
of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
a)
F b) C
c) H d)
D e) B
3. Which
of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
a)
G b) B
c) H d)
D e) F
4. Which
of the following would be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?
a)
E b) D
c) A d)
C e) I
5. Which
of the following would be the NINTH sentence after rearrangement?
a)
I b) D
c) G d)
H e) C
Q.6-10 In each
of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of
words have been denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which
pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentences in the same
sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
6. Quality
of _____ is in the focus in the 12th Five-Year Plan for _____
implementing the right to education.
a)
Qualification, frugally
b) Teaching, successfully c)
Lecture, carefully
d)
Inculcating, favourable
e) Instruction, triumphantly
7. Although
the work has been _____, the authority is examining the road to make sure
whether the ______ during the construction work have been followed or not.
a)
Completed, standards b) Cherished, prototype c)
Exhaustive, speicified
d)
Synonymous, ethics e) Expurgated, guide
8. _________
threw acid on a sales girl who was _____ home after day’s work at a nearby
showroom.
a)
Felony, shattering b) Ministers, liberalizing c)
Police, fascinating
d)
Guards, describing e) Miscreants, returning
9. Children
should have at least 60 minutes of _______ to vigorous exercise a day,
including _______ part in sports, brisk walking and running.
a)
Cautious, making b) Moderate, taking c)
Considered, setting
d)
Impartial, rounding e) Judicious, hailing
10. _______
sewage water from damaged line is further _______ to the woes of not only
commuters, but also the people living in the vicinity.
a)
Aggregated, tallying b) Incorporated, following c)
Acquired, connecting
d)
Accumulated, adding e) Assembled, combining
11. The audiences for crossword (a)/ and Sudoku,
understandably (b)/ overlap greatly, but (c)/ there are differences, too (d)/
No error (e)
12. The
balance of power (a)/ will shifting (b)/ to the east as (c)/ China and India
evolve (d)/ No error (e)
13. All I
do (a)/ was report on (b)/ how consumers react (c)/ to different stimuli (d)/
No error (e)
14. We
should not be hopeless (a)/ addicted to an enormous belief (b)/ that corruption
in India is (c)/ caused by the crookedness of Indians (d)/ No error (e)
15. The
inreasonable man (a)/ is the sort of person (b)/ who comes to confide (c)/ in
you when you are busy (e)/ No error (e)
Q. 16-25. Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it certain
words are given in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of
the questions.
Service has
increasingly assumed an important role in the economic development of many
countries, including India. Almost all developed countries and many developing
countries are emerging as service economy or service societies. An economy is
called a service economy when the contribution of the service sector to the GDP
of the nation is more than 50 percent. USA was the first economy to be declared
as a service economy back in 1948 with about 53 percent contribution of the
service sector to the GDP of the nation. There is an argument that the
statistics of the service sector’s contribution in many countries is a gross
underestimation of the truth, since the value of the services produced by manufacturers
of goods in the industrial sector is not included in service output value. As
such, there is a large hidden service sector that is not classified under the
service sector.
Services are becoming a critical
source of wealth in many ways to the economies. Economies experienced increase
in employment with the growth in service sector. While employment in the
manufacturing sector is receding every year, employment in the service
sector is rising. Even in times of economic recession unlike in the manufacturing
sector, the service sector has kept employment up.
All human beings are service
producers as well as consumers. We cannot imagine our life in the absence of
services. Transportation, education, communication, health care, hospitality,
entertainment, banking, information technology, electricity and a host of
services have become a part of our lives. In fact, the concept of service is as
old as humankind and began when man started serving himself (self servicing).
When a part of the society became affluent it started utilizing the service of
others at a price. Then service became a business proposition. Over the years,
services have grown in different ways throughout the world. However, until the
beginning of the 20th century, the focus of the economies was to
produce more and more tangible goods and sell agricultural and manufactured
product. Service such as accounting, banking, insurance and transportation were
considered as support to the manufacturing units.
In the beginning, throughout the world
most services were in the public sector.
Most organizations enjoyed the status of monopoly. The situation of excessive demand over supply
and absence of competition or negligible competition led many service
organizations to be insensitive to the marketing concept. The management and the marketing literature
developed until the 1970s depicted manufacturing organizations and suggested
that the same philosophies and technology be applied to the service organizations
also.
The deregulation of services in many parts of the world during
the early1980s particularly in the areas of banking and insurance
telecommunications, transportation and health
care services led to intensified competition among various organizations
identify the gap between the available technical support and the support that
is required to face the distinctive marketing challenges. The American Marketing Association took up
the task of developing marketing technology and organized a series of marketing
conferences on themes related to services marketing. One of the prominent works that appeared in
the late 1970s was the writings of Lynn Shostack.
In 1977, Lynn Shostack, the then
Vice President at Citi Bank, wrote an article `Breaking free from product
marketing’ in the Journal of Marketing.
This article influenced the course of thought related to merely adopting
product marketing a labels does not resolve the question of whether product
marketing can be overlaid on service businesses. Could marketing itself be `myopic’ in having
to create relevant paradigms for the
service sector? Since then, efforts are
on the develop new concepts, strategies and techniques for handing marketing
problems of service organization.
During the 1980s and later,
there has been a huge growth in the
number of publication and research reports with empirical base. Several key issues and concepts were brought
forth, including service quality, customer relationship marketing, internal
marketing, internal marketing designing of service packages, interactive
marketing moments of truth, service encounter management, customer evaluation
process, customer perceives service quality, service failures and recovery
strategies, losses of customer defections and so on.
16. What
is the condition for ascertaining an economy to be a ‘service economy’?
a)
That the economy has adequate infrastructure facilities
b)
That the contribution of the service sector to the GDP of the nation is
more than 50 percent.
c)
That the economy should have a sound governance system.
d)
That the service sector must offer more than 50 percent of job
opportunities
e)
That the service sector is controlled, prominently by government sector
only.
17. US
was the first economy to be declared as service economy registering how much
percent contribution to GDP?
a)
54 b) 50
c) 51 d)
53 e) 20
18. Which
of the following sectors were not deregulated during the1980’s?
a)
Transportation b) Banking & Insurance c)
Telecommunications
d)
Health care services e) Tourism
19. Which
of the following is FALSE in context of the passage?
a) All
human being are service producers as well as consumers.
b) During
the beginning of the 20th century, services such as accounting,
banking, insurance were considered as support to the manufacturing units.
c) Lynn
Shostack was the Vice President at Citi Bank.
d) Many
economies have experienced increase in employment with the growth of service
sector.
e) India
contributes more than 50 percent to the GDP of the nation.
20. Which
of the following questions can not be answered after reading the passage?
a) Has
the level of employment risen in the service sector, in the recent times?
b) What
is the name of the article written by Lyn Shostack?
c) State
the activity under taken by the American Marketing Association to develop the
marketing techonology?
d) When
did the service sector enter Indian market?
e) Which
was the first economy to be declared as a service economy?
21. Which
of the following is TRUE in context of the passage?
a) India
is a developed country therefore service sector can never play an important
role in its development
b) The
globalization and liberalization along with deregulation of services led to
intensified competition among various organizations.
c) The
growth in size of business made the organizations identify the gap between the
available technical support and the support that is required to face the
distinctive marketing challenges.
d) During
the beginning of 18th century, services were a part of the
manufacturing sector.
e) The
management and the marketing literature developed until the 1970s.
Q.72-75. Choose
the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word printed in
bold as used in the passage.
22. Receding
a)
disappearing b) increasing c)
disturbing d)
retiring e) retreat
23. Negligible
a)
insignificant b) careless
c) critical d)
importance e) intense
24. Critical
a)
appreciative b) dangerous c)
crucial d) accurate e)
peilous
25. Prominent
a)
popular b) obscure
c) famous d)
passable e) tolerable
Q.26-35. In the
following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These
numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested,
one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in
each case.
Among the biggest worries of working
couples today is day care for children and, now, elders. While good day care
centres, although expensive, are available for children, such facilities are
absent for (26). Working couples constantly worry about the safety of
the elderly at home. They shudder to think of accidents that can occur due to
faulty electricity connection, cooking gas leakage and a (27) in the
bathroom, and dangers from service providers. In many instances, even people
well known to aged couples have caused them harm.
Since nuclear families have become
the norm in India, the number of working couples and senior citizens living
alone during day time has increased tremendously. Paid caretakers are neither
trustworthy nor (28), especially for the middle class. Day Care Centers
are a good idea because many elders do not like to move into senior citizen
homes. They are (29) to adjust with strangers and adopt a different
lifestyle late in their lives. They do not want to be cut off from their
children and grandchildren. The elders are picked up and dropped back home
every evening. Working couples do not have to worry about them. According to
the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA), there are more than 4,600
adult day care centres in the U.S. However, this concept is not (30) in
India. DCCs should be (31) staffed, keeping in mind the needs of elders.
Generally, the staff consist of a director, a social worker, a registered
nurse, a driver, a secretary, an accountant and assistants who (32) in
personal care. A well-run DCC should focus on enriching the lives of elders –
building upon their skills, knowledge, and unique abilities and strengths. The
activities usually include arts and crafts, music, and recreation, Mental
stimulation games, gentle exercises, discussions on books and films, outdoor
and indoor games, weekly outings and birthday celebrations also form part of
the activities. There are health support services such as blood pressure
monitoring, vision screening and counselling for depressed seniors. The staff
of DCCs should be sensitised to the needs of senior citizens and trained in (33)
friendly service. The needs of the physically challenged should be taken care
of by specially trained persons.
The correct way to promote
successful ageing is to ensure that elders stay connected with others and
remain unchanged in some activity of their liking. A DCC does exactly this.
Some DCCs can offer programmes that include children. If a DCC and a child care
centre are located in the same building, seniors can engage themselves in
teaching music, painting, drawing, story-telling and other activities .
Enjoyable activities keep the elderly busy. Chatting with others of their age
group helps them drive away (34). A DCC should have a library, a
computer room, resting rooms with comfortable bedding, senior-friendly rest
rooms, television, and a canteen to provide healthy and timely food. DCCs can
charge daily, weekly or monthly fees. They should be moderate and affordable.
Running DCCs would be suitable for young entrepreneurs who want to experiment
with non-traditional business ventures. This business has a social welfare
angle to it. It will offer comfortable income to them since India has a
significantly large number of pensioners, and middle-class caregivers will not
mind (35). NGOs, too, can enter the field and charge nominally for their
services.
26. a) Elders
b) children c)
adults d) women
e) men
27. a) Odour
b) shiver c)
matter d) comfort
e) slip
28. a) Unsophisticated b)
social c) psychological d)
affordable
e)
reliable
29. a) Confinement b)
reluctant c) definite d)
willing e) confident
30. a) Trivial
b) monotonous c)
common d) standard e)
delighted
31. a) Surprisingly b)
hopefully c) cunningly d)
adamantly
e)
adequately
32. a) Aid
b) promote c)
benefit d) compensate e)
rescue
33. a) Checking
b) rendering c)
reading d) grasping
e) complicating
34. a) Wisdom
b) vulnerable c)
loneliness d) solidarity e)
mobility
35. a) Showing
b) caring c)
driving d) paying
e) restoring
Q.36-40.
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is
given. These are indicated as (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these four
words printed inbold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in context of
the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriated if
any. The alphabet of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold
are correctly spelt & also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark
(e)“All correct” as your answer.
36. Two terminally(a)
ill patients suffering from liver and kidney diseases, got a new lease(b)
of life when an accident victim’s (c) organs were transported (d)
to them All correct (e)
37. Officials
said that because of early fog and hazy (a) predicted by the meteorological
(b) department, many trains had already been cancelled while others (c)
started several hours behind schedule (d) All correct (e)
38. The
monument constructed (a) as homeage (b) to the martyrs (c) was
given a facelift (d) a few days before the anniversary of its
construction All correct (e)
39. India
saw tremendous (a)growth in its
fortunes in recent years because of the increased adaptability (b) and
productivity of its human resource, leading to a spur (c) in demand of
our skills in different industries worldwide (d) All correct (e)
40. The
patient required blood transfusion (a) every fortnite (b) and his
monthly earnings (c) did not allow him to bear expenditure on procurement
(d) of blood on a regular basis All correct (e)
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1. (e)
2. (c) 3.
(a) 4. (b)
5. (a)
The arrangement is CHEGBDAFI
The paragraph throws light upon the plight of Indian education system
where the rich and the poor have different objectives to achieve in education.
While the poor cannot afford good education the rich can buy everything they
want with money.
6. (b) Teaching,
successfully
For other options:
Frugally (adv) – economically
Inculcating (v) –
developing
Triumphantly
(adv) – In a jubilant manner
7. (a)
Completed, standards
For
other options:
Cherished
(v) – enjoyed
Exhaustive
(adj) – comprehensive
Synonymous
(adj) – similar to
Expurgated
(v) – to remove something objectionable from a book etc.
8. (e) Miscreants – wicked persons, returning
For
other options:
Felony
(n) – Crime
Shattering
(v) – breaking
9. (b)
Moderate – balanced, taking
For
other options:
Impartial
(adj) – Not favouring someone
Judicious
(adj) – based on justice
Hailing
(v) – welcoming
10. (d)
Accumulated – collected, adding
For
other options:
Tallying
(v) – Comparing
Incorporated
(v) – Included
Assembled
(v) – Connected
11. (e)
12. (b)
use ‘will shift’ instead of ‘will shifting’
13. (b) ‘is
report on’ should be used in place of ‘was report on’
14. (a)
use ‘hopelessly’ instead of ‘hopeless’
15. (e)
16. (b) 17.
(d) 18. (e)
19. (e) 20.
(d) 21. (c)
22. (b)
Receding
23. (e)
24. (a) 25.
(b)
26. (a)
Elders
27. (e)
Slip
For
other options:
odour
(n) = smell
Shiver
(v) = shake
28. (d)
Affordable
For
other options:
Unsophisticated
(adj) – basic
Reliable
(adj) – trustworthy
29. (b) Reluctant
For
other options:
Confinement
(n) – imprisonment
30. (c)
Common
For
other options:
Monotonous
(adj) – not interesting
Delighted
(adj) – showing pleasure
31. (e)
Adequately
For
other options:
Adamently
(adv) = inflexibly
32. (a)
Aid
For
other options:
Compensate
(v) – give something for loss occurred
Rescue
(v) – to save
33. (b)
Rendering
For
other options:
Checking
(v) – controlling
Grasping
(v) – taking in/understanding
34. (c)
Loneliness
For
other options:
Solidarity
(n) – unity
Mobility
(n) – ability to move freely
35. (d)
Paying
For
other options:
Restoring
(v) – bring back to a previous situation
36. (d) ‘Transplanted’
is the appropriate word
37. (a) ‘Haze’
should replace ‘hazy’ – a noun is to be used
38. (b) ‘Homage’
is the correct spelling.
39. (e)
40. (b) ‘Fortnight’
is the correct spelling
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