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Bank PO Exams Gereral English – Part 4

General English is a very vital part of all bank exams in India. Verbal questions are part of the syllabus for SBI Probationay Officer Exams, Punjab National Bank PO Exams, Allahabad Bank PO Exams, Punjab and Sind Bank PO Exams.

These questions can also be used for all competitive exams related to bank, especially for bank clerical exams,  Bank  IT officer exams, HR manager exams.

Fill in the blank with correct option.

1. _________ you meet my son in the market, ask him to come home at once.

1.will               2.while            3.should          4.would

2. Sanjay was sure _________ getting a first class in the examination.

1.at                  2.of                  3.on                 4.about

3. He has no objection_________ my proposal.

1.to                  2.for                3.in                  4.towards

4. Here are your shoes I _________ them.

1. just cleaned             2.just clean      3.has just cleaned 4.have just cleaned

5. _________ to Bombay tomorrow?

1.Do you going           2.Are you going          3.Are you went           4.Will you going

6. He _________ in the afternoon these days.

1. usually studies         2.usually studied         3.is usually studying 4.is usually studied

7.My uncle was afflicted _________ a serious illness and was almost confined _________ bed _________ more than two months.

1.by;on;for      2.by;on;since   3.with;to;for    4.to;to;since

8.Finding myself short _________ money, I wrote _________ my uncle _________ help

1.of;to;for        2.in;to;to          3.with;to;for    4.to;to;about

Choose the word which is MOST nearly the SAME in meaning as the word

9. DIMINUTIVE

1) enlarged      2) bright          3) small            4) admonitory             5) exhaustive

10. IMMUNITY

1) obligatory    2) impassive    3) impervious 4) excommunicate 5) susceptibility

Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word

11. OPPORTUNITY

1) proper time 2) high time     3) improper time 4) unfortunate 5) unlucky

12. HOLLOW

1) filled           2) solid            3) strong          4) substantial   5) sunken

Choose the one which expresses the meaning of the italicized word of the sentence.

13. Ritu asked Rashmi not to meddle in her affairs.

1. intercede     2.impose          3.cross             4.interfere

14. Many people feel queasy while travelling on a bus on hilly roads.

1. uneasy         2. mobile         3.drowsy         4.dynamic

15. I wrote to him as lately as last week.

1.late               2.recently        3.early                         4.immediately

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, classes of people US, different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.

16. Speech can be a curse, because it can
1. Reveal our intentions

2. Lead to carelessness
3. Hurt others

4. Create misunderstanding

17. A slip of the tongue’ means something said
1. Unintentionally

2. Wrongly by chance
3. Without giving proper thought

4. To hurt another person
18. The best way to win a friend is to avoid in speech
1. Ambiguity

2. Verbosity

3. Promposity

4. Irony

19. While talking to an uneducated person, we should use
1. Polite language

2. Ordinary speech
3. His vocabulary

4. Simple words

Bank PO Exams Gereral English – Part 3

General English is a very vital part of all bank exams in India. Verbal questions are part of the syllabus for SBI Probationay Officer Exams, Punjab National Bank PO Exams, Allahabad Bank PO Exams, Punjab and Sind Bank PO Exams.

These questions can also be used for all competitive exams related to bank, especially for bank clerical exams,  Bank  IT officer exams, HR manager exams.

Choose the one which expresses the meaning of the italicized word of the sentence.

1. His judicious handling of the matter saved the situation from going out of control.

1. nervous        2. helpful         3. sensible        4. cautious

2.The sight moved him to pity and compunction

1.confusion     2.wonder         3.regret            4.anger

3. Too many drugs are apt to cause distress.

1.misery           2.depression    3.suffering       4.melancholy

Fill in the blank with correct option.

4. The boy you met yesterday is in class _________

1.ninth            2.the ninth       3.nine              4.the nine

5. Will _________ you my dog while I am on tour?

1.look out        2.look up         3.look on         4.look after

6. Savita is disgusted _________ the habits of her husband.

1.of                  2.from                         3.with              4.at

7. I _________ this radio in Japan.

1.buy               2.have bought             3.was bought   4.bought

8. I _________ him for the last four years.

1.know            2.knew            3.have known 4.have been knowing

9. 1 once _________ my knee when playing.

1.hurt               2.hurted           3.have hurt      4.have hurted

10.A good judge never jumps _________ the conclusion

A )to                2.at                  3.on                 4.for                5.with

11.He was killed _________ a highway man a dagger.

1.by;for           2.by;with         3.in;for            4.with;for        5.in;with

Choose the word which is MOST nearly the SAME in meaning as the word

12. AMALGAMATE

1) synthesise    2) bubble         3) accurate       4) moderate     5) separate

13. CAPTIOUS

1) capable        2) detailed       3) tolerant        4) classical       5) basic

Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word

14. IHASTILY

1) deliberately 2) desperately 3) leisurely       4) quickly        5) quitely

15. SPREAD

1) express        2) prohibit       3) contain        4) contradict    5) avail

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

That artificial intelligence quotient should seek to replace the time-tested I.Q. as a measure of mental ability is perfectly in consonance with the present day standards in a plastic society. However, the battle over grey cells whether in human or mechanical minds, whose latest round has found Uncle Sam shedding crocodile tears over Japan’s failure to deliver on its promise to produce a fifth generation computer, may find the Asn Tiger Cubs- The under-35 Japanese researchers- having the last laugh. For, though all the boastful Tokyo talk a decade ago to build 1,000 processor computers to process knowledge —and not merely members which is all the Silicon Valley chips supposedly do- has remained just talk, the 180 young scientists in the 10-year venture have nevertheless made the big brains at Silicon Valley look rather silly with their product which has a yen for logical programming. The jubilation in the Valley may turn to depression when the inexorable logic of this development pulls down Washington from its pedestal of supercomputer supremacy.
16. Asian Tiger Cubs are
1. Young Japanese researchers

2. Mechanical minds
3. The big brains at Silicon Valley

4. Fifth generation computers
17. Uncle Sam reacts to their failure with
1. Sorrow

2. Depression

3. Jubilation

4. Insincere sorrow

18. What have the cubs failed to produce?
1. Numbers processing computer

2. Grey cells
3. The fifth generation computer

4. A plastic society

19. What have they succeeded in producing?
1. Grey cells

2. A fifth generation computer
3. A knowledge processing computer
4. A product which has a yen for logical programming

20. How is their success likely to affect Washington’s supremacy?
1. It is likely to make it look silly

2. It is likely to dislodge it
3. It is likely to have the last laugh
4. it is likely to produce jubilation in the Valley

Bank PO Exams General English – Part 2

General English is a very vital part of all bank exams in India. Verbal questions are part of the syllabus for SBI Probationay Officer Exams, Punjab National Bank PO Exams, Allahabad Bank PO Exams, Punjab and Sind Bank PO Exams.

These questions can also be used for all competitive exams related to bank, especially for bank clerical exams,  Bank  IT officer exams, HR manager exams.

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

The strength of the electronics industry in Japan is the Japanese ability to organise production and marketing rather than their achievements in original research. The British are generally recognised as a far more inventive collection ofjndividuals, but never seem able to exploit what they invent. There are many examples, from the TSR Z hovercraft,
high speed train and Sinclair scooter to the Triumph, BSA and Norton motorcycle which all prove this sad rule. The Japanese were able to exploit their strengths and marketing and
development many years ago, and their success was atfirst either not understood in the West or was dismissed as something which could have been produced only at their low price. They were sold because they were cheap copies of other people’s ideas churned out of a workhouse which was dedicated to hard grind above all else.
1. The main theme of this passage is

1. Electronics industry in Japan
2. Industrial comparison between Japan and Britain
3. The importance of original research in industry
4. The role of marketing efficiency in industrial prosperity
2. The TSR Z hovercraft, high speed train, Sinclair Scooter, etc are the symbols of
1. Japanese failure 2. Japanese success 3. British failure 4. British success

3. The sad rule mentioned in this passage refers to

1. The lack of variety in Japanese inventions

2. The inability of the Japanese inventive like the British

3. The poorer marketing ability of the British

4. The inability of the British to be industrious like the Japanese

4. According to the passage, prosperity in industry depends upon

1.Marketing ability

2. Productivity

3. Official patronage

4. Inventiveness

5. It is evident from this passage that the strength of a country’s industry depends upon

1.Electronic development

2. Dedicated workforce

3. Original research

4. International cooperation

Choose the word which is MOST nearly the SAME in meaning as the word

6. MANIFOLD

1) hidden         2) enrolled       3) simple          4) exact           5) stronghold

7. WARP

1) plush           2) web                         3) alienate        4) straighten    5) endure

Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word

8. OBVIOUSLY

1) obscurely     2) surely          3) indefinitely 4) certainly      5) roughly

9. EXTRAORDINARY

1) exceptional 2) unusual        3) dull 4) exact           5) plain

Fill in the blank with correct option.

10. She had just _________ down when the telephone rang.

1.laid               2.lain              3.lay 4             4.laining

11. building comprises _________ sixty

1.off                2.to                  3.with              4.of

12. Sunita decided to set _________ some time every day for pr1yers.

1.up                 2.in                  3.on                 4.aside

13. I _________ him last night.

1.met               2.have met       3.has met         4.was met

14. My uncle _________ yet.

1.does not arrive         2.did riot arrive           3.not arrived    4.has not arrived

15. The shop _________ at ten o’clock each morning.

1. is opening    2.opens            3.open                         4.opening

16.President Saddam Hussain has lived _________ the gun all his life.

1.with             2.for                3.by                 4.on                 5.through

17.The mother was anxious _________ the safety of her son.

1.at                  2.about            3.for                4.upon             5.with

Choose the one which expresses the meaning of the italicized word of the sentence.

18. He would have been successful, but for his lack of temerity.

1.audacity       2.sincerity        3.confidence   4.strength

19. He is quite meticulous in his dealings with others.

1. reserved       2. haughty       3. indifferent   4. very careful

20. Millionaires become eccentric in their old age.

1. irritable        2. peculiar        3. dull             4. miserable

Answers for  Bank PO Exams Gereral English – Part 2

Bank PO Exams General English – Part 1

General English is a very vital part of all bank exams in India. Verbal questions are part of the syllabus for SBI Probationay Officer Exams, Punjab National Bank PO Exams, Allahabad Bank PO Exams, Punjab and Sind Bank PO Exams.

These questions can also be used for all competitive exams related to bank, especially for bank clerical exams,  Bank  IT officer exams, HR manager exams.

Choose the word which is MOST nearly the SAME in meaning as the word

1. JOCOSE

1. dull 2. humorous    3. regulated     4. brief            5. exaggerated

2. PAMPER

1. neglect        2. scold           3. scorn           4. discourage   5. hate

Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word

3. NEGLIGENCE

1. diligence     2. punctuality 3. integrity      4. honesty       5. meticulousness

4. INSTANTLY

1. repeatedly   2. lately           3. immediately            4. slowly         5. awkwardly

Choose the one which expresses the meaning of the italicized word of the sentence.

5. Deepak has a penchant for fine poetry.

1.desire            2.bias               3.liking                        4.training

6. The inspector was a vigilant young man.

1. smart           2.watchful       3.ambitious      4.intelligent

7. Man has to encounter many hardships.

1.solve             2.face              3.bear              4.overcome

Fill in the blank with correct option.

8. Priya is not _________ for this kind of a job.

1.cut in            2.cut up           3.cut through   4.cut out

9. The waiter took the plates _________ after we had finished eating.

1.up                 2.off                3.away             4.out

10. It is fourteen years since I _________ him.

1.saw               2.have seen      3.did see          4.had seen

11. The sun _________ in the east.

1.rise                2.rises              3.is rise            4.is rises

12. He _________ a large family.

1.has                2.have              3.having          4.is having

13. ‘Where is your sister?’‘She _________ a bath.’

1.has                2.have              3.is having       4.had

14.The peasant refused to grovel _________ the feet of this master.

1.on                 2. about           3.upon             4.at                  5.by

15.It is dangerous to introduce _________ the enemy’s camp.

1.in                  2.into               3.on                 4.through         5.by

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Patience is better than wisdom an ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practice it. It is medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well of they could but think so.
16. Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to the author’s remark that ‘an ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains’?
1. Intelligence and wisdom can be attained only by practicing patience
2. Patience comes first, intelligence next
3. Patience is essential for every achievement in life
4. Without patience intelligence cannot be used properly

17. Which one is the most likely explanation, among the following of the author’s
metaphorical statement that ‘it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it
with’?
1. Patience is must for solving all our problems in life
2. Patience is a rare herb that cures all diseases
3. Patience is quite difficult to practice
4. It is only a small number of people that are found observing patience in life

18. The writer’s remark “They think every person’s burden to be light and their own
feathers to be heavy as lead” is very significant. It means
1. They are always worried and dejected
2. They consider their own problem to be difficult to solve as compared with problems of other people
3. They feel that they alone face serious problems while others have a nice time
4. They remain very much worried about their own problem

19. The writer’s remark ‘It is their fancy rather than their fate’ means
1. They are unhappy because they think that way and not because it is their destiny
2. They are fatalists rather than imaginative
3. They have a wrong approach to life
4. They are very much absorbed in their own problems

Answers for  Bank PO Exams Gereral English – Part 1

The following general English questions are part of the syllabus for SBI Probationay Officer Exams, Punjab National Bank PO Exams, Allahabad Bank PO Exams, Punjab and Sind Bank PO Exams.

Directions (Q.1-15): Choose the word is most nearly the SAME meaning as the word given

1.PATRONAGE

1) donation      2)support         3) espionage    4) beneficiary 5) dealings

2.TRAVERSE

1) mingle         2) frustrate      3) take             4) cross            5) resist

3.OFFEND

1) angry           2) hate             3)hurt              4) respect         5) discourage

4.FOUND

1) see               2) establish      3) realise          4) search          5) invent

5.RECUPERATE

1) recapture     2) eclaim          3)recover         4) onain           5) restore

6.ALMS

1) blessings      2charity           3) prayers        4) worship       5) wealth

7.ATTENUATE

1) repent          2) make thin    3) force            4) divide          5) flimsy

8. VINDICTIVE

1) revengeful   2) triumphant 3) strategic      4) demonstrative 5) bigoted

9. DISCOMFIT

1) litigate         2) ease             3) conflict        4) decree         5)frustrate

10.INDICT

1) condemn     2) reprimand    3) accuse         4) allege           5) contemn

11.OBSCENE

1)indecent       2) objectionable 3) condemnable 4) displeasing         5) beautiful

12.WRATH

1) violence       2) anger           3) hatred          4) jealousy       5) cruelty

13.ABSTINENCE

1) synchronic   2) torrential     3)sobriety        4) gluttony      5) penance

14.ERUDIATE

1) execute        2) expanse       3)academic      4) settle           5) harsh

15.TACITURNITY

1) dumbness    2) changeableness 3) hesitation 4)reserve       5) malice

Answers for Bank PO Exams Gereral English – Part 1

These questions can also be used for all competitive exams related to bank, especially for clerical exams, IT officer exams, HR manager exams.

Solutions for Bank PO Exams General English Part 1