English Objective Test For SBI Clerks and other Exams
English MCQ Practice paper for Clerical Exams
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer questions based on this passage
Passage
Ernest Rutherford was the son of a Scot emigrant to New Zealand.> His parents;
had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state
primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships
to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of
following an academic career. He was no bookworm. He was good in any rough
and-tumble and a keen football player. But he was good at Latin and he had 's passion
for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At Nelson College, a state boarding school,
he was an outstanding pupil, he sat for a scholarship to Canterbury College and this
was because his masters. expected it of him, and he won it.” There, Rutherford as a
student was fascinated by Hertz's work on radio waves and he began to conduct his
own experiments in the 'clock room of the college, where the students, hung their gowns.
1. Rutherford was his parent’s ........ child.
(a) Last
(b) Only
(c) Fourth
(d) Second
ANSWER: (c)
2. Nelson College was a
(a) State boarding school in New Zealand
(b) College in England
(c) School in Scotland
(d) School in the United States
ANSWER: (a)
3. Rutherford sat for a scholarship test because
(a) He was an outstanding student.
(b) He was a bookworm
(c) He thought of following an academic career.
(d) His masters wanted him to do that.
ANSWER: (d)
4. Rutherford carried out his own private experiments in
(a) Some corner of the cloakroom of Nelson College
(b) Some corner of the cloakroom of Canterbury College
(c) A corner of the room allotted to him in the boarding house
(d) In the laboratory 'of Nelson College
ANSWER: (b)
5. The phrase ‘mechanical bent’ suggests that Rutherford
(a) Was quite mechanical
(b) Was devoid of human warmth, emotion, feeling, intelligence etc.
(c) Did things and Q lived, as thoughtlessly as a machine
(d) Had an aptitude for the science of machinery
ANSWER: (d)
Directions : Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed
by a question on it. Ready each paragraph carefully and answer the question
given below it :
6. Though the waste of time or the expenditure on fashions is very large, yet
fashions have come to stay. They will not go, come what may. However, what is
now required is 'that strong efforts should be made to displace the excessive
craze for fashion .from the minds of these youngsters.
The passage best supports the statement that:
(a) Fashion is the need of the day.
(b) The excessive craze for fashion is detrimental to one’s personality.
(c) The hoard for fashion should be done away with so as not to let
down the constructive development.
(d) Work and other activities should be valued more than the outward appearance.
ANSWER: (c)
7. The prevention of accidents makes. It necessary not only that safety devices be
used to guard exposed machinery but also that mechanics be instructed in
safety rules which they must follow for their own protection, and that lighting in
the plant be adequate.
The passage best supports the statement that industrial accidents-
(a) Are always avoidable
(b) May be due to ignorance
(c) Cannot be entirely overcome
(d) Can be eliminated with the help of a safety rules
(e) Usually result from inadequate machinery
ANSWER: (d)
8. Industrial exhibitions play a major role in a country’s economy. Such exhibitions,
now regularly held in Delhi, enable us to measure the extent of our own less
advanced industrial progress and the mighty industrial power and progress of
countries like the U.K., U.S.A. and Russia whose -pavilions are the centers of
the greatest attention and attractions.
The passage best supports the statement that the industrial exhibitions-
(a) Greatly tax the poor economies
(b) Are more useful for the developed countries like U.S.A. whose
products stand out superior to ,those of the developing countries
(c) Are not of much use to the countries who are industrially backward
(d) Boost' up production qualitatively and quantitatively by analytical
comparison of a country’s products with those of the developed countries .
ANSWER: (d)
Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the word which can be
substituted for the given phrase/sentence.
9. A man who has not been married
(a) Solitary
(b) Widower
(c) Bachelor
(d) Spinster
ANSWER: (c)
10. One who is easily led
(a) Tenable
(b) Usurious
(c) Tractable
(d) Subservient
ANSWER: (c)
11. Something that relates to everyone in the world
(a) Usual
(b) General
(c) Universal
(d) Common
ANSWER: (c)
12. An animal with four complete digestive cavities or stomachs
(a) Carnivore
(b) Ruminant
(c) Candelabra
(d) Proboscis
(e) Matador
ANSWER: (b)
Directions: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the
blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
13. It was almost impossible for him to put out of his mind the........ wards which he
heard from his clever father-in-law
(a) Inspiring
(b) Witty
(c) Sarcastic
(d) Soothing
(e) Exhortative
ANSWER: (b)
14. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was one of the chief ........ of women’s rights.
(a) Promoters
(b) Facilitators
(c) Instigators
(d) Organizers
(e) Protagonists
ANSWER: (e)
15. Success comes to those who are vigilant not to permit ........ from the chosen path.
(a) Diversion
(b) Deviation
(c) Obstruction
(d) Alienation
(e) Distraction
ANSWER: (b)
Directions: In each sentence below, there are two blank space. Below each sentence some pairs of words are given which are numbered (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Pick out the most appropriate pair to fill in the blanks in the same order, to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
16. Cholesterol has long been identified as a silent killer because the patient has no ….. of the danger freely ….. his system.
(a) Idea, Infecting
(b) Thought, Attacking
(c) Notion, Ravishing
(d) Inkling, Traversing
(e) Information, Invading
ANSWER: (e)
17. Insurance companies are perfectly ...... of the greed some people show in ...... illnesses in order to get big settlements in the courts.
(a) Conscious, Serious
(b) Known, Ailing
(c) Informed, False
(d) Aware Faking
(e) Acquainted, Perfect
ANSWER: (d)
18. Unfortunately, trade unions and organizations of various denominations have failed to realize that ...... understanding; positive attitude and constructive approach are basic requirements to make unions work on ….. lines.
(a) Common, True
(b) Cooperative, Better
(c) Mutual, Sound
(d) General, Desired
ANSWER: (c)
19. He shifted to his late parents house not because of the........ it provided but for purely ........ reasons.
(a) Convenience, Sentimental
(b) Grace, Aesthetic
(c) Value, Monetary
(d) Comforts, Personal
(e) Benefit, Extraneous
ANSWER: (a)
20. India’s........ armory needs replacement despite its long-term indigenization plans and leading international arms industries are eager to sell their
latest ….. to the Indian Armed Forces.
(a) Exhausted, Innovation
(b) Old, Equipment
(c) Exorbitant, Instruments
(d) Fake, Production
(e) Ageing, Gadgetry
ANSWER: (e)
