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We have introduced "the 45 days study plan to crack SBI PO Prelims Exam 2017". This plan is specifically dedicated to Quantitative Aptitude, English Language & Reasoning and cover all types of questions asked in Bank PO exams. This will help you to prepare in a more efficient and systematic way. So, follow this post to keep updated with the plan.
We have introduced "the 45 days study plan to crack SBI PO Prelims Exam 2017". This plan is specifically dedicated to Quantitative Aptitude, English Language & Reasoning and cover all types of questions asked in Bank PO exams. This will help you to prepare in a more efficient and systematic way. So, follow this post to keep updated with the plan.
Directions (1-10): In each of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Q1. Die
(a) The rumours will soon die down
(b) Sadly this tradition died out in the early 1800s.
(c) The strong colour will die out with washing.
(d) As we moved away from the sea, the sound of the waves died down.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q2. Do
(a) I spent a month doing up the flat and I think it’s quite nice now.
(b) The death penalty has been done away in many countries.
(c) Do your best and leave the rest to God.
(d) When you do something up, you fasten it.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q3. Drop
(a) Ben finally dropped off to sleep after midnight.
(b) I thought I’d drop in and say hello.
(c) We will drop you off at the next stop.
(d) The fielder dropped off the catch.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q4. Eat
(a) She really enjoys eating out.
(b) Eat out your vegetables!
(c) The journalist had to eat up his words when the true story came out.
(d) We won’t eat in tonight.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q5. Fall
(a) She felled down and hurt her knees
(b) It’s great to have a friend to fall back on.
(c) Why does he always fall for the wrong women.
(d) The building is falling apart.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q6. Help
(a) This syrup will help ease your pain.
(b) I can’t help the colour of my skin.
(c) Ranjit may help him with the beer in the fridge.
(d) Do you really expect me to help you in this?
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q7. Reason
(a) Your stand is beyond all reason.
(b) Has she given you any reason for her resignation?
(c) There is no reason why you should behave like this.
(d) How do you deal with a friend who doesn’t listen to a reason?
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q8. Paper
(a) Your suggestions look great on the paper, but are absolutely impractical.
(b) Do you know how many trees are killed to make a truckload of paper?
(c) So far I have been able to paper over the disagreements among my brothers.
(d) Dr. Malek will read a paper on criminalization of politics.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q9. Business
(a) I want to do an MBA before going into business.
(b) My wife runs profitable business in this suburb.
(c) If we advertise we will get twice as much business as we have now.
(d) How you spend your money is as much my business as yours.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Q10. Bundle
(a) He made a bundle in the share market.
(b) It was sheer luck that brought a bundle of boy-scouts to where I was lying wounded.
(c) The newborn baby was a bundle of joy for the family.
(d) Mobile operators are offering a bundle of additional benefits.
(e) All the sentences are correct
Directions (11-15): A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Four sentences are LOGICAL connected, one sentence is out of the context. Find the ODD SENTENCE.
Q11. A. Only now and again sadness fell upon me, and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.
B. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded.
C. On the day when the lotus bloomed, Alas, my mind was straying, and I knew it not!
D. That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it seemed to me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion.
E. The 21st century children are immune to such virus.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q12. A. The people of India are giving in nature , sometime they steal because of poverty.
B. Take the fresco at Mahabalipuram called ‘Arjuna’s Penance’.
C. The magnificent figures in the main frieze and narrative, carved out of the rock, are themselves a mix of the divine and the humorous.
D. But, most tellingly, not far from the main frieze, are the figures of two monkeys, one picking lice from the other’s hair.
E. It’s an astonishing example of how this country’s traditions of miniaturist converge with its epic stories.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q13. A. Gandhi was jailed many times for his protest again the British.
B. This is precisely the greatness of any classical work; that is can lend itself for any interpretation at any given era, far removed from its own time, because of its eternal appeal.
C. This total assimilation is reflected in his translation.
D. Although Gandhi was commissioned to do the translation, the Tirukkural was in his genes, inherited from his maternal grandfather who had translated it 1930.
E. He was so ‘smitten’ by this celebrated work, having read and re-read it several times over, that it became a part of his intrinsic cultural psyche.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q14. A. McCorvey’s case came to be adopted by people far more powerful than she.
B. They made her the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit seeking to legalize abortion.
C. The case ultimately made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, by which time Mc Corvey’s name had been disguised as Jane Roe.
D. The defendant was Henry Wade, the Dallas County district attorney.
E. On January 22, 1973, the court advised in the favor of The UNICEF, allowing legalized education for children throughout the country.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q15. A. Forgetfulness means that you are a genius according some famous people in the field of psychology.
B. You then forget the essential fact that, underneath the level of physical appearances and separate forms, you are one with all that is.
C. It is this screen of thought that creates the illusion of separateness, the illusion that there is you and a totally separate “other.”
D. It comes between you and yourself, between you and your fellow man and woman, between you and nature, between you and God.
E. Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Colours fade and don’t die out.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The death penalty has been done away with in many countries.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The fielder dropped the catch.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Eat up your vegetables!
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. She fell down and hurt her knees.
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Help himself to.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Who doesn’t listen to a reason is wrong usage as it conveys an unclear message.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Paper over the disagreements is wrong usage.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Runs a profitable business.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Bundle of boy-scouts is wrong usage.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 3rd is the opening element as it introduces the topic of reflection, which relates to the blooming of lotus. The 3rd and 2nd sentence are sequential as ‘the mind was straying’ leads to ‘the flower was unheeded’. As the basket remains ‘empty’ (2nd sentence), the author feels sad and dreamy (1st sentence); ‘that vague sweetness’ in the 4th refers to ‘feeling a sweet fragrance’ in the 1st sentence; the 5th sentence introduces the irrelevant idea about 21st century school children which is bogus. So, CBAD are in logical order. Option E is odd sentence.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th is the opening general statement that moots the discussion on the ‘quirky…’ in the midst of an epic. The 4th and 3rd illustrate the point with a frieze from a monument; The 2nd sentence gives additional information (most tellingly), 1st is irrelevant sentence according to the passage. Hence, EDCB are in logical order. Option A is odd sentence.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 2nd sentence serves as the opener as it is a general statement about the timelessness of the interpretation of literary works. The 4th sentence supports the assertion made in the 2nd sentence. The 5th sentence talks about Gandhi using pronoun ‘He’ followed by 3rd which uses the word ‘assimilation’ that refers to ‘read and re-read’ in the previous sentence. The 1st is irrelevant sentence according to the passage. So, BDEC are in logical order. Option A is odd sentence.
S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st sentence opens the discussion on McCorvey’s case. The 2nd (‘they’ refers to ‘people’ in the 1st sentence) and 4th sentences talk about the plaintiff and the defendant of the case. The 3rd sentences talk about the progression and culmination of the case. Hence ABDC are in logical order but Option E is clearly out of the context sentence. In Option E, UNICEF is mentioned which is irrelevant according to the context of the passage.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th sentence moots the problem of identification with the mind; the 4th gives examples of how ‘it blocks the different relationships’. The 3rd extends the idea further; the 2nd sentence talk about the result of identification with the mind and thoughts. EDCB are in logical order but Option A is clearly out of the context sentence. In option A, the idea about forgetfulness is absurd according to the context. Hence Sentence A is ODD sentence.
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