SBI CLERK EXAM 27.05.2012. Practice Set 2

SBI CLERK EXAM 27.05.2012 Read the passage and answer the question given below. 1.Why did the landlord lie about the necklace? (a) Bhupati had ordered him to lie about the necklace (b) It was a conspiracy between him and the poor farmer (c) He wanted to prove that the old servant was lying. (d) He did not like the priest and wanted to get him punished (e) He didn’t know anything about it and wanted to get rid of the guards. See Answer 1.e

2.Why did the poor farmer run? (a) He was worried that the guards would reach his house before him. (b) He was in a hurry to reach home and hide the stolen necklace (c) He saw the royal guards running after him and thought they would arrest him (d) He had stolen the necklace and did not want to be interrogated by the guards (e) He wanted to reach the landlord's house before the guards reached there. See Answer 2.c

3.According to the passage choose the true one from the following? (a) The royal guards were polite to all four men (b) The priest was on his way to the temple (c) The necklace was made of big and small rubies (d) None of these (e) The necklace guards did not hear the old servant scream See Answer 3.b

4.What did the chief minister do in order to find out who the actual culprit was? (a) He asked the soldiers to keep a thorough watch on the old servant (b) He directly asked Bhpati if he had stolen the princess’s necklace (c) He interrogated all the four men (d) He hid near the jail and overheard the conversation among the four men (e) He sent a spy and asked him to find out the actual culprit See Answer 4.d

5.Why did the chief minister decide to intervene in the case of the stolen necklace? (a) He already knew that all four men were innocent. (b) He suspected that the landlord was the actual culprit and wanted to get him punished (c) He knew that Bhupati was an honest ministeer and would never do such a thing (d) He suspected that the old servant was the actual culprit (e) He knew that the poor farmer was dim-witted and that he had created all the confusion See Answer 5.c

6.Who among the following was the actual culprit? (a) One of the royal guards (b) The monkey (c) Bhupati, the minister (d) The poor dimwitted farmer (e) The old and trusted servant See Answer 6.d

7.What did the old servant realize when she woke up? (a) That the princess had already left. (b) That there were monkeys in the palace garden (c) That the princess’ necklace was missing from her hands (d) That a poor farmer had stolen the necklace (e) That the princess had snatched the necklace from her hands See Answer 7.c

8.Why did the king present the diamond necklace to his daughter? (a) The king wanted to test the princess’ ability of handling expensive things. (b) She liked ornaments and had grown very fond of the diamond necklace (c) She had demanded the necklace from him (d) The king liked to give expensive gifts to his daughter (e) The kind did not like ornaments and had no use of the necklace See Answer 8.b

9.What did the king do after the necklace was found? (a) He apologized to all the four men (b) He rewarded the chief minister and thanked him (c) He rewarded the guards (d) He took the necklace away from the princess (e) Not mentioned in the passage See Answer 9.a

10.Arrange the following incidents in a chronological order as they occurred in the passage. (A) The old servant dozed off (B) The monkeys were offered bananas (C) A jeweler visited the king  (D) The landlord pointed towards the priest (a) DBAC (b) CADB (c) DABC (d) BDCA (e) DBCA See Answer 10.b

11.Direction (11-13)Find Synonyms/Similar words from the passage. 11.TUGGING (a) Cheating (b) Stealing (c) Cheating (d) Pushing (e) Pulling See Answer 11.e

12.PRECIOUS (a) Valuable (b) Best (c) Biggest (d) Ordinary (e) Worthless See Answer 12.a

13.DOZED OFF (a) Waited (b) Dreamt (c) Slept (d) Nodded (e) Sat See Answer 13.c

Direction (14-15) Find Antonyms/Opposite from the passage 14.TREMBLING (a) Scared  (b) Tensed (c) Calm (d) Quite (e) Shaking See Answer 14.c

15.CAUGHT HOLD (a) Nabbed (b) Picked up (c) Let go (d) Plunged (e) Slipped off See Answer 15.c

Direction (16-20) Choose missing set of words for each blank for meaningful correct as a whole 16.She would prefer______travel early rather______during peak hours. (a) at,about (b) for,to (c) to,than (d) in,so (e) not,if  See Answer 16.c

17.Her purse was______at the bus stop so she______a complaint at the nearest police station. (a) sneaked,put (b) taken,did (c) stolen,filed  (d) given,gave  (e) left,register See Answer 17.c

18.The______of rural schools is poor as______to their urban counterparts. (a) functions,like (b) situation, contrast (c) progress,unlike  (d) condition,compared  (e) state,matched See Answer 18.d

19.They______their best,but were______to retrieve and data from the computer. (a) tried,unable (b) gave,sorry (c) showed,able  (d) thought,happy  (e) sent,unsuccessful See Answer 19.a

20.They______invited all the members of the association______,the inauguration. (a) want,by  (b) had,by (c) had,at  (d) can,in (e) have,for   See Answer 20.e

Direction (21-25) Find the common errors. 21.Ajay was adamant /(a) on finishing the /(b) work before leaving /(c) by the day /(d) No error /(e) See Answer 21.d→ “by” will be replaced by “for”

22.His teacher was pleasantly /(a) surprised when she learned /(b) that despite the all problems /(c) participated /(d) No error /(e) See Answer 22.c→”despite the all” will be replaced by “despite all the problems”

23.His brother is /(a) not only a good /(b) guitarist but also /(c) a good singer /(d) No error /(e)See Answer 23.e

24.The priest then request /(a) all the wealthy men to /(b) donate at least some money /(c) for building a new temple /(d) No error /(e) See Answer 24.a→”request” will be replaced by “requested”

25.He have started /(a) making a note of /(b) his appointments as /(c) he tends to forget them /(d) No error /(e) See Answer 25.a→”have” will be replaced by “has”

Direction (26-30) replace the phrase with meaningful grammatically correct. 26.Came what may,she never misses a single sermon. (a) Come what me be (b) Come whatever may (c) Come what may (d) Came what may be (e) No correction required See Answer 26.c

27.Peter won the race fair and square. (a) fairly and square (b) fair square  (c) fair not square  (d) fare and square  (e) No correction required See Answer 27.e

28.He decided to play in time in the hope that the prices would decrease. (a) played for time (b) play for time  (c) play the timing  (d) play the time  (e) No correction required See Answer 28.a

29.The painter never let anyone sneaks a peek at his work before it was finished. (a) sneak a peek (b) sneak and peek  (c) sneaking and peeking  (d) sneak a peeks  (e) No correction required. See Answer 29.b

30.We must get to the heart in the matter Instead of going through the preliminaries. (a) heart that mattered (b) hear of matters  (c) heart of the matter  (d) heart for the matter  (e) No correction required See Answer 30.c

Direction (31-40) Cloze test 31. (a) got (b) reached  (c) visited  (d) asked (e) came See Answer 31.e

32. (a) call (b) referring  (c) addressed  (d) knows  (e) written See Answer 32.c

33. (a) given (b) told (c) refers  (d) said  (e) is See Answer 33.c

34. (a) set (b) put  (c) steal  (d) broken  (e) give See Answer 34.a

35. (a) give (b) stick  (c) keep  (d) say  (e) hurl See Answer 35.e

36. (a) finish (b) hit  (c) push  (d) started  (e) telling See Answer 36.d

37. (a) selected (b) get  (c) saw  (d) scared  (e) drew See Answer 37.e

38. (a) help (b) watch  (c) tease  (d) hurl  (e) remember See Answer 38.c

39. (a) delight (b) happiness  (c) sadness  (d) indifference  (e) plight See Answer 39.a

40. (a) cursed (b) called  (c) smiled  (d) thanked  (e) yelled See Answer 40.d