English Questions for SBI Clerk 2018: 31 March
Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
- 1) Pakistan has for the first time admitted to the presence / 2) of India’s most wanted terrorist, Dawood Ibrahim, / 3) on its earth, but has said that / 4) he has now been chased out and could be in the UAE. / 5) No error
- 1) The Delhi Government will set up seven laboratories / 2) in East Delhi to test, verify and calibrate / 3) the work and reference standards of different types of balances, / 4) weights and measuring equipments used in shops or establishments. / 5) No error
- 1) Samajik Suvidha Sangam, also known as Mission Convergence, / 2) is the most unique initiative of NCT of Delhi / 3) for holistic empowerment of women from vulnerable and / 4) most vulnerable sections of society. / 5) No error
- 1) The Supreme Court has sought a response of the Centre / 2) on a PIL seeking effective functioning of the / 3) human rights courts in the country / 4) to further the cause of according social justice. / 5) No error
- 1) Caught napping by the powerful mining Mafia after a bid / 2) on the life of the SDM, the police has now booked / 3) the driver of the tractor trolley and / 4) filed an FIR against him. / 5) No error
Directions (Q. 6-10): Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) A contract for the supply of the necessities of life, as per status of the party, to a minor, is a valid contract.
(B) It further states that “every person is competent to contract who is of the age of maturity according to the law he is subject to and who is of sound mind and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.”
(C) As per the Indian Contract Act, 1872, “when the age of maturity has been provided by law to be 18 years, any person less than that age, even by a day, would be a minor in law.”
(D) In case of all other contracts, a minor may repudiate his promise or consent.
(E) In the same way, a minor can also recover money from others, if advanced, since a minor can be a beneficiary.
(F) The essence of this is that a minor is not competent to enter into a contract.
(G) This affects his capacity to hold, acquire or dispose of property.
6. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
7. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) F 2) G 3) A 4) B 5) C
8. Which of the following would be the LAST (SEVENTH) sentence after rearrangement?
1) G 2) E 3) F 4) D 5) A
9. Which of the following would be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) B 2) A 3) D 4) E 5) F
10. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) G 2) A 3) E 4) C 5) B
Answers:
- 3; Replace ‘earth’ with ‘soil’
- 3; Replace ‘work’ with ‘working’
- 2; Replace ‘the most’ with ‘a’
- 1; Replace ‘of’ with ‘from’
- 2; Replace ‘has’ with ‘have’
- 3; CBFGAED
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 5
