English MCQ  for SBI PO 2018: 26 April

Directions (Q. 1-5): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Bank under a contract of guarantee is bound to honour its guarantee and its obligation to pay is primary and independent of the underlying contract between the customer on whose behalf the guarantee is given and the beneficiary.

(B) Guarantee issued by banks mainly are financial guarantee, performance guarantee, deferred payment guarantees and statutory guarantees.

(C) A bank guarantee is a contract by which the bank guarantees a certain sum to a person/entity on the customer failing to fulfil any contractual or legal obligation to the said person/entity.

(D) The only exception for a bank not to make payment under a guarantee is when a fraud exists, which must be proved beyond doubt, or special equity is in favour of the debtor.

(E) This has been settled by the various decisions of the Courts.

1. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

1) A            2) B                 3) D                     4) E                             5) C

2. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

1) C            2) A                3) B                       4) D                            5) E

3. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

1) A             2) E               3) D                      4) C                              5) B

4. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

1) B             2) D              3) C                       4) E                               5) A

5. Which of the following would be the LAST (FIFTH) sentence after rearrangement?

1) E            2) D               3) A                      4) B                               5) C

Directions (Q. 6-10): 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.)

6. 1) Farmers in Singur who had promised back / 2) their plots that had been acquired / 3) for the abandoned Tata Motors project / 4) are turning restive by the day. / 5) No error

7. 1) A European friend with whom I discussed the contexts, / 2) wanted to sea a translation of it / 3) and, during our spare moments, I hurriedly / 4) dictated and he took it up. / 5) No error

8. 1) I verily believe that / 2) whatever professor Gokhale does he does / 3) with pure motives and with a / 4) view to serve India. / 5) No error

9. 1) It is a bad habit to say that another / 2) man’s thoughts are bad and ours only are good / 3) and that those holding different views from us / 4) are the enemies of the country. / 5) No error

10. 1) Virginia Woolf grew up in a large and / 2) talented family, educating in her father’s / 3) magnificent library and / 4) meeting many men of letters. / 5) No error

Answers:

(1-5); C B A E D

1. 5
2. 3
3. 1
4. 4
5. 2
6. 1; Replace ‘had’ with ‘had been’
7. 4; Replace ‘up’ with ‘down’
8. 4; Replace ‘serve’ with ‘serving’
9. 3; Replace ‘us’ with ‘ours’
10. 2; Insert ‘herself’ after ‘educating’