RBI, SBI Clerical English Test Paper

RBI, SBI Clerical English Test Paper

English Practice Question Paper

Directions: Choose the most suitable ‘one word’ for the following phrases/expressions.

1. A person who brings goods illegally into the country

(a) Exporter

(b) Importer

(c)Smuggler

(d) Imposter

ANSWER: (c)

2. A place of ideal peace and happiness

(a) Asylum

(b) Utopia

(c) El Dorado

(d) Elysium

ANSWER: (d)

3. One who is honorably discharged from service?

(a) Emeritus

(b) Honorary

(c) Sinecure

(d) Retired

ANSWER: (a)

4. Cutting for stone in the bladder

(a) Dichotomy

(b) Tubectomy

(c) Vasectomy

(d) Lithotomic

ANSWER: (d)

5. Changing one’s mind too quickly

(a) Adaptability

(b) Instability

(c) Versatility

(d) Vacillation

ANSWER: (d)

6. To do away with a

(a) Cancel

(b) Repeal

(c) Obliterate

(d) Abrogate

ANSWER: (d)

7. A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics

(a) Statesman

(b) Diplomat

   (c) Whip

(d) Defector

ANSWER: (c)

8. Government by the representatives of the people

(a) Diplomacy

(b) Democracy

(c) Socialism

(d) Autocracy

ANSWER: (b)

9. One who loves books?

(a) Bibliophile

(b) Bibliographer

(c) Bibliophile

(d) Bibliophilist

ANSWER: (c)

10. A story in verse

(a) Elegy

(b) Hymn

(c) Sonnet

(d) Ballad

ANSWER: (d)

11. The list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a restaurant

(a) Agenda

(b) Menu

(c) Biotitic

(d) Catalogue

ANSWER: (b)

12. Printed notice of somebody’s death

(a) Condolence

(b) Calumny

(c) Obituary

(d) Ouija

ANSWER: (c)

13. Just punishment for wrong doing

(a) Nemesis

(b) Purgation

(c) Wrath

(d) Catharsis

ANSWER: (a)

14. A low-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure

(a) Cyclone

(b) Tornado

(c) Typhoon

(d) Hurricane

ANSWER: (a)

15. A fault that may be forgiven

(a) Mercenary

(b) Venial

(c) Pardonable

(d) Excusable

ANSWER: (b)

16. One who is likeable?

(a) Amicable

(b) Amiable

(c) Effusive

(d) Ebullient

ANSWER: (b)

17. A field or a part of a garden where fruit trees grow

(a) Park

(b) Nursery

(c) Yard

(d) Orchard

ANSWER: (d)

18. A woman of lax moral

(a) Prostitute

(b) Harlot

(c) Concubine

(d) Hostess

ANSWER: (d)

19. Using of new words

(a) Coinage

(b) Vocabulary

(c) Neologism

(d) Malapropism

ANSWER: (c)

20. One who is neither intelligent nor dull?

(a) Tolerable

(b) Commoner

(c) Mediocre

(d) Diligent

ANSWER: (c)

21. Person who gives written testimony for use in a law court

(a) Deponent

(b) Appellant

(c) Witness

(d) Litigant

ANSWER: (a)

22. Books, pictures etc. intended to arouse sexual desire

(a) Lewd

(b) Licentious

(c) Pornography

(d) Erotica

ANSWER: (c)

23. Careful in performing duties

(a) Punctual

(b) Punctilious

(c) Sincere

(d) Pugnacious

ANSWER: (b)

24. A thing liable to be easily broken

(a) Breakable

(b) Ductile

(c) Brittle

(d) Delicate

ANSWER: (c)

25. The branch of medical science which deals with the problems of the old

(a) Oncology

(b) Geriatrics

(c) Obstetrics

(d) Endocrinology

ANSWER: (b)