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State Bank Of India (SBI) Clerk Exam On 03.06.2012 1st sitting : General English Solved Questions Paper And Answers Paper

Direction(1-15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words! phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Sheela and Jairam were a poor old couple. Their only possession was one cow. Once,
Jairam fell very sick. Soon all their money was used up in buying medicines and they
realised that they would have to sell their cow in order to bear the rest of the
expenses. Sheela decided to go to the market and sell the cow. She set off, leading
the cow by a rope. On the way, she met four young men. They were the local bullies
who enjoyed teasing and tormenting old people. When they saw old Sheela with her cow,
they decided to play a trick. One of them sneaked up behind her, untied the cow and
tied a goat in its place. Sheela had been walking immersed in thought, worried about
Jairam Suddenly she heard a goat bleat behind her. She turned around and was surprised
to see that her cow had vanished. She was leading a goat to the market. The four
bullies came up to her and said, "There is magic in the air these days. See, it turned
your cow into a goat." Poor Sheela walked on with the goat. After a little while, the
boys untied the goat and tied a rooster in its place. The rooster crowed and Sheela was
surprised again. The goat had turned into a rooster ! The four bullies shouted, "Magic
in the air, Grandma." She resumed walking with the rooster in tow. After a few minutes
the boys crept up again, untied the rooster and tied a log of wood in its place. A few
moments later Sheela realised that she was dragging a log of wood with a rope. Again,
the bullies shouted, "Magic in the air, Grandma." After a few minutes, the boys untied
the log of wood too and ran away with it. When Sheela finally reached the market, she
feend4hat-she-had-nothing but a rope in her hand. She came back home dejected as she
had lost the cow. She told Jairam the whole story. He immediately understood what had
happened. "Make chapatti, vegetable and kheer for lunch tomorrow," he said. "Cook for
atleast four people. I will come home with some guests. As soon as they come you must
say, 'I cooked what the rabbit told me. Come, eat your lunch.' Leave everything else to
me," Jairam reassured her. The next morning Jairam went and borrowed two identical
rabbits from a friend He left one at home, tied the other one with a string and started
walking towards the market with it. On the way he too met the four bullies. 'Hey
Grandfather they yelled, "Your wife's cow vanished yesterday. Where are you taking this
rabbit now ?" Jairam sighed sadly and said, "This rabbit is like my son. It obeys
everything I say. But now I am sick and we need money, so I am going to sell it in the
market." The four bullies were surprised when they heard this. "Does it really understand
what you say, Grandfather ?" they asked. Jairam replied, "Of course it does. Here,
watch me." Jairam turned towards the rabbit and said, 'Hop home and tell Sheela to make
chapattis, vegetable and kheer for four people." Then he untied the string and let the
rabbit hop away. He turned towards the four boys and said, "Come home and have lunch with
me." When they reached his house his wife welcomed them and said, "I cooked what the
rabbit asked me to cook. Come, eat your lunch.' She served the chapattis, vegetable and
kheer to all of them. The four bullies were stunned when they saw the rabbit sitting in
the corner. They told Jairam, "We will buy your rabbit." Jairam pretended to think and
said, "It is very precious to me." The four bullies immediately offered him a higher price.
Jairam showed some reluctance. The moment he agreed to sell the rabbit they paid him the
money and left with the rabbit immediately. The four bullies decided to test the rabbit's
abilities. They had been blackmailing a landlord for money. So they told the rabbit, "Go
and tell the landlord to bring us the money within ten minutes." The rabbit hopped off.
They waited for an hour but the landlord did not come with the money. They marched to his
house and yelled, "Give us the money and our rabbit." The landlord had been waiting for
a chance to teach these bullies a lesson He ordered his strongest bodyguard to give them
a good thrashing. Bleeding and bruised they went back to Jairam's house and said, "You
fooled us. Return our money at once." Jairam simply smiled and said, 'The money has
disappeared! There is magic in the air."

1. Why did Sheela and Jairam decide to sell the cow ?
(1) They had spent all their money on Jairam's sickness and needed more money
(2) Sheela wanted to buy a rooster and they needed money for that
(3) They were fed up of the four bullies and wanted to teach them a lesson
(4) They wanted to invite the four bullies for lunch and needed money for buying the ingredients
(5) They owed money to the landlord

2. Why was Jaram reluctant to soil the rabbit'
(1) He only pretended to be reluctant m order to loot the bullies
(2) Ho was fond of the Who rabbit and did not want to sell it to the billies
(3) He wanted to gift the rabbits to the Landlord
(4) Ho knew that the bullies would not take good care of the rabbit
(5) Ho wanted to sell the rabbit in the market and got a better price for it

3. Which of the following maybe an appropriate title to the passage ?
(1) Magc in the air
(2) Never steal a cow
(3) The strongest bodyguard
(4) The smart bullies
(5) The obedient rabbit

4. What did Shoola do after roach ng the market empty handed'
(1) De:tenoned to earn money. she managed to sell the rope that she was left with
(2) She returned home ((elected and narrated the whole ncidont to her husband
(3) She bought two rabbi's and devised a plan to get back at the buttes
(4) She went to the landlord and complained about the betties
(5) She went home and cooked lunch for her husband and herself

5. What did the low bullies tie to Shoela's rope immediately after untying the cow ?
(I) ikiag of wood
(2)A rooster
(3)A rabba
(4)Agoa
(5) Not mentioned in the passage

6. Why were the (cur bullies surprised when they were talking to Jairam ?
(1) They knew that Jairam was sick and had not expected to see him
(2) They had not opectedJairam to invite them for lunch
(3) They could not behove that the rabbit could understard and obey Jairam
(4) They know that Jairam did not own a rabbi and were surprised to see him with one
(5) they ociukl not believe that Jairam knew the rabbit's language

7. What did the four babes see when they reached Jairam's house
(1) They saw that two rabbis were sitting in the corner
(2) They saw that Sheeta had not prepared any lunch
(3) They saw the cow they had stolen from Sheela on the previous day
(4) They saw the log of wood taw had bed to Sheela's rope
(5) They saw that the same rabbit was sating in the corner

8. Mange the following incidents in a chronological order as they occurred in the passage.
(A) Jaram and Sheola needed money
(8) The four bullies son: tho rabbit to the Landlord
(C) Sheela cooked chapattis. vegetable and Moot
(D) The four bullies tied a log of wood to the rope
(1) ADBC
(2) ACDB
(3) ADCB
(4) DABC
(5) DACB

9. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?
(1) The four boys liked to help old people
(2) Jairam asked Stwela to cook lunch for atleast four people
(3) The rabbit could understand Jairam
(4) Jaiiam could not trick the lour boys
(5) None is :MO

Direction(11-13) : Choose the word / group of words which is most similar in the meaning to the word / group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

11. Thrashing :
(1) Garbage
(2) Beating
(3) Shouting
(4) Warning
(5) Rejection

12. Possession :
(1) Control
(2) Power
(3) Custody
(4) Keeping
(5) Belonging

13. Vanished :
(1) Gone missing
(2) Was found
(3) Was killed
(4) Was left behind
(5) Had exchanged

Direction(14-15) : Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

14. Agreed :
(1) Decided
(2) Arranged
(3) Accepted
(4) Declined
(5) Fixed

15. Dejected :
(1) Happy
(2) Hurried
(3) Crestfallen
(4) Slowly
(5) Angrily

Direction(16-20) : Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

16. The students ____ not reach on time ___ of the transport strike.
(1) can - as
(2) could - because
(3) may - account
(4) will - despite
(5) should - for

17. They were _____ to vacate that house as ____ as possible.
(1) asked - soon
(2) ordered - easy
(3) shown - early
(4) told - later
(5) found - fast

18. The teacher _____ the concept by ____ practical examples.
(1) showed - telling
(2) gave - speaking
(3) liked - citing
(4) found - looking
(5) explained - quoting

19. The manager told us _____ Ramesh was very anxious ______ the meeting.
(1) about - in
(2) that - before
(3) like - during
(4) the - for
(5) said - after

20. She did not tell ____ that she ____ attended the party.
(1) someone - have
(2) no one - has
(3) him - not
(4) her - can
(5) anyone - had

Direction(21-25) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error 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.)

21. The shepherd counted / his sheep and found / that one of / them is missing.
(1) (2)                      (3) (4)
No Error
     (5)

22. The teacher were / impressed by her performance / and asked her to /
(1) (2) (3)
participate in the competition. No Error
(4)   (5)

23. She asked her / son for help her /find a place to bury / the gold ornaments.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
No Error
   (5)

24. The painter was / ask to paint a / picture of the king, / sifting on his throne.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
No Error
   (5)

25. The story was / about how an / intelligent man had saving / himself from being robbed.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
No Error
    (5)
 
Direction(26-30) : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? ff the sentence is correct as it is and `No correction is required', mark (5) as the answer.

26. They are yet to decided about buying the new furniture.
(1) still decide
(2) yet to decision
(3) yet to decide
(4) still decided
(5) No correction required

23. Rohan's mother was feed up of his laziness.
(1) fed up in
(2) fed off
(3) feeds up of
(4) fed up of
(5) No correction required

28. She was just looking outside the window when a beautiful bird caught the eye.
(1) catch the eye
(2) eye catching
(3) caught her eye
(4) catch her eyes
(5) No correction required

29. They sent out the invitations last evening.
(1) send out
(2) sending out
(3) sent at
(4) sending in
(5) No correction required

30. He had to bear the brunt of his father's mistakes.
(1) bear the burnt
(2) bear the burns
(3) bear a brunt
(4) bear and burn
(5) No correction required

Direction(31-40) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Emperor Akbar was fond of  (31)  tricky questions to Birbal. One day he asked Birbal
what he would  (32)  if he were given a choice between justice and a gold coin."The
gold coin," said Birbal. Akbar was  (33)- aback. He had known Birbal for many years
and he knew that Birbal was a just person Then how could he choose the gold coin.
"You would prefer a gold coin to justice ?" he asked, incredulously. "Yes," said
Birbal. The other courtiers were amazed by Birbal's  (34)  of idiocy. For years they
had been trying to discredit Birbal in the emperor's eyes but without success and now
the man had gone and  (35) it himself ! They could not believe their good fortune.
"I would have been dismayed if even the lowliest of my servants had said this,"
continued the emperor "But coming from you it's shocking - and sad. I did not  (36)
you were so debased! I never expected this from you. How could you be so shallow ?"
One  (37)  for what one does not have, Your Majesty !" said Birbal, quietly. "You
have  (38)  to it that in our country justice is available to everybody. So as justice
is already available to me and as I'm always  (39)  of money I said I would choose
the gold coin." The emperor laughed. He thought to himself, should have known that
Birbal would come up with a witty reply as always.' He was so pleased with Birbal's
reply that he gave him  (40)  one but a thousand gold coins.

31. (1) showing    (2) asking         (3) naming      (4) finding          (5) telling

32. (1) look         (2) said             (3) think         (4) choose         (5) find

33. (1) pushed (2) fallen           (3) pulled       (4) sent             (5) taken

34. (1) idea         (2) display         (3) reply         (4) place           (5) showing

35. (1) speak      (2) thought        (3) done          (4) create         (5) told

36. (1) felt          (2) said              (3) know        (4) accept         (5) saw

37. (1) asks        (2) chooses       (3) look          (4) find              (5) wish

38. (1) sure        (2) put               (3) shown       (4) seen            (5) made

39. (1) no          (2) rich               (3) short         (4) poor           (5) plenty

40. (1) but         (2) not               (3) and           (4) so                (5) only




Answers :
1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (4) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (2) 10. (4)
11. (2) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (3) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (5) 19. (2) 20. (5)
21. (5) 22. (1) 23. (2) 24. (2) 25. (3) 26. (3) 27. (4) 28. (5) 29. (5) 30. (2)
31. (2) 32. (4) 33. (3) 34. (3) 35. (5) 36. (3) 37. (2) 38. (1) 39. (3) 40. (2)
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