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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

Directions (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 feund-that-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 T 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
or 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 Jairam reluctant to soil the rabbit'
(1) Ho orgy pretended to be felUCtant in order to fool the bullies
(2) Ho was fond of the little rabbit and did not want to sell a to the bullies
(3) He wanted to gift the rabbits to the Landlord
(4) Ho knew that the bullies would not tako good care of the rabbit
(5) He wanted to sell the rabbit in the market and get a better price for it

3. Which of the following maybe an open:innate title to tho passage ?
(1) Magic in the air
(2) Never steal a cow
(3) rho strongest bodyguard
(4) The smart bullies
(5) The obedient rabbit

4. What did Shoola do after reaching the market empty handed?
(1) Deformed to earn money. she managed to sell the rope that she was left with
(2) She returned home dejected and narrated the whole incident to her husband
(3) She bought two rabbits and devised a plan to get back at the buttes
(4) She went to the landlord and comptathed about the bullies
(5) She went home and cooked lunch for her husband arid herself

5. What did the feu- bullies tie to Shoeia's rope immediately after untying the cow ?
(1) Alogof rood
(2) A rooster
(3) A rabbit
(4) A goat
(5) Not mentioned in the passage

6. Why were the four 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 expected Jairam to invite them for lunch
(3) They could not believe that the rabbit could understand and obey Jairam
(4) They know that Jairam did not own a rabbi and were surprised to see him with one
(5) they could not believe that Jakam knew the rabbits language

7. What did the four bullies See when they reached Jairam's house?
(1) They saw that two rabbits were sating in Pie corner
(2) They saw that Sheela 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 they had hod to Sheela's rope
(5) They saw that the same rabbit was silting in the corner

8. Arrange the following incidents in a chronological order as they occurred in
the passage.
(A) Jairam and Sheets needed money
(B) The lots buties sent the rabbit to the Landlord
(C) Shoola cooked chapattis. vegetable and khoet
(D) The four twines 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 Shee'a to cook lunch for atleast four people
(3) The rabbit could understand Jairam
(4) Jairam could not trick the four boys
(5) Nem LS alle

Directions (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

Directions (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

Directions (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

Directions (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. No Error
                       (1)                           (2)                      (3)           (4)              (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. No Error
                 (1)                    (2)                     (3)                         (4)                (5)

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

25. The story was / about how an / intelligent man had saving / himself from being robbed. No Error
                  (1)               (2)                       (3)                                (4)                      (5)

Directions (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? If 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

27. 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

Directions (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
Birbai. 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 I 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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