SCC,Bank important English Questions
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Q1. Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
Mrs. Gupta said to me, "Why are these
boys standing in the sun?"
Options:
1. Mrs. Gupta asked me why were these boys
standing in the sun.
2. Mrs. Gupta told me why those boys are
standing in the sun.
3. Mrs. Gupta said to me that why are these
boys standing in the sun.
4. Mrs. Gupta asked me why those boys were
standing in the sun.
Correct Answer: Mrs. Gupta asked me why
those boys were standing in the sun.
Q2. Select the most appropriate option to
substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to
substitute it, select No improvement.
Oh, what a lovely necklace! You need no buy
such an expensive gift.
Options:
1. No improvement
2. needn’t have bought
3. hadn’t needed to buy
4. didn’t need to buying
Correct Answer: needn’t have bought
Q3. Select the most appropriate antonym of
the given word.
EXOTIC
Options:
1. colourful
2. ordinary
3. curious
4. alien
Correct Answer: ordinary
Q4. Select the most appropriate synonym of
the given word.
INNUENDO
Options:
1. verification
2. proof
3. evidence
4. implication
Correct Answer: implication
Q5. Select the most appropriate meaning of
the given idiom.
throw in the towel
Options:
1. think of a solution
2. face the situation
3. drop something
4. admit defeat
Correct Answer: admit defeat
Q6. Select the wrongly spelt word.
Options:
1. assurence
2. assurable
3. assuredly
4. assure
Correct Answer: assurence
Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have
been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Big Ben is the UK’s most iconic symbol.
Since 2017, the Elizabeth Tower and the bell inside have been (1) ______
renovation. The structure is 160 years old and (2) ______ regular maintenance.
(3) ______ many years, people had been painting the hands and numbers (4)
______ the clock black, but last Thursday, the workers (5) ______ the clock’s
original colour, Prussian Blue!
Q7. Select the most appropriate option for
blank No. 1.
Options:
1. undermining
2. undertaking
3. undergoing
4. understanding
Correct Answer: undergoing
Q8. Select the most appropriate option for
blank No. 2.
Options:
1. has needed
2. need
3. was needing
4. is needed
Correct Answer: has needed
Q9. Select the most appropriate option for
blank No. 3.
Options:
1. In
2. About
3. For
4. Before
Correct Answer: For
Q10. Select the most appropriate option for
blank No. 4.
Options:
1. of
2. for
3. at
4. to
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Correct Answer: of
Q11. Select the most appropriate option for
blank No. 5.
Options:
1. discovered
2. concealed
3. imparted
4. invented
Correct Answer: discovered
Q12. Select the most appropriate option to
substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to
substitute it, select No improvement.
I hope never to have another so experience
as I had in Puri during Cyclone Fani.
Options:
1. same experience as
2. No improvement
3. such experience as
4. as experience as
Correct Answer: such experience as
to air dirty linen in public
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Options:
1. to discuss private affairs in public
2. to hang out clothes in the open
3. to stand up and fight
4. to continue to complain
Correct Answer: to discuss private affairs
in public
Q14. In the sentence identify the segment
which contains the grammatical error.
The Public Works Department has propose to
construct an elevated corridor which will run parallel to the National highway.
Options:
1. to the National highway
2. to construct an elevated corridor
3. The Public Works Department has propose
4. which will run parallel
Correct Answer: The Public Works Department
has propose
Q15. Select the word which me Options: the
same as the group of words given.
One who does not tire easily
Options:
1. inevitable
2. indefatigable
3. infallible
4. indelible
Correct Answer: indefatigable
Q16. Select the wrongly spelt word.
Options:
1. berry
2. barren
3. barrier
4. berrel
Correct Answer: berrel
Q17. Select the most appropriate word to
fill in the blank.
People’s will and determination can help
them ______ most of the challenges of life.
Options:
1. overcome
2. overvalue
3. overdo
4. overview
Correct Answer: overcome
Q18. Given below are four jumbled
sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct
order.
A. Most of them are in jail because of
their circumstances.
B. Not all prisoners are hardcore
criminals.
C. So, they deserve a chance to
rehabilitate themselves.
D. Therefore, learning a trade would help
them reintegrate with society.
Options:
1. BACD
2. ABCD
3. DCBA
4. BDCA
Correct Answer: BACD
Q19. Select the correct passive form of the
given sentence.
The gardener has mowed the lawn.
Options:
1. The gardener has been mowed by the lawn.
2. The lawn is mowed by the gardener.
3. The lawn has been mowed by the gardener.
4. The lawn was mowed by the gardener.
Correct Answer: The lawn has been mowed by
the gardener.
Q20. Select the most appropriate synonym of
the given word.
HIND
Options:
1. first
2. front
3. near
4. rear
Correct Answer: rear
Q21. Select the most appropriate antonym of
the given word.
SUCCINCT
Options:
1. terse
2. pithy
3. curt
4. lengthy
Correct Answer: lengthy
Q22. Select the word which meOptions: the
same as the group of words given.
A group of singers in a church
Options:
1. host
2. troop
3. choir
4. band
Correct Answer: choir
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Q23. Select the most appropriate word to
fill in the blank.
In spite of being born in an ______ family,
he chose to fight all odds and emerged as a notable statesman.
Options:
1. intelligent
2. immaculate
3. impeccable
4. impoverished
Correct Answer: impoverished
Q24. In the sentence identify the segment
which contains the grammatical error.
I visited my friend to whom I had made an
appointment.
Options:
1. I had made
2. to whom
3. I visited my friend
4. an appointment
Correct Answer: to whom
Q25. Given below are four jumbled
sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct
order.
A. He often asked questions which were
strange and witty.
B. Emperor Akbar was in the habit of
putting riddles and puzzles to his courtiers.
C. Once he asked a strange question that
confused everyone.
D. It took much wisdom to answer these
questions.
Options:
1. BACD
2. ABCD
3. CABD
4. BADC
Correct Answer: BADC
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