English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.                                                                           1. A French woman                                                                               (3)

1. P : committed suicide
2. Q : where she had put up
3. R : who had come to Calcutta
4. S : by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel

The Proper sequence should be:

1. 1. PRQS
2. 2. QSRP
3. 3. RPSQ
4. 4. SRQP

2. The national unity of a free people                                                                (4)

1. P : to make it impracticable
2. Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration
3. R : depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power
4. S : against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably opposed to it

The Proper sequence should be:

1. 1. QRPS
2. 2. QRSP
3. 3. RPQS
4. 4. RSPQ

3. The grocer                                                                              (3)

1. P : did not listen to the protests of customer
2. Q : who was in the habit of weighing less
3. R : whom he had cheated
4. S : with great audacity

The Proper sequence should be:

1. 1. PRSQ
2. 2. QSPR
3. 3. QPRS
4. 4. PQSR

4. They felt safer                                                                             (1)

1. P : to watch the mountain
2. Q : of more than five miles
3. R : as they settled down
4. S : from a distance

The Proper sequence should be:

1. 1. RPSQ
2. 2. RSQP
3. 3. PQSR
4. 4. PRSQ

5. People                                                                    (3)

1. P : at his dispensary
2. Q : went to him
3. R : of all professions
4. S : for medicine and treatment

The Proper sequence should be:

1. 1. QPRS
2. 2. RPQS
3. 3. RQSP
4. 4. QRPS