English Language Questions for SBI Clerks

1. He passed himself off as a noble man.                                                                    (1)

1. 1. Pretended to be
2. 2. Was looked upon
3. 3. Was regarded as
4. 4. Was thought to be

2. Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew in his own juice.                              (3)

1. 1. Make a stew
2. 2. Boil
3. 3. Suffer for his own act
4. 4. Suffer in his own juice

3. In the organised society of today no individual or nation can plough a lonely furrow.                         (2)

1. 1. remain unaffected
2. 2. do without the help of others
3. 3. survive in isolation
4. 4. remain non-aligned

4. Do no trust a man who blows his own trumpet.                                                        (3)

1. 1. flatters
2. 2. praises others
3. 3. praises himself
4. 4. admonishes others

5. This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other.                                                                                                   (2)

1. 1. hotly debated
2. 2. going on slowly
3. 3. stuck up
4. 4. ignored