{"id":13081,"date":"2019-04-02T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T05:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=13081"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T05:07:21","slug":"english-language-questions-for-sbi-clerks-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/english-language-questions-for-sbi-clerks-268\/","title":{"rendered":"English Language Questions for SBI Clerks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Directions (1-5): In each of the questions, choose the meaning of phrase\/idiom (given in bold).<\/p>\n

1. President Saddam Hussein\u2019s effort to annex Kuwait was nothing short of setting the Thames on fire.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(1)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. (1) A try to achieve an impossible distinction<\/li>\n
  2. (2) To destroy the country for nothing<\/li>\n
  3. (3) To show his power and might<\/li>\n
  4. (4) To make a situation worse<\/li>\n
  5. (5) None of these<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    2. One should not stay idle at home; but be up and doing.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(2)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. (1) Sleeping<\/li>\n
    2. (2) Active<\/li>\n
    3. (3) Working<\/li>\n
    4. (4) Reading<\/li>\n
    5. (5) None of these<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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      3. Mr Arjun Singh snapped his fingers at Narasimha Rao and got himself in hot water.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(2)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. (1) To support<\/li>\n
      2. (2) To disregard<\/li>\n
      3. (3) To deprive<\/li>\n
      4. (4) To interfere<\/li>\n
      5. (5) None of these<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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        4. We are afraid you may not be led astray in by Arvind\u2019s bad company.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(2)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. (1) Get into trouble<\/li>\n
        2. (2) Misguided<\/li>\n
        3. (3) Killed<\/li>\n
        4. (4) Lose the job<\/li>\n
        5. (5) None of these<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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          5. To cry wolf\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(1)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. (1) To give false alarm<\/li>\n
          2. (2) To turn pale<\/li>\n
          3. (3) To ruin over self<\/li>\n
          4. (4) To overcome someone<\/li>\n
          5. (5) None of these<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Directions (1-5): In each of the questions, choose the meaning of phrase\/idiom (given in bold). 1. President Saddam Hussein\u2019s effort to annex Kuwait was nothing short of setting the Thames on fire.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(1) (1) A try to achieve an impossible distinction (2) To destroy the country for nothing (3) To show his power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13082,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13081\/revisions\/13082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}