sbi english solved paper

SBI NOV. 8 CLERKS SOLVED ENGLISH PAPER WITH ANSWEWR KEY

Below is the solved SBI bank's clerks paper. this exam was conducted on Nov. 8, 2009. And its result is expected soon.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

DirectioDs (1-15) : Read the fol¬lowing passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while an¬swering some of the questions.

Long ago there was a poor Brahmin named Krishnan. He could not find enough work to do. Sometimes. he and his family had to go without food. At last Krishnan decided to leave his vil¬lage in search of work. Early next morning. he left the house. He walked the whole day until he came to a thick jungle. He was tired. thirsty and hun¬'FlY. While looking around for water to drink. he found a well. He went to the well and looked in. There he saw a jag¬uar. a monkey. a snake and a man. They had all fallen into the well. "0, noble Brahmin." the jaguar called out to him. "Please help me out. so that I can go back to my family." "But you are a jaguar," said Krishnan. "How do I know you will not kill me ?" "Don't be afraid of me, I promise I will not do you any harm,' replied the jaguar. Krishnan reached into the well and pulled 'out the jaguar. The jaguar thanked him and said, "I'm Shersingh. I live in a cave in the mountain. I shall be most delighted if I can repay my debt to you someday." Krishnan then heard the monkey calling out to him from the well. The Brahmin at once pulled the monkey out. The monkey thanked the Brahmin. "If you are ever in need of food, just drop in at my place below that big mountain. Bali is my name." Now the snake called out to him for help. "Help you! "exclaimed Krish¬nan. "You are a snake. What if you bite me ?" "I shall never bite you," said the snake. So Krishnan pulled the snake out of the well. The snake said, "Re¬member, if you are ever in any difficul¬ty, just callout my name ,-Naagesh, and wherever you are, I shall fuid you." The jaguar, the moJ;1key and the snake took le~ve of the Brahmin. But before they left, they spoke to him about the man in the well. "Please do not help him," said Shersingh. "If you do," said Naagesh. 'You will be in trouble yourself ." As soon as they left, the man in the well began to call out for help. Krishnan felt sorry for the man and pulled him out of the well. "Thank you for your kindness," said the man. "f am Seth Ghanshyamdas. I am a gold¬smith. If you ever need my help, don't hesitate to visit my humble house near the city." The goldsmith then left for home.
After some time, the Brahmin COD¬tinued his journey. But he could not find any work. He then remembered Shersingh. Bali, Naagesh and Seth Ghanshyamdas. He thought it was time to seek their help. He first went to Bali. The monkey was oveIjoyed to see him. He gave him a warm welcome and .of¬fered him some really delicious fruits. The Brahmin told him how grateful he was. Now Krishnan went to see Shers¬ingh; the jaguar. As soon as Shersingh saw Krishnan coming, he ran out to welcome him. He gave Krishnan a beautiful gold necklace and other pre¬cious jewellery. Krishnan thanked Shersingh for the jewellery and part¬ed. His journey had at last brought him luck, he thought. He would be able to sell the ornaments for a good price. But who could help him to sell the or¬naments ? He then remembered Seth Ghanshyamdas. He went to him. The goldsmith was glad to see Krishnan. 1 have come to ask for your help: sajrl Krishnan. "Here are some ornaments. Please give me a good price for them." Seth Ghanshyamdas took the jewellery and examined it carefully. "I shall cer¬tainly help you," he said. "But let me show them to another goldsmith. Please wait here, I will be right back." He then went out with the ornaments. Seth at once rusbed to the Palace of the King. He said. "A man brought these orna¬ments to me and asked me to sell them. But they are the ornaments I made for the Prince who is missing." "Who is this man ? Where is he ?" thundered the King. ':This rogue must have murdered my little Prince and robbed his jewels I" "He is a Brahmin named Krishnan, Your Majesty: replied the goldsmith, "and he is there, in my house." The King called for his most dreaded sol¬diers. "Arrest the Brahmin who is in the goldsmith•s house and throw him into the darkest dungeons of the king¬dom," roared the King. The King's guard stormed into the goldsmith's house and seized Krishnan. Krishnan was thrown into a dark dungeon to await•his execution. He then remem¬bered the words ofNaagesh, the snake. So he called out to him. Suddenly. al¬most like magic. Naagesh slithered his way down a narrow window into the dingy cell. "0. Lord '" hissed Naagesh, "how did you manage to get yourself arrested ?" Krishnan cried and then told the snake what had happened. "I have a plan," hissed Naagesh. "I shall creep into the Queen's room and bite her," said Naagesh. "She will faint. No matter what they do. she will remain asleep. The poison will remain in her body until you place your hand on her forehead." explained Naagesh, He then left Krishnan and went to the palace. He crept into the Queen's room and bit her. The Queen fainted. The sad news that the Queen had been bitten by a 'snake spread all over the King¬dom. Vaidyas came from far and near. but their medicines had no effect. No one could revive the Queen. Finally, the King declared that anyone who could cure the Queen. would be hand¬somely rewarded. Many people went to the palace but all of them failed., "I can cure the Queen," Krishnan told the guards. At once they took him to the palace' and the King took him to the Queen. Krishnan sat bNside the Queen and placed his hand on her forehead. Soon, 'she opened her' eyes and sat up. The King was overjoyed and shed tears of happiness:o.He embraced Krishnan and thanke9'Wm. "Your Maj¬esty," said Krishnan, I was sent to prison for a crime I did not commit." Krisfmari- told the King the whole sto¬ry. The King was fuming with rage when he heard what the goldsmith had done. He at once had the goldsmith arrested.' The King then presented Krishnan with a large house and a thou¬sand pieces of gold. Krishnan sent for his family and they all lived happily ever after.

1. Why was Krishnan afraid to save Naagesh from the well ?
(1) As Naagesh had threatened him with dire consequences.
(2) As he thought Naagesh would 'eat him.
(3) As he thought Naagesh would . bite him once he was out of the-well
(4) As he thought that Naagesh would capture him as soon as he got out ofthe well.
(5) None of these

2. What did the King do to save the Queen after even the Vaidyas failed to revive her?
(1) He punished the snake for having harmed the Queen
(2) He announced a reward to anyone who could cure the Queen
(3) He immediately called for Krishnan to cure the Queen (4) He asked his guards to imme¬diately look for someone who could cure the Queen
(5) None ofthese

3. What did seth Ghanshyamdas tell the King about Krishnan ?
(1) That Krishnan had brought fake oinaments for selling
(2) That Krishnan was an honest Brahmin who had left his vil¬lage
(3) That Krishnan had killed the Prince
(4) That Krishnan had brought those ornaments for selling which had been made for the missing Prince
(5) None of these

4. What did the King do on learning the truth about Krishnan and seth Ghanshyamdas?
(1) He put Krishnan back in the dungeon as he still held Krish¬nan responsible for the Prince's death
(2) He called for Krishnan's wife and family
(3) He presented gold to Krishnan and also a house to live in
(4) He congratulated the snake on his efforts to save Krishnan (5) None of these

5. What plan did Naagesh have to save Krishnan from the dungeon? (1) That he would sneak Krishnan out of the dungeon without anyone noticiDg.
(2) That he would bite the King and make him unconscious,
(3) That he would bite Krishnan and make everyone believe that he was dead.
(4) That he would enter the Queen's chamber and scare her.
(5) None of these

6. What did Bali do after seeing Krishnan at his' house?
(A) He gave Krishnan directions to Shersingh's house.
(8) He welcomed Krishnan to his house.
(C) He offered tasty fruits• to Krishnan.
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Only (B) and (C) (5) Only (Al and (C)

7. Why did the jaguar, the monkey and the snake tell Krishnan not to save the man in the well ?
(1) As the man in the well was a goldsmith
(2) As the man in the well had cheated the snake, the monkey and the jaguar
(3) As the man in the well was a thief '
(4) As the snake the monkey and the jaguar hated the man as they had known him for a very longtime
(5) None of these

8. Why did Krishnan go to meet seth Ghanshyamdas?
(1) As he thought that Seth Chanshyamdas could help him in selling the ornaments' gifted to him by Shersingh
(2) As he knew that Seth Chanshyamdas had contact with the King which could prove to be beneficial
(3) As Seth Ghanshyamdas had requested Krishnan to sell or¬naments only to him
(4) As Krishnan was ex.tremely fond of Seth Ghanshyamdas
(5) None of these

9. Why did Krishnan decide to leave his village?
(1) As he could not find much work in his own village and his family had to starve sometimes because of it.
(2) As his family had requested him to do so.
(3) As his village people had asked him to leave their village and look for work somewhere else.
(4) As he wanted to search for food in a village different from his own.
(5) None of these

10 What can possibly be the moral of the story ?
(1) Trust oneself before trusting others
(2) A good deed never goes ume¬'warded
(3) You cannot change people but you can change yourself
(4) Try aild try until you succeed (5) One must be the change one wishes to see in this world

Directions (11-13) : Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

11. HUMBLE
(1) elegant (2) polite (3) modest (4) real (5) vast

12. SEEK
(1) hunt for (2) live (3) mention (4) leave (5) force

13. GO
(1) report 2. live (3) send 4. leave (5) depart


Directions (14 - 15) : Choose the rd/group of words which is most posite in meaning to the word/group words printed in bold as used in epassage.

14. HANDSOMELY
(1) meagerly
(2) tidily
(3) ugly
(4) raggedly (5) plenty

15. CONTINUED
(1) remanded (2) presented (3) rested (4) carried on (5) stopped

Directions (16 - 20) : Rearrange efollowing six sentences (A), (B). (C). [D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence o form a meaningful paragraph; then nswer the questions given below them.

(A) On touring the whole world and findlng no couple who was perfectly appy. The oung couple understood at It is very difficult to find perfect happiness anywhere in the world.
(B) There was a young couple who led a very happy life together.
(e) One day. they heard that a wise old man had come to town; he could solve all kinds of problems and gUide people.
(D) The wise old man told them; "Travel around the world and seek a man and a woman who are perfectly happy as a couple."
(E) So the couple decided to visit the wise old man and tell him their worry.
(F) The only thing that they worried about was. whether their happi¬ness would last forever Qr would they too have to face problems.

16. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) .sentence after rearrangement?
(l)A (2)B (3)D (4)E (5)F

17. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? (l)A 2. B (3)C 4. D (5)E

18. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B (3) D (5)F (2)B (4)D

19. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? (1) A 2. B (3) C 4. D (5) F

20. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence' after rearrangement? (1) A 2. B 3. C 4. D (5)E

Directions (21- 25) : Which of the phrases (1 ). (2). (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required. mark (5) as the answer.

21. He told his employer of his plans to leave the business to lead a more leisure life.
(1) more leisurely life
(2) many leisurely life
(3) many leisured life
(4) more leisurely live
(5) No correction required

22. All she could think about was the beautiful dress and how she could earn enough money to buy it.
(1) All she can think (2) All she could thought (3) All she can thought
(4) All she can thinking (5) No correction required

23. A young and successful executive' was travelling down a neighbour¬hood street. going a bit to fast in his new car.
(1) a bit too fastly
(2) a bit as fast
(3) a bit to fastly
(4) a bit too fast
(5) No correction required

24. Padma could convince anyone with her talks as she had the gift of the gabbing.
(1) gifting of the gabbing (2) gift of the gab (3) gifting of the gab (4) gift off the gab (5) No correction required

25. For countries undergoing a recession. large cuts in public spending seem to be the ordering of the day.
(1) be the ordering of days
2) being the order of the day
(3) be the order of the day)
(4) being the ordering of days
(5) No correction required

Directions (26-30) : In each ques¬tion below. a sentence with' four words printed,in bold type is given. These are numbered as (I), (2). (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in ~ld 'may be either wrongly spelt or inap¬propriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate. if any. The number of that word is your an¬swer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropri¬ate in the context of the sentence. mark (5) i.e. 'All correct' as your answer.

26. When the young artist returned (l)/to his village. his family held a festive (2)/dinner on its lawn to celebrate his triumpant (3) / homecoming. (4)/ All correct (5).

27. She trusted Mira with all her heart (I)/ and thus handled (2)/ over her life's (3)/ savings to her instantly. (4)/ All correct (5)

28. It is difficullt (I)/ to see the picture (2)/when you are inside (3)/ the frame. (4)/ All correct (5)

29. Had she not suppressed (1)/ all the details of her Company's project, (2)/her Company would have bagged (3)/the contract. (4)/ All correct (5) .

30. The whole (1) time she walked with her child in her arms the only thing (2)/ that worried (3)/ her was her son's feature. (4)/ All correct (5).

Directions (31-40) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These num¬bers are printed below the passage and against each. five words are suggest¬ed. one of which fits the blank appro¬priately. Fiild out the appropriate word in each case.

One day a father of a very wealthy family 31 his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of 32 his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his wealth. They spent a (73) of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a 34 poor family. On their 35 from their trip. the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "0h yeah" said the son. "So what did you (36) from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that (37) to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end." "We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night." "Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the 38 horizon." "We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight." "We have 39 who serve us, but they serve others." "We buy our food, but they grow theirs." "We have walls around our 40 to protect us; they have friends to protect them. " With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."

31. (1) mould (2) showed (3) took (4) beat (5) drag
32. (1) trusting (2)showing (3) presenting (4) requesting (5) tell

33. (1) few (2) many (3) two (4) couple (5) much

34. (1) very (2) astutely (3) major (4) some (5) sorrow

35. (1) return (2) walking (3)lane (4)joumey (5) leave

36. (1) believe (2) learn (3) reveal (4) think (5) saw

37. (1) leak (2) watery (3) stands (4) reaches (5) swims

38. (1) last (2) lucky (3) more (4) scene (5) whole

39. (1) relatives (2) man (3) servants (4) mother ( 5) computers so.

40. (1) pillars (2) country (3) minds (4) selves (5) property


Ans:
1. 3
2. 2
3. 4
4. 3
5. 5
6. 4
7. 5
8. 1
9. 1
10. 2
11. 3
12. 4
13. 3
14. 1
15. 5
16. 1
17. 3
18. 4
19. 5
20. 2
21. 1
22. 5
23. 4
24. 2
25. 3
26. 3
27. 2
28. 1
29. 5
30. 4
31. 3
32. 2
33. 4
34. 1
35. 1
36. 2
37. 4
38. 5
39. 3
40. 4