Practice Set On English For SBI PO 2020

By Tarun Grover
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Vocabulary
Expedite
Expedite (v.) - make (an action or process) happen sooner or be
accomplished more quickly. शीघ्र निबटािा

• He promised to expedite economic reforms

• Something needs to be done to expedite the process.
• The committee expedited the settling of all compensation
claims.
• Aid workers are trying to expedite
the process of returning refugees to their homes.
Spree
Spree (n.) - a short period that
you spend doing a particular activity, especially something
enjoyable such as spending money or drinking alcohol
मौज-मस्त का दौर, रं गरनियां

• If you go on a spree, you go a little wild, indulging in some

activity in an unrestrained way.
• I went on a drinking/shopping/spending/buying spree
on Saturday.
• A shopping spree; a crime spree.
• He went on a six-month crime spree.
Transgression
Transgression (n.) - an act that goes against a law, rule, or code
of conduct; an offence. अपराध, उल्लं घि
the act or process of breaking a law or moral rule

• Who is supposed to have committed these transgressions?

• Driving 100 mph in a 55 mph zone is an example of a
transgression.
• I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions.
Impinge
Impinge (v.) - have an effect, especially a negative one.

• Several factors impinge on market efficiency.

• The government's spending limits will seriously impinge on the education budget.
• The new law will not impinge on the way companies conduct their business.

- advance over an area belonging to someone or something else; encroach

An example of impinge is being in a person's personal space. अनिक्रमण करिा
• to impinge on someone's time
• impinge on other people's rights

- to collide (with); strike टकरािा

• I heard the rain impinge upon the earth
• rays of light impinging on the eye.
Hegemony
Hegemony (n.) - Hegemony is a situation in which one country,
organization, or group has more power, control,
or importance than others. प्राधान्य

leadership or dominance

• The three nations competed for regional hegemony.

• battled for hegemony in Asia
Arbitration
Arbitration (n.) - Arbitration is the judging of a dispute between
people or groups by someone who is not involved. पंचफ़ैसिा

• Regional Council called for arbitration to settle the dispute

• Both sides in the dispute have agreed to go to arbitration (= to
have the disagreement solved by an arbitrator.
• The independent arbitration service, ACAS.
• The matter is likely to go to arbitration.
• They agreed to settle the dispute by arbitration.
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1) A flourishing ecosystem — schools, curriculum and textbooks,
coaching institutions and invested parents — seeks to ______
the instrumental value of education.

a) Raised
b) Diminish
c) Highest
d) Optimism
e) Maximize
1) A flourishing ecosystem — schools, curriculum and textbooks,
coaching institutions and invested parents — seeks to ______
the instrumental value of education.

a) Raised
b) Diminish
c) Highest
d) Optimism
e) Maximize
2) Greater use of technology, with ________ online content and
classes, has made education less of a collective pursuit.

a) hike
b) accretion
c) accumulate
d) proliferating
e) None of the above
2) Greater use of technology, with ________ online content and
classes, has made education less of a collective pursuit.

a) hike
b) accretion
c) accumulate
d) proliferating
e) None of the above
3) Proactive action by courts, which claim to be protectors of
the Constitution, can ______ the faith of the common
people, including the minorities in the justice system

a) restore
b) dismiss
c) establishment
d) resolution
e) hamper
3) Proactive action by courts, which claim to be protectors of
the Constitution, can ______ the faith of the common
people, including the minorities in the justice system

a) restore
b) dismiss
c) establishment
d) resolution
e) hamper
4) Born out of the forces of globalisation, India’s IT sector
has _______ some globalization of its own.

a) Disputed
b) Undertaken
c) Experience
d) Competing
e) Taking
4) Born out of the forces of globalisation, India’s IT sector
has _______ some globalization of its own.

a) Disputed
b) Undertaken
c) Experience
d) Competing
e) Taking
5) Once the ozone layer is _______ destroyed, all life on
the Earth will cease to exist, killed by the deadly
radiation.

a) completing
b) absolute
c) eliminated
d) completely
e) entire
5) Once the ozone layer is _______ destroyed, all life on
the Earth will cease to exist, killed by the deadly
radiation.

a) completing
b) absolute
c) eliminated
d) completely
e) entire
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1. Under the terms of the new deal (a)/ the channel can
broadcast (b)/ the next cricket tournament to be (c)/ played
among India and Australia. (d)/ No error. (e)
1. Under the terms of the new deal (a)/ the channel can
broadcast (b)/ the next cricket tournament to be (c)/ played
between India and Australia. (d)/ No error. (e)
1. The government has (a)/ launched many creative schemes
(b)/ to make banking services (c)/ available to everyone. (d)/
No error. (e)
1. The government has (a)/ launched many creative schemes
(b)/ to make banking services (c)/ available for everyone. (d)/
No error. (e)
1. Most people like to (a)/ rest after a day’s hard work (b)/ but
he seemed to have (c)/ an inexhaustive supply of energy. (d)/
No error. (e)
1. Most people like to (a)/ rest after a day’s hard work (b)/ but
he seems to have (c)/ an inexhaustive supply of energy. (d)/
No error. (e)
1. Ashok is among the (a)/ few people in the world
(b)/ which did not blindly follow (c)/ the path of
others. (d)/ No error. (e)
1. Ashok is among the (a)/ few people in the world
(b)/ that did not blindly follow (c)/ the path of
others. (d)/ No error. (e)
1. None of the student (a)/ in the class (b)/ scored
below the (c)/ given cut-off marks. (d)/ No error.
(e)
1. None of the students (a)/ in the class (b)/ scored
below the (c)/ given cut-off marks. (d)/ No error.
(e)
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