English Language Questions for SBI PO Prelims 2015

Friends..here are some useful questions on English Language for SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2015. 

1) On the basis of the given sentence pick out the correct sentence converted in Past Tense from the given options: He has two pens.

(A) He have two pens.

(B) He will have two pens

(C) He will has two pens

(D) He had two pens.

2) Given are four sentences. Choose the sentence which belongs to the class “Adverb of manner”

(A) She sings delightfully

(B) The Weather is delightfully cool

(C) He is far better now

(D) I have told you twice

3) On the basis of the given sentence pick out the correct sentence converted in Interrogative from the given options : The moon is shining in the sky.

(A) Will the moon shine in the sky?

(B) Is the moon shining in the sky?

(C) Shall the moon shine in the sky?

(D) The moon shines on the sky

4) Identify the sentence with no adverb:

(A) He behaves best

(B) She sings well enough

(C) He is the best boy in the class

(D) The patient is much better.

5) Antonym for : IGNORE

(A) acknowledge

(B) infallible

(C) anarchy

(D) infidel

6) In the following sentence use appropriate adverb which modifies the whole sentence:

........... Ram escaped unhurt.

(A) Unfortunately

(B) Luckily

(C) Sadly

(D) Badly

7) Find the synonym of : ADMIT

(A) Decide

(B) Realise

(C) Accept

(D) Commit

8) Choose the appropriate preposition to fill in the blank.

Do not loiter ....... the street.

(A) in

(B) about

(C) on

(D) at

9) Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is (D).

The blinds (A) / deserve (B) / our sympathy. (C) / No error (D)

10) If “Lives” is plural form of noun, then what is its singular form:

(A) Live

(B) Life

(C) Lively

(D) None of the above is correct

Answers

1) Ans. (D) He had two pens.

2) Ans. (A) She sings delightfully

3) Ans. (B) Is the moon shining in the sky?

4) Ans. (C) He is the best boy in the class

5) Ans. (A) acknowledge

6) Ans. (B) Luckily

7) Ans. (C) Accept

8) Ans. (B) about

9) Ans. (A)

10) Ans. (B) Life
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GK Updates for Oriental Insurance AO Exam 2015

Friends..here are some useful GK questions for Oriental Insurance Company  Ltd Administrative Officer(AO) Exam 2015 going to be held on 03 May 2015. 

1) President of World Bank? - Jim Yong Kim

2) Headquarters of BRICS Bank? - Shanghai, China

3) Accidental Insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana? - Rs.1. lac

4) 'Addis Ababa' is the capital of? - Ethiopia

5) Currency of Denmark? - Danish krone

6) What is India's rank in the Global Resilience Index 2015 released by FM Global recently? - 119th among 130 countries

7) PM Modi recently unveiled Mahatma Gandhi's statue in which country? - Brisbane, Australia

8) Who won the fbb Femina Miss India 2015 title recently? - Aditi Arya

9) World Bank Headquarters? - Washington

10) What does G stands for in GST? - Goods (GST- Goods and Service Tax)

11) Which country won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015? - Australia

12) Great Himalaya National Park is situated at? - Kullu, Himachal Pradesh

13) Andhra Pradesh recently approved which city as the new capital of the state? - Amaravathi

14) NEFT stands for? - National Electronic Funds Transfer

15) Mascot of 2016 Olympics? - Vinicius

16) FAO headquarter? - Rome, Italy

17) Indira Gandhi Peace Award 2014 was given to which institution? - ISRO

18) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently approved amalgamation of ING Vysya Bank Ltd. with which bank? - Kotak Mahindra Bank

19) UN World Yoga day is going to be celebrated on? - June 21

20) Bhuvneshwar Kumar is related with which sport? - Cricket

21) Who resigned from the post of President of International Cricket Council (ICC) after World Cup 2015? - Mustafa Kamal

22) NAV full form? - Net Asset Value

23) Capital of Cambodia? - Phnom Penh

24) Who was recently conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award? - Balbir Singh Senior

25) Name the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister? - Arun Jaitley

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Employment News: 18th April - 24th April 2015

1. Indian Army

Name of Post- Havildar

No. of Post-334

Last Date-15.05.2015

2. Bhartiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited

Name of Post – Industrial Workman Grade-1

No. of Vacancies - 90

Last Date     -    06.05.2015

3. State Bank of India

Name of Post – Specialist Cadre Officers

No. of Vacancies - 96

Last Date     - 27.04.2015

4. Kashi Gomti Samyut  Gramin Bank

Name of Post– Officer Scale-III, Officer Scale-II, Officer Scale-I &

Office Assistant

No. of Vacancies - 228

Last Date     - 06.05.2015

5. NMDC Limited

Name of Post – Various Posts

No. of Vacancies - 34

Last Date     -    08.05.2015

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Latest Current Affairs: 22 April 2015

1) Sania Mirza on 12 April 2015 created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles. She overtook which player to achieve this?

(A) Sara Errani

(B) Martina Hingis

(C) Roberta Vinci

(D) Cara Black

2) Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015 recently?

(A) Australia

(B) India

(C) Malaysia

(D) New Zealand

3) Who won the Chinese Grand Prix racing 2015 on 12 April 2015?

(A) Nico Rosberg

(B) Sebastian Vettel

(C) Lewis Hamilton

(D) Kimi Raikkonen

4) Name the new airline company in India which commenced its commercial operations with flight services to Hubballi and Thiruvananthapuram on 12 April 2015?

(A) Vistara

(B) Air Deccan

(C) Air Pegasus

(D) None of these

5) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) recently commissioned 600 MW thermal power project in which state?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Chhattisgarh

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Haryana

6) Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai has won a bronze medal in the 10 meter Air Pistol (Men) in the ISSF World Cup Rifle/ Pistol Shooting competition. Where was the event held?

(A) Changwon in South Korea

(B) Helsinki in Finland

(C) New Delhi in India

(D) Tokyo in Japan

7) Government on 13 April 2015 notified the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 and also ___th constitution amendment act?

(A) 99th

(B) 100th

(C) 94th

(D) 101st

8) Which state government on 13 April 2015 announced Cabinet-rank status for yoga guru Baba Ramdev?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Haryana 

9) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 12 April 2015 announced that she would be contesting the election for the office of U.S. president to be held in which year?

(A) 2015

(B) 2018

(C) 2016

(D) 2017

10) Name the Foreign Minister of North Korea who visited India from 12 April to 14 April 2015, which was also the first-ever visit of a foreign minister of North Korea to India?

(A) Wang Yi

(B) Ri Su Yong

(C) Fumio Kishida

(D) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Sara Errani

2) Ans. (D) New Zealand [India finished third in the tournament].

3) Ans. (C) Lewis Hamilton

4) Ans. (C) Air Pegasus

5) Ans. (B) Chhattisgarh

6) Ans. (A) Changwon in South Korea

7) Ans. (A) 99th

8) Ans. (D) Haryana

9) Ans. (C) 2016

10) Ans. (B) Ri Su Yong

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21st April 2015 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) MakeMyTrip acquired travel startup Mygola:

--> Online travel company MakeMyTrip on 21 April 2015 announced that it has acquired certain assets of Mygola.com and the entire Mygola team has joined MakeMyTrip.

--> The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

--> The acquisition was done through MakeMyTrip’s Innovation Fund, which invests in early-stage or start-up companies in the travel technology space. 

2) Japan's maglev train clocked new world speed record — 603 km/hr:

--> Japan’s Magnetic levitation technology (Maglev) train has clocked a new world speed record smashing through the 603 kilometre per hour mark in a test run near Mount Fuji.

--> The new record has surpassed its previous record of 581 kilometre per hour which was set in 2003.

--> Central Japan Railway Company owns this fastest passenger train and is planning to have a train in service in 2027 on the 286-km route between Tokyo and the central city of Nagoya.

3) Pakistan conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan award on Chinese president Xi Jinping:

--> Pakistan on 21 April 2015 conferred its top civilian award ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’ on Chinese President Xi Jinping for his outstanding contribution in promotion of relationship between the two countries.

--> The ceremony was organised at the President House where President Mamnoon Hussain conferred the award on Mr. Xi.

--> The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Federal Ministers, Members of National Assembly and Senate, Services Chiefs and Chinese delegation.

--> The Nishan-e-Pakistan is Pakistan's highest civil award given by the government for the highest degree of service to the country.

--> The award was established in March 1957.

--> Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth II, Morarji Desai and Dwight Eisenhower are among the recepients of the award.

4) Cambridge historian Chris Bayly passes away:

--> Christopher Alan Bayly, one of the foremost historians of nineteenth century and a member of the influential Cambridge school of historiography passed away on 20 April 2015.

--> As a historian he was specialised in global, Indian and British Imperial history.

--> His works were based on the 18th and 19th century India and British imperial.

5) E-Samiksha launched to monitor rail projects online:

--> With an aim of monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects including Rail Budget proposals, railways on 21 April 2015 launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring mechanism.

--> It was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi.

6) Former Odisha Chief Minister JB Patnaik passed away:

--> Former Governor of Assam and three-time Chief Minister of Odisha Janaki Ballav Patnaik passed away on 21 April 2015.

--> Patnaik had served as CM of Odisha for three times and was in office from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 1999.

7) Ninth Civil Services Day observed:

--> Ninth Civil Services Day was observed across India on 21 April 2015.

--> The day is observed by all Civil Services to re-dedicate and re-commit themselves to the cause of the people.

--> The Ninth Civil Services Day focuses on Minimum Government, Maximum Governance with specific sectoral emphasis on Social Sector, Housing, Employment & Skill Development and Agriculture.

8) Zimbabwe will become first Test nation to visit Pakistan since 2009:

--> The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that Zimbabwe will be the first Test team to tour Pakistan since 2009, but remained unclear about the venues for the limited over series.

--> No Test team has toured Pakistan since March, 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore.

9) I-T Department won Prime Minister's award in Public Administration:

--> The Income Tax Department was on 21 April 2015 awarded 'Prime Minister's award for excellence in Public Administration' for 'Easy Tax Compliance through Quality Service'.

--> The award was presented to the department by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Civil Services day.

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Daily Current Affairs: 20 April 2015

1) ICICI bank launched near-field communications-enabled payment service 'Tap-n-Pay':

--> ICICI Bank in collaboration with Tech Mahindra launched a payment service 'Tap-n-Pay' based on the near-field communications (NFC) technology, enabling customers make over-the-counter payments without using cash.

--> It can be used for merchant payments by merely tapping a NFC-enabled mobile phone or a tag on the counter.

--> The service is a close-end one, only for a close group of customers, like canteen payments at the work place, and not universal like a debit or credit card, the banks said in a statement, adding the merchant will have to first register for the service and then enroll customers for using it.

--> Any person having any bank account, and not limited to ICICI customers, can avail the service, the statement said, adding a user will have to avail the NFC tag or configure it on the mobile phone.

2) India's newest stealth destroyer INS Visakhapatnam launched in Mumbai:

--> INS Visakhapatnam, the first Indian Navy P15-B stealth destroyer, is launched in Mumbai on 20 April 2015.

--> The indigenously-designed ship's air defence capability is designed to counter the threat of enemy aircraft and anti-ship cruise missiles, and will revolve around a vertical launch and long-range surface-to-air missile system.

--> The vessel is expected to be commissioned into the India Navy in 2018.

3) Budget Session resumed in Parliament:

--> The parliament resumed second half of the budget session on 20 April 2015 and the focus remains on the contentious land ordinance that was tabled in the parliament. Upr

--> Rajya Sabha will begin its second spell on April 23.

--> Both Houses will have 13 sitting each till May 8.

4) New York Times won Pulitzer for Ebola coverage:

--> The New York Times won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes on 20 April 2015 for coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, described by the Pulitzer board as courageous and vivid journalism that engaged the public and held authorities accountable.

--> The Pulitzers honour extraordinary work in U.S. journalism, literature, drama and other areas and bring welcome attention and recognition to newspapers and websites.

--> For its Ebola coverage, The New York Times staff won the prize for international reporting and freelancer Daniel Berehulak won for feature photography.

5) Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand declared as India's 48th Tiger Reserve:

--> Uttarakhand, the State with the second highest tiger population after Karnataka, now has a second tiger reserve, besides the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

--> The Rajaji National Park has now been notified as the Rajaji Tiger Reserve by the Centre.

--> The tiger reserve (1075.17 sq-km) includes the 255.63 sq-km area of Rajaji National Park’s buffer zone.

6) Cricket South Africa launched Africa T20 Cup:

--> Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced a new tournament to be known as the Africa T20 Cup.

--> The tournament featuring Zimbabwe, Kenya, Namibia, hosts South Africa and 12 CSA affiliates will run from September 4 to October 4.

7) Neeraj Kumar appointed BCCI's ACSU chief:

--> Former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar was, on 20 April 2015, appointed as chief advisor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Anti Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) for a term of one year.

--> The decision to appoint Mr. Kumar was taken at the Governing Council Meeting of the Indian Premier League, which was chaired by chairman Rajeev Shukla.

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Daily GK Updates: 21 April 2015

1) The Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in which year? - 1951

2) The word 'socialist, secular' and 'unity and integrity of the Nation' were added to our constitution by which Amendment? - 42nd Amendment

3) Where is the headquarters of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)? - Lucknow

4) Which five year plan was a failure due to Indo-China war followed by Indo-Pakistan? - Third Five Year Plan

5) The Chairman and members of the UPSC hold office for a term of? - Six years

6) Frontier Gandhi was the nickname of? - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

7) Our National song (Vande Mataram) has been taken from? - The novel ‘Anand Math’ written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

8) All India Harijan Sangh was founded by? - Mahatma Gandhi

9) Delhi was made Union territory in which year? - 1956 

10) UNESCO world heritage site Stepwell Rani-Ki-Vav is located at? - Gujarat

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions - 20 April 2015

1) Richie Benaud who passed away on 10 April 2015 in Sydney was a famous?

(A) Cricket commentator

(B) Nuclear Scienthist

(C) Author

(D) Historian

2) Which city was recently awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015?

(A) Thane

(B) Sydney

(C) Ottawa

(D) Seoul

3) Which city was named India’s Earth Hour Capital 2015?

(A) Rajkot

(B) Pune

(C) Thane

(D) Coimbatore

4) National Safe Motherhood day was observed across India on?

(A) 11 April

(B) 12 April

(C) 13 April

(D) 14 April

5) An Asteroid numbered 316201 was recently named after?

(A) Viswanathan Anand

(B) Srinivasa Ramanujan

(C) Malala Yousafzai

(D) Bernard Shaw

6) Which Indian tennis player won the ITF Futures tournament on 11 April 2015?

(A) Somdev Devvarman

(B) Rohan Bopanna

(C) Mahesh Bhupathi

(D) Yuki Bhambri

7) Apurvi Chandela recently won a bronze medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup held at?

(A) Helsinki, Finland

(B) Changwon, South Korea

(C) Amsterdam, Netherlands

(D) Bhubaneswar, India

8) India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) recently became operational at GIFT City in Gandhinagar district of which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Karnataka

(D) Gujarat 

9) In a landmark development, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President ____ held a meeting on 11 April 2015, which marked the first summit between the two countries since the height of the Cold War?

(A) Raul Castro

(B) Michelle Bachelet

(C) Simpson Miller

(D) Enrique Peña Nieto

10) Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, Gunter Grass who passed away on 12 April 2015 was from which country?

(A) Mexico

(B) France

(C) Germany

(D) Canada

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Cricket commentator

2) Ans. (D) Seoul

3) Ans. (C) Thane

4) Ans. (A) 11 April

5) Ans. (C) Malala Yousafzai

6) Ans. (D) Yuki Bhambri

7) Ans. (B) Changwon, South Korea

8) Ans. (D) Gujarat

9) Ans. (A) Raul Castro

10) Ans. (C) Germany

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