New Pattern Fill in the blanks – Type 6 (Sentence completion) Practice questions for SBI PO 2017

New Pattern Fill in the blanks – Type 6 (Sentence completion) Practice Questions for SBI PO 2017

Directions: In each question below, an incomplete sentence is given which is followed by three possible fillers denoted by (A), (B) and (C). Find out which one, two or three of these fillers can make the sentence meaningfully complete and Grammatically correct.

1. __________ when the audience started throwing rotten eggs towards him.

(A) No sooner did he stand up to address

(B) No much before he stood up

(C) He had hardly stood up.

(a) Only C

(b) Only B

(c) Only A or B

(d) Only B or C

(e) Any one of the three

1. _______ sacrifice their own self for the welfare of the common man.

(A) Not all men devoted to social service (B) Only dedicated men

(C) In exceptional cases certain anti-social elements.

(a) Only C

(b) Only A or C

(c) Only B or C

(d) Only A or B

(e) Any one of the three

2. Natural calamities such as floods, earthquakes, etc occur so suddenly and unexpectedly that ________.

(A) People get hardly any time to save themselves

(B) Man realizes his limitation and supremacy of nature

(C) Devastation cannot be prevented

(a) Only A

(b) Only B

(c) Only A or B

(d) Only A or C

(e) Any one of the three

(Any one of A or C is correct eventhough they refer to different effects of natural calamities. B is not clearly related to the sentence.

3. _______ the poor students had managed to come out successfully with flying colours.

(A) Despite lack of resources

(B) Owing to adverse circumstances

(C) It was a mere coincidence that

(a) Only A

(b) Only A or C

(c) Only B or C

(d) Only A or B

(e) Any one of the three

4. They appreciated my act of bravado because the life I saved was ______.

(A) insignificant for them (B) extremely precious (C) reverent to them

(a) Only B

(b) Only C

(c) Only A or B

(d) Only B or C

(e) Any one of the three

5. In cultivating team spirit, one should not forget the importance of discipline (_____). It is the duty of all the members of the team to observe discipline in its proper perspective.

(A) A proper team spirit can seldom be based on discipline.

(B) It is a well-known fact that team spirit and discipline can never go hand in hand.

(C) Discipline in its right perspective would mean sacrificing ‘self to some extent’.

(a) A and B only

(b) B and C only

(c) C only

(d) Either A or B only

(e) None of these

6. Mr. Raman is undoubtedly a competent professional. (_______). So did the other professionals in the company.

(A) Still he contributed significantly to the growth of the company.

(B) At times he has had serious differences with the chairman regarding the corporate policies.

(C) He was not considered for the post of the Chairman.

(a) Only A and E

(b) Only A and C

(c) Only B and C

(d) B or C and A

(e) A and B or C

7. There has been pressure on employees for increasing profits. (_________). Of these two, the latter seems to be more appropriate and keeps in well with social objective also.

(A) Profits can be increased by raising the selling price of the products.

(B) Reducing cost of raw materials is another strategy.

(C) It can also be achieved by augmenting labour productivity through employee motivation.

(a) Only A and B

(b) Only B and C

(c) Only A and C

(d) A and B or C

(e) B and C or A

8. It is good to remember that we won our struggle for freedom in a unique manner (_____). But it is not good for diplomats to talk about this always.

(A) It is also good that our diplomats repeatedly make this known to the people world over.

(B) It is also good to remember that in some ways our foreign policy is unique.

(C) This is intensely exasperating and in the end becomes just boring.

(a) Only A

(b) Only B

(c) Only C

(d) Either A or B

(e) None of these

9. Commuting was not the only problem for the city dwellers. (______). Telephone exchange officials claimed that no complaints were received.

(A) A number of ‘down’ trains were cancelled and ‘up’ trains were running behind schedule.

(B) Callers to some exchanges were told that al lines were busy.

(C) Even the phone lines played truant.

(a) Only A and B

(b) Only B and A

(c) Only A and C

(d) Only B and C

(e) Only C and B

10. In advanced countries, true professionals speak out against irrational and subjective decisions and actions (_____). We are servile when we confront our superiors.

(A) In our country we do not disagree with our superiors.

(B) This is a terrible combination and makes us totally ineffective.

(C) We are feudalistic when we deal with our subordinates

(a) A and B only

(b) B and C only

(c) A and C only

(d) Either A or B

(e) A, B and C