TARGET SBI EXAM 2018: ENGLISH – SENTENCE REARRANGEMENT

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Hope , Your preparation for SBI Clerk & PO exam 2018 is good . Since SBI Clerk & PO exam is a Two level which will be conducted in an online mode, Competition will be higher for this SBI Clerk & PO Exam and the most important thing , Current affairs section will be there in this exam. So aspirants have to concentrate in Four sections namely Aptitude, Reasoning, English, Current Affairs.

The person with high speed and very good accuracy only can crack this exam to taste the success. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in this online exam test. So the candidate with consistent hard work and regular practice will crack the exam very easily.

Here are some questions which will help you to identify your level of preparation.


Exam: SBI Clerk & PO Exam 2018

Topic: Sentence Rearrangement

Timing: 7 minutes



Directions(1-5): Rearrange the given sentences to form a meaningfully coherent passage and answer the following Questions.Please note that the First sentence is correct and need not be rearranged.

A. The timing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Iran had a robust nuclear weapons programme is not lost on anyone.

B. The Obama administration had gone ahead with multilateral talks with Iran despite opposition from two of the U.S.’s strongest West Asian allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

C. Mr. Trump, who has never hidden his opposition to the deal signed by the Obama administration with Iran and five other countries, is expected to take a decision before May 12.

D. Mr. Netanyahu argued that the documents pointed to an act of deceit on Iran’s part, a claim the U.S. immediately backed. But Israel’s opposition to the Iran deal is not new.

E. On Monday, Mr. Netanyahu shared thousands of documents related to Iran’s nuclear programme at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is considering ripping up the Iran nuclear deal.

F. The documents Mr. Netanyahu cited were stolen from Iran by Israeli spies, and suggest that Iran had a robust nuclear weapons programme before the multilateral deal was signed — while Iran had always maintained that its nuclear programme was for civilian purposes.


1) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

2) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

3) Which of the following should be the THIRDnce after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

4) Which of the following should be the FOURTH  sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

5) Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)


Directions(6 – 10): Rearrange the given sentences to form a meaningfully coherent passage and answer the following Questions.Please note that the First sentence is correct (A) and need not be rearranged.

A. The Centre’s excuse for being unable to submit a draft scheme on the Cauvery issue is so poor that it will convince nobody.

B. There are several reasons why the Centre’s stand is legally untenable and morally wrong.

C. That it was extremely reluctant to take a decision which could have electoral repercussions in Karnataka, which goes to the polls on May 12, is well known.

D. While the world of politics is sometimes ruled more by expediency than law, the Centre has cut a sorry figure by admitting in court that its leaders are too preoccupied with an election campaign to fulfil a court directive — one over which it could be punished for contempt.

E. That the Attorney General asked for the contempt petition to be taken up a day after the Karnataka election gives the game away.

F. But the Attorney General’s explanation that the draft scheme could not be readied because the Prime Minister and other ministers were busy “travelling” in Karnataka is laughable.


6) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

7) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

8) Which of the following should be the THIRD after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

9) Which of the following should be the FOURTH  sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)

10) Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?

(A) (F)

(B) (D)

(C) (B)

(D) (C)

(E) (E)


Answers for the Above Questions :

1. (A)

2. (C)

3. (B)

4. (E)

5. (D)

6. (A)

7. (C)

8. (B)

9. (E)

10. (D)


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