Set-5 Phrase Replacement For SBI PO and SBI Clerk 2019 | Must Go Through These Questions

• quartered to the
• quartered with the
• quartered of the
• quartered in the
• No change is required

6. Have you studied during the exams, you would have passed.

• Direction(1-10):In each of the following questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. From the given options choose the one which best replaces this part.

  1. Question

  Despite of their political differences, all the political parties supported the cross LOC strikes by the army.

  • Despite there
  • Despite of there
  • In spite their
  • Despite their
  • No change is required
  Ans:4
  ‘of’ is used with in spite. Hence we used either use ‘In spite of’ or just despite.
  Hence option d is correct.

• 2. Question

  The terrorists should get mostly severe punishment.

  • severely
  • most severely
  • got severe
  • get severely
  • No change is required
  Ans:2
  The correct usage is “The terrorist should be punished most severely”. Hence option b is correct.

• 3. Question

  Shyam likes you. Isn’t he?

  • Doesn’t he?
  • Didn’t he?
  • Couldn’t he?
  • Wouldn’t he?
  • No change is required
    Ans:1
  The author is asking a question about Shyam. Moreover the sentence is in present tense. So the correct phrase would be ‘doesn’t he ?’

• 4. Question

  Mohan’s salary is so less that he finds it difficult to make both ends meet.

  • too less
  • very less
  • so high
  • very good
  • No change is required.
  Ans:5
  The given sentence is grammatically correct. Hence option e is the correct answer.

• 5. Question

  The newcomer presented an enigma—a Frenchman in a British uniform quartered as the Indian troops.

  • quartered to the
  • quartered with the
  • quartered of the
  • quartered in the
  • No change is required
  Ans:2
  The correct usage is ‘quartered with the’. Hence, Option b is the correct answer.

• 6. Question

  Have you studied during the exams, you would have passed.

  • Should you studied
  • Had you studied
  • Should you study
  • If you study
  • No improvement
  Ans:2
  The requirement is to study first so that you can score better. So, studying has to be done before passing. Thus, to indicate this time reference, the correct sentence should be : “Had you studied during the exams, you would have passed”. Hence option ‘B’ is correct.

• 7. Question

  Despite of Joe Roots century, England lost the match.

  • Despite
  • In spite
  • Although
  • Both a and b
  • no improvement
  Ans:1
  The correct way of constructing such comparisons is ‘despite’ or ‘In spite of’.
  In the original sentence, ‘despite’ is followed by ‘of’ which makes it incorrect. Also amongst the options, ‘inspite of’ is not available. Hence in the given question option A is correct.

• 8. Question

  Sanjay would have been the topper, had he scored two more marks.

  • would be
  • should be
  • had been
  • would had been
  • No improvement
  Ans:5
  The sentence is grammatically correct. Hence, the correct answer is option e.

• 9. Question

  Ram didn’t knew that Mohan and Shyam are brothers.

  • do knew
  • didn’t know
  • could knew
  • would have knew
  • No improvement
  Ans:2
  ‘Didn’t’ is always followed by a simple present verb which is not the case in the original sentence.
  The correct usage should be ‘didn’t know’. Hence option b is the correct answer.

• 10. Question

  Suyash had occupying this house for over 20 years and has no intention of vacating it now.

  • had been occupying
  • has been occupying
  • have been occupying
  • would have been occupying
  • No improvement
  Ans:2
  The sentence implies that Suyash is still occupying this house. So, past perfect and past perfect continuous tense is straight forwardly incorrect. Since Suyash is singular, ‘have’ and ‘have been’ are also incorrect.
  The correct usage would be “Suyash has been occupying this house for over 20 years and has no intention of vacating it now.” Hence option B is correct.