Set-30 Phrase Replacement For SBI PO and SBI Clerk 2019 | Must Go Through These Questions

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Directions:(1-10) In the following question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

•  Set off a blame game within
•  Set out a blame game within
•  Set in a blame game in
•  Set a blame game within
•  No correction required

2. Would they had been aware of all the facts, they would not have done it.

•  Had they been
•  Were they
•  Should they were
•  They had been
•  No correction required

3. Either my colleague and me will be presenting the report in-front of the CEO.

•  Or I will be
•  Or I could be
•  Or myself would be
•  Or me would be
•  No correction required

4. In some ways, the development of each child retraces the whole history of the human race, physically and spiritually.

•  In a way
•  In many ways
•  In some way
•  In quite a way
•  No correction required

5. As soon as she opened the umbrella, a scorpion fell about of it

•  fell up from
•  fell off from
•  fell out of
•  fell from off
•  No correction required

•  Logically be convincing
•  Convincing be logically
•  Logical be convince
•  Convince be logical
•  No correction required

7. Nobody in the world know that he is alive, still, he persistently tries to beam messages back to Earth using the spacecraft’s rotating camera.

•  Nobody in the world knows that he would alive
•  Nobody onto the world known that he was alive
•  Nobody into the world know that is he alive
•  Nobody in the world knows that he is alive
•  No correction required.

8. Necessity being the mother of invention, he resourcefully modifies the Rover to go on long drives even though it have originally designed for short one.

•  it has originally have been designed for short one
•  it has originally been designed for short ones
•  it has originally was designed for short ones
•  it has originally has been designed to short one
•  No correction required.

9. There is no place for a citizen who is making a noise, agitates, and opposes government actions and policies.

•  who makes a noise, agitate, and opposes
•  who makes a noises, agitates, and oppose
•  who makes a noise, agitates, and opposes
•  who make a noise, agitates, and opposes
•  No correction required.

10. NABARD has the responsibility of lay down the policies for the RRBs to oversee their operations provide refinance facilities to monitor their performance and to attend their problems.

•  to laid down
•  of laying down
•  on lays down
•  for lay downs
•  No correction required

Check your Answers below:

1. Directions:(1-10) In the following question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

   The delay in sending the documents to the authorities has set out a blame game in the government.

   •  Set off a blame game within
   •  Set out a blame game within
   •  Set in a blame game in
   •  Set a blame game within
   •  No correction required
   Ans:
   The correct answer is A. “set off a blame game within” perfectly fits in the sentence and also makes its structure correct.
   Option B is incorrect as we usually use off in this type of a situation and do not use ‘out’.
   Options C and D are also grammatically incorrect.

2. 2. Question

   Would they had been aware of all the facts, they would not have done it.

   •  Had they been
   •  Were they
   •  Should they were
   •  They had been
   •  No correction required
   Ans:
   The answer is A.
   The given sentence puts forth a condition that if they had been aware of the facts, they would not have done it. Therefore, “had they been” is grammatically correct and the usage of “would” is redundant here.

3. 3. Question

   Either my colleague and me will be presenting the report in-front of the CEO.

   •  Or I will be
   •  Or I could be
   •  Or myself would be
   •  Or me would be
   •  No correction required
   Ans:
   The answer is A.
   option B will make the structure of the sentence incorrect. In option C, we do not use me or myself in a sentence in which either is used. The sentence is in the present tense therefore we have to reject the use of option D as it has “would” in it.

4. 4. Question

   In some ways, the development of each child retraces the whole history of the human race, physically and spiritually.

   •  In a way
   •  In many ways
   •  In some way
   •  In quite a way
   •  No correction required
   Ans:
   The given sentence is correct as it is.

5. 5. Question

   As soon as she opened the umbrella, a scorpion fell about of it

   •  fell up from
   •  fell off from
   •  fell out of
   •  fell from off
   •  No correction required
   Ans:
   The use of phrasal verb “fell about” is incorrect. Fall about means to laugh uncontrollably. The correct phrasal verb is ‘fell out’ which means to become detached and drop out. Thus, option C is correct.

6. 6. Question

   The argument mentioned above seems to be logically convincing.

   •  Logically be convincing
   •  Convincing be logically
   •  Logical be convince
   •  Convince be logical
   •  No correction required
   Ans:
   “Seems to be” is a common term used in various sentences and here it goes very well with the next words. That is why no change is required in this question.
   None of the options fit grammatically after ‘to’.

7. 7. Question

   Nobody in the world know that he is alive, still, he persistently tries to beam messages back to Earth using the spacecraft’s rotating camera.

   •  Nobody in the world knows that he would alive
   •  Nobody onto the world known that he was alive
   •  Nobody into the world know that is he alive
   •  Nobody in the world knows that he is alive
   •  No correction required.
   Ans:
   “Nobody” is followed by a singular verb. Therefore, the verb should be written as “knows”.

8. 8. Question

   Necessity being the mother of invention, he resourcefully modifies the Rover to go on long drives even though it have originally designed for short one.

   •  it has originally have been designed for short one
   •  it has originally been designed for short ones
   •  it has originally was designed for short ones
   •  it has originally has been designed to short one
   •  No correction required.
   Ans:
   The subject “it” is followed by singular verb. Therefore, the use of “has” would be correct instead of “have”.
   Option A: ‘has and have been’ can’t be used together.
   Option B: ‘has originally was’ can’t be used together.
   Option C: ‘has and has been’ together are grammatically incorrect.
   Thus, option B is correct.

9. 9. Question

   There is no place for a citizen who is making a noise, agitates, and opposes government actions and policies.

   •  who makes a noise, agitate, and opposes
   •  who makes a noises, agitates, and oppose
   •  who makes a noise, agitates, and opposes
   •  who make a noise, agitates, and opposes
   •  No correction required.
   Ans:
   “A citizen” is singular noun, therefore, the verb that follows it should also be singular. Also, to maintain parallelism, all the verbs should carry a similar grammatical structure. Thus, option C is correct.

10. 10. Question

    NABARD has the responsibility of lay down the policies for the RRBs to oversee their operations provide refinance facilities to monitor their performance and to attend their problems.

    •  to laid down
    •  of laying down
    •  on lays down
    •  for lay downs
    •  No correction required
    Ans:
    The given sentence is generic; hence it will be in present tense.
    This eliminates option A.
    The given sentence is incorrect since the usage ‘of lay down’ is meaningless. “Laying down” is the correct phrasal verb.
    Options C and D are grammatically incorrect as well.