SBI Clerk Prelims Mock Test - 15 - Bank Exams MCQ

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. According to the passage, the most advanced living organism in the world is

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. The automatic goal stirring mechanism of our body is successful mostly

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. In order to get what we do want, it is helpful to

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. The subject under discussion in the passage is

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. The objective of the passage is to

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. The word ‘negate’ in the passage means

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Just as there are basic laws and principles that control your physical world, there are basic laws and principles that control your mental world as well. Before you can hope to operate your human success system properly, you need to know the basic laws that determine your behavior and affect your very being.

In this regard, you have no choice. You cannot decide to bypass these laws in an attempt to negate their application. They are present in all mental working and will always operate successfully to bring about the results you keep telling your mind you want.

The human mind is very much like a sophisticated electronic computer. When you acquire any new piece of advanced equipment, you normally take some time to carefully read the manual and basic operating instructions before turning it on to make it work. Operating instructions are important. They tell you how to get maximum performance out of the device, taking into account the specific tasks it was designed to perform. It should be the same with operating your own miraculous built-in machine.

You were born as the most advanced living organism in the world, yet you lack the precise knowledge to get the most out of your internal success system. Of course, your automatic goal-stirring mechanism is always successful. But it is probably more successful at getting you what you don’t want in life rather than what you do want. Understanding the mental laws will help you get what you do want, more often.

Q. The phrase ‘miraculous built-in machine’ refers to

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

He brought freedom to India and in that process taught us many things which were important for us at the time. He told us to (11) fear and hatred, he told us of unity and equality and brotherhood, of raising those who had been suppressed, of the (12) of labour and of the supremacy of things of the spirit. Above all, he spoke and wrote unceasingly of truth in (13) all our activities. He repeated again and again that Truth was to him God and God was Truth. Scholars may raise their eyebrows and philosophers and cynics repeat the old question: what is truth? (14) of us dare to answer it with any assurance; it may be that the answer itself is many-sided and our limited intelligence cannot (15) the whole. But, however limited the functioning of our minds or our capacity for intuition may be, each one of us must, I suppose, have some limited idea of truth as he sees it. Will he act (16) to it, regardless of (17) and not compromise (18) what he himself considers an aberration from it? Will he even in search of the right (19), compromise with the means of attaining it? Will he subordinate means to (20)?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The aim was to capitalize on the rising status of the artist as the exponent of a liberal art.

(B) Other cities soon followed Florence’s example, a notable case being Rome, where the Academy of St Luke was founded in 1593 with Frederico Zuccaro as its president.

(C) Towards the end of the 16th century, groups of European painters and sculptors, dissatisfied with the venality and artisanal aspects of the guild system, joined together into academies of art which sought to promote the intellectual and creative aspects of producing art over that of their craft-based predecessors.

(D) In France, the Academic Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was founded in 1648 around the ambitious and politically astute Charles Le Brun, who enlisted the royal support which was to make this academy the envy of Europe.

(E) The first artists’ academy (as opposed to the gathering of dilettanti, antiquarians and amateurs also called academies), was established in 1563 in Florence by the artist and historiographer Giorgio Varansi, under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici and with Michelangelo at its head.

Q. Which of the following should be the First sentence of the given paragraph?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The aim was to capitalize on the rising status of the artist as the exponent of a liberal art.

(B) Other cities soon followed Florence’s example, a notable case being Rome, where the Academy of St Luke was founded in 1593 with Frederico Zuccaro as its president.

(C) Towards the end of the 16th century, groups of European painters and sculptors, dissatisfied with the venality and artisanal aspects of the guild system, joined together into academies of art which sought to promote the intellectual and creative aspects of producing art over that of their craft-based predecessors.

(D) In France, the Academic Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was founded in 1648 around the ambitious and politically astute Charles Le Brun, who enlisted the royal support which was to make this academy the envy of Europe.

(E) The first artists’ academy (as opposed to the gathering of dilettanti, antiquarians and amateurs also called academies), was established in 1563 in Florence by the artist and historiographer Giorgio Varansi, under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici and with Michelangelo at its head.

Q. Which of the following should be the Third sentence of the given paragraph?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The aim was to capitalize on the rising status of the artist as the exponent of a liberal art.

(B) Other cities soon followed Florence’s example, a notable case being Rome, where the Academy of St Luke was founded in 1593 with Frederico Zuccaro as its president.

(C) Towards the end of the 16th century, groups of European painters and sculptors, dissatisfied with the venality and artisanal aspects of the guild system, joined together into academies of art which sought to promote the intellectual and creative aspects of producing art over that of their craft-based predecessors.

(D) In France, the Academic Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was founded in 1648 around the ambitious and politically astute Charles Le Brun, who enlisted the royal support which was to make this academy the envy of Europe.

(E) The first artists’ academy (as opposed to the gathering of dilettanti, antiquarians and amateurs also called academies), was established in 1563 in Florence by the artist and historiographer Giorgio Varansi, under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici and with Michelangelo at its head.

Q. Which of the following should be the Fifth sentence of the given paragraph?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The aim was to capitalize on the rising status of the artist as the exponent of a liberal art.

(B) Other cities soon followed Florence’s example, a notable case being Rome, where the Academy of St Luke was founded in 1593 with Frederico Zuccaro as its president.

(C) Towards the end of the 16th century, groups of European painters and sculptors, dissatisfied with the venality and artisanal aspects of the guild system, joined together into academies of art which sought to promote the intellectual and creative aspects of producing art over that of their craft-based predecessors.

(D) In France, the Academic Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was founded in 1648 around the ambitious and politically astute Charles Le Brun, who enlisted the royal support which was to make this academy the envy of Europe.

(E) The first artists’ academy (as opposed to the gathering of dilettanti, antiquarians and amateurs also called academies), was established in 1563 in Florence by the artist and historiographer Giorgio Varansi, under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici and with Michelangelo at its head.

Q. Which of the following should be the Fourth sentence of the given paragraph?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The aim was to capitalize on the rising status of the artist as the exponent of a liberal art.

(B) Other cities soon followed Florence’s example, a notable case being Rome, where the Academy of St Luke was founded in 1593 with Frederico Zuccaro as its president.

(C) Towards the end of the 16th century, groups of European painters and sculptors, dissatisfied with the venality and artisanal aspects of the guild system, joined together into academies of art which sought to promote the intellectual and creative aspects of producing art over that of their craft-based predecessors.

(D) In France, the Academic Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was founded in 1648 around the ambitious and politically astute Charles Le Brun, who enlisted the royal support which was to make this academy the envy of Europe.

(E) The first artists’ academy (as opposed to the gathering of dilettanti, antiquarians and amateurs also called academies), was established in 1563 in Florence by the artist and historiographer Giorgio Varansi, under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici and with Michelangelo at its head.

Q. Which of the following should be the Second sentence of the given paragraph?

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will he in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 'd'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

The judge dismissed the case because (A)/ the plaintiff was hell bent on (B)/withdrawing back his complaint (C)/ no error (D).

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will he in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 'd'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

He was too drunk (A)/ to know (B)/ where he was going to (C)/ no error (D).

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will he in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 'd'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

The streets (A)/ are so wet (B)/ It should have rained last night (C)/ no error (D).

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will he in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 'd'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

The bunch of keys (A)/ have been lost (B)/ by my mother early in the morning (C)/ no error (D).

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will he in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 'd'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

The news were (A)/ read out (B)/ by a vey smart and fluent newsreader (C)/ no error (D).