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SBI PO 2024-25 English Test - 2
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    Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words:

    The accidental ____(1)____of marine organisms on a boulder on the sea floor beneath 900 metres (3,000ft) of Antarctic ice shelf has led scientists to rethink the limits of life on Earth. Researchers stumbled on the life-bearing rock after sinking a borehole through nearly a kilometre of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf on the south-eastern Weddell Sea to ____(2)____ a sediment core from the seabed. While the boulder ____(3)____ their chances of obtaining the core, footage from a video camera sent down the hole captured the first images of organisms ____(4)____ to a rock far beneath an ice shelf. Ice shelves form when frozen water from the continent’s interior flows to the coast and floats on to the surrounding sea. As the ice flows over the land, it can pick up boulders that become ____(5)____ in the base of the ice shelf before dropping out on to the sea floor.

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 5.

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    In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select the "No improvement" option.

    The cavalry gradually became hopeless entangled among the squares they were unable to break, and at last, they were driven down the face of the ridge and the most dramatic part of the battle came to an end.

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    A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Five alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, click the option corresponding to "No improvement".

    I believe in an India of pluralism and diverse, not of religious bigotry and identity politics.

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    In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select the "No improvement" option.

    Looking farther, I was surprised to find that the chips were covered with such combatants, that it was not a duellum, but a bellum, a war between two races of ants, the red always pitted against the black, and frequent two red ones to one black.

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    A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Five alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, click the option corresponding to "No improvement".

    India, like Turkey and the United States, have witnessed growing resentment of cosmopolitan secular elites, with their lifestyles and perception of themselves as global citizens.

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    A sentence/ a part of the sentence is underlined. Five alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, click the option corresponding to ‘No improvement’.

    Economic planning requires well preparedness to meet the challenge of a batter growth rate.

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    In the sentence, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged.Choose the pair(s) of words which need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

    A small holly, (A) scramble from the earth, (B) arcs across the stream, and I have to (C) torn under a (D) huge beech that was (E) felled in the gales.

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    In the sentence, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged.Choose the pair(s) of words which need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

    (A) Tensions over land and natural (B) resources have been (C) leading for some time, sometimes (D) rising to (E) murderous violence.

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    In the sentence, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged. Choose the pair(s) of words which need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

    Theology, on the other hand, (A) induces a (B) dogmatic belief that we have the knowledge, where in fact we have (C) universe, and by doing so generates a kind of (D) impertinent insolence towards the (E) ignorance.

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    In the sentence, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged. Choose the pair(s) of words which need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

    The only thing (A) utilization the (B) prohibiting of such (C) precious and valuable (D) manpower is a lack of planning and strategic (E) foresight.

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