English Verbal - 15 (for Bank Exams)

English – Verbal – 15 (for Bank Exams)

Directions—(Q. 1–15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:  

               
The great sage once had a group of disciples. They were all very bright and eager students and the sage had all the reasons to be proud of them. One day the sage realized that he had imparted enough knowledge to his disciples. Now they were all very learned. There was only one thing the sage had not taught them, and that was the special verse that could bring the dead back to life. The sage knew that such knowledge was too wonderful and could prove to be a dangerous thing in the hands of someone who was not very wise. The sage pondered over this for a long time. But he also knew that if he did not pass on this secret verse, it could die with him. So, at last he called his cleverest disciple aside and said “I am going to teach you a very special verse. If you chant this you can bring to life a dead person or animal. Use only when you need it to and never misuse or test your powers vainly.”

He then called all the disciples together and said, “I am sending you all into the forest for forty days. Go together and come back together. Each one of you has to guide one another and do good things.” So the disciples started out together into the forest. They were all united. But the clever disciple who knew the verse wanted to show he was better than the others. As they walked into the forest, they came across a dead tiger on the way. It was huge and looked wickedly fierce even when dead. The clever disciple stopped and said to the others. “Now I am going to show you what our teacher has taught me alone. He has taught me how to bring life back into the dead.” The others would not believe him and he said, “I would prove it to you by bringing this tiger back to life. “But other disciple said “do not do anything to prove your knowledge vainly. Moreover, if you put life into this tiger, it will only turn on us and kill us all. This will not be a wise thing to do.” But the clever disciple had decided to prove himself and prepared to recite the verse. But before he did so, the other disciples scrambled up to the topmost branches of a big tree nearby. The disciple then recited the magical verse. The tiger slowly began to breathe. “Its working” cried the disciple in excitement and joy. The tiger opened its eyes and saw him jumping and shouting in front of him. Roaring loudly, the tiger pounced on the poor disciple and killed him. The other disciples on the tree watched helplessly as the tiger threw down the dead body of the disciple and went away into the forest. After some time the disciples came down, took the body and went to the sage. The sage looked at them and said, “Now you see what can happen if you don’t use your learning wisely. Let this be a lesson for you.” With that, the sage uttered the magic verse and brought the dead disciple back to life. The sage then taught the verse to all his disciples and sent them into the world to do good. He was sure that after such a lesson, they would be wiser and use their knowledge and learning only for doing good.

1. Why did the other disciples climb the highest branches of the nearby tree?
(a) To save their lives from the tiger
(b) They disliked the clever disciple and were hiding away from him
(c) To enjoy watching the tiger kill the disciple from a safe distance
(d) Because the sage had not taught the other disciples the secret verse
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

2. Why did the sage send his disciples to the forest?
(a) He wanted to get rid of them.
(b) He had imparted all the knowledge he had and was left with nothing to teach
(c) He wanted them to be killed by a tiger so that he could test his secret verse
(d) So that the disciples could practice his secret verse on the wild animals
(e) None of these
Ans: (e)

3. Which of the following morals can be drawn from the above passage?
(a) A teacher must pass on all his knowledge to others before he dies
(b) Advice of true friends should always be taken
(c) Teachers should always be impartial and should impart knowledge to all uniformly
(d) The knowledge and learning gained should never the misused
(e) None of these

Ans: (d)

4. Why did the sage decide to pass on his secret verse to his disciples?
(a) So that the cleverest of the disciples may teach other disciples as well.
(b) He did not want the verse to die with him
(c) So that the tiger may eat the cleverest disciple
(d) So that he could prove his genius to his disciples
(e) None of these

Ans: (b)

5. What did the sage say to his disciple while teaching his secret verse?
(a) Never to misuse the power achieved with the help of the verse
(b) Not to use it on the wild animals
(c) Not to share it with other disciples
(d) To practice it on animals before humans
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

6. How did the other disciples react when the clever disciple decided to bring the tiger back to life?
(a) They felt jealous of him
(b) They all felt that it was a wise thing to do
(c) They felt sorry for the tiger
(d) They tried to stop him as he could put their lives in danger
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

7. Why was the sage proud of his disciples?
(a) Because they had agreed to go to the forest for a long period of 40 days
(b) Because they had fought against the tiger very bravely
(c) Because they could bring the dead tiger back to life
(d) Because they were very bright and eager students
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

8. Who/what is described as wicked and fierce by the author?
(a) The clever disciple
(b) The sage
(c) The tiger
(d) The forest
(e) None of these

Ans: (c)

9. Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
(a) The clever disciple was brought back to life by the sage
(b) The sage wanted his disciples to use their learning only for doing good
(c) The sage was biased towards the clever disciple and disliked others
(d) The sage ultimately taught the secret verse to all his disciples
(e) All are true
Ans: (c)

10. Why did the clever disciple recite the verse to the dead tiger?
(a) So that the other disciples may be eaten up by the tiger
(b) To flaunt the power of the verse to the other disciples
(c) Because the sage told him to do so
(d) So that he could himself to the sage
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)

Directions—(Q. 11–13) choose the word that is MOST SIMILAR in MEANING to the word in bold letters.
11. PONDERED
(a) guessed
(b) puzzled
(c) studied
(d) thought
(e) attended
Ans: (d)

12. POUNCED
(a) climbed
(b) looked
(c) roared
(d) plunged
(e) jumped
Ans: (d)

13. CRIED
(a) wept
(b) screamed
(c) protested
(d) tearful
(e) saddened
Ans: (a)

Directions—(Q. 14 –15) choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in MEANING to the wordin bold letters.

14. BRIGHT
(a) dim
(b) soft
(c) dull
(d) faint
(e) vague

Ans: (c)

15. FIERCE
(a) timid
(b) emotional

(c) civilized
(d) pleased
(e) domesticated

Ans: (a)

Directions—(Q. 16 –20) Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each sentences should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ?
If the sentence is correct as it is given and No Correction is required, mark (e) as the answer.

16. He wants a start a new business but he did not have any money.
(a) Thought to start (b) Want to started (c) Wanted to start (d) Wants for start (e) No Correction Required

Ans: (c)

17. As Rohan was already late, he had his breakfast while walk down the road.
(a) walking down the (b) walking at the (c) walked on the (d) walked down the (e) No Correction Required

Ans: (a)

18. The poor bullock do not move since the cart was overloaded with heavy goods.
(a) cannot move (b) unable to move (c) was not moved (d) could not move (e) No Correction Required

Ans: (d)

19. He covered the expensive furniture at sheet before he started painting the ceiling.
(a) with sheet ahead (b) with sheet before (c) in sheet prior (d) in sheet earlier (e) No Correction Required

Ans: (b)

20. The smoke if inhaled proves to be more fatal than the burn itself.
(a) be most fatal (b) kill more fatal (c) be additional fatal (d) be greater fatal (e) No Correction Required

Ans: (e)