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SBI PO / Clerk English Language Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English Language as it is examined in SBI PO / Clerk. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English Language deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
In 'Fill in the Blanks' with prepositions, which preposition follows 'comply'?
'Comply with' - e.g., 'You must comply with the rules.'
Which preposition correctly follows the word 'capable'?
'Capable of' - e.g., 'She is capable of doing it.'
What is a 'one-word substitution' for 'a person who knows many languages'?
Polyglot (or linguist).
What is the one-word substitution for 'a word that reads the same backward and forward'?
Palindrome.
What is the one-word substitution for 'fear of water'?
Hydrophobia.
Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'benevolent'.
Synonym: kind/generous; Antonym: malevolent/cruel.
Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'abundant'.
Synonym: plentiful/ample; Antonym: scarce/scanty.
Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'candid'.
Synonym: frank/honest; Antonym: evasive/deceptive.
Which is the correctly spelt word: 'accommodate', 'accomodate', or 'acommodate'?
'Accommodate' - it has two c's and two m's.
Which is correctly spelt: 'occurrence', 'occurence', or 'ocurrence'?
'Occurrence' - double c and double r.
Which is correctly spelt: 'embarrassment', 'embarassment', or 'embarrasment'?
'Embarrassment' - double r and double s.
In an exam essay, what are the three essential structural parts?
Introduction (states the topic/thesis), Body (develops arguments with examples), and Conclusion (summarises and gives a final view).
What is the recommended approach to essay writing under exam time pressure?
Spend a minute outlining key points, write a clear thesis, develop one idea per paragraph with evidence, maintain coherence, and end with a balanced conclusion.
What are the main components of a formal (business/official) letter?
Sender's address, date, receiver's address/designation, salutation, subject line, body, complimentary close, and signature with name.
What is the key difference between a formal and an informal letter?
A formal letter uses official tone, fixed structure, and salutations like 'Dear Sir/Madam'; an informal letter uses a personal/casual tone to friends or family with no subject line.
What is a precis?
A concise, clear summary of a passage that captures the essential ideas in the writer's own words, usually about one-third the length of the original.
What are the key rules for writing a good precis?
Retain the main idea, omit examples and repetition, write in third person and past tense (typically), keep it to roughly one-third length, and give it a suitable title.
In Sentence Correction, what is wrong with 'I am having a car'?
'Having' (continuous) wrongly used for possession; stative verb 'have' should be simple: 'I have a car.'
In banking passages, what does 'Inflation' measured by CPI indicate?
A sustained rise in the general price level of goods and services, measured by the Consumer Price Index; it erodes purchasing power of money.
What does the idiom 'to beat around the bush' mean?
To avoid talking about the main point or to speak indirectly instead of getting to the issue.
In Spotting Errors, what is the rule for 'much' versus 'many'?
'Much' is used with uncountable nouns (much water) and 'many' with countable plural nouns (many books).
In Sentence Improvement, what is the correct conditional form of 'If I was you, I would go'?
'If I were you, I would go' - the subjunctive 'were' is used for hypothetical/unreal conditions.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a government run by a king or queen'?
Monarchy.
In Para Jumbles, what role do connectors like 'firstly', 'finally', and 'in conclusion' play?
They are sequence/order markers that signal a sentence's position - 'firstly' near the start and 'finally/in conclusion' near the end of the paragraph.
What this deck covers
The English Language deck follows the SBI PO / Clerk English Language syllabus — 5 chapters and 18 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 10.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 85 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
English Language flashcards FAQ
How many English Language flashcards are in this SBI PO / Clerk deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these SBI PO / Clerk flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English Language cards cover?
They follow the SBI PO / Clerk English Language syllabus — 5 chapters and 18 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.