Saturday 7 May 2016

7 MAY-- STUDY MATERIAL -ENGLISH WRITTEN EXAM--- SBI PO//SBI JUNIOR ASSOCIATES (CLERK)



Dear Candidate,

Purpose : To prepare for written exam of SBI JUNIOR ASSOCIATES (CLERK)/  SBI PO.
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Read the following Paragraph and answer the questions given below:

Not only was he funny-looking, but he had funny ways and notions, and a good - natured, magnetic stubbornness in sticking to them. One of his friends had asked the oracle at Delphi who was the wisest man in Athens. To the astonishment of all, the priestess had mentioned this idler, Socrates. “The oracle,” he said, “chose me as the wisest Athenian because I am the only one who knows that he doesn’t know anything.” The attitude of sly and slightly mischievous humbleness gave him a terrific advantage in an argument. Pretending that he himself didn’t know the answers, he would badger people with questions, and lead them to make astounding admissions. Socrates was the evangelist of clear thinking. He went about the streets of Athens preaching logic - just as 400 years later Jesus would go about the villages of Palestine preaching love. And like Jesus without ever writing down a word, he exercised an influence over the minds of men that a library of books could not surpass.

1. What did Socrates preach?
 2. What was advantageous to Socrates in an argument? 
 3. What was the similarity between Socrates and Jesus?
  4. Rewrite the following sentences as instructed :
  (a) “The oracle,” he said, “chose me as the wisest Athenian.” (Rewrite in indirect narration) 
(b) He went about the streets of Athens preaching logic. (Rewrite the sentence using the coordinating conjunction “and”) 
 5. Match the word in Column A with their meaning in Column B.

  A                         B
 (i) badger           (a) idea
 (ii) evangelist      (b) tease
 (iii) notion             (c) prophet
 (iv) oracle            (d) preacher

 6. How will you describe Socrates in your own words?


ans:

 1 Ans. Socrates preached logic and clear thinking.
2 Ans. The attitude of sly and slightly mischievous behaviour was advantageous to Socrates in an argument.

3 Ans. Both Socrates and Jesus were evangelists and went around preaching.

4(a)Ans. He said that the oracle had chosen him as the wisest Athenian. 
4(b)Ans. He went about the streets of Athens and preached logic.

5. Ans. (i) badger - tease (ii) evangelist - preacher (iii) notion - idea (iv) oracle - prophet.

 6. Ans. Socrates was an eccentric in looks and behaviour. He was goodnatured and stubborn. He often pretended to know nothing and pestered people with his seemingly innocent questions.


All The Best.

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