ICICI Bank Clerk Exam - Solved English Paper - Part 4

Directions-(Q. 31-35) Rearrange the following six sentences (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.
(a) “What nonsense.” Retorted the fly, “See, they are enjoying themselves and dancing.”
(b) A fly was flying around but she seemed reluctant to land anywhere, she was searching for other flies but could not see any.
(c) She settled on the flypaper, and got stuck with the other flies.
(d) “They’re not dancing ! They’re trying to free themselves !!” yelled the bee, but the fly wasn’t listening.
(e) While wandering around she suddenly came across a large number of flies sitting on a large piece of paper so the fly started flying towards the paper.
(f) “Don’t land !” warned a bee that was flying past, “It’s flypaper. All those flies are stuck to it !”

31. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence in the rearrangement ?
c  e  d  a  b
 

32. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence in the rearrangement ?
e  b  c  a  f
 

33. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence in the rearrangement ?
d  a  b  c  e
 

34. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence in the rearrangement ?
c  b  a  f  d
 

35. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence in the rearrangement ?
a  b  d  e  f
 


Directions-(Q. 36-40) Each sentence below has a blank/s, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word/s that best fit/s the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

36. I am sure …… you explain the situation, she …… understand.
So, would   not, may   if, will   thus, won’t   try, still
 

37. He …… speech problems since childhood.
has   have   having   is   going
 

38. Priti forgot to …… the windows before she …… the house.
shut, left   close, see   clean forget   bring, wash   open, came
 

39. Anju has been …… classical music since 2009.
learnt   learned   learn   learns   learning
 

40. It was impossible to …… out the real culprit.
mark   point   sketch   see   balance
 

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