pnbindia.in PNB SO Specialist Officer Exam Question Paper Sample : Punjab National Bank

Name of the Organization : Punjab National Bank
Type of the Exam : PNB SO Specialist Officer Exam
Document Type : Model Question Paper
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PNB SO Question Paper :

PNB Sample English Paper
Directions : (Q. 11–15) Rearrange the following five sentences (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

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(a) Thus, if we really value it, we will work hard to make it a reality.
(b) Inner peace is the most elusive thing that a human being can seek.
(c) The most important criterion in order to experience it is to value the importance of inner peace.

(d) To experience inner peace one doesn’t have to retreat to a Himalayan cave; rather, one can experience inner peace seated exactly where they are by watching these thoughts.

(e) Nobody can gift the other inner peace at the same time it is only one’s own thoughts that can rob them of their inner peace.
11. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement –
(A) (a)(B) (b)(C) (c)(D) (d)(E) (e)

12. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement –
(A) (e)(B) (d)(C) (c)(D) (b)(E) (a)
13. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement –
(A) (e)(B) (d)(C) (c)(D) (b)(E) (a)

14. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement –
(A) (a)(B) (b)(C) (c)(D) (d)(E) (e)
15. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement –

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
16. After ……… payrolls and tightening perks to cope with the economic slowdown last year, software companies are finding that a rising number of engineering and management graduates are transferring their ……… to vocations such as manufacturing and banking.
(A) trimming – loyalties(B) reducing – accounts(C) hiking – services(D) increased – affections(E) dropped – potentials

17. It is very important to ……… that when the swine flu virus enters a human body, it takes a minimum of one day to a maximum of eight days for the disease to develop ……….
(A) gauge – extensively(B) ascertain – further(C) understand – fully(D) verify – remarkably

18. Scientists, working to save the earth, have ……… ‘dry water’ that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence helps ……… global warming.
(A) aided – cut(B) created – combat(C) built – stop(D) produced – increase(E) invented – monitoring

19. The first round of the contest had the students ……… themselves and ……… about their hobbies.
(A) introducing – talking(B) sensitizing – sketching(C) showcasing – planning(D) acclimatizing – mentioning

20. The varsity’s poll process for ……… of new candidates has ……… poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date.
(A) entrusting – seen
(B) registration – evoked
(C) entrance – made
(D) admission – visited
(E) experimenting – generated
Ans : (B)

Directions : (Q. 21–25) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

21. Initially, shop owners tried to (A) / offer some resistance to the demolition but (B) / seeing the heavy presence of the police force, (C) / their resistance faded off. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (E)

22. Cleanliness drives will be (A) / conducted in various localities (B) / to opening the drains blocked (C) / with polythene bags. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (C)

23. The results of the study showed that (A) / if the partners were willing to talk to each other (B) / and arrive at a mutually agreeable decision,` (C) / the joint decisions were more better than any one person’s judgment. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (D)

24. A year after the global financial crisis saw (A) / students from the best B-schools across the world struggling for a job, (B) / a survey on management education this year thrown (C) / up some rather interesting findings. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (C)

25. The district authorities are making (A) / a last-ditch attempt to provide (B) / alternative solutions to farmers but (C) / the options is clearly inadequate. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (D)