Bank of India Clerk Exam 2008 - English

This is an odd-one-out verbal reasoning question. Responsibility, Guarantee, Prize, and Value all share positive connotations related to obligations, commitments, rewards, or worth. 'Secret' (option B) is the correct answer as it stands out - it can be neutral or negative depending on context and doesn't share the positive, formal characteristics of the other words. Secret also implies concealment, unlike the others which are openly acknowledged or valuable.

Thought, Tried, Wished, and Wanted are all past tense verbs describing actions or states of mind. Encourage is the odd one out as it is a base form verb (present tense), not past tense like the others.

Contrary, Opposite, Anti, and Different are all words that describe opposition or contrast between two things. Yet is a conjunction used to introduce contrast, not a word that means 'opposing' itself.

Known, Calculated, Certain, and Surely all relate to certainty, knowledge, or verification. Dreamt is the odd one out as it refers to imagination during sleep, which is not about certainty or verified knowledge.

The fragment 'my MBA I initially' is grammatically incorrect. When using 'Since' to establish background context, the temporal clause needs proper punctuation or conjunction. It should be 'my MBA, I initially' (with comma) or better yet, restructure to 'While doing my MBA, I initially...'

Move, Shift, Change, and Lost are all past tense verbs (or can be used as past tense). Miss is typically a base form verb in this context and doesn't fit the pattern of past tense action verbs describing movement or transition.

Mean, Short, No, and Less can all function as adjectives or relate to quantity/description. Any is a determiner used in indefinite contexts, making it structurally different from the others in this set.

Achieved, Visualised, Persevered, and Aimed are past tense verbs describing personal efforts, goals, or mental states. Implemented is also past tense but specifically refers to executing a plan or system, making it the odd one in a set of more personal/internal verbs.

Supply, Rewards, Pay, and Honour are all concrete nouns related to compensation or transactions in business contexts. Diversity is an abstract concept referring to variety, making it the odd one out in this set of tangible workplace terms.

'Necessary true' is grammatically incorrect. When modifying 'true', we need the adverb 'necessarily' (necessarily true), not the adjective 'necessary'. This is a clear part-of-speech error in the predicate.

The comparative structure 'achieve...more easily...than we expected' is disrupted by inserting 'very' before 'easily' in part C. This creates awkward construction: 'very easily than' doesn't flow naturally in comparison. The better phrasing would be 'more easily than we expected' without 'very'.

The clause 'although it would displease his boss' is a subordinate clause that follows the main clause structure. The sentence structure is: 'He did not grant their request for a loan although it would displease his boss.' This is grammatically correct. The pronoun 'it' refers back to the request, and 'would' indicates hypothetical consequence. Option C is correctly marked as the answer.

The sentence 'This is a company which believes in transparency and appointment is done strictly on merit' is grammatically correct as written. Part A introduces the subject and relative clause. Part B continues with the prepositional phrase. Part C has passive voice 'appointment is done' which is correct. Part D has the prepositional phrase 'on merit'. No spelling or contextual errors exist.

The error is in part D. The word 'dividents' is misspelt. The correct spelling is 'dividends'. This is a common spelling error where the middle 'e' is omitted. The phrase 'dividends in the long run' refers to returns or benefits received over time.

The error is in part A. The word 'gole' is misspelt. The correct spelling is 'goal'. This is a clear spelling error - 'goal' refers to an objective or target that someone wants to achieve. 'My goal is to acquire a position of authority and respect within the organization.'

The error is in part A. The phrase 'The revised government's' has a grammatical issue with the possessive. The determiner 'The' before 'revised government's' creates redundancy. It should be 'The government's revised' (possessive before modifier) or 'The revised government guidelines' (no possessive). Having both 'The' and possessive 'government's' with 'revised' is awkward and incorrect.