Parajumble Notes – English Notes for Bank Exam

For all the banking job aspirants across the country, various banking examination is happening across the country every year. English language section and the questions that re asked in this section is one of the best scoring and easiest sections in any banking examinations. Candidates who have basic idea about thee language and basic grammar can score good marks in English language section. Para jumbles for banking exam is also an important portion where candidates have to give priority when they are preparing for the examination. In this article you can familiarize yourself with Para jumbles SBI PO 2021 and the tips to solve Para jumble questions for banking examination along with the previously asked questions and answers from the above mentioned section.

Parajumbles for Banking Exams

Parajumbles and its concepts are one of the most important sections of a banking examination and every year many questions are asked from this section. If the candidate is thorough with the concepts and the type of questions that can be asked from this section, they can easily score about 80-90% of marks from this section and can secure a good rank in the final list. Let’s solve some of the previously asked parajumble questions from the English language section of various banking examination.

Tricks to Solve Parajumble Questions

• Identify the opening sentence
  The first and most important thing which every candidate need to do is to identify the opening sentence of the paragraph. If the candidate is able to identify the opening sentence, then you will be able to fix at least one sentence in its position
• Identify the closing sentence
  The second step which every candidate has to concentrate is about identifying the sentence with which the paragraph could possibly close. This is actually a logical extension of the above point only and forms a continuation of the same.
• Identify mandatory pairs
  One of the most important methods to solve a parajumble is to identify mandatory pairs from the question. These are basically groupings which will occur in a defined order.
• Identifying transition words
  Transition words imply a shift from one idea to another in a paragraph. They function like logical connectors in sentences. Observing the transition words found in a sentence will lead you to the correct mandatory pair for the question.

Here are some of parajumble questions for practice. Candidates who are preparing for the banking examination is requested to go through the questions to get a good idea regarding the section.

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Question: 1

1. In a bid to placate the associate members, the ICC has decided to increase the number of participating teams to 16 in the Twenty20 World Cup, as the game’s governing body feels these countries will have a greater chance of competing on an equal footing in cricket’s shortest format.
2. It is convenient just now to forget that in the last edition of the tournament, considerable criticism was heaped on the governing body for the inordinate length of the tournament, thanks in large part to the presence of the associates.
3. To be fair to the ICC, criticism of the move to restrict the number of teams in the next edition of the Cup is a case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
4. The ICC’s decision to restrict the number of teams in the 2015 World Cup has evoked mixed responses, with opinion divided among players of the full member teams.
5. Not surprisingly, the associate members aren’t too thrilled about the idea of being kept out of cricket’s showpiece event.

1. ECDAB
2. BAECD
3. DACEB
4. DEACB

Answer: Option 4

Explanation:
The paragraph talks about the ICC’s decision to restrict the number of teams and the response that it evoked. The decision is introduced in sentence D.
On one hand the ICC was criticized because of the inordinate length of the tournament and now it is criticized when it wants to reduce the number of teams. Hence, DEAC forms a logical sequence.
Sentence C will be followed by B as B shows the other side of the coin.

Question: 2

1. Environment Education unit of Centre for Science & Environment has always been working towards providing easy to understand reading material.
2. Their new publication on this subject is an attempt to lend teachers a helping hand.
3. It unfolds in two sections: Climate change: how to make sense of it all
4. And natural resources how to share & care.
5. However, they are introduced to students not as a paragraph to memorize but as an activity to do.

1. ACEBD
2. DBCAE
3. ABCDE
4. BECAD

Answer: Option 3

Explanation:
A introduces the topic ‘Environment Education Unit’
The pronoun ‘their’ in sentence ‘B’ refers to the same.
C and D form a mandatory pair as both of them tell the two topics discussed in the new publication. Also ‘And’ in D makes it ovious that it will follow C
In E , ‘however’ concludes the paragraph
Hence, ABCDE should be the right answer. Option C.

Question: 3

1. When they gathered together, the Buddha was completely silent & some speculated that perhaps the Buddha was tired or ill.
2. It is said that Gautam Buddha gathered his disciples one day for a Dharma talk.
3. One of the Buddha’s disciples, Mahakasyapa, silently gazed at the flower & broke into a broad smile.
4. The origin of Zen Buddhism is ascribed to the Flower Sermon, the earliest source which comes from the 14th century.
5. The Buddha silently held up & twirled a flower and twinkled his eyes, several of his disciples tried to interpret what this meant though none of them was correct.

1. EBDAC
2. DBAEC
3. BCDEA
4. CADBE

Answer: Option 2

Explanation:
D introduces the topic i.e., ‘Origin of Zen Buddhism’ ascribes to the flower sermon.
B logically tells about the first event in the story.
In A, ‘they’ refers to the disciples mentioned in B.
After this E as the question was asked by the Gautam Buddha.
Finally C will come as one of his disciples was able to figure out the answer.

Question 4

1. Last March, I was invited to present a paper on the topic of whether the mistakes of the 20th century would be repeated in the 21st century as well.
2. The economic crisis hadn’t become grave then.
3. But today the world is in the midst of the biggest economic crisis since 1929.
4. The key difference between then and now is that the old power structures have finally disappeared.
5. Now even the US is pleading for financial help from China.

1. BCADE
2. ABCDE
3. CDEAB
4. DEABC

Answers: Option 2

Explanation:
BC shows a contrast and forms a pair
CD forms a pair as D elaborates C
A is the opening sentence as it is independent and complete..
try to solve this question according to chronology.

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Question 5

1. People started fearing a famine.
2. Monsoon turned out to be unusually abundant and the danger was averted.
3. The monsoon failed and water tanks became almost empty.
4. So, no grain could be sown by the farmers in their fields.
5. Farmers looked anxiously for the next monsoon.

1. CADBE
2. CDAEB
3. AEDCB
4. DABCE

Answer: Option 2

Explanation:

The paragraph clearly identifies 3 ways:
The Para starts with failing monsoon and because of which tanks became empty.
This fear led to no sowing of the grains by the farmers.
This led to fear of famine
After this farmers again became anxious for the next monsoon.
After this speculation something opposite happened and monsoon fared well and danger was averted. The correct sequence is CDAEB

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