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Punjab & Sind Bank SO: 18-question practice mock

A compact, single-clock Punjab & Sind Bank SO practice mock: 18 original questions across English Language and Banking Awareness, each with a worked solution. No negative marking in this exam.

Before you start

18 questions in 18 minutes on a single clock — a short drill, not a full-length paper.
Each question carries one mark and there is no negative marking in this exam.
Every question is original, written to the Punjab & Sind Bank SO pattern, with a worked solution shown after you submit.

Sections in this test

Section	Questions
English LanguageEnglish Language	9
Banking AwarenessBanking Awareness	9

Sample questions with worked solutions

A few questions from this test, with the answer key and the method behind it. The full set of 18 runs under a timer, and every solution is on the analysis screen once you submit.

English Language · solved example

Find the segment that contains a grammatical error: (A) Neither the manager (B) nor the officers (C) was informed (D) about the change.

A
B
CCorrect
D
No error

Solution

With "neither ... nor", the verb agrees with the nearer subject "the officers" (plural), so it should be "were informed".

Banking Awareness · solved example

Pension funds in India are regulated by:

PFRDACorrect
IRDAI
SEBI
NABARD

Solution

PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority) regulates pensions, including the NPS.

English Language · solved example

Find the segment that contains a grammatical error: (A) Neither of the two proposals (B) were acceptable (C) to the board (D) of directors.

A
BCorrect
C
D
No error

Solution

"Neither of the two" is singular, so it should be "was acceptable", making B the error.

English Language · solved example

Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph: P) The discovery of antibiotics transformed modern medicine. Q) Yet the very success of these drugs bred a new danger. R) Overuse has produced resistant bacteria that threaten those gains. S) Diseases that once killed millions became easily treatable.

Which of the given sentences should come first in the rearranged paragraph?

PCorrect
Q
R
S

Solution

The meaningful order is P, S, Q, R. Hence the first sentence is P.

English Language · solved example

Behavioural economics has quietly overturned a comfortable assumption: that people, given information, will act in their own best interest. In experiment after experiment, humans prove predictably irrational. We overvalue what we already own, fear a loss more than we relish an equal gain, and follow the herd even against the evidence. Rather than lament these flaws, some economists have sought to harness them. A pension scheme that enrols workers by default, allowing them to opt out, dramatically raises participation, not by compelling anyone but by making inertia work for the saver instead of against him. Critics warn that such "nudges" can shade into manipulation, and that the line between guiding a choice and dictating it is thinner than its advocates admit. The debate, ultimately, is less about economics than about how much we trust institutions to know what is good for us.

Which human tendency is mentioned?

Acting only on evidence
Undervaluing what we own
Always ignoring the herd
Valuing losses and gains equally
Fearing a loss more than relishing an equal gainCorrect

Solution

The passage says we fear a loss more than we relish an equal gain.

How this test is marked

Correct answer

Wrong answer

-0

Unanswered

Because a blank carries no penalty, guessing only pays when you can eliminate at least two options. The analysis screen after the test shows you exactly where guessing cost you marks.