English Language

Here’s a comprehensive syllabus for the English Language section typically included in the Bank Probationary Officer (PO) exams:

English Language:

• Reading Comprehension: Passage-based questions to test comprehension, inference, vocabulary, and understanding of the author’s tone and purpose.
• Grammar: Rules of grammar including tenses, parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, articles, conjunctions, prepositions, etc.
• Vocabulary: Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, idioms, phrases, one-word substitutions, word usage, and analogies.
• Cloze Test: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words based on context and grammar.
• Error Detection: Sentences with grammatical errors where candidates need to identify and correct them.
• Para jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement: Sentences are jumbled, and candidates need to arrange them in a coherent paragraph.
• Sentence Improvement: Sentences with errors where candidates need to identify the correct and improved version.
• Letter Writing/ Essay Writing: Candidates may be asked to write formal letters, informal letters, essays, or paragraphs on given topics.