IBPS Clerk Mains English Daily Mock 8th January 2020

Directions (1-8): Answer the following questions after rearranging the following sentences into a coherent paragraph and identify the sentence that doesn’t fit into the context of the paragraph.

(A) And in the few cases where the teachers did come, the parents found the teachers to be hopelessly incompetent. 

(B) This debate should have died after the 1991 liberalisation when poor parents woke up and became eager to send their children to English medium schools. 

(C) The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption.

(D) And so, where the government fails, private enterprise steps in to retrieve the situation and bring in a modicum of development.

(E) For a long time in policy circles it was argued that education should be made compulsory for the children of the poor. Apparently, the poor didn’t know the value of education and used their children as labour.

(F) That poor parents are choosing to pay twice for their children’s education tells that something is seriously wrong with the government system.

(G)  Where the poor did have a local primary school, it was dilapidated and its appointed teachers didn’t even come to the school. 

Q1. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption.” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, then which among the followings fails to become a part of the coherent paragraph?

(a) E

(b) G

(c) B

(d) A

(e) F

Q2. Among the following pairs which one of them is formed with two consecutive statements after the rearrangement (excluding the incoherent sentence)?

(a) C-A

(b) A-B

(c) E-G

(d) G-A

(e) F-B

Q3. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption.” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, identify the correct sequence of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph (excluding the incoherent one).

(a) EBCGAD

(b) DACGBF

(c) EACFGB

(d) EBCGDA

(e) ADCFBE

Q4. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption.” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statements should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement? (excluding the incoherent sentence)

(a) F

(b) D

(c) A

(d) C

(e) B

Q5. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statements should be the LAST sentence after the rearrangement? (excluding the incoherent sentence)

(a) A

(b) G

(c) F

(d) D

(e) C

Q6. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statements should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement? (excluding the incoherent sentence)

(a) A

(b) G

(c) F

(d) D

(e) B

Q7. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statements should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement? (excluding the incoherent sentence)

(a) A

(b) E

(c) F

(d) D

(e) C

Q7. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statements should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement? (excluding the incoherent sentence)

(a) A

(b) E

(c) F

(d) D

(e) C

Q8. Considering statement (C) “The poor wanted schools, but couldn’t find any. Many primary schools that had supposedly been “built” by government in remote villages simply didn’t exist: that money had long evaporated through corruption” as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statements should be the FOURTH  sentence after the rearrangement? (excluding the incoherent sentence)

(a) A

(b) E

(c) G

(d) D

(e) C

Directions (9-15): In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts consisting of a highlighted word in each part. Choose the option reflecting the word which is either misspelt or grammatically incorrect. If all the highlighted words are correct, choose option (e) i.e. “all are correct” as your answer choice.

Q9. The will to survive is/ extraordinary and at times overwhelming/, capeable of fashioning some form of /normality even out of the darkest hour.

(a)survive

(b)overwhelming

(c)capeable

(d)normality

(e) All are correct

Q10. This elevated region is/ known as the plateau of/ Matto Grosso, and its elevations/ so far as known rarely exceed 3000 ft.

(a)region

(b)plateau

(c)elevations

(d) exceed

(e) All are correct

Q11. While I knew we were helplessly/ to do anything positive in Howie’s absence,/ I never-the-less opened the site /where Betsy located cases for our attention.

(a)helplessly

(b)absence

(c)opened

(d)attention

(e) All are correct

Q12. It would be the first/ time in an airoplane for// her and she wanted details of/ what to expect.

(a) be

(b)airoplane

(c)details

(d)expect

(e) All are correct

Q13. He was respectful of her/ concerns, but they didn’t see eye-to-eye /on any of it – except the fact /that they both wanted another child.

(a)respectful

(b)concerns

(c)accept

(d)another

(e) All are correct

Q14. The withdrawal of/ troops from the area has/ created a security/ vacuum which will need to be filled.

(a) withdrawal

(b)troops

(c)created

(d)vacuum

(e) All are correct

Q15. Your friend Mr. Abbott went/ to the hospital and Lieutenent Robert/  is setting up a command/ center at headquarters.

(a) friend

(b) Lieutenent

(c) command

(d) headquarters

(e) All are correct

Solutions

S1. Ans. (e)

Sol. Drawing a hint from the third sentence, the theme of the paragraph can be derived that it is describing about the issue of unscrupulous practices while providing education to the poor children. Sentence (E) perfectly introduces the theme of the paragraph as it has stated that a disagreement regarding the provision of compulsory education for the poor. Sentence (B) follows sentence (E) as the sentence begins with “This debate…”. Here the subject “this debate” refers to the argument mentioned in sentence (E). Sentence (G) should follow sentence (C) as it describes the poor functioning of the schools in the rural areas. Sentence (A) and sentence (G) forms a coherent pair as they both describes about the mismanagement of the schools in rural areas. Sentence (D) perfectly concludes the paragraph as it states the solution to overcome the failure of the government to provide compulsory education to the poor children. Sentence (F) is incoherent with the context of the paragraph and cannot fit logically in the sequence of the sentences. Thus the final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable answer choice. 

S2. Ans. (d)

Sol. Sentence (A) and sentence (G) forms a coherent pair as they both describes about the mismanagement of the schools in rural areas. Sentence (D) perfectly concludes the paragraph as it states the solution to overcome the failure of the government to provide compulsory education to the poor children. Sentence (F) is incoherent with the context of the paragraph and cannot fit logically in the sequence of the sentences. Thus the final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice. 

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. Drawing a hint from the third sentence, the theme of the paragraph can be derived that it is describing about the issue of unscrupulous practices while providing education to the poor children. Sentence (E) perfectly introduces the theme of the paragraph as it has stated that a disagreement regarding the provision of compulsory education for the poor. Sentence (B) follows sentence (E) as the sentence begins with “This debate…”. Here the subject “this debate” refers to the argument mentioned in sentence (E). Sentence (G) should follow sentence (C) as it describes the poor functioning of the schools in the rural areas. Sentence (A) and sentence (G) forms a coherent pair as they both describes about the mismanagement of the schools in rural areas. Sentence (D) perfectly concludes the paragraph as it states the solution to overcome the failure of the government to provide compulsory education to the poor children. Sentence (F) is incoherent with the context of the paragraph and cannot fit logically in the sequence of the sentences. Thus the final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Thus the final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice. 

S4. Ans. (c)

Sol. The final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice. 

S5. Ans. (d)

Sol. The final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.

S6. Ans. (e)

Sol. The final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable answer choice.

S7. Ans. (b)

Sol. The final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.

S8. Ans. (c)

Sol. The final sequence formed is EBCGAD. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice.

S9.Ans. (c)

Sol. Correct spelling of the word is capable .

S10. Ans. (e)

Sol. No correction is required.

S11. Ans. (a)

Sol. An adjective is required here but helplessly is an adverb ,so it must be replaced with helpless.

S12. Ans. (b)

Sol. The correct spelling is aeroplane.

S13. Ans. (c)

Sol. The word “accept” should be replaced by “except” to make the sentence contextually correct.

Accept- consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Except- not including; other than.

S14. Ans. (e)

Sol. All are correct .there is no misspelt or grammatically incorrect word in the given sentence.

S15.   Ans. (b)

Sol. Correct spelling of the word is lieutenant. A lieutenant is an officer of middle rank in the army, navy, or air force.