English Quizzes, for IBPS Clerk/NIACL AO Prelims 2021 – 17th September

Directions (1-5): 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) He responded promptly a day later, listing out several ecological and heritage experts in the city. With, of course, a reminder to read the sixth edition of his book Madras Rediscovered.

(B) Books were all I could see as I walked into the living room of his two-storey home.

(C)He replied almost instantly and gave me his landline number with a time to call and fix a meeting. He did not have a cell phone then and I doubt he had one now.

(D) In school back then, I would eagerly await the tabloid for the vintage black-and-white images of erstwhile Madras it carried.

(E) In 2010, I wrote to him again, with a different request. Fresh out of college, I was eager to intern with the chronicler; he hated to be called anything else. God forbid you say historian!

(F)My first interaction with Mr. Muthiah was ten years ago, over an email. I had requested him for some contacts for my dissertation at Asian College of Journalism.

(G)I realised I lived two streets away, and the first meeting remains fresh in my memory. I knew he was a stickler for time and I reached well in advance.

Q1. Considering statement (B) “Books were all I could see as I walked into the living room of his two-storey home.” as the last sentence of the rearranged paragraph, then which among the followings fails to become a part of the coherent paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) G
(d) D
(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) D – G
(b) E – B
(c) A – E
(d) E – D
(e) A – G

Q3. Considering statement (B) “Books were all I could see as I walked into the living room of his two-storey home.” as the last sentence of the rearranged paragraph, identify the correct sequence of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph (excluding the incoherent one).

(a) AECGFB
(b) FEACGB
(c) FAEGCB
(d) FAECGB
(e) AFCDGB

Q4. Considering statement (B) “Books were all I could see as I walked into the living room of his two-storey home.” as the last sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statement should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) G
(e) F

Q5. Considering statement (B) “Books were all I could see as I walked into the living room of his two-storey home.” as the last sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statement should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
(a) B
(b) G
(c) D
(d) A
(e) F

Directions (6-10): 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) While similar probes are underway for other group entities, including the parent firm that ran into deep financial trouble last year

(B) Having initiated a crackdown on a suspected coterie of fraudsters in the IL&FS case

(C) By the current management of IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) for recovery of the losses suffered by the company due to the fraudulent conduct of the coterie

(D) The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has also recommended necessary action as per the Companies Act

(E) Advanced economies, as a group, are expected to slow down in 2019, particularly the Euro area, due to weaker investments and exports.

(F) And also a detailed internal investigation by the RBI to identify the reasons for the delay in detecting the lapses.

(G) The charge sheet has been filed after an extensive probe into the affairs of IFIN, a subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS),

(H) The government’s financial fraud probe agency SFIO has recommended necessary action against guilty auditors

Q6. Considering statement (D) “The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has also recommended necessary action as per the Companies Act” as the fourth sentence of the rearranged paragraph, then which among the following fails to become the part of the coherent paragraph?
(a) G
(b) E
(c) F
(d) B
(e) None of these.

Q7. Considering statement (D) “The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has also recommended necessary action as per the Companies Act” as the fourth sentence of the rearranged paragraph, then which one among the following is the last statement after the rearrangement
(a) C
(b) F
(c) A
(d) H
(e) None of these.

Q8. Among the following pairs which one of them is formed with two consecutive statements after the rearrangement?
(a) CA
(b) FG
(c) AD
(d) HF
(e) None of these.

Q9. Considering statement (D) “The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has also recommended necessary action as per the Companies Act” as the fourth sentence of the rearranged paragraph then, which of the following statement should be SIXTH sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) G
(c) A
(d) F
(e) None of these.

Q10. Considering statement (D) “The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has also recommended necessary action as per the Companies Act” as the fourth sentence of the rearranged paragraph then, which of the following statement should be SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) H
(b) G
(c) F
(d) B
(e) None of these.

Directions (11-15): Given below are six sentences (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) and (F). Answer the following questions after rearranging the following sentences into a coherent paragraph.

(A) The tirade Mike Pence launched against China last week doubled down on that commitment.

(B) This may turn out to be Mr Trump’s most significant mark on the world. America’s new adversarial posture towards China is overdue, popular and probably irreversible.

(C) Where its predecessors lauded the merits of co-operation with the emerging superpower, Mr Trump’s document promised competition and resistance to Chinese trade and other abuses.

(D) The National Security Strategy released by President Donald Trump’s administration last year augured a major change in China-US relations.

(E) In a speech delivered at the Hudson Institute, a short walk from Congress and the ongoing Kavanaugh brouhaha, the vice-president castigated the Chinese for bullying investors, buying allies with cheap loans, “tearing down crosses” and much else.

(F) It was disorientating to witness such tawdry politics at such a potentially momentous moment.

Q11. If sentence (A) ‘The tirade Mike Pence launched against China last week doubled down on that commitment.’ is the THIRD sentence of the coherent paragraph, then which of the following sentences doesn’t fit into the paragraph, formed after rearranging other sentences?
(a) C
(b) F
(c) D
(d) E
(e) B

Q12. Which of the following pairs fall correctly as it is in the final coherent sequence of the sentences, formed after rearrangement?
(a) C-B
(b) B-C
(c) A-D
(d) C-A
(e) E-D

Q13. Considering the statement (A) ‘’ 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) FCAEB
(b) BCADE
(c) DCAEB
(d) FEABD
(e) EBACD

Q14. Considering the statement (A) ‘’ as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statement should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement (excluding the incoherent sentence)?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) F
(d) D
(e) C

Q15. Considering the statement (A) ‘’ as the THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph, which of the following statement should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement (excluding the incoherent sentence)?
(a) F
(b) B
(c) E
(d) C
(e) D

Solutions

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. the correct sequence of the logical rearrangement of the sentences is FAECGB.
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. the correct sequence of the logical rearrangement of the sentences is FAECGB. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice.

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. the correct sequence of the logical rearrangement of the sentences is FAECGB. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. , the correct sequence of the logical rearrangement of the sentences is FAECGB. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. the correct sequence of the logical rearrangement of the sentences is FAECGB. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. , the correct arrangement is BHFDCGA.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. the correct arrangement is BHFDCGA. So option (c) is the correct answer.

S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. the correct arrangement is BHFDCGA. So option (d) is the correct answer.

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. the correct arrangement is BHFDCGA. So option (b) is the correct answer.

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. the correct arrangement is BHFDCGA. So option (a) is the correct answer.

S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. the final sequence is ‘DCAEB’.
Hence, the option (b) is the correct answer.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. the final sequence is ‘DCAEB’.
Hence, the option (d) is the correct answer.

S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. the final sequence is ‘DCAEB’.
Hence, the option (c) is the correct answer.

S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. the final sequence is ‘DCAEB’.
Hence, the option (a) is the correct answer.

S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. The final sequence is ‘DCAEB’.
Hence, the option (e) is the correct answer.

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