English Language Quiz for ECGC PO 2021- 16th January

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The
success of any unit in a competitive environment depends on prudent management
sources.

(B) In this context it would have been more
appropriate if the concept of accelerated depreciation together with additional
incentives towards capital allowances for recouping a portion of the cost of
replacements out of the current generations had been accepted.

(C) Added to this are the negligible retention
of profits because of inadequate capital allowances are artificial
disallowances of genuine outflows.

(D) One significant cause for poor generation
of surpluses is the high cost of capital and its servicing cost.

(E) The lack of a mechanism in Indian tax laws
for quick recovery of capital costs has received its due attention.

Q1. Which of the following should be the
SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a) C                   (b) E                    (c)
D                    (d)
B                     (e) A

Q2.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a) B                    (b)
E                     (c) D
(d) A                    (e) C

Q3.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a) C (b)
A (c) D (d) B (e) E

Q4. Which of the following should be the
FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) C
(b) B                   (c)
D                     (d) E                    (e) A

Q5.
Which of the following should be the Last sentence after rearrangement?

(a) C
(b) A (c) E (d) B (e) D

Directions
(6-10): The question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has
been omitted. Choose the set of two words for each blank that best fits the
meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q6. Given that only seven per cent of the
country’s labour force is in the organized sector, training options _________
for the unorganized sectors should also be _________.

(a) available, enhanced (b) absent, improved

(e) offered, limited

Q7. Government initiatives and participation of
many industrial houses in _________ loans to the villagers have led to the
_________ of the famers.

(a) providing, plight

(b) disbursing, betterment

(d) subsidizing, suffering

(e) taking, advancement

Q8. Indians will _________ one-fourth of total
work force in the next five years but India needs introspection whether its
education system is _________ for these demographic dividends.

(a) become, adequate

(b) consist, incompetent

(d) represent, sound

(e) comprise, prepared

Q9. Adding to a growing body of research
_________ cutting back on sweetened beverages it is now found that drinking
_________ sugary drinks may help lower blood pressure.

(a) for, all (b) sustaining, increased

(e) supporting, fewer

Q10. The actress, wearing a dark grey suit and
open necked shirt, sat _________ the proceedings looking nervous throughout,
occasionally frowning as her lawyer _________ with the judge.

(a) through, argued (b) on, spoke

(e) along, lectured

Directions
(11-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each
of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options
given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make
the paragraph meaningfully complete.

In recent years, the banking industry
has been undergoing rapid changes, reflecting a number of (11) developments. The most significant has been advances in
communication and information technology, which have (12) and broadened the (13)
of financial information while lowering the costs of many financial activities.
A second key (14) for change
has been the increasing competition among a broad (15) of domestic and foreign institutions in providing
banking and related financial services. Third, financial activity has become
larger relative to overall economic activity in most economies.

Q11.
(a) challenging (b)
subjective

(e) principled

Q12. (a) measured (b) motioned

(e) accelerated

Q13.
(a) concealment (b) disagreement

(e) differentiation

Q14.
(a) force (b)
impetus

(e) energy

Q15. (a) group (b)
rank

(e) row

SOLUTIONS:

S1.
Ans. (b)