English Language Quiz For For RBI Grade B Phase 1 2023-14th February

Directions (1-8): In the following questions a sentence is given, some parts of the sentence are given in bold which may have grammatical or spelling error or they may be contextually incorrect. Two columns (A) and (B) are given, column (A) consists of bold parts of the sentence and column (B) consists of the appropriate replacement for the bold parts. Match the correct replacements. If the sentence is correct mark no error as your answer.

Q1. Cellphone carrier T-Mobile US, which successfully fought regulators for nearly two years to close a merge with rival Sprint, named a new finance chief on Wednesday as the company now face integrating the acquisition amid the tumult stirred by Covid-19.

Q2. The good thing about 5G radiation is that it is non-ionizing. Ionizing radiation is powerful enough to break molecule bonds: essentially snipping away at the cells of our bodies with billions of tiny scissors. X-rays and radioactive materials like plutonium emit ionizing rendition.

Q3. Expanding network connectivity across sub-Saharan Africa will opened up digital services that many of us now take for grant. Mobile Banking, Whatsapp Chatting and video, e-health, e-education are key services only possible with reliable internet connectivity. For a geographically disparate population, it will mean greater access to essential services, including e-agri services.

Q4. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced several new Microsoft Teams features that will better target education users. Microsoft Teams is known as an enterprise-level collaboration tool that allows chatting, file sharing, and meeting in a centralized, secure location. Microsoft Teams already exists within the education space, but due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, many educators scrambled for a manageable and secure “learn from home” solution.

Q5. While scientists have succeeded at restoring some coral reefs, humans alone can’t save all the reefs that is dying across the globe, a NOAA reef restoration manager said this month. Even in the best of conditions, human drivers can spend only three or four hours per day working under water, said Tom Moore, coral reef restoration program manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And those best conditions are rare.

Q6. Apple just announced that iOS 14 will offer live real-time translation for 11 languages, even offline, at its World Wide Developer Conference being held online this week. But the third-most spoken language globally, Hindi, is one of them. The new translation service will allow you to save common phrases so you can access them quickly, and download translation packs to keeps your conversations entirely on-device and not network-dependent.

Q7. Real-time analysis of remote video feeds are rapidly improving thanks to AI, increasing the accuracy of remote equipment and facility monitoring. Agriculture, construction, oil & gas, utilities, and critical infrastructure all need to merge cybersecurity and physical security to adapt to an increasingly complex threatscape. What needs to be the top priority is improving the accuracy, insight, and speed of response to remote treats that AI-based video recognition systems provide.

Q8. Kaiser Permanente, the largest health insurer and hospital operator, is joining the nonprofit drug company Civica Rx in a key role in the third year of the effort to create lower cost prescriptions that include medicines to treat the coronavirus strain Covid-19. Civica Rx grabbed headlines two years ago for its work with well-known U.S. hospitals and health systems to buy and develop generic drugs to avoid shortages.

Q9. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.

(a)But what McConnell means by that is unclear.
(b)Also, he didn’t mention any specific investments that would be made in the next relief package.
(c)Warren said law already shields colleges and universities because it only applies liability “when the college has behaved unreasonably under all the circumstances.
(d)According to the Herald Dispatch- McConnell said he would prioritize investing in “future generations” in this legislative package.
(e)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters in Ashland, Kentucky that another stimulus package could come soon.

Q10. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.(a)That’s why, in recent years, advocates for equal pay began calling for salary history bans in the hiring process.
(b)The fact that these changes were even larger for Blacks (13%) and women (8%) provides stronger evidence of freedom to speech inequality.
(c)The persistence of the pay gap for women and minorities has called for new policies and research in recent years as pressures mount across industries hoping to level the playing field.
(d)Many who study labor law believe that when employers ask prospective employees for their previous salary, potential disparities in pay as a result of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability are passed on.
(e)A new study at Boston University, released this week, might point to one solution for this: salary gaps.

Q11. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.(a)Thus, it became clear to both workers and management that the widespread availability and ease of use of technologies helped to collaborate and stay in constant contact.
(b)An array of leading companies announced that their employees may work from home forever—or at least for the foreseeable future.
(c)Eventually, employees appreciated the chance to avoid long commutes, look after their homebound children (as schools closed) and enjoy a better work and life balance.
(d)Services such as Zoom, Slack, Google Hangouts and other services, enabled people to smoothly adapt to the new work-from-home setup.
(e)It’s not a lot of money, but it’s a sign of the change coming.

Q12. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.(a)Unfortunately, the default rate, of corporate companies rated by credit rating agencies, continues to rise.
(b)And while data are harder to come by for non-rated companies, no doubt that unrated companies from small to large have also been severely affected by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis.
(c)Increasing evidence from credit markets is showing, current recession will be worse than the 2007-2009 Great Recession.
(d)Credit markets are a very good place to see where the economy is headed.
(e)With oil prices as low as they have been, the energy sector, has been hard hit.

Q13. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.(a)His proposal would forgive all undergraduate federal student loan debt for borrowers who attended public colleges and universities.
(b)Biden has expressed support for Senator Warren’s proposal to amend the bankruptcy code.
(c)Biden previously released his student loan proposal in April.
(d)Former Vice President Joe Biden has reaffirmed his plan to cancel student loan debt to stimulate the economy and reduce racial disparities in higher education.
(e)This means that borrowers who earn an income of less than $125,000 per year would be eligible for student loan forgiveness.

Q14. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.(a)In both cases the impact equals harm to Black people — as the most susceptible to Covid-19 and its economic impact, and to the levels of systemic, institutional and individual racist attitudes that permeate our society and economy.
(b)The second pandemic is anything but novel: the sickness of racism, an over 400 year battle for Black Americans to receive their full rights and respect.(c)You can have filed with an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), but you can‘t get the tax relief.
(d)The US is deeply suffering from two pandemics right now.
(e)The novel coronavirus, aptly named as it’s only been with us for less than a year.

Q15. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.(a)Sadly, many others will.
(b)This week, Rystad Energy announced the eye-popping finding that the world’s estimate of oil supplies had suddenly shrunk by 292 billion barrels.(c)Hopefully, oil industry executives understand the nuances of the report, and do not overreact.
(d)Depletion has little impact on short-term costs in areas like the Arabian peninsula, where the mortality rate is very low.
(e)Needless to say, the announcement caused eyes to pop, as did the headline’s statement heralding the early onset of “peak oil” demand.

Solutions

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. B-II and C-III are the correct replacements. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
B: merge is a joining together of two flows while merger is the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
C: Company is singular in form thus it will take first form of verb with ‘s’.

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. D-IV and B-II are correct replacements. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
D: Rendition is contextually wrong here. It means a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music.
B: A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. Whereas, A molecular, bond, is formed when atoms bond by sharing pairs of electrons.

S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-I and B-II is the correct replacement. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
A: Opened is denoting past form whereas ‘will’ takes first form of verb with it: Open.
B: it’s used for granted and not for grant. The latter has different contextual meaning.

S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. here, all the highlighted parts are grammatically and contextually correct and require no replacement. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. B-II and C-III are correct replacements. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
B: Reefs is in plural for hence it’ll take are with it.
C: The sentence is talking about oceans and coral reefs so human drivers in entirely non-contextual here. Human divers would be appropriate.

S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. D-IV and B-II are the correct replacements. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
D: To takes first form of verb with it. Hence, Keeps will be replaced by Keep.
B: The sentence is starting with BUT, which means that there would be some contradiction. Therefore, ‘Hindi, is not one of them’ in spite of being the third most spoken language globally.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-I and D-IV are the correct replacements. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
A: Real-time analysis in singular form, so “Is” would be more appropriate instead of “ARE”
D: Treats is contextually incorrect here, so threats would be a more suitable word here.

S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. The highlighted parts in the given sentence are correct and there isn’t any error in any of them. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is; edab. Statement (c) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
(e)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters in Ashland, Kentucky that another stimulus package could come soon.
(d)According to the Herald Dispatch- McConnell said he would prioritize investing in “future generations” in this legislative package.
(a)But what McConnell means by that is unclear.
(b)Also, he didn’t mention any specific investments that would be made in the next relief package.

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is:ceda. Statement (b) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
(c)The persistence of the pay gap for women and minorities has called for new policies and research in recent years as pressures mount across industries hoping to level the playing field.
(e)A new study at Boston University, released this week, might point to one solution for this: salary gaps.
(d)Many who study labor law believe that when employers ask prospective employees for their previous salary, potential disparities in pay as a result of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability are passed on.
(a)That’s why, in recent years, advocates for equal pay began calling for salary history bans in the hiring process.

S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is: badc. Statement (e) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
(b)An array of leading companies announced that their employees may work from home forever—or at least for the foreseeable future.
(a)Thus, it became clear to both workers and management that the widespread availability and ease of use of technologies helped to collaborate and stay in constant contact.
(d)Services such as Zoom, Slack, Google Hangouts and other services, enabled people to smoothly adapt to the new work-from-home setup.
(c)Eventually, employees appreciated the chance to avoid long commutes, look after their homebound children (as schools closed) and enjoy a better work and life balance.

S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is: cdab. Statement (e) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
(c)Increasing evidence from credit markets is showing, current recession will be worse than the 2007-2009 Great Recession.
(d)Credit markets are a very good place to see where the economy is headed.
(a)Unfortunately, the default rate, of corporate companies rated by credit rating agencies, continues to rise.
(b)And while data are harder to come by for non-rated companies, no doubt that unrated companies from small to large have also been severely affected by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis.

S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is: dcae. Statement (b) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
(d)Former Vice President Joe Biden has reaffirmed his plan to cancel student loan debt to stimulate the economy and reduce racial disparities in higher education.
(c)Biden previously released his student loan proposal in April.
(a)His proposal would forgive all undergraduate federal student loan debt for borrowers who attended public colleges and universities.
(e)This means that borrowers who earn an income of less than $125,000 per year would be eligible for student loan forgiveness.

S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is: deba. Statement (c) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
(d)The US is deeply suffering from two pandemics right now.
(e)The novel coronavirus, aptly named as it’s only been with us for less than a year.
(b)The second pandemic is anything but novel: the sickness of racism, an over 400 year battle for Black Americans to receive their full rights and respect.
(a)In both cases the impact equals harm to Black people — as the most susceptible to Covid-19 and its economic impact, and to the levels of systemic, institutional and individual racist attitudes that permeate our society and economy.

S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentences is: beca. Statement (d) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
(b)This week, Rystad Energy announced the eye-popping finding that the world’s estimate of oil supplies had suddenly shrunk by 292 billion barrels.
(e)Needless to say, the announcement caused eyes to pop, as did the headline’s statement heralding the early onset of “peak oil” demand.
(c)Hopefully, oil industry executives understand the nuances of the report, and do not overreact.
(a)Sadly, many others will.