English Language Quiz for IBPS 2020 Mains Exams- 26 December, 2020 | Miscellaneous

Q1. Trump has urged China to exert
pressure (I)/ on North Korea to halt a nuclear weapons programme (II)/that is
nearing the capability of targeting the United States. (III)

(I)Trump urged China to exert pressure

(II)at North Korea to halt a nuclear
weapon programme

(III)which is nearing the capability to
target United States

(a)Only (I)

(b)Both (I) and (III)

(c)Both (I) and (II)

(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)

(e)No correction required

 

Q2. The scenario had reached a dire critical stage, (I)/ and there has
been no indication over the past few days that the phone call (II)/ from
Beijing had been able to “unlock” and “unload” America’s option. (III)

(I)The scenario has reached a direly
critical stage

(II)and there has been no indication in
last few days as the phone call

(III)from Beijing has been able to
“unlock” and “unload” America’s options

(a)Only (I)

(b)Both (II) and (III)

(c)Both (I) and (III)

(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)

(e)No correction required

Q3. An overwhelming majority of cases in
the US is settled or resolved (I)/ before the trial commences because Courts
come down very heavily on litigants who indulge in perjury, (II)/ and penalize
lawyers who suborn perjury or encourage their clients to indulge in unethical
acts. (III)

(I)An overwhelming majority of cases in
the US are settled or resolved

(II)before the trial commences because
Courts come over heavily on litigants who indulge in perjury

(III)and penalizes lawyers who suborn
perjury or encourages their clients to indulge in unethical acts

(a)Only (I)

(b)Only (II)

(c)Both (I) and (III)

(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)

(e)No correction required

Q4. A striking feature of the latest
election must be dozens of African National Council (ANC) (I)/ ministers had
rebelled against his misrule that was serving to erode (II)/the credibility of
South Africa with the perspective of comity of nations. (III)

(I) A striking feature of the latest
election must be that dozens of African National Council (ANC)

(II) ministers had rebelled against his
misrule that has served to erode

(III) the credibility of South Africa in
the perspective of the comity of nations

(a)Only (II)

(b)Both (I) and (III)

(c)All (I), (II) and (III)

(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)

(e)No correction required

 

Q5. The latest resolution had banned the
export of (I)/coal, iron, lead and seafood products, which representing one-third
of last year’s exports (II)/ and estimated to be worth of $ one billion. (III)

(I) The latest resolution would ban the
export of

(II) coal, iron, lead and seafood
products, represent one-third of last year’s exports

(III) and estimates to be worth of $ one
billion

(a)Only (II)

(b)Both (I) and (III)

(c)Both (II) and (III)

(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)

(e)No correction required

 

Direction (6-8): In the following question a part of the sentence is given in bold, it
is then followed by three sentences which try to explain the meaning of the
phrase given in bold. Choose the best set of alternatives from the five options
given below each question which explains the meaning of the phrase correctly
without altering the meaning of the sentence given as question.

Q6. Without casting aspersions on
anyone, it must be noted that the prolonged
teething troubles of the Coast Guard resulted from the Navy considering the
service a “poor relative”.

(I)There is a consistent extension of
technical problems that the Coast Guard is facing as the Navy considers the
service its poor correspondents.

(II)With no intention of criticism, it
is to be noted that the sustained short-term problems of the Coast Guard
resulted because Navy considered the service a poor correspondent.

(III)Without tossing any aspersions, the
perpetual existence of long term worries is a matter of concern for the Coast
Guard as it is resulted from the Navy considering the service its poor fellow.

(a)Only (I) is correct

(b)Only (II) is correct

(c)Both (I) and (III) are correct

(d)Both (II) and (III) are correct

(e)All are correct

 

Q7. War
hysteria is part of Chinese psychological warfare aimed at application of
pressure through internal sources, including a dip in the stock market and
opposition political parties compelling the government to withdraw
unilaterally.

(I)China has always been good at
psychological warfare which is aimed at application of pressure through
internal sources, including a dip in the stock market and opposition political
parties compelling the government to withdraw unilaterally.

(II)Attacking its counterpart
emotionally and intellectually forms the part of Chinese psychological warfare
which is aimed at application of pressure through internal sources, including a
saturated stock market and opposition political parties convincing the
government to withdraw unilaterally.

(III)Chinese psychological warfare is a
product of forceful and gripping war techniques aimed at exertion of pressure
through internal sources, including a plunged stock market and opposition
political parties compelling the government to withdraw individually.

(a)Only (II) is correct

(b)Only (III) is correct

(c)Both (II) and (III) are correct

(d)Both (I) and (II) are correct

(e)All are correct

 

Q8. For India, connectivity towards the
East is a particularly important feature of the BIMSTEC concept, as it fills a
gap in India’s efforts to open out in
that direction.

(I)It is very important for India to
discuss the matter particularly in the direction of connectivity towards the
East which is an important feature of the BIMSTEC concept.

(II)Connectivity towards the East is an
important feature of the BIMSTEC concept as it fills a gap in India’s efforts
to stretch its reach in that run.

(III)India’s connectivity towards the
East is an important feature of the BIMSTEC concept for it will help in
broadening its range in that direction.

(a)Only (I) is correct

(b)Only (III) is correct

(c)Both (I) and (II) are correct

(d)Both (II) and (III) are correct

(e)All are correct

 

Directions (9-15):In each of the following questions given below
there are two blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted.
Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits to the meaning of the
sentence as a whole.

 

Q9. A national U-15 league was _________
two years ago; a U-13 league is _______ to begin soon.

(a) inspired, prepared

(b) aimed, urged
(c) influenced, unsettled
(d) directed, delegated
(e) started, scheduled

 

Q10. The move by the Supreme Court to _______
an explanation from the government about the delay in finalising a fresh
Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for the appointment of judges in the higher
judiciary _________ more questions than answers.

(a) connive, annexes

(b) implore, gains
(c) order, grows
(d) seek, raises
(e) impose, picks

 

Q11. More than three years _______ the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government came to power, the economy ________centre
stage.

(a) being, prevails

(b) since, occupies
(c) before, neglects
(d) as, ignores
(e) through, distracts

  

Q12. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), UPA-1’s flagship scheme, was launched in
February 2006 to ________ the livelihood and security of millions of rural
landless labourers and marginal farmers_________ in 200 districts.

(a) change, primarily

(b) exacerbate, generally
(c) enrich, originally
(d) enhance, initially
(e) improve, primitively

 

Q13.The economy was ___________ for
breath with high indirect taxes coupled with poor exports, low credit growth,
and _________ private investment when demonetisation and a hurried
implementation of GST brought it to its knees.

(a) gasping, abysmal

(b) snoring, immeasurable
(c) driving, numerous
(d) cheering, better
(e) drawing, worse

 

Q14. Money isn’t everything, of course, and people may also
______ elites who appear to have some kind of special ______ or privilege.

(a)resent, status

(b)endorse, state

(c)grudge, class

(d)welcome, control

(e)offended, bonus

 

Q15. It is a truism to say that balance sheet _____of public
sector banks today represent one of the most ______ dimensions of the Indian
economy.

(a) history, wide

(b) situation, clear

(c) problems, fragile

(d) theory, advised

(e) failure, grim

 

SOLUTIONS:

   

S1. Ans. (e)

Sol. The given sentence is grammatically
correct. Hence it doesn’t require any correction.

S2. Ans. (c)

Sol. In the first part of the sentence,
“had reached” should be replaced by “has reached” as the sentence is in Present
Tense and the adjective “dire” should be replaced by the adverb “direly”. The second
part of the sentence is absolutely correct and is in accordance with the
correct grammar usage. In part (III), “had been” should be replaced by “has
been” as the sentence is in Present Tense and “America’s option” should be
replaced by “America’s options” as the number it denotes is in plural. Hence
only (I) and (III) parts of the sentence require correction, which are aptly
given in corrected options.

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. In the first part of the sentence,
the correct phrase is “An overwhelming majority of cases in the US are settled”
as the word “majority” in the sentence describes a collection of individuals
and thus it should be followed by a plural verb “are”. The second and the third
parts of the sentence are grammatically correct and do not require any
correction. The phrasal verb “come down” as used in the second part of the
sentence means reach a decision or recommendation in favour of one side or
another while the phrasal verb “come over” 
as used in the option means change to another side or point of view.

S4. Ans. (c)

Sol. In the first part of the sentence,
add “that” after “must be” as the determiner “that” is required to make the
sentence meaningful. In the second part of the sentence, the phrase “was
serving” should be replaced by “has served” as the sentence is basically in the
Present Tense. In the third part of the sentence, the preposition “with” should
be replaced by “in” as the correct phrase is “in the perspective of” which
means to compare something to other things so that it can be accurately and
fairly judged and there should be inclusion of definite article “the” before
“comity of nations” to make the sentence grammatically correct. Hence (c) is the
correct option where there are errors in all three parts of the sentence

S5. Ans. (d)

Sol. There are errors in all three parts
of the sentence and at the same time none of the options is correct enough to
make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence after correcting
the required grammatical errors is –

“The latest resolution bans the export
of coal, iron, lead and seafood products, representing one-third of last year’s
exports and estimated to be worth $ one billion.”

It is to be noted that the sentence is
in Present Tense as it can be verified from the phrase “The latest resolution”,
thus in the first part of the sentence, “bans” is the correct usage. In the
second part, the use of determiner “which” is incorrect and in the third part,
the use of “of” after “worth” is superfluous as the word “worth” itself means having
income or property amounting to a specified sum. Hence (d) is the correct
option.

S6. Ans. (b)

Sol. The phrase “prolonged teething troubles” means sustained short-term problems
that occur in the early stages of a new project. Thus among the given three statements,
only statement (II) explains the meaning of the phrase correctly and without
altering the meaning of the sentence. Hence (b) is the correct option.

S7. Ans. (a)

Sol. The phrase “war hysteria” as used in the sentence means a massive emotional reaction
to a war, generally by the people of one of the involved parties in said war.
Thus among the given three statements only statement (II) expresses the true
meaning of the phrase given in bold in the sentence without altering its
meaning. Hence (a) is the correct option.

S8. Ans. (d)

Sol. The phrasal verb “to open out” means become wider or
extend its reach; to develop. Thus among the given three statements, both (II)
and (III) explain the meaning of the phrase correctly without altering the
meaning of the sentence. Hence (d) is the correct option.

 S9. Ans. (e)

Sol. ‘started, scheduled’ is the correct
set of words which makes the sentence meaningful.

S10. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘seek, raises’ is the correct set
of words.

Connive means secretly allow (something
immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur.

Annexes means add as an extra or
subordinate part, especially to a document.

S11. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘since, occupies’ is the correct
set of words.

S12. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘enhance, initially’ is the correct
set of words.

S13. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘gasping, abysmal’ is the correct
set of words making the sentence meaningful.

S14.Ans.(a)

Sol.  ‘resent, status’
is the correct use.

Resent means feel
bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person).

Grudge means a
persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or
injury.

Endorse means a
sign (a cheque or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone
other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it.

S15.Ans.(c)

Sol.  ‘problems,
fragile’ is the correct use.

Fragile means (of
an object) easily broken or damaged.

 

 

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