English Language Quiz for Prelims Exams- SBI & IBPS 2020- 28TH December, 2020

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

(A) The group desired to enhance the learning
experience in schools with an interactive digital

medium that could be used within and
outside the class-room.

(B) Then the teacher can act on the
downloaded data rather than collect it from each and every

student and thereby save his time and
effort.

(C) Edutor, decided the group engineers,
all alumni of the Indian Institute of technology, when they founded Edutor Technologies in August
2009.

(D) They can even take tests and submit
them digitally using the same tablets and the teachers in

turn can download the tests using the
company’s cloud services.

(E) With this desire they created a
solution that digitizes school textbooks and other learning

material so that students no longer need
to carry as many books to school and back as before, but

can access their study material on their
touch-screen tablets.

(F) A mechanic works on motors and an
accountant has his computer. Likewise, if a student has to

work on a machine or device, what should
it be called ?

Q1. Which of the following sentences
should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) F

(d) B

(e) D

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

(a) A

(b) F

(d) B

(e) C

Q3. Which of the following sentences
should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) D

(d) E

(e) C

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

(a) F

(b) D

(d) C

(e) E

Q5. Which of the following sentences
should be the THIRD after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) E

(e) F

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

Q6. The water transport project on the
west coast is…………..to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which
the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure
and……………a private company to operate the service.

(a)
scheduled, let

(b)
verge, permit

(d)
slated, allow

(e)
bound, task

Q7. When the mob turned ………, the police opened fire to
control the ………. situation.
(a) away, burning

(b) up, untoward

(d) quietly, aggravate

(e)hostile, rioting

Q8. The flood of brilliant ideas has not
only…………..us, but has also encouraged us to……………the last date for submission of
entries.

(a)
overwhelmed, extend

(b)
enjoyed, stretch

(d)
scared, scrap

(e)
happy, boundary

Q9.
…………about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have
decided to…………..over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its
pumps.

(a)
Worried, transfer

(b)
Frantic, move

(d)
Concerned, switch

(e)
Endangered, click

Q10. The high cut-off marks this year
have………….college admission-seekers to either…………for lesser known colleges or
change their subject preferences.

(a)
cajoled, ask

(b)
pressure, sit

(d)
strained, compromise

(e)
entrusted, wait

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.

Anti-slavery advocate Harriet Tubman will become the first
African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency, and the first woman in
more than a century, when she replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the
$20 bill. The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday that Tubman, __(11)__was
born into slavery in the early 1820s and went on to help hundreds of slaves
escape, would take the centre spot on the bill, while Jackson, a slave owner,
would move to the back. Introduced alongside a __(12)__of changes to the
$5 and $10 notes as well, the redesign gives the Treasury “a chance to open the
aperture to reflect more of America’s history”, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
said. A new $10 bill will add images of five female leaders of the women’s __(13)__
movement, including Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to the back,
while keeping founding father Alexander Hamilton on the front. The reverse of a
new $5 note will show former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights
leader Martin Luther King Jr., officials said. Former President Abraham Lincoln
will remain on the front. Mr. Lew said the designs should be unveiled __(14)__2020
and go into circulation “as quickly as possible,” although he declined to say
when. He said the $10 bill was scheduled to go out first, citing security needs.
The long-awaited decision to __(15)__ the seventh president of the
United States with Tubman followed months of outreach by the Treasury regarding
which woman should be featured on a bill.

Q11. (a)which (b)that (c)who (d)what (e) she

Q12. (a) slew (b) wind (c)
event (d) time (e) adaptation

Q13. (a) suffering (b) suffer (c) suffered (d)
sufferance (e)
suffrage

Q14. (a) at (b)
by (c) in (d) on (e)
until

Q15. (a) put (b)
change (c) print (d) replace (e) honor

SOLUTIONS:

S1.Ans.(d)